₦airaland Forum

oduastates:
Nigeria is suffocating the odua nation. The SS is suffering from oil pollution, the SW is suffering from unsustainable immigration. Cities are congested, the little opportunities have to be shared with migrants . The
Okada menace, something relatively new in the SW is an eyesore.Crime has become rampant . Already encroaching into Ondo and ekiti states.
A strategy has to be developed that looks beyond the Nigerian state.

This is it

In in spite of that»»

FKO81:
Emerging trend of social almajiri in Yorubaland
By Hakeem Jamiu

[b]There is a social malaise which is gradually creeping into the lexicon of Yorubaland and this is the ugly spectre of hungry children begging for food and alms at social events. Older women are equally not left out in this ugly but strange practice in Yorubaland. It is strange in Yorubaland because the concept of almajiri which simply means street urchin is common in the Northern part of the country. Yorubas use to refer derisively to anybody soliciting for arms in Yorubaland in the olden days as almajiri. The almajiri of the North are usually children between the age bracket of 7 and 20 in most cases. Almajiris are so desperate for food that any unsuspecting visitor to the Northern part of the country who goes to a restaurant to eat but mistakenly left his food to wash his hands is likely to lose such to waiting almajiris before he comes back for the food.

I first noticed this ugly trend at a ceremony I attended a few months ago at Ayetoro Ekiti. Elderly and middle aged able bodied women from Kwara, Osun and Oyo states invaded the burial ceremony uninvited and were embarrassing guests who refused to give them money. Also noticeable were children with their begging bowls who thronged the venue of the ceremony soliciting for left over food and alms. The children were a pitiable sight. Poverty was clearly written on their faces. I have attended many social functions after that and the same trend was noticeable. But I became worried a few days ago, when I attended the burial ceremony of a friend's father in Ilesha , Osun State . They came in various groups and employ different methods in soliciting for alms. There were the elderly women who were busy harassing guests in the name of praise singing and would not leave until you part with money, there were the men with their public address system which they use in praise singing but which is disturbance and yet, there were Yoruba children in the mould of almajiris with their begging bowls scrambling for left-over and at the same time soliciting for alms.

Fellow guests on my table at the event who were also journalists expressed their concern in unison about the growing trend of almajiri of various categories in Yorubaland. They all agreed that it has become a social problem. We started discussing and realised that the culture of begging in the mould of almajiris is alien to Yoruba culture. In those days before the advent of the British, the Yorubas are a proud people known for their hard work and industry. They practiced hoe agriculture and were well known as traders and for their crafts. Yoruba artists have produced masterpieces of woodcarving and bronze casting, some of which date from as early as the 13th century. Many of Nigeria 's best-known artists and writers are Yoruba. Other occupation of the Yorubas at that time were drumming and masquerading which would now be called showbiz. They engage in all the foregoing occupation but a Yoruba man or woman (able bodied) would not beg for alms as it is considered shameful and something akin to a curse. The Yorubas cherish their oriki (folklore) which is a poetic version of eulogizing the exploits of their progenitors which is an incentive for them to excel and even surpass their progenitors. The Yorubas have harsh words for lazy people. Such people are objects of ridicule and butt of jokes in the society. With this background, it is understandable why we became worried with the array of beggars at the Ilesha ceremony.

After leaving the party, I reflected on the scenario of the almajiris in Ilesha and I was able to draw a relationship between Political almajiris and social almajiris. I discovered that social almajiri had its root in the advent of the politics of do -or-die introduced into the political lexicon of Yorubaland by apostles of mainstream politics especially ex-President Obasanjo. The grand Patron of political almajiris who recently passed away was Chief Lamidi Adedibu. Many have argued that his death has led to the proliferation of almajiris in Yorubaland. This is because those he hitherto dole handouts to must look for other means of survival since he is no more. These political almajiris are ready to exchange their mothers for few coins. A new political class of men without integrity and anything goes was created and they became political almajiris who survive on crumbs from their masters. They would rig, kill, maim and do all sort of things to acquire political power. With the ascension of these men in power, good governance became a thing of the past. Our collective patrimony was squandered by these political almajiris. Nigeria has never been so blessed with petro dollar with oil selling for $156 dollars per barrel but Nigeria has never been so poor with a chunk of the population living below poverty line. So versions of the political almajiris are the social almajiris that now invade ceremonies in Yorubaland. With these children begging for alms, a ready made market for thuggery and other social vices is assured. The activities of the beggars are not limited to parties. At bus stops in our cities, it is a common sight to see women most of who are still in their mid thirties, who would strap a baby at their backs and approach men with stories of despair to solicit for alms. Many of them would end up in bed with such men. This is another brand of alamajiri and these are Yoruba women. A violent version of almajiri but which is gradually being tackled in Lagos is the 'Area Boys' syndrome. These are Yoruba street urchins who are semi- armed robbers.

The underlying factor in this new trend is failure of the Nigerian State on one part and the laziness on the part of these women. Most of them don't want to work, In those days, when everybody's occupation was farming you dare not beg. You must find something to do. But these days, our women and children are too lazy. It is either they steal or beg. In most cases a mother and child become almajiris at social events. So the question now is can a Yoruba man now refer derisively to a Hausa beggar as almajiri when we have many of them now in Yorubaland? The answer is no! This trend must be arrested before it goes out of hand. The almajiris in the North these days engage in novel forms of drug abuse like sniffing of gutter water to get intoxicated, sniffing of adhesives and other drugs so that they are ever ready to unleash terror on the rest of the society whenever they are called upon to do so by the political wing of almajiris. I strongly recommend that guests at public functions must stop encouraging almajiris by giving them money.

But can government which itself owns the political wing of almajiris arrest this trend? Time will tell.[/b]

Progressive and sophisticated governors from southwest really need to think progressive not retrogressive. That my own you can report me to mod, I have said my own, the first step is to identify problem and second best way to solve it, not hiding my post or illegally prohibit me

This is exactly the OP trauma..pele oo

Get well soon.


We are ok with the north atleast they don't call our land'no-mans-land


Dokubo-Asari describes Buhari’s victory a 'gang up'
2015-04-02 17:23
Port Harcourt - A former Niger-Delta militant, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has described the election of Muhammadu Buhari as a conspiracy between the North and South West against the South-South and South-East geo-political zones, reports The Nation.

Dokubo, who is also the leader of Niger Delta People Volunteer Force, (NDPVF, said the voting pattern showed a gang up against the east and the minorities.

Dokubo in a statement by his spokesperson, Rex Anighoro, said the election clearly reinforces the fact of self determination and the truth that Nigeria remains a very divided and separated entity.

Also read: Asari Dokubo issues fresh threat to attack Buhari

He noted that the victory Buhari is a historical reminder that the minorities are a conquered people who are mere appendages existing at the pleasure of the supremacist and the regional overlords.

http://www.news24.com.ng/Elections/News/Dokubo-Asari-describes-Buharis-victory-as-a-gang-up-20150402

FKO81:
[b]Ulli Beier: There was a short time in Nigerian history — between Independence and the first military coup — in which we lived through a period of great optimism. Financially the people of Nigeria were relatively well off, and they assumed that with independence, things were going to improve steadily. In the West, people believed in the benefits of universal free primary education. They were proud of being the “First in Africa” to have set up a television station. The University of Ibadan was functioning and had a good reputation. Night life was boisterous; people could afford to go out, drink beer and listen to really good bands. Even in Osogbo, which then had 120,000 inhabitants, one could hear three or four bands at weekends. The Yoruba Travelling Theatre was booming. A decade after independence, Biodun Jeyifo counted about a hundred Yoruba theatre companies —all managing to survive somehow off their performances. People actually preferred the theatre to the movies. But then, those were the days of Ogunde, Ogunmola, Duro Ladipo and the Orisun players. Where in the world could you find a comparable constellation?
Wole Soyinka: There was ferment!

Ulli Beier: There was no official planning; little government interference. It was a natural growth. If you now think back to this period, how do you view it with hindsight? Why does it appear to us now as a “golden age” rather than a mere beginning? (From Ulli Beier in conversation.)
Hmmm. Really. Why would a period that was supposed to be our beginning appear to us as actually the golden age? If the take-off of an aeroplane is the only memorable moment of the flight, then that journey is not just a farce, it is a tragedy. When a people have nowhere else to turn to with pride but the past, then they do not need to be reminded that generations after that “golden era” have all failed. And I am not talking about Nigeria now. I am talking about the old Western Nigeria from Ikeja through Benin to Sapele. Nothing can be more devastating for a pupil whose reputation of being the constant first in class is shredded by a distant competitor.

Ex-governor Peter Obi of Anambra State got me thinking. Two weeks ago, he was giving an account of his eight years stewardship and he announced some figures: N75 billion as credit balance in the state’s accounts and no debt over-hang. That figure, he said, included balance in savings and in investment. Then the big one: Anambra State under him invested in bonds issued by other state governments. Since he made that statement, I have not heard anyone say he lied. It was a combination of these that actually got me thinking —Anambra State that was not paying salaries post 1999, pre-2003; Anambra State of war and lawlessness in Chris Ngige era; the same Anambra that was home of violence and inexplicable crimes. Obi said the state he was leaving behind was not owing anybody a dime; rather, the state invested in bonds issued by other states! Then, I remembered that out of the six states in the South-West, only one has not gone to the Capital Market to take money through bond issuance. What has that told me? It means that my South-West is indebted to South East’s Anambra State — and that is serious. I know some partisan fellows will say ‘and so what?’ They can say so because for such fellows, the only reference they make to the past is using it to cover up the eczema of today. None of the founding fathers of Western Nigeria would ever imagine that a day would come when Yorubaland would owe Iboland.

Some international financial experts have warned that the current craze for bonds by African countries, including PDP’s Nigeria, will soon lead to what they call “Eurobond curse” just as the continent is wracked by “resource curse.” Some queer commentators would say the warning was directed at national governments. At the state level, the alarm bell should really sound louder. A recent report quoted Joseph Stightz, a Nobel prize-winning economist, as warning that “the financial sector loves to find people to prey on and their most recent prey are governments in developing countries.” The same is happening at the domestic level. Cash-strapped state governments should know that there are no friendly financial institutions. They are in business to make money and it does not matter how.

I do not know what economics is behind the current craze for bonds. Some are even saying bonds are no loans. What are they? Gifts? Won’t they pay back? And at what interest rate? They would even pay costs of the transaction — they call it ‘issue costs?’ Are there consultants packaging these bonds? If there are, who are they? What are their fees?

Yorubaland currently suffers unprecedented, unfortunate and insulting, venal shut-out in the affairs of the PDP Federal Government. The alternative regimes in the states ought to give reasons for hope, not debt over-hang. Nothing should be done by anyone to bond the race to a future of criminal servitude. Governments have to provide amenities, yes. But have we forgotten what our ancestors said about he that eats benefits derivable from a child even before that child is born? Exactly what Niyi Osundare described as “eating tomorrow’s yam today ”! [/b]
http://www.tribune.com.ng/columns/inside/monday-lines/item/1849-the-crisis-of-yoruba-s-future/1849-the-crisis-of-yoruba-s-future

This sums it

Metaphysics and spirituality tells me that you are a spiritual healer. You see a sick group of human beings, clearly any one with eyes to see sees Igbos as sick, and a part of you wants to heal them. You apparently believe that the way to heal them is to shame them.

Igbos have delusion of superiority; you seem motivated to show the world that not only are Igbos not superior but are clowns.

Igbos present their selves as superior people. They fooled other Nigerians to see them as extraordinarily achieving people. People in Nigeria initially saw them as they want to be seen, achieving people hence superior people.

Apparently, you realized that their sense of superiority is delusional disorder (grandiose type). The deluded person has an unshakeable belief that he is superior to other people, an example was Adolf Hitler.
Igbos, like Hitler have systematized delusion that they are superior to other people. Are they superior? Of course they are not.

If you actually get to know Igbos well you would see that they seem an inferior people. Why? For four hundred years (1500-1900) they sold their people to the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, French and English. Only inferior people go capture and sell their people to foreigners and not feel guilt from doing so.

In their world Igbos screw each other. As you have pointed out, they kidnap each other for money. They impregnate their teenage girls and sell the children. If you hire them for jobs they steal from your business until it dies. In short they are a wicked people.

Igbos are not only not superior but are an evil group of human beings. I understood this reality and tried to heal Igbos from a psychological point of view but gave up on them, for no one has figured out a way to heal paranoia and delusion disorder.
I believe that you do what you do to unmask Igbos and show them as the clowns they are (just look at the rag-tagged eight Igbos demonstrating in front of Dr. Ariyo's office in Texas; those hysterics actually want to get a fellow Nigerians fired from his job; they are evil, totally evil); you hope that at some point they would give up their delusion of superiority and accept their equality with all people.

By showing the evils Igbos do, by showing their criminal and evil behaviors you hope that that would shame them into giving up their delusion of superiority.
For example, If Igbos gave up their delusion of superiority they would appreciate that in the real world they have contributed nothing to civilization; they did not invent writing; they did not invent the wheel (those are the key to civilization). All they did was capture and sell their people to whoever wanted to buy them.

If they were to give up their quest for superiority they would realize that they are inferior people. At that point they would feel depressed and probably commit mass suicide or change.

To avoid depression and mass suicide they cling unto the mask of superiority. It is difficult for them to give that mask up for they do not want to see what lies underneath the mask of superiority, nothingness.

The few paranoid persons who have given up their mask of superiority did so only when they accept spirituality and accept that they are the children of God. If one believes that one is a child of God and that in God one has worth then one is able to give up the psychotic false god of superiority. It is difficult for a human being to accept that he is nothing.

To heal Igbos they have to be tracked to true spirituality. If they do not find God they will continue clinging to false superiority.

In the meantime, you do what you do to shame them to giving up their psychosis. I thank you for what you do.

As their Dibia, the born high priest of Amadioha I have to figure out a way to heal them of their psychosis. Left as they are they are lost.

They are finished in Nigeria; nowadays most Nigerians have seen through their mask of superiority and know them to be clowns and, as such, would not elect them to high political positions. I cannot see an Igbo elected the president of Nigeria in 35 years (a generation).

Nigerians now know them to be self-centered beyond belief; they are unprincipled opportunists who would swindle you without batting an eye; they would do anything for money (Wole Soyinka said that much in his lecture at Harvard University the other day). The universal perception of Igbos is that they are Satan incarnated in human form; they are Luciferic in their infernal prides (humility is sign of godliness while pride is sign of devilishness).

In time, I will figure out a way to heal Igbos, for that is my job as their high priest. In the meantime, I just wanted to let you know that I now understand why you are doing what you are doing that seems obsessive- compulsive.

I will no longer try to dissuade you from doing it. Keep doing it, man, I encourage you. We must all put our heads together and figure out a way to heal these sick poppies called Igbos.

Ps: Believing themselves a superior people and believing white folks to be inferior to them, narcissists and paranoids have this mental set, many Igbos justify stealing from white folks (and from Nigerians) and not feel guilty. The narcissist cum paranoid person is almost always an antisocial personality and easily gravitates to criminality. Many Igbo 419 scumbags have these personality disorders.

Cheers,

Ozodiobi Osuji

May 6, 2015

http://chatafrik.com/articles/nigerian-affairs/jerome-niang-yakubu-the-unconscious-healer-of-igbos#.VV2BhvlViko

londonrivals:
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a woman on her way to drop off her kids at school in Aba, Abia state.

The victim, whose name could not be ascertained as at the time of the incident, resides at Umuobe, Ovom 1 along Opobo road area of the commercial city.


Eyewitness accounts revealed that the kidnappers used their vehicle to block the woman as she approached Road 8 junction, Federal Housing Estate, Ogbor Hill, and ordered her kids out of the car.

A resident of the area who declined to have his name on print lamented that gunmen attempted to kidnap the woman’s husband two weeks earlier, but he escaped by God’s grace.

As at press time, it was not yet clear if the kidnappers had contacted the victim’s family.

Spokesman of the Abia state police command, Ezekiel Onyeke, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, could not be reached for comments.

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/05/gunmen-kidnap-woman-driving-kids-to.html

I'm/we are Not surprise

quimicababes:
Didn't generalise...said some.

Besides even if there is a high amount of Yoruba guys who have nothing good to say about their girls...there will always be more who actually like their girls but it doesn't discount the noise being made by those who bash their own.

That noise from the few does affect Yoruba girls psychologically but then again men don't pay attention how their views and values contribute to negative pattern of behaviors like skin bleaching etc.

Anyways I am done on this topic.

I see, on NL you wrote?
Issoke
What's the population of yoruba girls on NL and outside NL/offline?
Ese oo

quimicababes:
I am not a dude nor Igbo.Just saying from some of the comments you see on nairaland by some Yoruba guys...yo..some of you all got complexes like Blacks in the West.

I am not trying to bash Yorubas nor validate what tonychristopher try to allude at...

There is nothing wrong with Yoruba guys liking Igbo girls...but when one has to bash their own in the process something is wrong with them psychologically.

This is me saying this as a neutral observer btw.

Just stop generalising, will you?
Arrright
Don't take NL too serious.
Goodnight

PreciousBro:
You just spoke my mind, I'm not one to throw tribal remarks and air my individual sentiments and thoughts that could be perceived as bigoted.(I like to keep it civil even though with differential opinions as everyone else)

Nonetheless, I think these very meagre igbos that marry non-igbos to me are un enlightened and not quite educated or should we say, not information-equipped.

I know yoruba guys marrying igbo girls is akin to touching heaven's gate However, the few igbo girls that do these are often times married to the wealthiest of them non-igbos, because I know its certainly not a thing of desired choice.

Well, they get married and get gone. Their loss and they know this.

Dey jorjor, decieve yaa self
Better marry soon
Forget NL rants

quimicababes:
It depends on the reason(s) upon which he wants to marry her.If it is due to an inferiority complex where he thinks his yoruba sisters are less than Igbo girls...that is not a good reason.If he genuinely love the girl and is willing to embrace her culture by all means.

From the comments on this thread...I reckon it seems like Yoruba guys suffer from the same complex like Blacks in the west....a deep sense of Inferiority.I reckon that a lot of people say bad things about Yoruba women on nairaland and they label them ugly because they are dark and have thick lips which just shows the amount of self-hate amongst Black people.Perhaps Yoruba men feel ashamed that their women are not light skinned etc

Many of us in the west prefer to marry non-black or mixed folks due to the fact it has been hammered into our heads that 100% African is not beautiful.Many Black men in the west deliberately disrespect their women calling them ugly,lazy,no good etc unlike Indians,Chinese ,Whites and Mixed folks.A couple Yoruba guys had nothing good to say about their sisters...which is utterly shameful.

I reckon Igbos and other lighter skin tribes fall higher on the beauty pole according to Euro-centric standards so Yoruba men rush towards them.Despite the rampant mixing amongst Blacks and other races most blacks get married to blacks due to there not being a full openness to mixing by the other races.I suspect similar will hold in Naija in that though Yoruba guys mix with Igbos...most Igbo girls prefer their own men.

The best advice I can give to Yoruba chics like the Black women in the west...do u.Surely life goes and you can't correct a man who have been conditioned to dislike self and kind.You just embrace those who embrace you and screw the rest.

For me,I embrace Blackness in all its manifestation so I will never label a sister who is dark or whatever as ugly despite the fact that I am not exactly dark.At the same time I wants no self-hating negro around me either.

Naija has an obsession with light skin like Jamaica.

You guys keep pulling your own stats and figures here and there
Dude forget story, people marry for different reason: LOVE

babyosisi:
Say what?
They are very polygamous and it is very acceptable in their culture
Christians and Muslims
Having babies outside of wedlock is not a big deal in the Yoruba culture
Their wives and parents will even sew asho ebi and follow for the naming ceremony
Infact a mistress who conceives and bears a child automatically becomes equivalent to a wife and can claim inheritance ask any Yoruba person if that is a lie
There is a huge cultural difference between Igbos and Yorubas with regards to marriage and family.

Seems ibo girls ain't complaining after all.

How about that you daughter ?


We need more:

Chimma bamidele
Kwukoze kolawole

Chindima olabisi

NL ibo dudes, I sorry for una oo
Make una siddon there they lament, make una allow yoruba dude take all of una woman finish.
Una eyes go clear

You niggars better work hard else?
Nntoor

mesoade:
You guys are just being foolish and one sided . . . I thougth it takes two to tango . . . 2 ppl make a couple . . . . Why is it that igbo girls can't just resist yoruba guys, why is it that they find it hard to say "NO" when they are being wooed or proposed to?? . . . . Is it that Yoruba guys are too sweet or what?

I love this.
Yoruba dude be taken ibo woman right,left and and center while the lazy ones/ibo bois are on here shouting,lamenting our sister our sister

Yoruba guys should go out, en mass and marry more ibo girls abeg.

Op carry on if you truly love her and for those of you hating on yoruba dude/girls? Abeg work hard, get something going for your lives and then...go marry abeg
no time for lamentation.. ,crying and vomiting anger.
Work hard and go marry abeg

[quote author=iiiyyyk post=33941430]What a yoruba said about yoruba women

folakemiodoaje.com/2014/10/17/yoruba-women-filthy-of-all-tribes/[/quote

This hate won't swallow u.
I'm sure no yoruba girl will consider a bororo like you.
So,why not quit the hating and let them be?
Ha han
Abi one yoruba girl scam you?
Na wah oo

B69U:
Only for yoruba land, men dey take force marry wife, in this world whereby women are everywhere. They will impregnate the girls so no objection from her family and later divorce her after several children at a later date. Wat nonsense! Are Igbos the only tribe in Nigeria must every yoruba tom, dick and harry head to igbos. Did God decree that igbos must marry to yorubas? Yaba tings!

Lamentation.

Op, just make sure she's lagos/SW born/bred else? You are on your own oo

My 2cent

expressglory:
Ekiti is at it again.What started as a clash between the market women and road side hawkers yesterday 19th May is metamorphosing into something bloody.The market women yesterday attacked the road side hawkers and the resulting clash left a lot of people wounded with looting of shops and "road side stands".

In another development a wife of one of the NURTW members was duped of 35,000Naira and assaulted.The drivers retaliated by invading "Atikankan" area destroying properties and beating up the renown 419 boys in the arena.Along the way.according to eye witnesses, some properties belonging to the Hausas were also torched.This obviously drew the ire of the innocent traders and it became a free for all fight.The hausa's shops in Sabo area, opp.Mary Immaculate were looted and burnt. Before long, it suddenly became the Hausas Versus the Yorubas with the Hausas drawing Knives and Cutlasses while the Yorubas were seen carrying bottles and sticks.Three people were rumoured to have been killed.

As at the time of writing this report for nairaland,the security men have arrived in good numbers.The road is deserted,no car or motor cycle can move freely.Pockets of people are however sighted in front of houses far from where the security people are. The main market is deserted,the traders are packing their valuables out of the area because they anticipate a reprisal attack in the night from the Hausas.

Source:Eye witnesses,Traders in the market. I am on ground in Ekiti.I personally sent someone to take the pictures

and no source?

Honestly, nairaland has become a dumping ground for comedy..
Hehehehehehehehehe

FKO81:
I'm scard

Good.

Gamesmart:
If you can't state the name of the places you are posting, don't post.

It is not by force to participate.

Don't be pasting Ghana and say it is Ogun State.

Let me pretend I didn't read this at all.
For the sake of sanity.
ISsoke


To cure you curiosity :


https://www.nairaland.com/2064420/ogun-new-look-strictly-ogun

Above, the thread I created late last year.

More data to you pc/phone OP
Kudos

Don't mind those awon omo ajokuta abeg

OduaVanguard:
Your credibility is zero coz you are nothing but a Yoruba-hater so your judgment can never be taken at face value. I'll rather believe officially released data/stats. Oya go to bed, flatthead.

That dude is very funny to say the least.
Abegii this is just damn laughable.

God bless ogun state
God bless nigeria

God bless ogun
God bless nigeria

scholes0:
Oh really?
Well, the GDP of this Shithole is much more than that of your so called "light of the nation"
My goodness, even Ondo state has a higher GDP....... mouth and unnecessary chest beating is the only thing some Igbo people have!
How about you go digest that fact...!

Leave that villager, let him keep hating abeg

Sparklight properties ogun state

scholes0:
Errm, bro, the first pic is not from Sagamu steel mill o
remove it.

Ok
Removed

Shagamu steel et al

Modified and
Real estate ogun state

Ogun State, Chinese Firm Sign $3.2billion Light Rail Contract

The Ogun State Government has signed a $3.2bn light rail project contract with the China Civil Engineering Construction Company.

The contract was signed on Monday at the governor’s office at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, and the Consul General,  the Peoples Republic of China in Lagos, Kan Liu, was present.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun, who said the light rail would cover both inter-city and intra-city routes, explained that when operational, it would carry passengers and goods across major cities such as Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode, Sagamu, Agbara and Idiroko among others.

He said, “The light rail project is in two phases. The first will cut across the entire cities in the state, while the other phase will be for the Abeokuta metropolis.”


- See more at: http://www.9janinja.com.ng/2015/04/ogun-state-chinese-firm-sign-32billion.html?m=1#sthash.igcO7hG0.dpuf

[b]Ogun State, Chinese Firm Sign $3.2billion Light Rail Contract[b]

The Ogun State Government has signed a $3.2bn light rail project contract with the China Civil Engineering Construction Company.

The contract was signed on Monday at the governor’s office at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, and the Consul General,  the Peoples Republic of China in Lagos, Kan Liu, was present.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun, who said the light rail would cover both inter-city and intra-city routes, explained that when operational, it would carry passengers and goods across major cities such as Abeokuta, Ijebu Ode, Sagamu, Agbara and Idiroko among others.

He said, “The light rail project is in two phases. The first will cut across the entire cities in the state, while the other phase will be for the Abeokuta metropolis.”


- See more at: http://www.9janinja.com.ng/2015/04/ogun-state-chinese-firm-sign-32billion.html?m=1#sthash.igcO7hG0.dpuf

Our brother from the land of the falling akpu are lurking around already.

Una no go kill peson with this online hate sef

Ok oo

Ogun Infrastructural Development is Rapid and Fantastic - US AMBASSADOR



United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle has described the infrastructural development under the Senator Ibikunle Amosun government in Ogun State as rapid and fantastic.
 
Entwistle, who said this during his official visit to Abeokuta, the state capital yesterday expressed satisfaction at the quality of infrastructures being put in place to transform the Gateway State.
 
He noted that the expertise used by Amosun in achieving so much in less than three years could be needed in helping the United States develop better.
 
“What I see is fantastic, rapid development in Abeokuta. The roads, the bridges, the flyovers are very, very impressive. I have just told the Governor that we need his expertise to come help develop us in the United States”, he said.
 
The ambassador further revealed that one of the US biggest companies, Procter and Gamble would open up a factory in Ogun State in about a month’s time and that, “a lot of our investments are in Ogun.”
 
He added that the United States had interest in Nigeria’s next general elections, stating that, “we want Nigeria to have a transparent, credible and non-violent elections.

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