₦airaland Forum

maclatunji:
Stop being so grim, all he needs to do is to tell Nigerians that he has no shoes, that he is from Bayelsa State, he will never never disappoint us and all will be well again. And then there is Beaf to come and do is abracadabra and you will find that nothing could be better for Nigerians.

I fear for our country. It may not be here tomorrow because of the dictates of a greedy few. Grim? I say reality yet to arrive.

All is accumulating, what we failed to build yesterday has become daunting to achieve today, yet a select few choose to ignore the coming chaos. It is coming, slowly but surely we all will meet on the road where the revenge of the poor will be inflicted on the ''owners of Nigeria''. Anarchy is neigh.

norrisman:
When I see threads like this, it further confirms to me that I did the right thing and jumped the ship called Nigeria. These faceless people who condemn another mans religion probably have 'friends' who are muslims and will dare not say the things they type on here in front of them but the things they type on here is what they really feel about those 'friends'. These are the kind of people that will kill their neighbours of decades when ethnic or religious violence  break out.

People say the women in Kano need to prioritise what they protest about, that has to be one of the dumbest things in the world to say , there is something called freedom of choice. In the UK where there is child poverty, cancer e.t.c to worry about, there is a group of people that have been campaigning for free bike parking in central London every Wednesday for almost 2 years running. According to these cowns on Nairaland, these people are fools because there are more pressing issues they can be protesting about. what a dumb and myopic school of thought. In 2003, I was part of the stop the war protest in central London against war in Iraq. Again according to these clowns, myself and the million aother people that turned up are fools because there were more pressing issues in the UK at the time and we could have been protesting about those instead of a war that was about to commence thousands of miles away. Finally, Ras Kimono sang Free Mandela when there were thousands of political prisoners in prison in Nigeria. According to these clowns, he was a fool because he could have better spent his energy singing about the political prisoners in Nigeria.

You bigots should open your eyes and change your ways. Dont let your hatred of another mans religion blind you to the fact that weare all human beings and we all have one blood!

Integration in any form or guise will never be total - funny thing is where you emmigrated to there are whites who would laugh with you and chat you up with your Britico passport[i]possibly??[/i] but deep within them have reservation(s) you'll never hear them say to your face - that my friend is natural and not particular to race/country/religion - you'll never be more British than you are Nigerian. Yeah, I agree ''we are all human beings'' but we won't achieve ''one blood'' by chanting ''death to Isreal'' while exercising right to free speech and apparent peaceful protest.

LagosShia:
Abokis are human beings and Islam promotes human equality,the jews or chinese are not better than abokis.in Islam,humans do not feel inferior to other humans.you have an inferiority complex.may be in christianity as we witnessed in south africa,there are humans that are better than others because of skin color.we saw in south africa how whites seat in the front seats in churches and blacks are releated to the back.

just like any human being have the right to fast and commorate sallah,these abokis also have the right to protest and express themselves as they like and join muslims around the world in commemorating muslim holidays.

are you next going to tell abokis they should stop fasting because they are "poor"?

Shame. In one breathe Islam promotes human equality according to you; yet a group of adherent choose to relay that by chanting ''death to Esrael'', like someone said even if the jews are transfered to Siberia and the much disputed Jerusalem handed over to muslims it still would not quench the desire to see Israel off the face of the earth. In as much as I don't agree with occupation I don't see equality in wishing another person death and destruction. Something to think about.

dy_droy:
PHCN  

So i hurriedly drove to PHCN ishaga on saturday to purchase a voucher for my prepaid meter. Note that It's clearly written on the gate SATURDAY 10:00AM TO 1:PM
I pulled over at the gate at exactly 12:45pm and met another car owner pleading with the security man to let him in, but the security man shook his head insisting that they had closed and that he should return on Monday or try another PHCN office. I joined in the pleading, but this was all to no avail. The man pleaded that he had zero credit left and this would mean he will be in darkness throughout the weekend but the mallam turned deaf ears to all of this.

To add insult to injury while we remained at the gate pleading, the mallam eventually told us to give way, that he wanted to open the gate. When he did, alas it was the staff bus driving the staff out of the premises and they even had the nerve to be laughing at us.  

Quite pathetic. From what I can draw, the staffers left a timeline for the gateman/security to act^{no b d mallam b d problem, na d system}public trust and confidence in service delivery is being erroded by acts of misguided anger about poor staff welfare. Similar experiences abound during the voter registration exercise - the public was turned back on the excuse of ''we don close'' even when the government stipulated close hour of 5 o'clock neva reach

Bad Customer Service: Nigeria Immigration Services, Federal secretariat, PH.  Has anyone ever paid the face value charge ( 8,750 excluding processing fee of 500 naira) for a Nigerian passport? I needed a new passport in April, applied in March and paid the stipulated 16, 000 Naira for a 2-day urgent passport; my travail continued from the month of application till 2nd of June! My attache syndicate, one Boma kept telling me made up stories about broken down server and all-what not, the truth is once your money gets into their pockets na voicemail till you collect your passport. Very inefficient trading post, the NIS.

Dangello:
Talking about dubious fuel attendants:
CONOIL on Lagos Abeokuta expressway, by Ikeja Bus-stop, close to the route that leads to the airport. Almost all the attendants there are dubious beings. U go there and tell them you want to purchase a particular amount and all of a sudden they sell N300 worth claiming that they thought thats what they heard.(the initial N300 worth was just a fluke) and then they sell the difference. Both genders are guilty of these and it has become a norm in that particular gas station.

Modified Pump tricks. All just to knock one off and create doubt in the buyer's mind. Diligence is required at filling stations.

pinkrex:
loooooool :Dm taking my opportunity bro, its kinda dulling to keep reading those your 'bit by bit' experience. ,
If you are really serious about the company's Registration ish, you can contact me for express service.

Ah! My bad!, didn't know I was suppose to ease your sleep worries ^{I sure will miss this one in heaps if we were caught up in a drowning ship and there was one life jacket for both; some mothers do have 'em} .

Bad Customer Service: There's a lady petrol attendant at Oando, before Bewac Junction Trans Amadi who's in the habit of exploting unsuspecting customers while filling up their tank. Maybe other experience abound, but what I have experienced once and correlated by another buyer is the sleight of hand shortchange pulled off by the attendant. Please when buying pms make sure the read-out metre is on the same side as the hose delivering to your tank. The lady carried over a previous service charge from an okada man and continued therefrom as part of my tank-fill up charge Omo, no do no do 4,500 Naira don enter for tank wey 3750 dey normally full and e neva full, guy man get to shine eyes call station manager for amicable resolution

So make sure to shine your eyez when buying and don't get distracted by small talk around the pump especially when na your turn - FOCUS!

pinkrex:
No offence.  'offience'

But this is just a show off show, *too much info and explanation

Pinkrex, lol that must be Cassius Clay telling Joe Frazier, you're going down in 2! it is okay to hold a casual opinion what is not is to decide another's experience. Thanks for dropping by, you know, there's a song[b]Walk on by[/b],

Good customer service: 1.Obudu Mountain Resort front Desk, Courteous(maybe becos I was a first timer? ), in-touch with their product( e good to know wetin u dey sell-improves cheerful compliance of the buyer), prompt response on enquiries( mail and fone), and good lookahead management
prior to my arrival.  Also got a fabulous tour guide for a fee close to the group tour guide - for a Nigerian he was different. Willing and eager to show one around- haven been born and raised there also helps his navigating abilities I should say.  

2. SAA: both legs( Las gidi - SA - Dar), the VFM treatment (value for money) - no time wasting, very professional on both legs but their wine didn't match KQs . overall good handle on passenger ''flighttiquette''

3. KQ Airways- Got off on a bump from Jomo Kenyatta to Las gidi - poor air circulation prior to take off but the charm demonstrated by the inflight crew and techie hands-on are some of the X-factors lacking with West African Airlines. No manage-manage o! Problem was identified- with a 10 minutes fix-time alloted, passengers disembarked unto a holding lounge - 15 minutes later we were back boarding with some airline attache briefing us of progress every 5 minutes. And haven been discomforted I asked and got an extra on their relatively better service wine( compared to SAA) to boot!  

4. Standby Cabby: When Mrs. zooms off I resort to Joe's cabby services. Taxi driver that calls when caught up in traffic, tells you ahead of time if he'd not be able to pick me and has a superb mannersim for a cabby needs mentioning. I gbadu the guy die sotay sometimes I dey instruct my office driver not to pick me at the airport just so I could have Joe for company on the drive back. Just one word - RELIABLE.

Bad Customer Services 1: Air Nigeria, Arik and Aero in no particular order. Air Nigeria on the 6th of June failed to transfer me from PH to Las Gidi enroute to Kotoka Int'l Accra. A 12:45 local flight to Las gidi from PH didn't arrive till 1705 by which time my 1645 Las gidi- Accra had already left Lagos! Missing a flight wasn't so much grating than the airline first respondent, liason having no knowledge about what will happen to my Lagos- Accra flight for the same AIRLINE! Jesu! For starters, I didn't plan to overnight in Las Gidi and for no fault of mine Air Nigeria was making me spend outside my budget yet the customer rep had no inclination what time I could fly out from Las Gidi on the morrow It just was sad - no TLC treatment, no penalty for failing to deliver on contract. As a result I spent an extra 17500 Naira not to talk of my apprehensive business partners at the other end. Make I no even talk Arik and Aero own. Neither the new fluctuating PSC at the various domestic airports. 9ja Airline services na boil wey hook for throat, u no fit say u no go chop because e go pain u 2 if hunger waya u

2. ATM card: Enter FBN, Trans Amadi by Ordinance.
    Me: Madam, ''when can I come for my ATM card?''
    Madam: ''One week from today''
    Me: ''why one week?''
    Madam: '' Because the Verve cards are produced in Lagos and are not available in PH for processing''
    Now, I can understand the comparative cost advantage Las gidi has over all cities in terms of techno-accessibility and capital but to need one week to get ATM cards down to PH is anything but efficient. The reason I stopped using my UBA ATM card was inefficiency imagine starting out with FBN on the same footing I wasn't convinced by her response but was willing to let this one go and wait out the one week.

Most times the problem with the services may not be the brand but the product deliverer. It was possible that the ATM card  was being air frieghted during our discussion but the usual 9ja laxity just played up and the first responder in question wasn't bother an inch to find out that simple but vital information. At least the tone of my voice and countenance did convey my disinterest and my being unimpressed about her response, did she care about the image she was letting on?, NO! Perhaps like other public services attendants the image of the companies they represent matter little as to what goes into their pocket monthly.

The moniker fool @ 70 don stick o!
I hope he gets Gertrude and that she provides him carbon copy storms-the type he made us face as a nation

Gri(e)ffindom

Ah! Fratres<whose palying the violin?


Vavavoom:People of Nairaland, if you find yourself hoping on this matter don't hold your breath rather pinch yourself quickly to clear any hallucination.

Otherwise ask OBJ, why we are here again.

Ah! The plot thickens-of the said fool, the witless and the adjudicating chickens . The actors have suddenly realized that time is dailing past on their lives' clock work - haven crossed the proverbial 70 their days are numbered. Both have realized there's more to legacy than possession bequeathed to immediate families and cronies, and that there is a much better legacy - one that fulfills dreams of people, citizens- the many whose lives they failed to impact while priviledged.

Like Commodus these two need to know about the four chief virtues(Justice, wisdom, temperance, and fortitude) because all there is to them is AMBITION.


Both are not men of the people-both have no recorded legacy as men for the people. They can't turn back the hands of the clock but have chosen to provide entertainment for the so many citizen X whose life they failed to uplift. May be we should kust sit back, laugh and take stock of our own lives because these two will never be in danger of becoming good men.

Ah! The plot thickens-of the said fool, the witless and the adjudicating chicken . The actors have suddenly realized that time is dailing past on their lives' clock work - haven crossed the proverbial 70 their days are numbered. Both have realized there's more to legacy than possession bequeathed to immediate families and cronies, and that there is a much better legacy - one that fulfills dreams of people, citizens- the many whose lives they failed to impact while priviledged.

Like Commodus these two need to know about the four chief virtues(Justice, wisdom, temperance, and fortitude) because all there is to them is AMBITION.


Both are not men of the people-both have no recorded legacy as men for the people. They can't turn back the hands of the clock but have chosen to provide entertainment for the so many citizen X whose life they failed to uplift. May be we should kust sit back, laugh and take stock of our own lives because these two will never be in danger of becoming good men.

Syenite:
GEOLOGISTS PLEASE LET'S DISCUSS THIS TOPIC.
Firstly where is Ara Orin geologically? Does it fall within the South Western basement complex (Ibadan Unit) or within the Nupe Basin?  If it falls withing the former case closed no oil can be found there but if the later it is not impossible for oil to be discovered.The Nupe Basin is an interior sedimentary basin in which sedimentation started even before it started in the Niger Delta, hence it has older formations eg the Cretaceos, Paleocene, Eocone and Oligocene.However relatively young formations like the miocene(which houses the oil in the Niger Delta),pliocene and pleistocene are absent.

Question is - comparing the geology of the Niger Delta and Nupe Basin are they similar? Is there good source rock in the Nupe basin?If source rock is present what are the Kerogene type(s) responsible for the generation of the oil. Does the Bida Sandstone (conglomeratic), which I know would likely form the reservoir rock, have the desired or required reservoir properties? Are there structural or stratigraphic trapping mechanisms? If they are present, are the faults sealing? These are some of the regional geological questions that must be asked.

It is not impossible for the farmer to have seen Oil seeping from his farm because the Bida Sandstone which will likely house the oil is exposed at several road cuttings notably along the Abuja-Lokoja road. Post-depositional tectonic activities in the basin have led to the dipping of this sandstone and with younger formations being eroded the Sandstone is exposed at the surface making it possible for oil(if present) to seep-out at certain locations. Besides this oil seepage can even be Bitumen which is heavy oil.

It is unprofessional for any geologist to jump into a speedy conclusion about the discovery of oil. I would recommend to the state government that a full scale 3D Seismic Survey be carried out first and then interpretation, reservoir engineering studies and then drilling be carried before we can ascertain whether we have oil and in what quantity.

Bravo!

It is all about discovering the A C R E S OF D I A M O N D S beaneath ones feet.

The electricity problem won't go because we cry over our heads as diasporans on Nairaland, so too the bad roads, poor health centres etc. As long as we have an unchecked aristocrat ruining the country by their greed the self-serving escapee Nigerian should realize that the gap in wealth will ever get wider. If the poor remain uneducated or poorly educated it serves the purpose of the elite - to run amok with the nation's wealth as it pleases their craving.

Take this, the Nigeria that you seek will NEVER come to be without sacrifice from the knowledgable - those left behind to fight the battle are survival dependants scrapping from the crumbs of RUINOUS ELITE who have kept them so, they can hardly fight because they are hungry and see only a god-king in the man who sells them short for a porridge. You form the MIDDLE CLASS, the ones with knowledge who can stop the rot, but if you wander away like the free in the Allegory of the Cave who then?

My dear Diasporans, it is too simple to see electricity constant in Ethiopia, Ghana, SA, Togo et al, perhaps we should start seeing the sacrifice made by their middle class to keep their greedy leaders in check. As it stands the Acres of Diamonds are still buried beneath our feet and until we start digging for discovery we will never find but wander far off in transient fulfilment. Remember this: It is the desire of the ruining class to remain unchallenged and to keep plundering until challenged

The law should be enforced to the hilt - backed by congress, signed by the president and locked down by the people. In fact any pesron wanting/desiring to SERVE the public MUST as a matter of national revival and rebirth have their wards in public schools. If the school is not good enough for a serving minister's ward then he'd feel every pain suffered by parents whose wards also attend and are deprived requisite standards. No be FORCE to serve o! Let's test run and ammend as we go, we no go know wetin we fit acheive until we don try am

If it was in Egypt, the youth would have engulfed Tarhir Square ( Eagle Sqaure) and demanded justice - that all involved in the complicity for which Al Mustapha is currently playing his timely card be investigated and if found culpable pay the ultimate price. Instead the youth of Nigeria choose a different square - the Nairaland Square to cast aspersion and trivialize a matter of weighty importance. People are taking sides and vowing for their kind instead of seeking the truth and let their fellow kinsmen defend their honour.

A lot did happen and continue to happen in our nation, each regime with its attendant beneficiaries. Only the players can tell for fact what really transpired any other discourse is conjecturing and border on a brief subject to wild and emotional(tribal) guesstimate. I can only hope Al mustapha has decided to come clean as one of the inner circles - recompense for his previous misdeed and help heal our nation. Otherwise we are being led on a wild goose chase while he bids his time and preserve his motive for disturbing our fragile peace at his chosen time.

rajiade:
i think Nigeria is just begining to know what it is made up of haven stood alone as an entity for the past 50 yrs.
Most of us have failed to realise due to our sentimental ideolgy which an average Nigerian is known for, that there is a clear diffrence between tribe and religion, and also sectionalism in a gathering.
When you see an hausa man killing for what so ever reason he has given, most christains are quick at taging it as an islamic act, but when cardinals of catholic are caugth in the act od man-lover or Same-sex, or when pastor king was caught seting his members ablaze as his own understanding of hell [b]no body not even a muslim [/b]made up something special out of it.[b] It may be true that most nothern Muslims are very aggressive, but its also a fact that all christians allways prove to aggrive or intimadate an average muslim.
[/b]Now if we say Nigeria should split, it would be on what bases, Religion or Tribe.
If Religion, what would we do about the northern christains or the southern muslims. An average southerner is calm regardless or religion while an average northerner is cruel regardless of religion. We only hear more form the northern muslims cos they are the majority.
We dont xperience any form of religious violence here in the south where the population of both religion is almost the same not because we are hypocrites but because we have better understanding of what the religions teach.
But it would be very bad if the christains begin to call the muslims all sort of names and show high level intimidation, this could cause more harm than good. And remeber never think one religion is better than the other, no matter your faith or scripture, neva be certain, certaintty comes on the last day, when there would be no opportunity for a change. God is not Static.

You will do well to clear issues relating to the bolded.

There's no need pretending about love between christians and muslims - it has NEVER been there and will never be! Hate has been scripted. Hate is being acted.

While tribal differences have always been there religious intolerance has frequently resulted in unwarranted killings. People will have to choose ultimately what they want via a referendum; I guess am saying a choice should be offered for citizens to decide wether to cohabit in this near state of anarchy where religious intolerance is high and death consequences near.

True but this constitutes internal revenue generation which all of them states complain is insufficient to deliver facilities and maintain those existing. Or are we saying all roads, drains, water, power, sewage lines in Kaduna are okay and then insufficient to warrant expansion.

What I'm saying and the question before them is clear. How do you keep these roads, these buildings in shape. We have not figured out these yet. How do you maintain them when you are over stretched on the upside i.e. expansion, creating new ones. For instance, if you plan to build 100 km of roads a year, by the tenth year or so (when they get bad) you will be building 200 km of roads a year. This is a pickle even the Federal government has not been able to sort out with 45% allocation, what do you expect states to do.

If you visit or live in the FCT, great city, fantastic (by our standards) infrastructure. But what worries some people is how to keep it that way perpetually. Roads, drains and sewage lines in the older parts of the city are already cracking up and there's no move to handle them now. The airport and northern ring roads reconstruction and expansion have already shaken the government so badly that PPP is proposed for new zones. This is the real question and that which faces states most of which have to contend with rising recurrent costs as well.

It is not a joke. The Lagos state government has tried the PPP route on the Lekki axis but has met with stiff resistance. Why? I'm sure the government must be scratching its head thinking of how it will bridge infrastructural maintenance gap. These problems are real. The government has to square the circle. It has to find another way of doing it. So building new ones must be a very serious consideration if they have any foresight. It has to be really needed, come cheap and be affordable so that government can hands off albeit permanently. That's my view.

Bravo Reference!

nagoma:
@dblessed;

"the problem here is illiteracy of the northerners, will they not be waiting for christians to murder at the banking hall? no doubt islamic banking isn't a bad thing but we are boardered about our illitrate cousins in the north who will want to colonise and start blood hunting. as if they would accept christians banking if there was one. mmmcccchhhheeeewwwww."


You have a short memory my Dear ; of course we have Christian bankers like C. Ibru, I wonder what church she attends. She was certainly blessed- just like you!
NB: as one of your illiterate cousins I want to remind you that the word is coloni[b]z[/b]e - spelled with a Z and you can't even spell ill[b]e[/b]terate - shakara olowoje   you have just now failed the secreatarial job interview in the northern illiterate bank.

lol, irony standing on its head. Nagoma, you'll find [size=20pt]ILLITERATE [/size] as spelt by DBLESSED and coloni[b]z[/b]e has an ''s'' variant as well but the Brits spell with a Zee.

The problem with nigeria is that it shouldn't have been one country at its inception. Maybe it is time for a split? At least everyone can practice their religion without need to shed blood?.

The system whatever it is called has its merit but it is too easy to think conventional banking is the bane of our woes and wishful at best to believe that all our problems will go away with non-interest / Islamic banking. The funny thing if I may ask is where was this dissatisfaction about usury when through the years Shagari, Buhari, IBB, Abacha , Adulsalalmi, ObJ and of recent UMYA were at the helms of affairs? Maybe the opposition would learn to TRUST the proponent if accountability was demanded from those and monies derived from the principle of usury returned?

There exist a select few-people who over time have continue to deprive the many who hold religion as their last hope. On both sides these few continue in their quiet but disingenous quest to mock and beat many into intolerant religious frenzy at various conducive times by the approach of carrot-and-stick. The timing of this apparently relief-giving system of banking is suspect at best-in the eyes of people from the south it appears a dormant code has been activated to destabilise a government not represented by one of the anointed.

As for me I stand with people from both side, those who will die and shed their blood to see good roads, electricity, tap-water and functional health care systems - those who will go on the streets and demand quality life indices be improved not on religious ground but on empathy for fellow human. Anything else is a distraction and an ambition that furthers the nest of a feudal few.

redsun:
D old financial world is a failure.D peeps of d world should be looking for alternatives to free demselves from d bondage of

redsun:
conventional banks and socalled financial ethics layed down by greedy illminaties and islamic banking seem like an alternativ

Seem? Yes, conventional banks charge high interest rates and must find a way to match high risk loans with interest rates that allow entrepreneurs to be able to pay back without braking their backs nevertheless, am trying hard to fit in practitioners such as Pakistan, Afghnistan, Iran, Indonesia et al into states that have propspered as a result of practicing Islamic banking. I dare say every system has its pros and cons and to imply that conventional banking system is the foundation for all our troubles is but simplistic at best. Remember countries have applied conventional banking system to thrive; it seems to me the problem lie more with the practitioners than the system.

The problem with nigeria is that it shouldn't have been one country at its inception. Maybe it is time for a split? At least everyone can practice their religion without need to shed blood?.

The system whatever it is called has its merit but it is too easy to think conventional banking is the bane of our woes and wishful at best to believe that all our problems will go away with non-interest / Islamic banking. The funny thing if I may ask is where was this dissatisfaction about usury when through the years Shagari, Buhari, IBB, Abacha , Adulsalalmi, ObJ and of recent UMYA were at the helms of affairs? Maybe the opposition would learn to TRUST the proponent if accountability was demanded from those and monies derived from the principle of usury returned?

There exist a select few-people who over time have continue to deprive the many who hold religion as their last hope. On both sides these few continue in their quiet but disingenous quest to mock and beat many into intolerant religious frenzy at various conducive times by the approach of carrot-and-stick.  The timing of this apparently relief-giving system of banking is suspect at best-in the eyes of people from the south it appears a dormant code has been activated to destabilise a government not represented by one of the anointed.    

As for me I stand with people from both side, those who will die and shed their blood to see good roads, electricity, tap-water and functional health care systems - those who will go on the streets and demand quality life indices be improved not on religious ground but on empathy for fellow human. Anything else is a distraction and an ambition that furthers the nest of a feudal few.

oops!

Bensonite:
Good point made. The problem with the work ministry is corruption and nothing less. A friend of mine told me how he tried fixing a pot hole that will last for a long time during the operation zero potholes and the effort was fraustrated by the same ministry workers that are suppose to insist on high standards.
Back to OP,
You made a good assessment of Port Harcourt. Odili 8 years was a waste but did not mean we should accept anything just because Amaechi is performing better than his former boss. Someone mentioned earlier that Odili got more revenue than Amaechi---please that is wrong by any standard. Odili 8years was approximately N800billion while Amaechi 3years is about N1.2 trillion check the records and see. There may be inflation but not so much so there is more money now than before. Odili is history and we dont want to remember that name anymore.

That is one fundamental problem we find across all facets of our lives. So should we privatise our ministries? should we let them become publicly run? Because as it stands there's no end in sight in this business of scratch-my-back-I-grease-your-palm. The effect is that of a domino - money changes hands expectedly, standards get compromised, roads get bad in short span and then we are back to where we started. With corruption it seems to be a case of ''this is my domain & I have been assigned/mandated to profiteer illegally/corruptly from it'' When you see what steps Prodeco took in achieving the set objective of a passable and long-lasting  road it makes one wonder the commonly harped excused of ''this terrain is diffcult to develop'' Make we think.

carnal:
supported and absoutely true. i live on these road and past thru hell daily to-fro work from.

Ameachi has been tryin compare to Odili but the problem with amaechi govt is havin too many projects at the same time, take R.D road around okporo for instance that road has been lik that since 2007, seeveral letters has been writtent o govt without no solution in sight, during the operation zero pothholles that road was still neglected, i commend him for security, education, health care but i tink he also need to mandate the oil companies to do project for him just like he is currently doin with prodeco on the eastern bye pass roundabout

The roundabout being constructed by Prodeco is at the instance of NLNG not Amaechi. But it is a good emphasis on how road should be evaluated and constructed - the culvert across from the NLNG site to the exit flow canal will ensure ease of passage of water and enable the road stand for a long time. The question is why do the private firms like Prodeco get it right and why can't we get our work ministry to function similarly?

The OP has a fair assessment on Amaechi's performance. The problem has and seems to be our bojuboju approach of doing things.
Amaechi seems to have good intentions but like all padimen can hardly run away from friends who have helped made him - that is his bane. People, friends, relatives, associates, indigenes have been given jobs for which they hardly have any capacity to execute. So standards even when clearly started in issued contracts were not followed, na case of give us food make we chop especially on some of the roads being executed. But compared to Odili the monitoring of projects and revocation after realisation has been markedly improved.

If all the roads under reconstruction turn out like the schools and health centres then he would have met the expectation of many. As a tax-paying citizen I expect to drive on good roads and when the standard under which such roads are constructed appears not to have phase-timelines and continue to linger after years then there's every justification for questioning. He expects our praise for the schools and helath centres, and rightly so we have especially knowing where we are coming from but to say one shouldn't criticize aspects of his work because of the performance of close-by inept governors that is folly and unacceptable.

All Mbulela seeks to and has done is keep Amaechi on his toes, those who are advocates of RA should take both the praise and consider the constrcutive criticism as part as a tool for improving life.

Limaoscar:
Congratulations to the Republic of Southern Sudan. My cab driver friend in the U.S. a graduate from one of the colleges in florida can now go home after 15 yrs.
I watched the ceremony live from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on BBC. Can't help observing though that the sweearing-in ceremony of the General and the entire excercise was hastily put together. A few caucasian faces, including chinese at the background (trust them), Mr UN-Moon and some unknown faces but I didn't see any of our key official abi we no represent?

GEJ should have had this one locked down, show a lot of our presence. Even though it's a land-locked Country, they got oil, there will be need to re-construct and re-build from sctratch, we can provide IT, TELECOMS, BANKING support, Medical services, etc.

My other fear is that part of the oil rich region is still in dispute. How they resolve this in the future plus arrangement to sell their oil through khartoum will be an interesting deal.

Finally, the General turned president has been around for five years or so, I hope He will be ready to leave when His time is up (this one is a real fear) . Other than that, good move for the new republic. They will have to get over the Euphoria and emotions , roll-up their sleeves and get down to real national building as well as start building international bridges of their own as a Nation.

GEJ - d guy dey fear to show his hand - advisers would have advised not to attend as any presence would be misconstrued as giving blessing to something that is not a far possiblity here in Nigeria. We too dey pretend for this country - I agree with you it was an opportunity to create a trade route and corner part of the juice beneath the feet of the republic of south Sudan. Maybe we should get NNPC running like Petrobras first?
I fear like you too Omar Bashir has got a lot under his sleeve as regards the oil rich Abiyei province - na boundary dem just separate because resource sharing matter go bring another gbege later on- I hope both parties can get past it for the good and development of both countries - 25 abi na 60 years sef of ethnic violence; like you I have my doubts about the General leaving when it is time to go - Imagine we still have our own back home feeling a sense of entiltlement to the throne - changing from military uniform to agbada and seeking term elongation when due to leave office. The general and his advisers might toe such a line when time comes to leave. I could be wrong.

1025:
@paraphrase,
na u and your generations both born and unborn God go punish.
for me, this nigeria that is not working needs to be divided. is not by force to answer nigeria. if u like smoke till death do u part, nigeria has nothing outsatnding to call it a country. the northern cyprus u are using as example still has nigerians there but can u point to one man from your northern cyprus that is living in this jungle called nigeria. at least, a poor family or country will come together to suffer, work, pray and survive together not having few criminals that celebrate their criminalities before us.
it is idiots like u whose parents are destroying this country and sending fools like u to cyprus to read and the good news is that most of u end up as drug addicts over there.
who would have tot a nigerian  like u will leave your much delighted country for cyprus. the next place we will hear from u will be the newest country of this world, south sudan.
unless your parents are ready to repent and release all their loots, otherwise, none of u the beneficiaries will go unpunished no matter where u run to.

lwkmd! 1025 you cracked me up with your retort - someone talking about staying together and all that bullshit in diversity while admonishing from afar smacks of hipocrisy. In all circumstance we the people of Nigeria wouldn't call for separation  but for all my 34 years on earth I can't say hopefully I see a change in the near future with the attitude of a few selected people who enjoy the present status quo and work hard to keep the system the way it is - at least when we go our separate ways those who desire to practice full blown sharia in the North need not look over their shoulders who they might offend - the free south can progress with civic liberties and fundamental basic rights as the centre of human development without recourse to religious tenents.