₦airaland Forum

Johnnyessence:
I have been watching your blog closely for some months now. What you are mostly reporting is about the tragedy that's happening in the state osun. Well so far you haven't buy vehicle on it. Stop this your report of tragedy report in the state of osun. Osun state is one of the most peaceful state in the world. You don't benefit anything from your blog here but only gain much traffic so that people will be visiting your site often. Stop this reports ok. Ogbeni take good care of his pensioners. I can tamed you as one of blogger that report tragedy all the time.

Are there lies on her blog

If there isn't, shut the _fuck up

You can open your own blog and write about the almost nonexistent good things done by Aregbe

lonelydora:
Choose you this day on which side you are.

Nigeria's side. I'm a patriot

He didn't state clearly what the money was used for

If road should be built on PPP, how would the private enterprises get their money back? Would the road be tolled

If so, roads should be built strictly by governments.

Commend Fashola ko
Very ineffective minister. What am I even saying They are all ineffective

TheMascot:
bruh...can any other state be compared to Lagos in terms of infrastructure? pls u are becoming annoying.. and I must say..it's because you are an Igbo man and have hatred for the Yorubas that's why you are saying all these crap

Check my previous posts, I don't dabble into tribal rants.

Funny, I'm Igbo, yes. But in Nigeria, the Yorubas are my favorite. I prefer them to my kinsmen. I didn't grow up in the east.

As someone vast in economics I don't just look at achievements alone, I consider the resources at its disposal and compare it to the achievement. That's why despite the recession, I still claim Buhari is better than GEJ.

Most infrastructures in Lagos where built by the FG when Lagos was the capital. The rest were built by private individuals.

Only a hand few were built by the state governors.
Not enough to be juxtaposed with huge FG allocations, IGR and debt in the smallest state in Nigeria.

mmsen:
Kano may be populated but if the economic activity is as low as it appears to be then the likelihood that it has more roads than Lagos is absurd. For what purpose are these roads built and who is paying for them to be built in a state with a miserly IGR?

You advise me to visit Kano - my advice is for you to visit Lagos (and stay on the island). Then go to Calabar and Uyo - there you will see good governance without that the startling poverty that has become accepted in the North.

Calabar and Uyo I'm talking about the whole state.
Save Calabar and Uyo, the rest of the state is nothing to write home about. And their present governors are no where near their predecessors in good governance.

IGR isn't a sole determinant of good governance.
Low tax rate, low tax enforcement... result in low IGR.

In Lagos, everything you do, you must pay tax.
Whenever my Dad's goods arrive, he pays 20,000 to offload it in the warehouse, the only presently tolled road in Nigeria is in Lagos, transporters pay tax for loading passengers, daily tax, picking passengers from a busstop, symbols, advert on cars... The tax rate in Lagos is very high. You even pay tax for having a television or radio in your shop.

I live in Lagos and visit The island Often.

mmsen:
Lagos may or may not have more bad roads than Kano but Lagos has more rooads, more good roads and more cars than Kano. Which means that Lagos has more economic activity than Kano - again how do you explain how Lagos with it's tiny land mass is so much more productive than Kano? Do you know that Kano's IGR is only just bigger than that of Cross River? A state with no oil and a small population. How has that happened?

What is the problem with private sector involvement in infrastructure? Why is private sector in education a bad thing? So long as the state government provides a framework for them to operate and ensures that standards are met there should be no issue.

Businesses go where they can make a profit, where there is an enabling environment. Kano too has a big population - why are businesses not flocking there as they do to Lagos? Ado Bayero mall still largely unoccupied after two years meanwhile malls are opening and filling up at pace all over Lagos, Onitsha and Calabar.

As to your comment about not being able to do anything about religion in a democratic setting - that is completely untrue. You can ensure that young people are exposed to the beauty of the world around them by way of a fulfilling and meaningful education. By education I mean more than just sitting in a classroom regurgitating whatever the teacher says (which is not an education but indoctrination) but to come to understand the world that we live and to understand and value the individual. That entails providing means of learning - libraries, internet access, field trips for young people but also recreational activities that do not revolve around scrapping one's head on carpet. Maybe that would be a better use of money than throwing money away on trips to the Arabian desert from which nothing good has ever come.

Lagos has more roads than Kano Damn!!! You can't be serious. Do you think kano is a dessert

Only if you try and visit kano, you will understand what I'm saying. You will see evidence of good governance but lack of private sector participation.

Kano has a large population but a very low density compared to Lagos. That's why most businesses prefer Lagos.

Laid2001:
You surely dont know what you are talking.
Lagos IGR was less than a billion naira per month during Tinubu. Tinubu put down the foundation for increased IGR during his second term, increasing it to more than 10 billion per month. Fashola continued in his stead and hit 20 billion per month and Ambole has already taken on their steps and it keeps increasing. Now the Lagos monthly IGR is higher than yearly IGR of some states. During GEJ tenure, Delta, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom (due to very high Federal allocation & 13% derivation) used to have similar yearly budget amount as Lagos in the neighbourhood of 350billion to 400billion per anum. Yet mostly nothing to show, other than few roads. Check this years budget of these states, Lagos has dwarfed all of them!

Do you still think the Lagos governors are mediocre like your governors!!!!

Increase in IGR as a result of a weakened currency. Compare the actual value then and now in dollars and tell the difference.

Like I said Lagos can only be rivaled by south south in terms of bad governance.

Those states have nothing to show for it because private investors prefer Lagos state.

AbuHammaad:
Private sector will only invest if the government creates the enabling environment and infrastructure. This is a state that was denied FA for years and still managed to pay salaries

Give credit to whom it's due.

The reasons private sector invest in Lagos are
1) localization- many industries are already in Lagos, so it's economically viable to locate yours there too
2) proximity to supply- many industries import some of their raw materials and only Lagos has functional ports.
3) nearest to market- if you plan to expert your goods, Lagos is the place... If you plan to sell locally, Lagos is the most profitable place due to it's population density rivaled by none.

Tinubu owed workers when the state was denied federal allocation. Of which the IGR should have been enough to sustain Lagos

freeborn76:
Lagos has a population of close to 21 million people on about 4000 sq.km. Despite the fact that majority of Lagos' inhabitants are not indigenous to the state, it provides free healthcare, free education and unbiased social service to all who call the city home; unlike other states who retrench workers from neighboring states because they are 'non-indigenes'. You mention Kano, but forget to mention that unlike Lagos, its developmental concentration is in Kano Metropolis and not the entire state. You mention good roads and fail to mention the impact 30 years of military rule had on infrastructural imbalance between the North and South...

No matter what anybody says, if you are truly a Lagosian like me or you call Lagos home, you would agree that the Lagos of 1999 is not the Lagos of today...take a few seconds to playback the Lagos of 1999 and you would see how far we have come... Eko baje ti!

Virtually almost all states in Nigeria (if not all) offer free schooling and health care

No state benefited half of what Lagos benefited in the 30 years military rule and you know That.

Most development in Lagos from 1999 are private sector driven.

freeborn76:
Why don't you relocate to Kano then and let us have one less person in Lagos?

For your information, I didn't say kano is better than Lagos.

I only said kano has better governors

palsenator:
Did you really mean that ? If that was said about one of your leaders In Islam, head would have been cut off and dozens would have been slaughtered.

Put this into your skull. The opposite of Christianity is not Islam.

I'm not a muslim

mmsen:
Lagos doesn't have the same education deficit that Kano or Kaduna suffer from. There are sufficient schools in Lagos when one takes into account the vast array of private schools. The same cannot be said for the core north.

AKS has much better roads than Kano, likewise southern Cross River.

Lagos has good roads on the island, the mainland is improving under this governor.

Why do you detach the bad governance from the conservative religion when the two go together? Are the state governments still not wasting money on state sponsored hajj? Could that money not be better spent on education? Do any of the governors speak out against the religious handicap that the people are forced to labor under?

Which northern governors do you believe to be 'good' and why?

Lagos has abandoned it's public schools

I can still remember the quality of Lagos public schools as at the 80s and 90s. Now they are nothing to write home about.
The only good schools in Lagos are private schools.

Ever since Lagos stopped being the capital, almost all development are private sector driven.

Private sectors build their companies in Lagos because of localization, proximity to supply and demand. No west Africa state has more population density than Lagos.

Pin point one major completed project by the Lagos state government since 1999.

Lagos smallest state with the highest IGR has more bad roads than Kano which is over 10 times bigger than Lagos.

Speaking about conservative religion, if you become a northern governor, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it in a democratic setting.

freeborn76:
They are the least indebted because they do not have any project to execute. When a government is building a 4th Mainland Bridge, building a 10 lane Badagry Expressway, running a fully-functional Export Processing Zone, building rail projects and expanding the city through new super highways in Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry, then such state cannot but be indebted. Your state is 'debt free' because the highlight of your year is the new yam festival that gulps 30% of the budget...abeg leave us alone in Lagos and focus on your debt free state.

Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria, I wonder why such huge amount of money spent on such a tiny land mass has little to show for it.

Most northern state are over 10 times the size of Lagos

Go to kano state and see bridges that took a short while to complete.

Lagos hasn't gone half way with her railway after close to a decade. Haba.

Go to the north and see good roads.

The 10 lane badagry express way is partly funded by ECOWAS.

Same with the railway

mmsen:
You dismiss Lagos's high IGR - can you explain why Kano's is so low? It's an ancient city that was once a thriving trade city, allegedly.

In order to acquire debt you must have assets and revenue to borrow against. Having low debt is not an achievement.

Nigeria needs roads, schools, hospitals and educational facilities - this is especially true of the core north where there is a serious problem with poverty and illiteracy.

Which schools, hospitals and education facilities were built by Tinubu, Fashola or Ambode

For roads, I'm yet to see any state that stands Kano.

The major problem of the core north isn't bad governance but conservative religion

emerged01:
The guy say "sack" no be kill o. I know meant a lot when you added "also" to your statement.

He should be sacked for expressing his freedom of speech

What about Christians criticzing other religions.

The also meant like most religions, Christians are intolerant

Statsocial:
Lol how can we give you Lagos revenue. U for go take New York own sef. Lagos has the highest igr but not highest federal allocation. So admit when you are wrong

Lagos has the highest IGR not because of their governors.
It has always being that way since Lagos was the capital of Nigeria. Before Tinubu ever dreamt of being a governor

TheMascot:
of course they will have the highest debt..every government runs on debt..some of them are PPP and uncompleted projects like the eko Atlantic city.. others are capital projects, wait..because USA is richer than Nigeria do you think they are not in more debt then we are? even in football real Madrid is rich but still have one of the highest debts..the point is the higher you earn the higher your responsibilities..the more servants you have to pay, the more social amenities you have to provide..it's called Government..your state creates more revenue than Kogi right? check and see who has higher debt before the bailout came

Those you mentioned have things to show for the debt, but you can't say the same about Lagos.

mmsen:
If the South-South and Lagos state have had the worst governors then who do you think has the best?

I'm genuinely curious because Lagos generates more IGR than the entire North and has a GDP that is double that of Kenya's.

Lagos having the highest IGR wasn't done by the governors. Lagos has always had the highest IGR since when it the capital of Nigeria.

For best governors look and the core north and south east. Though they are all mediocre but look at what they do with little IGR and allocation. They are the least indebted states in Nigeria

Ajewealth123:
some Christians criticize Muslim and some Muslims criticize Christians. "SOME" and people like me mind my business while some Muslims too mind their business.

I hope you do advice Christians that criticize other religions to mind their own business

TheMascot:
and highest revenue also..be sure to get ur facts right..stop being a mor0n..it's a federal offense ..I know you want to be a critic and all but if you want to choose the right state..what do you think? that all those small menial shops will generate close to quarter of what the private firms that are going to build there will bring in a month? you know were Lagos gets its wealth? from taxes..and down to every single dime dey make sure they spend it..look at Lagos..look at your state..if they are mates then come back and talk...

We are both saying the same thing, but you just see it from a different point of view.

You said Lagos gets the highest revenue which is exactly same thing I'm saying.

Despite having the highest revenue, they are the most indebted state. Isn't that an irony

Don't think Tinubu and his stooges brought development to Lagos because Lagos has been developed far before Tinubu became a governor. He only came to reap where he didn't sow.

Talking about my state, Give my state Governor, Willie Obiano same revenue and watch him turn Anambra around.
Gracias!

okowande:
Ur name thou. Does it ve connection wt ur real 3rd leg? jus asking. Lolzzz

I have only 2 legs

davodyguy:
Development in a chaotic atmosphere? Where's that obtainable?

Well, he just caused more unemployment.

That is development in a reverse gear

Olulinks:
If it was your allah that's been attacked you will promote him at his place of work?

Listen, the opposite of Christian isn't Muslim.

I'm agnostic.

Christians criticize Muslims and pagans but they don't wanna be at the end of the criticism.

_Fucking hypocrites

Seems Ambode is more concerned about beauty than economic development


So many news about demolition but few about economic development.

Lagos has never had a good governor.

In my opinion, they are _fucking over hyped... Tinubu, Fashola and Ambode can only be rivaled by south south governors when it comes to worst governors ever

Excess IGR and federal allocation. What does Lagos have to show for it... Highest debt in Nigeria

The ipob yoot below me will always see tribal sentiment in every news

Ajewealth123:
his end days will be worst believe me. Life is so easy, why must he contribute or criticize what he doesn't believe in? U don't eat dog because it is a taboo for you yet you smell it's roasted meat what should we call that? If he is an atheist, nobody is against that but he should stop dabbling into things that are way beyond his understanding and comprehension.

Okay, leave it to your God to punish him.

Shey he is Omnipotent Let him fight for himself.

When Christians criticize pagans and Muslims, do people complain

Pidgin2:
See your life situation?? Amadioha indeed, if your god has power he should fight for himself

Yeah, just like your God fights for Himself when Muslims burn churches

CaroLyner:
they would soon sack this bloke from cool fm
with all his incessant rants

He should be sacked

Seems you Christians are also intolerant

Finelatty:
hahahaha..that we don't have same faith doesn't mean we shouldn't have common sense..ohakim a sitting governor was kicked out office and y wasn't rochas when he wanted to run for his second tenure not just that cos the efcc is also after him and am nt saying God is punishing him cos we dnt know the ways of God..its only the catholic priests that calls a spade when your pastors will be romancing them for contracts and grants and have you seen a political priest before..your pastors will following them up and down at aso rock villa and they will be talking jibberish[b]..incase you dnt knw,the same priest that destroyed your fetish item is also praying for nnamdi kanu which your so called church can't do[/b]..

WTF!!! How old are you
Why am I wasting my time with some friends with such level of IQ

You said my fetish items meaning I'm a pagan. In the same sentence, you said my church... Referring to me as a Christian(Pentecostal) SMH.

I'm off. I need a more intelligent person

Finelatty:
its only the jihadist muslims that acts that way when you say a thing about mohammed but christians believe that our GOD will fight for us cos vengance is of the lord not human..

Yeah, but don't come to the internet to complain because Christians are also guilty of the same act

Lilimax:
Agnostic kor, bombastic ni
Their is no evil in what the priest did as the worshipers of the said idols willingly invited the priest, offered their gods for destruction and surrendered their shrine for total cleansing. It was never done in a violent manner similar to Islamic terrorism.
The man crying fowl may be doing so because his hope of gain is lost.
JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!
and

Really, did we read the same article

It said the shrine was invaded