geeez: The highlighted part got me laughing

So the NNPC doesn't have drawings for its pipelines?

LASG had to do seismic tests to determine the positions of the pipes

And for those questioning the cost of the buy out

The cost is actually N15bn but even if you put it at N25bn, it's a lot cheaper than the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway which will be done at a cost of N150bn

The Lekki-Epe Expressway for me is the second best road in Nigeria after Gerrard. You will notice that there are no electric poles along the road. You can guess where they are

kel4soft: @ OP

Thank you for bringing this topic. Soku is Kalabari, Rivers State not Bayelsa. If you have gone there. The boundary between them and Bayelsa is too far to cede the wells to Bayelsa. That said, don't forget the FG admitted that they made mistake in the map and that they will correct the map very soon. The arrangement was the the oil wells in contention should be put in a escrow account until after the map validation. 2009,2010, 11 and 12 funds were all channelled to that purse. What really baffles us was that these saved funds were all transfer to Bayelsa State with the endorsement of Mr. President.

kel4soft: To be fair, Victor Atah former Governor of Akwa Ibom state set the ball rolling for the state. Whatever Akpabio has done to the state is just completion of a course started and nearly finished by Victor Atah with a lesser state allocation then. The only project Akpabio started and will complete is the stadium. The rest were all initiated and started by his predecessor. I remember those days, Victor was demolishing buildings in Uyo and paying compensations. People were whinning, now he may not have taken all the glory, but God will definitely reward him.

On the population of Uyo: the state is as scanty as an empty soup. Even Oyigbo is more populated than Uyo. Most of their indigenes are scattered everywhere in Nigeria.

On Osun, I learnt he (the Governor) went to the market for bonds. I hope he doesn't enslave the state for years. Anyway good works he has done.

BabaTony: Unfortunately this same thing is happening at the university of uyo (both campuses). You enter uniuyo and you wonder why you don't see befitting structures. Is there a law that prohibits our universities from building nice structures. The good governance tour team led by the minister of information made the same comments when they Visited the permanent site of uniuyo at nsukara. What is really the matter? No architects? Or somebody just doesn't know the right thing.

Abagworo:

My friend there is a big difference between beauty and quality. Maybe you are talking about good finishing but not the quality of the underlying components of the roads. To construct a solid kilometer of road in Rivers State is about 5 times that of Akwa-Ibom because of the type of soil and swampy nature of Rivers State except for places like Oron, Ibeno and Ikot-Abasi. Uyo is a scanty town and does not require demolisions for road constructions and even during construction, there won't be gridlocks and community protests to stall the free flow of work. There was not an already defaced and overcrowded metropolis to displace people in, no water fronts to demolish, no blocked drainages and little urban population to manage.

Akwa-Ibom gets more money than all the States in Nigeria with little problems to solve. The Governor is looking for what to do with money while Rivers has problems that money is required to solve. Only Lagos and probably Kano has more problems than Rivers State.

Abagworo:

IMHO Akwa-Ibom has not done 1/10th of what Amaechi did. Only the drainage network embarked upon by Amaechi in Port-Harcourt alone along side the compensation for demolished properties will complete the entire roads in Akwa-Ibom. Port-Harcourt was worse than Aba in terms of drainage when Amaechi came and I honestly believe tens of billions have been sunk in drainage system alone.

All the major roads in Port-Harcourt apart from the ones still under construction are in perfect conditions of international standard. All the roads done by Amaechi were not done for beauty or hype but with the best of quality materials and drainage.

Abagworo:


In what way is Rivers State a small or one city State? So Bonny, Ahoada, Obigbo, Onne and Bori are all one city. Maybe you mean one large city. Nothing in this world can hide the fact that Amaechi has tried even though there's every room for improvement. Once FG is done with East-West Road, Port-Harcourt will achieve 80% accessibilty and free flow of traffic. What will be left is now the new airport link road. Woji, Iwofe and Trans-Amadi are today under re-construction and when completed means 100% of internal major roads within Port-Harcourt metropolis is in best form. The schools speak for themselves.

Symphony007: As per development in Rivers State, they are about to commission about 300 primary schools, they are about to commission another 70 health centres, to add to the 60 they have commissioned before. They are about to commission the Kelsey Harrison Hospital at Emenike Street, there is a new one inside Rivers State University of Science and Technology campus. There is a partnership between the rivers state government and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), for which they have paid NDDC about N960 million, for the Mother and Child Hospital and NDDC is expected to bring about N900 million to make it N1.8 billion for the hospital. The stadium is about to be completed and many more.

DonColz1: Thirty nine police officers were also killed in
shoot-outs during the period.
There were 322 murder cases recorded in
Lagos State in the past year, the
Commissioner of Police in the state, Umar
Manko, said on Thursday.
Mr. Manko spoke at the state’s seventh town
hall meeting on security in Lagos.
He said that 126 of the cases were recorded
between November 2012 and April 2013,
and the other 196 from May to October,
2013.
The commissioner also said that the state
recorded 54 robbery cases, adding that 146
robbers died in shootouts with the police
while 472 robbers were arrested.
“We unfortunately lost 39 of our officers
during encounters with these criminals
within the period,” Mr. Manko said.
He said that 390 arms were recovered and
16,034 ammunition seized.
Mr. Manko said that the year was a tough
one for criminals as the notorious ones and
kidnappers were either killed or nabbed.
He cited the arrest of an alleged notorious
robber, one Abiodun Ebenezer, otherwise
known as Godogodo, who had terrorised
the state for 14 years, as a major
breakthrough.
The commissioner commended the state
government for supporting police
operations through the provision of vehicles
and other logistics.
He, however, said the command still needed
bullet proof vests and more vehicles to
perform optimally.
Mr. Manku also urged residents of the state
to co-operate with the police in fighting
crime by reporting suspected criminals in
their communities.
He also urged the reform of the state’s
criminal justice system to ensure conclusive
adjudication of criminal cases.
“Our criminal justice system should be
reformed in such a manner that would
guarantee faster and impartial dispensation
of justice to all concerned.
“I want to appeal to the Directorate of Public
Prosecution (DPP) to exercise constraint in
throwing away or discharging cases on the
slightest technical reason,’’ Manko said.
According to him, case files are referred to
the DPP not only to determine the culpability
of suspects but to ensure that justice is
done to parties.
“Where lacuna is noticed in police
investigation, the nDPP should draw the
attention of the police to the gap and also
suggest means of filling the chasm to
guarantee justice for all.
“Also criminal cases should be disposed off
with minimum delay and appropriate
punishment must be awarded at all times to
guarantee the sanctity of the rule of law,’’ he
said.
The state governor, Babatunde Fashola, said
that police officers deserved great
recognition for putting their lives on the line
to protect others.
He said that his government would continue
to motivate police officers in the state and
supply them with some of the things they
needed to perform optimally.
Mr. Fashola rewarded some police officers
for gallantry and dedication to service.
He also presented all the award recipients,
comprising junior and senior officers, N10
million for their efforts.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/150562-lagos-records-322-murder-cases-one-year-police-commissioner.html

ballabriggs:

That "demand fell" is an artificial creation of rogues. Against all advise, they still sell using their cronies as middle-men. As we can see from the various reports of theft in Nigeria's oil trade.

The summary of everything is that the nations assets and treasury are in the hands of rogues. NNPC sells crude of $20 billion, we see only $7 billion.

That demand fell is not the issue. If demand falls then the price of crude would have dropped badly to less than $80 per barrel. That the price is still over $108 shows there is still a good demand for output. Why is ours different? Simple, ours is in the hands of rogues.

ballabriggs:

No! Production has not fallen by 50% and so I will not take your example. Fall in production is still about 10% and so this government should be able to function and not criminally draw from savings.

ballabriggs: And so what? Is this an attempt to justify the theft and total mismanagement of the treasury. What he received is the statutory allocation for Rivers which is even less than what should be as the federal government has been shortchanging these states an giving them less than what is due. You are not doing Rivers any favour by giving it its statutory allocation.

Amaechi's argument is simple for those who can discern. That oil prices today are over 50% of budgeted means there is no need to draw from the savings from earlier years.

The whole essence of the ECA is to augment shortfalls in periods of low oil prices. Today London Brent is at about $108 per barrel while be budgeted about $79 per barrel. Given this difference, the ECA should be growing and not on the downward.

Where has all the money gone? This government is not able to implement budgets satisfactorily. This means a lot of funds not used should also have been saved. But what we have is the treasury being depleted by a rogue regime.

Ngozi has not answered his questions. She is just throwing figures around to hoodwink those who cannot discern.

Symphony007: wiser than me a million times? Akpabio who borrows to pay for formerly borrowed money? The debt burden the children on akwa ibom will inherit will be epic. Thanks to their loud mouth, dollars sharing, dull governor.

Symphony007: wiser than me a million times? Akpabio who borrows to pay for formerly borrowed money? The debt burden the children on akwa ibom will inherit will be epic. Thanks to their loud mouth, dollars sharing, dull governor.

geeez:

Kindly discuss intelligibly and disprove that news report

If you have anything that shows that GEJ initiated the project and did 80% of the job, then let me know

agbameta:


Not a single hospital in that vague post card


Not a single clinic in that vague post card


Not a single school in that vague post card

The card is not only a gimmick, it's fraud and dubious repetitive pictures of uncompleted or abandoned project, aimless and ill-defined pictures recycled in the same pics may times to deceive the untrained eyes...

ujoinme: This thread seriously needs updates anyone that travels from uyo airport should take pictures on the progress of work on the airport and post it here pls.

IGBO-SON:
I think things like school blocks, rural roads and provision of boreholes; such things should have been left to the oil producing states and their 13% derivation! The NDDC should have focused its budget on massive world class projects like an inter-state rail system, seaports, 5-star tourist centres and Hospitals!

agbameta:


Fashola is not interested in such comedic stupidity and clown fests with doggie dog and spong bob..


Mumushukwu can have all that, Fashola gets invited to serious intellectual forums at home and abroad, not to hang out with doggie dog, sponge bob and back street boys...


lmao..

Italiano1:

I do not need to tell you my academic qualifications or my achievements since you are not a prospective employer and I am not a public figure.

However, I can assure you that I am far better educated than you- unless you can provide evidence that it is your 6 year old child that writes your posts.

Additionally, I can categorically state that I speak and write better than Jonathan Goodluck- in English I meant and not in Okrika language.

The man that you worship has consistently and relentlessly disgraced the Nigerian nation in every international fora he has participated in- I will advise you to go and watch how a 27 year old CNN presenter disgraced him during a routine interview. He struggles to string sentences together and for a man that supposedly has a PhD, he has zero analytical skills which is quite surprising but quite understandable considering he got his doctorate in a glorified secondary school. Just for informational purposes, his wife who is a walking grammar nuclear bomb also has a so called "Bachelors Degree".

Your question does not negate my point on the fact that Mr Jona has no fundamental clue about the mechanics or even the basic operations of the NYSE.

jmaine:

They are ignorantly bitter cos it's not their tin god.

rozayx5: Too bad all these Fashola Projects are only seen online, but the average Lagosian still buys water from Tanks, and sifts through a filthy slum to his/ her home

Italiano1:

Just as I imagined, you have come up with your never ending foaming of the mouth comments.

I know you can never ever understand this but I am sure by the time you circulate it around your village, someone can at least elucidate on the fundamentals of the contents:

http://www.ft.com/cms/5752734c-c2f4-11e2-bbbd-00144feab7de.pdf

Lagos is the 13th Largest economy in Africa and getting accolades from knowledgeable investment analysts from the Financial Times. All those achievements explained in the article was not achieved by idioticc boasting but by hard work, excellent administrative planning and visionary thinking.