omobachi:


Thank you, as if nigerians home and abroad are not thesame people, we are all the cause of our wahala, as soon as the americana plane land for naija airport after 20yrs of been away, he go put off the yanki cloth, wear the naija corruption dress, he never reach house he don dey throw gala wrapper through the car window into the lagos street, the thing wey he no fit do for abroad. we all need a total re orientation, not criticism.

This returning to their grassroots must be what most people are so afraid of which makes them talk anyhow as if they never
lived in naija before being given visa.

Iyke-D:

So having being given visas and gotten the opportunity to know that there is something "better" out there, must we now close
our eyes and return blindly to the grassroots where all you have left are just grasses with no roots? Must we now pretend that
the security situation is just like in any other place or not bad at all? Must we just pretend that the roads are just as nice as the
ones that we have someone gotten used to abroad? Must we just ignore the fact there is a self imposed curfew after 6 or 7pm in
most of the cities and just say thats just how it is abroad too? Must we just pretend and hail the "visionary" leadership that the
country has been bestowed with?

Fashola needs to do his home work first. People will return when they feel conditions are right or at least beginning to have some
semblance of being right. Fact is there are people living in Nigeria today who answered the calls to return to Nigeria in the 70s and
80s. A large number of them regret making that decision. That is just what it is.

Iyke-D:

So having being given visas and gotten the opportunity to know that there is something "better" out there, must we now close
our eyes and return blindly to the grassroots where all you have left are just grasses with no roots? Must we now pretend that
the security situation is just like in any other place or not bad at all? Must we just pretend that the roads are just as nice as the
ones that we have someone gotten used to abroad? Must we just ignore the fact there is a self imposed curfew after 6 or 7pm in
most of the cities and just say thats just how it is abroad too? Must we just pretend and hail the "visionary" leadership that the
country has been bestowed with?

Fashola needs to do his home work first. People will return when they feel conditions are right or at least beginning to have some
semblance of being right. Fact is there are people living in Nigeria today who answered the calls to return to Nigeria in the 70s and
80s. A large number of them regret making that decision. That is just what it is.

I doubt Fashola's call was meant for you.

In any case, which area are you referring to, where there's a 7:00 curfew and permanently bad roads? Your own area?

The 140 million Nigerians left in the country- how are they surviving prior to being granted visa? If all of them come to join you wherever you are, wont the place also become Nigeria overnight due to overcrowding? However, you sound like a generous person- I'm sure you wont mind if millions more Nigerians arrive at the town where you reside, since they also need to escape Nigeria just like you did.

Iyke-D:


You are very correct about Fashola's call not being meant for me.

Its clear you missed most of my points. If you think it is not a biggie for someone abroad to not only uproot
themselves but their kids most of whom were born abroad over to Nigeria because Fashola said so regardless
of the fact that the situation on the ground is nightmarish, good luck on that. Is it doable? Of course it is. Is
it desirable? I think the answer is NO, which is why people will stay put wherever they are.

I had a close friend that was here on vacation from Nigeria and when he was flying back, his greatest concern
was how to get from the airport to his home in Lekki safely. I mean this guy just took a trip from Nigeria to
London and finally to the US, and was about to embark on the return leg of the journey after being away for
two weeks in a foreign land and his greatest worry was the few miles journey to his house in his homeland?
I guess I am supposed to pretend I didn't hear that.

In as much as the bulk of Nigerians living in Nigeria will remain there, the bulk of those in the diaspora will
also remain until they gain reasonable assurance that their return will not be an exercise in futility or a total
disaster.

We need you to come home. I make a passionate appeal to all Nigerians, wherever they are, to begin to find their way back home, let us build up our country.”

Kobojunkie:



Exactly!!!

My Father happens to be one of those who answered the call back in the 80s and He move back out of the country in the late 90's when he realized things were not getting better but worse and there was really little he could do about it if government was not willing. It is simply amazing watching these conceited beings assume they decide who is right or wrong based on personal bias. Ridiculous!!

Iyke-D:


You are very correct about Fashola's call not being meant for me.

Its clear you missed most of my points. If you think it is not a biggie for someone abroad to not only uproot
themselves but their kids most of whom were born abroad over to Nigeria because Fashola said so regardless
of the fact that the situation on the ground is nightmarish, good luck on that. Is it doable? Of course it is. Is
it desirable? I think the answer is NO, which is why people will stay put wherever they are.

I had a close friend that was here on vacation from Nigeria and when he was flying back, his greatest concern
was how to get from the airport to his home in Lekki safely.  I mean this guy just took a trip from Nigeria to
London and finally to the US, and was about to embark on the return leg of the journey after being away for
two weeks in a foreign land and his greatest worry was the few miles journey to his house in his homeland?
I guess I am supposed to pretend I didn't hear that.

In as much as the bulk of Nigerians living in Nigeria will remain there, the bulk of those in the diaspora will
also remain until they gain reasonable assurance that their return will not be an exercise in futility or a total
disaster.

oYaTo:

The security situation has to be dealt with first.

No one's going to return home to insecurity.

T@meD0:


I'm sure if to say you pronounce am correctly (BODMAS in this case) demm for know wetin u dey talk about.  Ya rationale behind things still dey make man pickin wonda about that ya Master degree sef.  I tire o--so much for Master degree o!   

seyibrown:

@oyinye

E go better for you my sister.

THIS LEPASHANDI AND HER MADE IN EDINBURGH MASTERS DEGREE. It only goes to show that some people will never be able to reason properly even if them get phd. Lepashandi has somehow deliberately missed this post i made in response to her insults to people who she claims are 'burger flippers'.

I would still like to know what positive contribution Lepashandi has made to Nigerians around her.

@Lepashandi

SOMETHING TELLS ME YOU NEVER ACTUALLY GOT THAT 'MADE IN EDINBURGH DEGREE' and you were probably deported and embarrassed form the UK. That's an explanation for your anger towards Nigerians in Diaspora.

can see the problem is so big - can i ask a question - when was the last time you guys been home?

Well - noone will answer - the same disaporic nigerians are the ones doing credit card fraud - half are in jail in the UK - half are running around on fake papers - they are the one giving Nigeria a bad name - they can't live in Naija but the go outside naija and continue to spoil the name Naija - give them to me - i will fry their arses one by one -

bilymuse:

Lepashandi
Na devil go hammer that your mouth wey you dey take talk nonsense

TPS360:

fashola is ignorant,  I know that the asians are going back home, but why? because nations like china and japan are developing really fast. china is the fastest growing economic in the world and they are competing with america in almost "everything", 

lets ask ourselves, is nigeria really competing in the global market?     

yetunde08:

and get killed by armed robbers, or die of heat or accidentally get shot by a police stray bullet? pulizzzz!

bilymuse:

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I AGREE WITH U!!!!

ebariba:

16 die in Sagamu road accident
By Ademola Oni, Abeokuta
Published: Saturday, 23 Aug 2008
The Sagamu axis of the Sagamu-Benin Expressway on Friday witnessed another bloodbath as 16 people lost their lives in an auto crash involving a luxurious passengers bus and a fuel tanker.

About 20 other passengers in the bus, marked Lagos FX 102 LNG, also sustained serious injuries in the crash that occurred in the early hours of Friday. According to the Information Officer of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement, Mr. Wole Shokunbi, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone on Friday, the accident occurred when the fuel tanker, which was coming from the Lagos end of the expressway, drove against traffic.

He explained that the fuel tanker, which was fully loaded with Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, collided with the luxury bus which was heading for Lagos from Uyo. Our correspondent learnt that the tanker’s driver, a female passenger with him and the driver of the passenger bus died instantly while some of the passengers who sat near the rear of the bus sustained injuries.

However, the tanker, with registration number FX 724 ADC did not burst into flames.

The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Olu-Mike Olagunju, attributed the accident to “dangerous driving.” He said, “If the journey had been in daytime, the other bus would have seen the reckless tanker driver. That is why the FRSC keeps saying our people should avoid night travel. It is dangerous.”

Olagunju added that some of the dead would have been saved if they had received help after the accident, regretting that succour did not come owing to the time it happened. He said, “Most of them died as a result of pain. People could only help them in the morning; since the crash happened in the night. You can imagine the trauma for them to have lived with such terrible injuries till the morning; about seven hours later.”

The injured were said to have been rushed to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, where some of them were given medical attention and discharged. Although the tanker did not burst into flames, the Ogun State Fire Service was on hand for any eventuality.

The Corps Commander, TRACE, Elder Ayodele Sangofadeji, and the state Commissioner for Works, Mr. Adesegun Adekoya, also visited the scene of the accident and paid a visit to the injured in the hospital. Sangofadeji and Adekoya also gave financial assistance to the injured passengers who wanted to return to Lagos after they were treated and discharged.

Other agencies at the scene of the accident included the Federal Road Safety Commission, the Police and the Vehicle Inspection Officer.



Source: http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200808232164132





 
IS THIS WHAT MR AJI FASHOLA WANTS ME TO RETURN TO? Don't get it twisted, accidents happen here as well, but u can be certain the casualities will be given rapt medical attention and first aid.

Omo, o really gao!!

lepashandi:


hmmm - no be there you grow up? see me see sense o - or na everyone wey dey live there they get shot on a daily basis?

I surprise o - someone even they mention heat - na wa o - no be the same abroad wey the people wey own d place they travel to places wey warmth dey? The abroad no be place wey person dey die of cold? Abi see me o -

Some even say malaria go catch them if them come back to Nigeria - no be abroad wey people dey die of common cold - flu??

I weak at these reasons and comparisons.

ebariba:

lepashandi:


Now i can't comment on this twisted argument. When your kid brother gets shot in broiad daylight in London without provovation - then you will know - nowhere is safe.

Or when you get stabbed on the bus - or when youths stab your heart for no reason - you will know

ebariba:



The fact that someone grew up in Nigeria does'nt mean he/she must perpetually live in fear of accidents, armed robbers etc?
Miss Lepa, u said u studied in Edinburgh, have u see Pastors praying against accidents on National Express or mega bus?, did you have to shut yourself up in your house at 8pm? Did u need a security guard or alsatian dogs for security in your house?

If someone choses to have peace of mind and flip burgers or do a care job, I think his life expectancy is higher than someone working in IBTC and lives in abject fear!!!! Your assessment of living a good life is not a yardstick for others mate,