Adelaide2:

No! Come and argue some more, loser

i actually stopped talking coz u were not making sense. its like talking to a wall .

Crassus:

or more

lol @ hot on their heel

of course they will always be hot on their heel

If it is more than 50, they will state it. It is less than 50.

Crassus:

i actually stopped talking coz u were not making sense. its like talking to a wall .

See dundie

Adelaide2:

See dundie

You again? How many usernames do you have? If I report you again, you will be blocked.

.Meaning that its only lagos for the whole of SW !!!
This people.,both present and generations to come would forever be grateful to God for the igbos that helped built lagos...

I dnt kia abt all these figures, travelling around d con3 has shown me dat SE has d least poverty among d masses. Y dia is low IGR is because of d decentralised nature of d region with lots informal economic activities off d radar

Yoruba guys here shall stop crying when ur brother provided a figure with no credible source that Enugu is one the poorest state u guys supported him now is an Igbo guy's turn enjoy it guys, what goes around comes around

Ucheosefoh: Yoruba guys here shall stop crying when ur brother provided a figure with no credible source that Enugu is one the poorest state u guys supported him now is an Igbo guy's turn enjoy it guys, what goes around comes around

Bad punctuation ability. Damn!

sincerenigerian:

Bad punctuation ability. Damn!

The most important thing is did u understand the message ?

emmatok:

Just ignore the DUD,

OGUN is currently the most industrialized state in Nigeria
OGUN houses more Tertiary institutions than all SE put together.
OGUN is currently the major source of building raw material in the country.

y are u lying, dos ogun hv upto 20 universities, u are lair, if nt prove it.

bloggernaija: This dataset is outdated and does not take into consignance things that have happen in the last 6 months
OGUN state internally generated revenues has increased exponentially since it won back the right to levy taxes in those industrial estates.


Someone needs to give this guy one opon IMO .
You know with economics textbook and no Internet in order to sop him from embarrassing himself further.
Per capita income means income person.

The higher,the richer.
According to your map chart;the darker,the richer.

Oh you know that it's outdated, but you and your fellow brethren jump on 2006-2010 GDP data, I laugh in Swahili.

customized13: y are u lying, dos ogun hv upto 20 universities, u are lair, if nt prove it.

I did not even bother to respond to that one because his claim was totally irrelevant to the post. They forged data and the data turned against them, now they are whining inexorably.

Every first hand information on the ground, not fake paper work, show that Lagos (including 45% Igbo), and in no order, Rivers (huge Igbo presence), Anambra, Delta (huge Igbo presence), Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Abia, and Imo are the best states of all southern states. How they twist it to accommodate impoverished Osun and Oyo beats me.

Anyways, they will forge another one in a few months but we shall beat them to it again.

Ucheosefoh: Yoruba guys here shall stop crying when ur brother provided a figure with no credible source that Enugu is one the poorest state u guys supported him now is an Igbo guy's turn enjoy it guys, what goes around comes around

Are you minding them, the one I even replied above is here saying that data is inaccruate given the fact that it doesn't take into account of economic activity within the past 6months, meanwhile on the Enugu is the poorest state thread, the OP flaunted stats from 2010 which was copied from Wiki and OP lied it was from NBS... These guys are something else, what goes around comes around.

manny4life:

Are you minding them, the one I even replied above is here saying that data is inaccruate given the fact that it doesn't take into account of economic activity within the past 6months, meanwhile on the Enugu is the poorest state thread, the OP flaunted stats from 2010 which was copied from Wiki and OP lied it was from NBS... These guys are something else, what goes around comes around.

I could not stop laughing on that one. So in the past 6 months others were sleeping and only Ogun is awake.

Adelaide2:

I did not even bother to respond to that one because his claim was totally irrelevant to the post. They forged data and the data turned against them, now they are whining inexorably.

Every first hand information on the ground, not fake paper work, show that Lagos (including 45% Igbo), and in no order, Rivers (huge Igbo presence), Anambra, Delta (huge Igbo presence), Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Abia, and Imo are the best states of all southern states. How they twist it to accommodate impoverished Osun and Oyo beats me.

Anyways, they will forge another one in a few months but we shall beat them to it again.

You sef dey talk too much, no be CBN release data say Anambra and Abia are two out of five state where 90% of Nigerian cash is received? In fact, let me find that news release again so they can see it for themselves.

This is the true state of the economy in Nigeria not the fake Osun and Oyo data.

Lagos, six others control 90% of Nigeria’s cash transactions – CBN
Our Reporter May 27, 2013 1 Comment »
Lagos, six others control 90% of Nigeria’s cash transactions – CBN

By AMECHI OGBONNA

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last week hinted that Lagos and six other states control about 90 per cent of cash transactions in the country. The six other states listed as recording high velocity of cash transaction, according to the apex bank, are Rivers, Anambra, Abia, Kano, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The CBN Deputy Governor, Operations, Mr. Tunde Lemo, who disclosed this while defending the choice of centres for the second phase of the cashless policy implementation, said it was the reason the six states were being chosen for the next stage of the project billed to kick-off on July 1, this year.

While acknowledging the numerous challenges the CBN and the Bankers Committee have encountered with the cashless project including interconnectivity in some of the clusters, Lemo assured that most of them are currently being addressed through the feedback from stakeholders.

Lemo said that besides the use of alternative channels of transactions such as Point of Sales (PoS), the cashless project would be driven through the telephone, since Nigeria is second largest user of mobile phone users in sub Saharan Africa after South Africa, which is also the largest economy in the region.

The Deputy Governor who observed that the cashless policy was successful in Lagos, pointed out that the number of Point of Sale (PoS) machines in the city rose significantly from about 5,000 when the policy took off last year, to over 150,000 today.

“Though we still have a few challenges, if I look back, I really would say that we have done a lot to transform the payment system in Lagos through PoS,” he said.

The cashless policy, which implementation began in Lagos in January, last year, is aimed at reducing the dominance of cash in the system. The policy specifies penal charges for individuals and corporate organizations that want to withdraw or lodge cash above prescribed limits.

Under the policy, the CBN pegged the daily cumulative cash withdrawal or deposit limit for individual accounts at N500,000 per day and N3 million per day for corporate accounts.

There is no money in Oyo and Osun and even Aregbe confirmed it (per Osun).

Why we can’t tax Osun people, by Aregbesola
By Adesoji Adeniyi 28/11/2011 01:10:00
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Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the weekend explained why his administration has refused to tax the people.

Aregbesola said his people are very poor and tax would be an unnecessary burden on them.

He spoke at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Osogbo, the state capital, during a dinner with representatives of various financial institutions.

The dinner was part of activities marking the one year anniversary of the Aregbesola administration in office.

The governor urged the institutions to assist in eradicating poverty in the state, assuring them of security and a business friendly environment.

He solicited for funds to finance capital projects and programmes that would improve the state’s economy.

Aregbesola said: “I am in Osun State to eradicate poverty. If you are talking about naked poverty, it is here in the state. We can not tax anybody here because we do not want them to die.

“Are we going to tax people waiting to die? We were able to save 13 million in the last year, not through tax, but by blocking leakages in the system. So you bankers have no choice than to help us deliver good governance to the people. We need your support to eradicate poverty.

“I am amused about the uninformed comments of our predecessor in office about the finances of the state. They are confused and cannot comprehend what we are doing because they are not financially literate.

“We have the vision, passion and action. I am here to change the fate of the black man through the various programmes and projects of our unusual and unconventional government.

“My predecessor left the state’s account in a bad state. We met a suffocating loan of N18.3 billion, which the Olagunsoye Oyinlola administration secured in an unprofessional manner.

“But within a year in office, my administration was able to increase the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state from N300 million to N600 million and pay the loan through the access of N25 million bond from the bank, with the monthly servicing of less than N100 million, instead of the N800 million used to service the former loan.”

The governor said his administration does not wait for the federal allocation before it pays its workers, adding that any state waiting for it is doomed.

He said states rejected the October allocation because of President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to deduct some amount from it for the creation of Sovereign Wealth.

Aregbesola said nobody has the right to deduct from any state’s allocation without the governor’s consent.

He advised state governments to exploit other avenues for generating revenue.

Commissioner for Finance, Economic Planning and Budgeting, Dr. wale Bolorunduro said the government plans to increase the IGR to N1 billion next year.

On incessant bank robberies in the state, Bolorunduro said the government has collaborated with security agencies to forestall a recurrence. He said the governor has ordered for five Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and established a security trust fund to combat the menace.

Many of the bank executives acknowledged the governor’s passion for development and promised to support his administration.

They include: Ayo Abina, Skye Bank; Elias Akenzua, Zenith Bank; Akinleye Ogunleye, Diamond Bank; and Boyin Oladokun, Unity Bank.


As did Hakeem Jamiu

Emerging trend of social almajiri in Yorubaland
By Hakeem Jamiu

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


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


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


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


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


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

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/forum/main-square/21137-emerging-trend-social-almajiri-inyorubaland.html

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) last week hinted that Lagos and six other states control about 90 per cent of cash transactions in the country. The six other states listed as recording high velocity of cash transaction, according to the apex bank, are Rivers, Anambra, Abia, Kano, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

This illiterate said Ogun state is poor, but in the article he posted up there, Ogun is one of the six richest states in Nigeria.


Obviously, he's one of the many confused illiterates, hate predisposed dullards from the other side of the Niger..

agbameta:



This illiterate said Ogun state is poor, but in the article he posted up there, Ogun is one of the six richest states in Nigeria.


Obviously, he's one of the many confused illiterates, hate predisposed dullards from the other side of the Niger..

You hediot only if you would go and read the entire thread. Your confused Yoruba brothers posted fake data which screwed them up. Of course Ogun should not be poor but Oyo and Osun should be and are.

At least this is an assessment by an independent private sector financial company,than the bogus wikipedia write up we see from our laptop warriors here The truth is that building all the elitist flyovers and big gutters will not solve poverty situation in Ogun state and Nigeria at large.

A lot needs to be done to empower the people of Ogun State. The poverty rate is too high.

agbameta:



This illiterate said Ogun state is poor, but in the article he posted up there, Ogun is one of the six richest states in Nigeria.


Obviously, he's one of the many confused illiterates, hate predisposed dullards from the other side of the Niger..

Have you been drinking lately? He said Osun and Oyo are POOR even Aregbe confirmed it himself, where did you see Ogun? You people have issues reading. Besides, Ogun comes 5th (behind Anambra 3rd and Abia 4th). What does that tell you?

Continue laughing at us, the day SE will take you by surprise is coming...

interesting

I hope this topic won't be deleted by well you know.
Adelale and co, if i.was you, I'll save the data. #just saying

Adelaide2:

I did not even bother to respond to that one because his claim was totally irrelevant to the post. They forged data and the data turned against them, now they are whining inexorably.

Every first hand information on the ground, not fake paper work, show that Lagos (including 45% Igbo), and in no order, Rivers (huge Igbo presence), Anambra, Delta (huge Igbo presence), Akwa Ibom, Ogun, Abia, and Imo are the best states of all southern states. How they twist it to accommodate impoverished Osun and Oyo beats me.

Anyways, they will forge another one in a few months but we shall beat them to it again.

we all kw ogun state has d highest number of universities in nigeria, bt I hate it whn sm1 lie 2 make a point, ogun state dos nt evn hav upto 15 universities oooo, u are very correct, he should be ignored. Hw cn a person be so daft 2 say osun, ondo and ekiti state are wealthier than ogun state. This statistic must be a failed student's project work, there is no way u wil compare d economy of akwa ibom 2 dat of anambra, imo and abia state, is it d akwa ibom dat depends on aba 4 all thr supplies? abi u tinks say economy na construction of roads, street, tropicana and stadium? An economy consists of the economic system, comprising the production, distribution or trade, and consumption of limited goods and services between two agents, the agents can be individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments. Transactions only occur when both parties agree to the value or price of the transacted good, commonly expressed in a certain currency, so hw cn the stat say osun, akwa ibom, katsina and kaduna are part of the 10 largest economies afta CBN gave d 6 largest economies to Lagos, anambra, abia, rivers, kano, ogun based on the cashless policy. Wot production, distribution, trade and consumption is goin on in osun, akwa-ibom, kaduna and katsina to compare wt anambra and abia, I repeat akwa ibom sorely depend on aba 4 thr goods and services, they even import bread from abia state.

Why are all these poor states in Nigeria so lazy to the core and can only feed well by depending on oil money from ND. The lazy ones complains alot. A situation the Father Niger Delta (giver), the Son, other Nigerians (receiver), why would the son complain & fight much more than the father who have the yam and the rest are dragging one knife to cut it at which sizes, thats crises. Pls let govs, identify their state talents and feed from there. We have lazy set of Nigerians cos of oil. Ant is not even lazy compare to many states government. Whether you development your people or not, monthly allocation is sure and has became a symptom of laziness where chop money rather than development, just like the money came from above. Let every state pick up their potentials for proper national interest.

Chima_Adeoye: At least this is an assessment by an independent private sector financial company,than the bogus wikipedia write up we see from our laptop warriors here The truth is that building all the elitist flyovers and big gutters will not solve poverty situation in Ogun state and Nigeria at large.

A lot needs to be done to empower the people of Ogun State. The poverty rate is too high.

Yes, government can do it, government should bring the change but any given situation should change the mentality of people. The people can also start from where their state government stop like most ibos had done and continue to take their dreams & destiny on their own hands. Let state develop it potentials to a national platform. God help us and those that help themselves.

Hahahahahahahaha! Ndi isi mmanu mmanu a sef! They forge everything that comes their way. No wonda they names are funke,fumi,femi....everything forge forge. Their sword has turned against them.

ilugunboy: It's unfortunate how some ill bred ninnies managed to get their way into this community....

u knw, wen u said, 'ill-bred', u kinda summed it all. Av been looking for a word to qualify this retard.

i decided not to comment on any of his thread cos it reeks of nothing but idiocy!
He is the right representation of his tribe!!

Antivirus92: Hahahahahahahaha! Ndi isi mmanu mmanu a sef! They forge everything that comes their way. No wonda they names are funke,fumi,femi....everything forge forge. Their sword has turned against them.

Don't mind the oily heads,they accept a report placing Oyo higher than Enugu and in one breath reject the same report for placing Ogun lower than Osun, How can these mumus be so hypocritic?

SLIDE waxie: u knw, wen u said, 'ill-bred', u kinda summed it all. Av been looking for a word to qualify this retard.

i decided not to comment on any of his thread cos it reeks of nothing but idiocy!
He is the right representation of his tribe!!

Is that all u can say,after the guy busted una bubble. Anyway what is good for the goose should also be good for the gender.
This same data was used to ridicule Enugu state by u guys on the other thread, suddenly it becomes null& void here.....smh

Wow! what a deflation of false ego for Ogun. Poverty at its worst. One day the fake data for Oyo and Osun will be exposed too

Only a mischievous or the utterly ignorant person will conclude that....

Ebonyi

Imo

Anambra

Abia

Enugu

are anywhere close to Ogun state on the list of wealthy and prosperous Nigeria states.


It's not even debatable....

ilugunboy: Only a mischievous or the utterly ignorant person will conclude that....

Ebonyi

Imo

Anambra

Abia

Enugu

are anywhere close to Ogun state on the list of wealthy and prosperous Nigeria states.


It's not even debatable....

In essence this https://www.nairaland.com/1439842/osun-state-gdp-higher-than report (that Yorubas are parading) is mischievous, right?

It is the same report where this data was pulled from.

Is Osun also anywhere near Ogun, let alone being better than Ogun as the report shows?