@Aigbofa. U no we well sha
but frankly speaking, dos men in black go soon start supervize wetin u shop as takewaway oo .
@Op. 9ce mall

hehehehehe . . . . .   This new mall na bad news for enugu guy men .  With this latest shop shop mall, their girl friends go milk them dry finish.

^^Metalgoong

Considering the high concentration of tertiary institutions in Enugu with its large population of beautiful gals, Enugu big boys may be filing for bankruptcy soon

I am very impressed

great

Good works. Am sure you will not see eko ile anywhere near this post.

chino11:

Good works. Am sure you will not see eko ile anywhere near this post.

eko ile? that one,his allergic to things like these muhehehehehehehe

Good one, Enugu is working Chime Weldon sir Hope Chimaroke is watching all this

Now this is what I am talking about!

This is obviosly a very good development, how I wish we have these and other forms of investments all over the country. Kudos to the governor for making this happen .

More jobs for the people of enugu and taxes for the state. More governos need to stop acting lazy and start lobbying for these investments.

Eko Ile:

This is obviosly a very good development, how I wish we have these and other forms of investments all over the country. Kudos to the governor for making this happen .

More jobs for the people of enugu and taxes for the state. More governos need to stop acting lazy and start lobbying for these investments.

Beware folks, this is a fake Eko Ile.

Eko Ile:

This is obviosly a very good development, how I wish we have these and other forms of investments all over the country. Kudos to the governor for making this happen .

More jobs for the people of enugu and taxes for the state. More governos need to stop acting lazy and start lobbying for these investments.

yes this governors stole the money but atleast rather than moving it abroad they have created some employments,


but if things continue like this mall, nigeria may reach south africa the next 67yrs, and then we can start talking of developement,

if they can provide electricity for this mall, why not give the masses electricity,

love4ual:

yes this governors stole the money but atleast rather than moving it abroad they have created some employments,


but if things continue like this mall, nigeria may reach south africa the next 67yrs, and then we can start talking of developement,

Does the mall belong to the Governor?

love4ual:

if they can provide electricity for this mall, why not give the masses electricity,

True that.

Eko Ile:

This is obviosly a very good development, how I wish we have these and other forms of investments all over the country. Kudos to the governor for making this happen .

More jobs for the people of enugu and taxes for the state. More governos need to stop acting lazy and start lobbying for these investments.

+10

very well said

Beautiful. Reminds me of the Lewisham Mall.

A reborn eko ile. jullalalalalalalaa

kai, nyamiris and their copy copy ways. monkey see monkey do . must u always copy the SW? the thing can't work in iboland cos poor okoros aint gonna buy overpriced items. congrats to Igbos, u now have ur own failed Tinapa

mo nna don see shopping mall.

no u no go live yoruba man to rest .

make all of una move to enugu and leave us alone.

i laff.

kai, nyamiris and their copy copy ways. monkey see monkey do Cheesy. must u always copy the SW? the thing can't work in iboland cos poor okoros aint gonna buy overpriced items. congrats to Igbos, u now have your own failed Tinapa

let me tell you lagos is not yorubaland.Lagos is nigerialand. so,saying we should relocated to the south east just explain your low IQ.

by the way if you want to compare states in the SW,SS,SE then don't include Lagos because it is not Yoruba wealth that is building Lagos (i think i don't need to talk more on that)

Compare your filty states like Ogun,Oyo,Osun,Ekiti&Ondo to any state in the SS,SE i tell you u will be very ashamed of urslves.upon all your so called big gra gra,all you get is fake Education,pach pach infrastructure,tatad houses,dirty and smelly streets.

I want to know if this kinda mall is in ondo,ogun,osun,oyo ekiti.

when comparing states the SW has 6 states with only 2 gallant ones(excluding Lagos) with Osun& ekiti being a shame to yorubaland and ondo doing fairly ok and coming up,SS has 6 states with 4 gallant states with Akwa ibom fast growing to make it 5 very soon and bayelsa being the backward state, The SE have 5 states with 4 gallant states and ebonyi being the backwards state.

so tell me which region is doing better collectively.remove Lagos from the SW and you will see that the SW is just as Unclad as a hen after the wind has blown. upon all the bigmouth,self acclaimed most illiterate or what have you.Lazy id!ots.

Lovely. We need this in Abuja.

True Talk that, with all the noise and gra-gra in Abuja, I am not sure they have a proper mall (although I have seen some Renders in SKyCarpercity that is about it). That is shocking with the kind of money in that City. Same thing Port Harcourt.

^^There are at least TEN standard malls under construction across the country (including Port Harcourt and Abuja) all in various stages of completion, and all under PPP (Public Private Partnership) investment arrangements, with more on the drawing board. At least TWO malls under construction are vying to be the biggest in Africa.

lagcity:

kai, nyamiris and their copy copy ways. monkey see monkey do . must u always copy the SW? the thing can't work in iboland cos poor okoros aint gonna buy overpriced items. congrats to Igbos, u now have your own failed Tinapa

Copied from who if I may ask?
If you man from Lagos, would that be correct considering that both projects were ongoing at the same time? Or because Eko Ile first posted that of Lagos here means LAGOS WAS THERE BEFORE?

Talking about purchasing power, your people cannot match. One single Onisha trader will feed 50 Yorubas. Remember Aregbesola confirmed that you guys are about dying of poverty, hence his refusal to tax you.

Eko Ile:

This is obviosly a very good development, how I wish we have these and other forms of investments all over the country. Kudos to the governor for making this happen .

More jobs for the people of enugu and taxes for the state. More governos need to stop acting lazy and start lobbying for these investments.

Shouldn't you be ashamed to congratulate a state because of a damn shopping mall?. What has the shopping mall built by private investors  got to do with government's achievement?. Shouldn't the govt be more concerned in building ultra modern markets for Nigerians instead of blowing her trumpets on a common shopping mall?. Are you Nigerians so beaten that you can clap for your government for peanuts?. Are you also going to clap for Chime for when some private investors build a bakery in Enugu?.

lagcity:

kai, nyamiris and their copy copy ways. monkey see monkey do . must u always copy the SW? the thing can't work in iboland cos poor okoros aint gonna buy overpriced items. congrats to Igbos, u now have your own failed Tinapa

Why we can’t tax Osun people, by Aregbesola
By Adesoji Adeniyi 21 hours 46 minutes ago
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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 Unclad 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.


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/27811-why-we-can%E2%80%99t-tax-osun-people%2C-by-aregbesola.html

lagcity:

kai, nyamiris and their copy copy ways. monkey see monkey do . must u always copy the SW? the thing can't work in iboland cos poor okoros aint gonna buy overpriced items. congrats to Igbos, u now have your own failed Tinapa

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.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-149827.0.html

watch out for Owerri.cos Owerri will be next cos that is where they will make their biggest money,

I love my Owerri.too much fun,high life,money spending,clubbing,Oringo, call it what ever.that is why Owerri has one of the highest concentration of hotels in Nigeria,even with that finding a reservation at weekend is always difficult cos all the lodges have been booked.


i cant wait to see eastern Nigeria's biggest Cinemas and malls being sited there cos that is what Owerri is all about.(Activities and tourism)Those that know owerri will understand what am talking about.

BTW Imolites,aw this Xmas wan be na?? i dey fly down on the 23th and How is Kanu Nwankwo's Hotel in Owerri,has he finished it?cos i heard it is a 7 star Hotel.I hail O,the only city full of Oringo!!

manchy7531:




Compare your filty states like Ogun,Oyo,Osun,Ekiti&Ondo to any state in the SS,SE i tell you u will be very ashamed of urslves.upon all your so called big gra gra,all you get is fake Education,pach pach infrastructure,tatad houses,dirty and smelly streets.

I want to know if this kinda mall is in ondo,ogun,osun,oyo ekiti.

when comparing states the SW has 6 states with only 2 gallant ones(excluding Lagos) with[size=14pt] Osun[/size]& ekiti being a shame to yorubaland and ondo doing fairly ok and coming up,SS has 6 states with 4 gallant states with Akwa ibom fast growing to make it 5 very soon and bayelsa being the backward state, The SE have 5 states with 4 gallant states and ebonyi being the backwards state.

so tell me which region is doing better collectively.remove Lagos from the SW and you will see that the SW is just as Unclad as a hen after the wind has blown.  upon all the bigmouth,self acclaimed most illiterate or what have you.Lazy id!ots.

Foool, who told you there are no ultra modern shopping malls in Osun?.

manchy7531:

let me tell you lagos is not yorubaland.Lagos is nigerialand. so,saying we should relocated to the south east just explain your low IQ.
by the way if you want to compare states in the SW,SS,SE then don't include Lagos because it is not Yoruba wealth that is building Lagos (i think i don't need to talk more on that)
Compare your filty states like Ogun,Oyo,Osun,Ekiti&Ondo to any state in the SS,SE i tell you u will be very ashamed of urslves.upon all your so called big gra gra,all you get is fake Education,pach pach infrastructure,tatad houses,dirty and smelly streets.
I want to know if this kinda mall is in ondo,ogun,osun,oyo ekiti.
when comparing states the SW has 6 states with only 2 gallant ones(excluding Lagos) with Osun& ekiti being a shame to yorubaland and ondo doing fairly ok and coming up,SS has 6 states with 4 gallant states with Akwa ibom fast growing to make it 5 very soon and bayelsa being the backward state, The SE have 5 states with 4 gallant states and ebonyi being the backwards state.
so tell me which region is doing better collectively.remove Lagos from the SW and you will see that the SW is just as Unclad as a hen after the wind has blown. upon all the bigmouth,self acclaimed most illiterate or what have you.Lazy id!ots.

all this ranting is unnecessary. all i'm saying is that ur ppl are bush ppl and u can't put lipstick on an okoro pig  . ibos can build malls but they can't buy class and u don't have it naturally. SORRY it is just the way it is.

lagcity:

all this ranting is unnecessary. all i'm saying is that your ppl are bush ppl and u can't put lipstick on an okoro pig  . ibos can build malls but they can't buy class and u don't have it naturally. SORRY it is just the way it is.

define what you mean by 'class'.