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blink182: young man, make Ÿ̲̣̣̣̥ø̲̣̣̥u̶̲̥̅̊ get sense Oº°˚˚˚°h.

Old man, na question I ask.

Fair enough?

By Chinedu Eze

The Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that the N7.4 billion budgeted for the earth movement at the Asaba International Airport was to enhance pilots’ visibility and for the airport to accommodate large body aircraft. He explained that his administration was abiding by the conditions given by the aviation regulatory body, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Speaking to selected Aviation Correspondents in Asaba at the weekend, the Governor said that work had started on the project long before the planned visit of the President for the South South Economic Summit, remarking that the airport was built with 3.4 kilometer runway with 50 metres width, which qualifies it to accommodate a Boeing 747 aircraft and its equivalent. He however added that there are conditions that must be met before such aircraft could be allowed to land by the regulatory body. Such conditions, according to him, include having a strip of 120 meters on either side of the runway, and that the ends of the runway must be at the same ground level with the runway. “ So inevitably the hill at the end of the runway must be cut down and the earth moved to the sloppy sides of the runway so that there is equal ground level distance of 300 meters on either side of the runway. “So the N7.4 billion was not budgeted just for cutting of the hill but for complete earth work to ensure that the runway is at the level of its surrounding so that the airport meets international standard for easy visibility of the pilot, the landing and take-off of large body aircraft and for safety at the runway and the whole airside of the airport”, he said Uduaghan added, “The contract for the leveling of the hills was not awarded because of the recently concluded South South Summit we hosted in Asaba; it is purely driven by the technical and safety consideration of the NCAA. The contract has since 2011 been awarded, as the Chief Executive of the state, I directed the contractor to get the job done in good time because we are in a hurry to get the airport up and running, that is our goal and this is driven by the pressure I am under from our sister states in the South East, Anambra, Abia, Enugu to get the airport running.” The Governor also explained that the contractor had done about 10 percent of the job after about 10 months, calculating that with that pace job would be completed in the next two years, which was not what government, which was already under pressure to kick off the cargo part of the air operation, so government had to bring in two more contractors at the same budget of N7.4 billion to finish the job in time. On the amount of money budgeted for the project, the Governor said, “I think the figure that is being bandied about is the totality of so many things, the unfortunate thing is that the time the figures were sent out, it was not properly transmitted, and that is the unfortunate thing.” In addition to the earthwork, the money budgeted would also fund the building of quarters for essential staff at the airport, according to the state government. Before Uduaghan became the Governor of Delta state, his predecessor had built an airstrip at Asaba, but seeing the economic potential of having a full airport in the capital, Uduaghan’s administration embarked on building an airport for big body aircraft, looking at the business communities all around Asaba. “The desire to go beyond just having an airstrip as thought by the last administration to me makes an economic sense, because the Asaba airport will be fed by passenger traffic from the Onitsha, Nnewi axis and other key areas of the South East. We also considered the cargo activity at the airport; that is why we embarked on the airport project,” the Governor explained. But the snag was that the there was no stretch of level land for about four kilometers that could take the airport, so the government had to do with what was available. “We wanted to build an airport with a runway length of between 3.4 kilometre and four kilometers, unfortunately, there is no terrain in Asaba area that could give us such stretch of land; the topography here in Asaba is mainly either hills, or low lands, rivers almost like a valley. With all the directions and technical survey that was done for the airport, we got where we are now, which gives us two terrains, the hill on one side and the river on the other side, we have to make do with what is available.” He said that his administration had to embark on the project with serious and heavy engineering work, dealing with all challenges offered by the topography, including this latest one, which is leveling the whole surrounding of the runway and cutting the hill at its end. Meanwhile, the airport is already providing service for the teeming businessmen and women in Onitsha and its environs as airlines operating into the airport enjoy full load factor on every flight.

thisdaylive.com/articles/uduaghan-explains-n7-4bn-budget-for-asaba-airport/115198/

Use the Gloflat setting with your password and username as 'flat' and your APN as 'gloflat'. I guarantee you it'll work.

^^ Same to you o, my broda.

^^ Good for u and berrer for me cos u might as well be speaking to your butthole!

^^ Of course, esp when viewed from the angle of an "oni ranu"!

Old stale news dug up by a mischief maker. This story actually came up in 2010 and turned out to be false. Pls read and read the views of Cameroonians in the thread below

www.nigeriafilms.com/news/9161/37/cameroon-blacklists-tb-joshua.html

In any case if you know anything about the mans Church, you'd know those accusations are entirely false and laughable.

Gbawe: Politics is not about seeking office alone

^^ Thank you my brother. Ask BabaTinubu! ^^

[quote author=one.east]Imo state University, 43,353 and University of Ibadan, UI with 40,011.[/quote]Did anyone else notice the above?

Gbawe: “friends who share similar progressive views have been kept apart for so long”.

Akande was accompanied by former governors of Lagos, Ogun and Ekiti states, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief Segun Osoba and Chief Adeniyi Adebayo and National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Layi Mohammed.

He said: “Birds of the same feather flock together. I can see that Oyegun has the same feather with all of us here”.

I couldn't have put it any berrer! Asiwaju & Co. Ngr Unlimited. LMAO

badoutyn: Why should i be talking to myself,do you even read what brought about all this whole story.

What brought about "this whole story" was you tryin to sell a USED phone over and above the ORIGINAL cost price isn't that so? And you're tryn to justify it by saying that's your initial price open to negotiation abi? Now if someone comes and offers to buy your used crap for say 25k thinking its a fair price would u decline? What have you then succeded in doing and how would a person that buys a USED phone that's more expensive than a BRAND NEW one feel when he discovers his mistake? Put yourself inhis shoes for a sec.
One question; How do crooks and swinders like you manage to live with yourselves?

badoutyn: Why cant some people learn the habit of how to talk/attend to issue,some Nigerians are not meant to be on NL at all,Seun you are trying.Is not by force,if you want to go for the phone fine,and if not so be it,why making used of silly words.

I'm sure u're referring to yourself right? Chipskate!

^^lol

^^ And what would that achieve?

^^ LMAO

Exponental: If ds story is true, d pastor is not matured.

If this story's true, it should make the homepage. OP sourceeeeeee Please!

Eko Ile: The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued regulations enabling communities and local governments to generate and distribute electricity within their areas.

I'm sure you know anyone holding onto this is being blatantly simplistic.

alj harem: Of course I don't see you seeing it from that point of view. Mumu

Mallam I know what your problem is but I'm going to pretend I don't and assume you're not a semi-nama and respond to your brazen display of illiteracy above.

1. What community is that gives the "Biggest" power generation volume ?. As far as Nigeria is concerned the dams aka Hydroelectric power contributes far more than gas etc turbines. Thus your community has to be in Nigeria state or Ogun/Ondo state.

If u went beyond primary 6 you wouldav noticed I was referring exclusively to gas plants but definitely not comparing them to any other source. Who doesn't know that even Egbin a thermal plant in Lagos produces more power than any single gas station in the country?

2. The government has give free hand to each state to provide her own electricity if they can. I do not know what planet you are living in. After all the IPPs you have been hearing

Oh really? Seems Mallam is more informed than a sitting governor. After they generate how do they distribute? Do they start sharing infrastructure with an about to be privatized distribution coy, do they fix their own prices? Do they employ their own staff and have their power coy lets say LEPA?, who would set the boundaries? Do you even have any idea of the number of laws that need to be repealed to make that possible?

As for the rest of your drivel, I'll respond when you manage to make your thoughts comprehensible.

[quote author=ekt_bear]OK, article doesn't make it clear.

Hopefully this is some sort of private arrangement between Lagos State and Siemens. That 1600 MW needs to go to Lagos State.[/quote]You wish. Power is still an exclusive FG venture and whatever you generate MUST be fed into the national grid, its a non issue as things stand. A gas plant in my part of the country is reputed to be the biggest in terms of generation volume but the entire power generated is evacuated to Anambra state where it is stepped down and fed into the national grid. Only one community in the entire LG is connected to the so called national grid and we r talking about a gas plant the FG had absolutely no hand in constructing!, even at the recent South South summit, one of the issues raised by the Rivers state governor was the refusal of the FG to grant him "permission to generate power for his people" despite having the means to do so.
I don't mean to take anything away from Fashola but I strongly believe the Lagos state govt had very little hand in this proposed venture and the credit if any, should go to the FG. Power negotiations is simply beyond State govts.

They should get lost abeg. The girl made A1 in all her subjects what more could u ask of her? That she does so in the sciences? Rubbish. She's worth celebrating even if she may not be solely entitled to the title of "the best". WAEC should go and rest jare, its to pour sand in another persons garri they'll jump to, when malpractice dey full everywhere for their exams how many press conference dem call? Nanzense

^ Worry is when my GF doesn't call me all day, fear is when a gun is pointed at me head.

livapul86: I don't know about you, but am genuinely WORRIED.

"WORRIED" you said.

Kobojunkie: How does he know they feel safe? Nigerians who have lived in Nigeria all their lives don't even FEEL SAFE . . .

How do you know? Have you lived in Nigeria all your life to know those class of Nigerians don't feel safe? abi which study did you commission to come up with the above statement? If you must talk you no go talk wetin you know?

Aigbofa: Where is the extreme callousness? Mockery is very appropriate for the idea of sitting down with terrorists.

If it was your Fada lying cold in the morgue would you still say mockery is appropriate? And he said "no solution without dialogue" abi? We'll see.

Yeah right! When Sawawa reporters speak, Nigeria catches cold. Objective accomplished, oya next!

^^ Just wondering what would have become of u if you'd dared to mock an Abacha approved theme song the way you're doing now while he was still in power. You for know say khaki no be leather.

Make I help u sing am


(Chorus by all)
Welcome to Nigeria 99
Welcome to Africa
Welcome to the land where milk and honey flows

Igbo An igbo lady swingings her hips takes to the stage singing)
e bata go ni obodo oma
ebe I hu ni anya di
e ba ta go ni obodo oma ebe ife oma di

An Hausa guy jumps in almost immediately
(Zaki carrying a stick on his neck typical fulani style sings)
Danka rankuza rankuza edenchi
meena yangu ya
danka rinkazo rinkazo a yangu ya

Yoruba: (Yoruba dude with short shokoto and long cap takes over)
Ekabor cori egbura
ekabor lori olorun
eka lati me lori oko

All now gather together and chorus English version
Welcome to Nigeria 99
Welcome to Africa
Welcome to the land where milk and honey flows ....... (chorus till fade)

Loved the song. Just In case u finally find it pls don't fail to share but if u dont, Pls feel free to rock my recreation.

Hearing from the horse's mouth would really help here, not all these assistants and media peeps. Where's Facebook when you need it?

odiaero: Which part of Delta state?

I'm just as curious.

hercules07: @Jarus
So the guy is an Arsenal fan, how is he handling the stress because I am going grey because of those guys o, imagine Chelsea winning the Champions league, kai,impossicant.

lolllllllzzzz, its been my biggest headache since last nite and I hope their adventure ends next time in the interest of sanity.

^ At least now we have that settled since its been proven that our "mental superiors" also act beyond their mandates.SMH