asha 80:
well maybe it is time 'traffic' is 'diverted' away from lagos right?Fg should focus infrastructural development to other places right?

Infrastructural development in Lagos? Lagos is a shytehole! And if a shytehole is what you call "infrastructural development," in your obtuse mind, then you also need to be DEPORTED to your state of origin before you become a nuisance in that part of the world.

bittyend:

Infrastructural development in Lagos? Lagos is a shytehole! And if a shytehole what you call "infrastructural development," in your obtuse mind, then you also need to be DEPORTED to your state of origin before you become a nuisance in that part of the world.

no need for the insult.if you use your brain you would know that the main reason lagos has become a shithole as you admitted is because the infrastructure laid i lagos cannot be found anywhere in the country hence the mad rush to the state.maybe you should visit abuja and see that the place is turning into another lagos.

asha 80:

ermm... the lagos sea ports,international airport,were not state projects.if you know the traffic those sea ports attracts then you will appreciate what i am saying.also there is a reason people are flooding abuja as we speak.

Theres also an International airport in Enugu So you can enjoy the facility there

dayokanu:

Theres also an International airport in Enugu So you can enjoy the facility there

yawn

asha 80:

ermm... the lagos sea ports,international airport,were not state projects.if you know the traffic those sea ports attracts then you will appreciate what i am saying.also there is a reason people are flooding abuja as we speak.

To be honest I see this more as an excuse than a valid point.

There are things that state governments have control over and don't do. If Anambra for example built infrastructure and made itself attractive to foreign investment , do you think the FG will turn down money from investors just to spite Anambra? Abuja is full of idiots, but not complete idiots.

If Abuja wont rehabilitate the Niger bridge what stop Obi from requesting the funds himself?

If you really want to do something you will find a way, hell or high water there is an answer that doesn't require the input of Abuja. Its just that you have accepted things one way and anything outside of that confine area is not considered possible.

Crayola1:
Which Native Americans? You don't even know the laws of your own land and you are butchering mine
You wish, naturalization is not the same a citizenship by birth. Tunde is coming home

You're a citizen by birth but your rights are limited.

Tribal sovereignty in the United States
All American Indian tribes are under the U.S. government just as other minority groups. However, unlike other minority groups who are immigrants to the United States, American Indians are indigenous to American land and have therefore sought and gained sovereignty. Native sovereignty is made complex by the fact that the British (in colonial times) and American government also co-exist in the same country. Furthermore, American Indian “government” is not government in the traditional sense of authority and control, but is more like leadership over a community. It is difficult to describe American Indian government in a definite manner due to the fact that there are many different Native tribes with different forms of governing. As of August 2012, there are federally recognized 564 American Indian tribes. During the colonial period, American Indian sovereignty was upheld by the negotiation of treaties between British proprietor and American Indian tribes. Treaties are agreements between two sovereign governments, and, therefore, the treaties made were made under the understanding that the tribes had equal sovereignty to the sovereignty of the colonial governments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_civil_rights

Basically, Native Americans have more rights in America than other minority groups(yourself included). If and when the Native Americans become powerful enough to become POTUS, you can also be deported to Igbo land.

bittyend:

You're a citizen by birth but your rights are limited.



Basically, Native Americans have more rights in America than other minority groups(yourself included). If and when the Native Americans become powerful enough to become POTUS, you can also be deported to Igbo land.

Wikipedia...and it doesn't even support your point.

If they have more rights then why are Native Americans the most marginalized minority group in the US? Yes even African Americans, Hispanics, and etc are in much better shape than NA, unless you honestly believe they all have casinos and living the highlife.

I'm African American so I get to stay put, Babatunde must go though

asha 80:
no need for the insult.if you use your brain you would know that the main reason lagos has become a shithole as you admitted is because the infrastructure laid i lagos cannot be found anywhere in the country hence the mad rush to the state.maybe you should visit abuja and see that the place is turning into another lagos.

Lagos is dead and buried, tell your folks to go back home, and stop migrating there in their millions. Lagos has to be the fastest growing city in the world. The population went from 5million to 15million within 10 years, that's too much.

People move away from congested cities around the world, but in Nigeria, people move to a snarl up city.

Crayola1:

To be honest I see this more as an excuse than a valid point.

There are things that state governments have control over and don't do. If Anambra for example built infrastructure and made itself attractive to foreign investment , do you think the FG will turn down money from investors just to spite Anambra? Abuja is full of idiots, but not complete idiots.

one question for you?can you tell me of one state in the country now where people are flooding into now as was(and still) the case of lagos or as in the case of abuja?

look we are running a rent economy with the centre dictating the pace and direction of development.let us tell ourselves the truth.the structure is faulty.most states have what is takes to drive development in it territoy but the system we are running now is faulty.why can't enugu tap its coal or ondo tap its bitument?what made people to rush to jos and to some extent enugu in the 40s,50s and 60s?

The Federal Government should urgently Complete the Deep sea port in Akwa Ibom , If Obasanjo had allowed the dredging of the Calabar Port or even embarked on the Ibaka Sea port or even dredged Onne Port in Rivers State or even dredged the Warri Port in Delta state all these would not have happened . I remember how a certain Minister and jounalist from the SW frustrated the conversion of the Enugu Airport intp an International Airport.

Today some Lunatics are going about and blaming Igbos and Niger Deltans for investing in Lagos when all this while there has been very deliberate and planned actions to prevent these people from going back to their zones

NRI PRIEST:

We stood our ground and fought nigeria and the western world put together for a brutal 30months without food....mudafucka I am proud that my ppl didn't chicken out. We stood our ground and fought nigeria and their western allies for a bloody 30months! Benin conquered lagos,named it Eko and colonized you.Fulani defeated the ilorin empire and islamized you. Fulani massacrered you in oyo,colonized and islamized you. Yoruba women are the ones feeding their husband like african american women. You lots are weaklings and cannot keep ur diick in your pants. We Igbo are too brave for you!

How old are you ?

Crayola1:
Wikipedia...

If they have more rights then why are Native Americans the most marginalized minority group in the US?

They're 'marginalised' by the colonialist race(European descent) not folks like you. You're a 5th class American. You're still far behind African Americans in terms of citizen classification in America, so your opinions don't count.

Crayola1:

To be honest I see this more as an excuse than a valid point.

There are things that state governments have control over and don't do. If Anambra for example built infrastructure and made itself attractive to foreign investment , do you think the FG will turn down money from investors just to spite Anambra? Abuja is full of idiots, but not complete idiots.

If Abuja wont rehabilitate the Niger bridge what stop Obi from requesting the funds himself?

If you really want to do something you will find a way, hell or high water there is an answer that doesn't require the input of Abuja. Its just that you have accepted things one way and anything outside of that confine area is not considered possible.

is the niger bridge in anambra alone?what about delta state?what if delta state is not interested?going by your logic why don't edo and ondo rehabilitate sagamu-benin-ore expressway since the bad parts of the road are in those state?

Omotoba and Controversy over Enugu Airport This is a 2009 article, but still very topical as of today.

Last week, the Minister of Aviation, Babatunde Omotoba, said while flagging off rehabilitation work at the Akanu Ibiam Airport , Enugu, that the Federal Government had not given international status to Enugu airport. He made the statement in response to the speech delivered the same day, November 30, in the same city by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who reiterated the upgrading of the airport by President Musa Yaradua. Omotoba said, I cannot confirm that Enugu airport has become an international airport for now. We have four international airports, Lagos , Abuja , Kano and Port Harcourt but we have other airports that have started showing signs of strong traffic. That is Calabar, Enugu , Kaduna and Benin , and government is determined to ensure that available systems in the airports meet up with relevant standards.

The statement seems to contradict earlier pronouncement credited to President Yaradua that the airport has been upgraded to international status and which was not denied by the office of the President. The decision to upgrade the airport was made public by the erstwhile Minister of Transport, Diezani Madueke, as the Office of the Federal Ministry of Transport issued a press statement on November 14, 2007 titled: President Musa Yaradua Approves Upgrading of Enugu Airport, which was signed by Lawrence Ojabo, the then Chief Press Secretary of the Ministry.
The statement said, The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yaradua, has given approval for the upgrading of the Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu, to the status of an international airport.
The statement also said, The Minister of Transport, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke, disclosed today, Tuesday, 13th November 2007, that the President’s action was aimed at alleviating the travails of the many business men and travellers from the zone. The President’s approval would enable the Ministry commence on a phased programme of major infrastructural upgrading and developments at the airport, to transform it into a major sub-regional transportation hub, utilizing existing budgetary appropriations along with new initiatives under Private Investment Schemes to generate the requisite funds. She expressed the hope that the exercise could be completed within the next few years.

The statement was reported in the media on November 15, 2007 and the reports were never denied by the Federal Government; nor did the Federal Ministry of Transport retract the statement.

Disappointment
This explained why many were alarmed at the Aviation Minister’s statement. Many who spoke to THISDAY said that either the Minister was ignorant of this development or he was mischievous. After the announcement of the upgrading of the airport, Senator Ekweremandu commended the President and said that the decision of the Federal Executive Council to approve the upgrading projects has sent clear signals to people of the South East geo-political zone of the President’s good will and commitment to equal development of all the parts of the country. Ekweremadu said with the right disposition by our governors, especially Governor Sullivan Chime, it was easy for the legislators to sustain the request that has today, resulted in a bouquet of projects that will ensure the internationalization of the Akanu Ibiam Airport.

All these were made public at that time and this is why many Nigerians were shocked by the Minister’s statement.

High Traffic
THISDAY learnt from a senior official of one of the major airlines that operate to Enugu that the airport records 18 flights daily, noting that this is even inadequate because every day many passengers are stranded at the airport because of limited number of flights.

The source disclosed that ticket racketeering is still a big business in Enugu because there are never enough seats for passengers, so the touts connive with some airline officials and sell tickets to only those who are ready to bribe their way.

Today Arik Air operates five in-bound and five out-bound flights from Lagos and Abuja to Enugu; Aero three in-bound and three out-bound flights while Dana air now operates one in-bound and one out-bound, which is a total of 18 flights a day. This is not enough. If you come to the airport you will see that on daily basis passengers are left behind. Many who want to travel are forced to defer their flights because aircraft cannot take them. That is why touting is still rampant at the airport. Every aircraft that leaves Enugu airport is fully laden with passengers. The load factor is very high. As Christmas is approaching you will see the scramble that will be going on at the airport every day the source said.

Industry observer and former public affairs manager of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited, Chris Aligbe (from Delta State; highlighted by me), told THISDAY in an interview that when President Yaradua made a policy that there should be international airport in every geo-political zone of the country, he was pre-emptive of the growing aviation market in the country.

Obviously, when the President decided that every geo-political zone should have an international airport, that’s when he named Enugu as one of the airports that will become an international airport. Enugu is sitting on a market, an air travel market. When you get to Onitsha , Nnewi you will know where the traffic is going; they are going to the Far East . Look at the itinerant traders. If you designate the Enugu airport and give it international status, probably the first airline that will get there will be China Southern.
He said that Enugu airport could be lucrative for international operators because many Nigerian travellers who go to Asia and Middle East to buy goods come from Aba, Onitsha, Enugu, Abakaliki, Nnewi, Awka and other towns from the East, so if the airport is designated for international operation it will save these passengers the hassles of travelling to other far away cities to board international flights.
Regional Hubs

Aligbe suggests that if Enugu, Kano, Port Harcourt, Maiduguri are given the chance to develop their market potentials, they would in future grow into sub-regional hubs. But he noted that the Aviation Minister, who once said in an interview that the Federal Government had lost enthusiasm about developing a central hub, but would grow international airports, modernize and expand them to be some of the best in the world, did not want to give the Enugu airport such chance to grow.

Aligbe said, We have growing markets at the major airports in the country. Kano is there, Abuja is there. And we are looking at Maiduguri , Port Harcourt and Enugu . And you know the trend of the traffic. So you designate these airports and adopt developmental programme that will focus on these markets. And you know that this will be the centre of air travel operations within that geo-political zone. Other airports will become feeders to these major airports. The idea of having one hub or making only Lagos a hub has become an anathema, it is outdated. So I don’t believe on a single hub in this country. There should be hubs. I don’t see why Kano should not be a hub for Middle East and North Africa travel. I don’t see why it should not be a hub for that. Abuja can be a hub because Abuja is the country’s capital. Lagos is the commercial capital. Enugu can be a hub for flights going to certain destinations looking at the trend of the air passenger traffic.

THISDAY learnt that this was among the reason behind the decision of the Federal Government when it upgraded the status of Enugu and other airports. A senior Federal Government official in the aviation sector told THISDAY that Abuja as Federal Capital Territory would be made a hub and would have its facilities upgraded so that it would acquire the physical status that reflects its location, which is the seat of government.
This is why concerted effort is being made to rehabilitate and expand the airport, starting with the dualisation of the runway. The source also said that by upgrading the status of some airports, government wished to be abreast of the trend in the aviation world, where airports, which are largely private sector driven these days, are encouraged to grow without encumbrances and their growth determined by the volume of passenger traffic.

A travel expert, Ikechi Ukoh, told THISDAY that the Minister might have a reason that may not be known by the Nigerian public why Enugu airport should not be given international status, but by volume of traffic and its potential, it deserves to be an international airport.It is only the Minister that knows why he said that Enugu airport is not international airport, but from what we know about the traffic from that airport and the fact that international airlines would record huge load factor if they operate from that airport, it should be made an international airportt Ukoh said.
Provocation.

Reactions from Nigerians, especially from the South East zone indicate that Omotoba by that statement has touched a raw nerve in the heart of the people of the zone. The Internet and Nigerian media have been inundated with protest comments in response to the Minister’s statement.

But not all are angry with Omotoba’s comment, which was largely described as political statement. An industry observer who spoke to THISDAY on condition of anonymity said that the Minister was just being realistic because with the kind of terminal and obsolete facilities at the Enugu airport, no reasonable government would designate it international airport.

The airport has been neglected over the years that it has become so rustic and outmoded. First, the Federal Government should rehabilitate it, expand it before pronouncing it international airport; not in the state it is now. But government, represented by the Minister has no plans for that airport, he said. But observers believe that all that is needed is to upgrade the facilities in the airport so that it can meet international standard.
Industry observers who are angry with the Minister say that he seemed to be ignorant of the Federal Executive Council’s decision to upgrade the airport.
A source who described such ignorance as unbefitting of a Minister, said:

You should acknowledge that government once took that decision but now it may not be realistic, but not to denounce it. By his statement it shows that he has his own agenda which is incompatible with that of the Federal Government.

bittyend:

Lagos is dead and buried, tell your folks to go back home, and stop migrating there in their millions. Lagos has to be the fastest growing city in the world. The population went from 5million to 15million within 10 years, that's too much.

People move away from congested cities around the world, but in Nigeria, people move to a snarl up city.

this is mere wish until traffic is diverted away from lagos.i am sure in the next 10 years abuja would be reeling form the same onslaught.

asha 80:

this is mere wish until traffic is diverted away from lagos.i am sure in the next 10 years abuja would be reeling form the same onslaught.

That Abuja will be in deep shi-t soon.

I hear about how great the Igbos are everyday on this forum. But don't you think it's high time you stopped getting mouthy and boastful; and get busy in Igboland? If Igboland were as great as what I see you folks post on here daily, I doubt the deportation of your kiths and kins would have affected you guys this much.

You have got palm oil Kogi oil Anambra oil to your advantage, use it judiciously to build Igboland.

kettykin thanx for that article.it butresses what i have been trying to say.look let us forget ethnic and regional setiments.the better these 'federal' projects are spread round the country the better for places like lagos and abuja.

kettykin: The Federal Government should urgently Complete the Deep sea port in Akwa Ibom , If Obasanjo had allowed the dredging of the Calabar Port or even embarked on the Ibaka Sea port or even dredged Onne Port in Rivers State or even dredged the Warri Port in Delta state all these would not have happened . I remember how a certain Minister and jounalist from the SW frustrated the conversion of the Enugu Airport intp an International Airport.

Today some Lunatics are going about and blaming Igbos and Niger Deltans for investing in Lagos when all this while there has been very deliberate and planned actions to prevent these people from going back to their zones

bittyend: I hear about how great the Igbos are everyday on this forum. But don't you think it's high time you stopped getting mouthy and boastful; and get busy in Igboland? If Igboland were as great as what I see you folks post on here daily, I doubt the deportation of your kiths and kins would have affected you guys this much.

You have got palm oil Kogi oil Anambra oil to your advantage, use it judiciously to build Igboland.

you still do not get it do you?moreover if you think it is only igbos that in lagos i guess you are based there if not you will also know that abokis seems to have overtaken the igbos.

This is very good i am with the gov 100% igbos will keep on devoloping other area and after that they will be sent back to the jungle they came from,boko haram and jos had done it. now it is lagos

Akanbi_edu:

That Abuja will be in deep shi-t soon.

it might be sooner that expected.

asha 80:
you still do not get it do you?moreover if you think it is only igbos that in lagos i guess you are based there if not you will also know that abokis seems to have overtaken the igbos.

Everyone is getting deported soon. Lagos is on a 'Marcus Garvey' back to your village hype right now, everyone afi go.

bittyend:

Everyone is getting deported soon. Lagos is on a 'Marcus Garvey' back to your village hype right now, everyone afi go.

I hope they remember to deport the Oil and Gas Companies back to Niger Delta Area too because there is no oil and gas deposit in Lagos , this is a welcome development and should be encouraged

asha 80:

one question for you?can you tell me of one state in the country now where people are flooding into now as was(and still) the case of lagos or as in the case of abuja?

look we are running a rent economy with the centre dictating the pace and direction of development.let us tell ourselves the truth.the structure is faulty.most states have what is takes to drive development in it territoy but the system we are running now is faulty.why can't enugu tap its coal or ondo tap its bitument?what made people to rush to jos and to some extent enugu in the 40s,50s and 60s?

So you will forever remain in neutral and beholden yourself to the whims of others?

kettykin:
I hope they remember to deport the Oil and Gas Companies back to Niger Delta Area too because there is no oil and gas deposit in Lagos , this is a welcome development and should be encouraged

Everything afi go. Lagos has the largest coastline in Nigeria and it's sitting on more than 64billion barrels of crude oil.

I'm not even from Lagos.

bittyend:

Everything afi go. Lagos has the largest coastline in Nigeria and it's sitting on more than 64billion barrels of crude oil.

get ready to start mining that after the taps close in the east

re@lchange:


get ready to start mining that after the taps close in the east

I bet they will start doing that once you're gone. Talk less and act more.

Crayola1:

So you will forever remain in neutral and beholden yourself to the whims of others?

it is not about what you wrote above.it is about the reality on ground.there is a reason many people are only migrating to abuja,lagos and to a lesser extent portharcourt instead anywhere else in the country.

can you tap into the resources in your state without approval from fg?

crayola1 and the other Igbo girls, I still love you.

But money and love don't mix like two dycks.

asha 80:

is the niger bridge in anambra alone?what about delta state?what if delta state is not interested?going by your logic why don't edo and ondo rehabilitate sagamu-benin-ore expressway since the bad parts of the road are in those state?

Another excuse.
If Delta is not interested should that stop you? So you will continue to drive a deasly rickety bridge?

Sometimes you have to go it alone or screw yourself
over a little for your own benefit. But because you are afflicted by cheapness and what's in it for me syndrome you rather fight here for a glorified shytehole and be insulted on top of it. Find your balls and be a man.

asha 80:


it is not about what you wrote above.it is about the reality on ground.there is a reason many people are only migrating to abuja,lagos and to a lesser extent portharcourt instead anywhere else in the country.

can you tap into the resources in your state without approval from fg?

Borrowing money is out of the question?
Are their other resources can be utilized and dont come out of the ground.

You troop because you accept the card dealt to you.

Crayola1:

Another excuse.
If Delta is not interested should that stop you? So you will continue to drive a deasly rickety bridge?

Sometimes you have to go it alone or screw yourself
over a little for your own benefit. But because you are afflicted by cheapness and what's in it for me syndrome you rather fight here for a glorified shytehole and be insulted on top of it. Find your balls and be a man.

man you are not making sense.the brigde connects delta state and anammbra state.

again if you think you can just bulldoze there and repair the bridge or build the bridge in that axis then you know nothing about nigeria and how it is structured.you think the fg will sit down and allow you to do that?it might sound absurd but fg will stop you from repairing that brigde as far as it is under the fg.why didn't lagos repair 3rd mainland bridge even when it was clear it had issues as important as the brigde is and despite that is in lagos state until fg stepped in?