jazzydee:
There is a seaport in onne rivers state that is close to igbo land and portharcout is linked by rail to Aba, Enugu all the way to maidugri. the rail is being rehabilitated at the moment, I think the part from PH to enugu is completed.

By the way the deep sea port At Ibaka Akwa Ibom, is what everyone from the former eastern region and all other parts of Nigeria farther away from lagos should support. because it will change the economy of the eastern part of Nigeria. Besides its strategic importance, it will serve as a transshipment point because of its Natural draught and access to the Open ocean which will allow the largest ships in the world to berth without any need for constant port maintenance ie dredging which has been the bane of most ports in Nigeria. the trans shipment points will now make all other ports in Nigeria which are accessible by smaller ships/barges functional.

onitisha, calabar, warri, onne, and even the proposed port in Abia state will all become viable in cluding all the surrounding african countries around that flank as they will simply get their goods from ibaka and transport it with smaller ships/barges to the respective ports.
A deep seaport is what Nigeria needs.

The port in Obiaku, Abia state holds the ace. If you have ever closely looked at the Nigerian map, that river in question is about 500 to 600 meters wide and flows directly into the ocean via the Onne port, without the usual bends and dissipation as small tributaries other rivers have as they approach the ocean. A little dredging will do the wonders.
The other one that holds promise is the Ibeno Beach in Afikpo on the Cross river. That may require a lot of dredging though to have it functional.
The Onitsha port has the advantage of being situated in a commercial city. Thus whatever it costs to bring goods there may be absorbed by business men. But the disadvantage is that the numerous tributaries to the ocean are narrow and full of bends.
Either way, do not believe the manipulators that lie to you that the SE has no access to the sea. They exactly know these routes and have been working silently to use state creations to close them completely.

Imagine that they want to create an 'oil rivers state' yet they want Igboland oil areas as Andoni to be included ! It's not just about a desire to seize all the Igbo oil producing communities along the southern River Niger, it is also about their desire to completely remove Igbo control from parts of our land leading to the sea. So that their lie that Igboland has no access to the sea can finally be achieved.

omicron: In terms of commerce and developments, onitsha has always been the bigger horse. Commercially, is it true and right that onitsha has expanded to Asaba, but never in terms of geography (which was what your earlier assertion appeared to suggest).

Before being the state capital, Asaba was a 'village town'. Its development infrastructurally as it is today is because of its status as state capital. Socially and commercially, its development is derived in part due to its proximity to onitsha.

Although, there is still the argument that Onitsha is under-commercialising Asaba, but that is a different arguement all together.

I believe you now understand me.

On the bolded, I think it is the other way round(Onitsha is boosting and sustaining Asaba even industrially).
But it is a chicken and egg kind of argument that can be right both ways.

Just picture a hypothetical transposition of Enugu with AIIA the hotels, malls and all in the place of Asaba.

What would be the outcome?

Or more realistically a 20 minute bullet train commute.

cjrane:

Conjectures and primitive fears are the problem we face in Igboland which were unfortunately inherited from our mentality of dealing with the cheating going on in Nigeria. I remember when some transporters rallied together to frustrate an airport in Oba or anywhere in Anambra claiming it will ruin their business and take ALL their passengers!
Since Asaba airport, we know how false that conjecture was! Same way Yorubas screamed that an International route in Enugu will kill Lagos airport! I am waiting for the day that there would be no passengers in Lagos because of Enugu! The funny thing is that a second intl. airport is bring built in Lekki, yet nobody is complaining that it would take Lagos airport passengers!

Ask yourself why does the International airport in Cotonou and Lome survive since there is a bigger intl. airport in Lagos less than 100 miles away? The truth is that international airlines don't conduct business like motor parks. They look at the routes versus the passenger traffic.

So eventually, Asaba will be a busier intl. airport than Enugu, but will not stop Enugu from operating. Just as Asaba will evetually be busier than Kano, PH and Abuja, but won't stop people from using those airports.
It may have Emirates and Many Eastern sirlines which may be preferable for traders going to Dubai or China, while other Igbos in the Western Hemisphere may prefer Enugu via KLM, Air France etc. remember that 90% of Igbos in the Western Hemisphere prefer connecting from Lagos, because Addis Ababa is way too far.

So there is room for every city to grow. The unfortunate mentality that we have inherited from Nigeria that I can only make it by killing you is indeed an unfortunate conjecture.

Part of being a developed mind is the ability to examine issues from different perspectives. A little SWOT analysis on an issue like this is quite normal There is nothing 'primitive' in discussing the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats to the two promising airports in Igboland. We can learn one or two things by confronting ourselves with the issues we don't like or want to talk about. Such is the essence of here. At the end, the beautiful thing is that a future international operations at Asaba airport visavis Enugu is being discussed. All to the benefit of the greater Igbo nation.

kostadinis:

Part of being a developed mind is the ability to examine issues from different perspectives. A little SWOT analysis on an issue like this is quite normal There is nothing 'primitive' in discussing the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats to the two promising airports in Igboland. We can learn one or two things by confronting ourselves with the issues we don't like or want to talk about. Such is the essence of here. At the end, the beautiful thing is that a future international operations at Asaba airport visavis Enugu is being discussed. All to the benefit of the greater Igbo nation.

Bros ' primitive' in my post did not mean one is primitive. Read it again. It means man's natural or primordial fears or instincts. Sort of our reflex response. My apologies if you thought I referred to you as being 'primitive'

By the way, I was just teaching a bunch of fellas how to evaluate their system and I found myself using this your okpotokpo oyibo SWOT analysis( strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats).

Anyhow, my point was that we should not believe in the principle of cut off my one leg in order to help the other leg to grow bigger. The body was created together as a UNIT for a reason. Any part that is disfigured or neglected in order to help another part will cause the individual or the entire unit problems. The same reason Asaba was created to remain as a UNIT in Igboland either as part of Nigeria or Biafra.

I know two Igbo brothers that agonize so much about which of them was considered richer . They sometimes publicly did and said horrible things about each other and seriously agonized about which of them their community considered to be the richer man! Imagine how satan had used this family's supposed blessing to become their greatest curse!
They were a happy family when they were poor and lived in a one room apartment in Ketu as kids! So, why was it so difficult for these blood brothers to realize they could be greater if them teamed up and complimented each other rather than fighting to destroy each other? I happened to have attended school with the younger one and I would always ask him why the negative focus on making sure his own brother isn't richer instead of focusing on Dangote or Abiola who are truly the rich men you should focus on to surpass?

The point here being that we seem to be locked in an unfortunate mentality or negative focus on ourselves that if Onitsha is developed, it somehow robs Owerri, Aba or Enugu. We must grow past that negative mentality and focus on greater things, such as the fact that Dubai and Abu Dhabi being only a few kilometers apart in a tiny country of less than 2 million people, yet have both thrived to become world class business cities !

If spyder catches u people eh......And please, each city in SE serves specific functions, industrialization in Enugu state should be shifted to say Akpugo, not really Enugu capital.
Kano combined the destinies of many states around it, we mustn't follow that pattern of putting everything in one place.
And I think we need a special thread for this

Evergreen123:
Hahahahahahahahahahaha , hilarious guy

Kedu

All this arguments sef! Enugu fine be say im fine and im go continue to dey fine! Amen

Enugu state has so many moribond industries which the state govt ought to have revived by now in boosting industrialisation and employment. AVOP,nigersteel,sunrise floormill,cashew plantation,nigergas and etc.even abandoned projects like the international conference center,presidential hotel would have been a major boost for the state

Activity77: Enugu state has so many moribond industries which the state govt ought to have revived by now in boosting industrialisation and employment. AVOP,nigersteel,sunrise floormill,cashew plantation,nigergas and etc.even abandoned projects like the international conference center,presidential hotel would have been a major boost for the state

Very true, the commercial aspect of governance has never been explored fully by Enugu governors - both Nnamani & Sullivan. At least we thank God that Sullivan focused on infrastructure, but somebody to needs to combine both - like Donald Duke.

Unemadu:

Government cannot create industries unless ofcourse you are china or some communist country. All what needs to be done is to attract serious minded businesses by creating the environment which i believe Enugu is doing. Mind you much more industrialized states in Nigeria are so because of obvious reasons and not because of govt intervention.

No one is expecting Government to create industries or or the industries. They should create the enablers of these industries in form of infrastructure and you will see industries springing up.

Can someone pls tell Innocent Motors to start fabricating beautiful Kekes of this nature for Enugu,Anambra or Imo. We really need to get innovative rather than importing all manner of nonsense in the name of keke into South East

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Na vex I dey vex today

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Bishop42: Can someone pls tell Innocent Motors to start fabricating beautiful Kekes of this nature for Enugu,Anambra or Imo. We really need to get innovative rather than importing all manner of nonsense in the name of keke into South East

Bros,
You are absolutely right! We often focus on producing the big machines and truck which many cannot afford, yet the everyday machines used to run our economies such as decent Keke Napep is continuously imported from Vietnam and China!

Another simple machine i agonize about is the simple lawn mower. Any lawn mower in Nigeria is ridiculously expensive and of course imported! So it is hard for people to buy one and you hardly see any well maintained lawn anywhere in Nigeria, except the big 5 star hotels! In Kenya and many East African countries, the use of lawn mowers to maintain public parks, university play grounds and private homes is common and wide spread.
Abroad, lawn mowers cost between $100 to $300 dollars. Which is about N17,000 - N50,000 naira! Yet i can tell you no state government environmental crew has lawn mowers! The way to maintain grass lawns is to excavate the grass with hoes and machetes! Sometimes one asks if our behavior is out of ignorance of standard practices around the world or we just don't care about anything.

I wish INNOSON will popularize the manufacturing of lawn mowers in Nigeria in order to have the right tools for landscaping and beautification of Nigeria to be easily available and affordable here in Nigeria.

spyder880: Na vex I dey vex today

Pls where is this?

Looks like it has been raining.

Bishop42: Can someone pls tell Innocent Motors to start fabricating beautiful Kekes of this nature for Enugu,Anambra or Imo. We really need to get innovative rather than importing all manner of nonsense in the name of keke into South East

The factory is already in Imo State ate a town known as Akabo near Owerri. Last December the Governor ordered for 50 which he gave out to some youths in order to patronise the company "Eagle Motors".

http://www.eaglemotorsint.com/#

Bishop42: Can someone pls tell Innocent Motors to start fabricating beautiful Kekes of this nature for Enugu,Anambra or Imo. We really need to get innovative rather than importing all manner of nonsense in the name of keke into South East

The factory is already in Imo State at a town known as Akabo near Owerri. Last December the Governor ordered for 50 which he gave out to some youths in order to patronise the company "Eagle Motors".

http://www.eaglemotorsint.com/#

abagoro:

The factory is already in Imo State ate a town known as Akabo near Owerri. Last December the Governor ordered for 50 which he gave out to some youths in order to patronise the company "Eagle Motors".

http://www.eaglemotorsint.com/#

Excellent news! I'm happy to hear about this! It is really heartening to learn that our people are utilizing the business opportunity to produce what we use. In that way they can minimize the colossal foreign exchange wasted on importation of simple machines that we can make ourselves. Thus creating employment for the youths, while producing economically useful tools & machines.

Now this manufacturer must do the next phase of the work by ensuring easy access of his products across all the markets in Nigeria. He must find distributors for his products in all the major markets in order to compete with the Vietnam made foreign imported Keke which has already flooded the markets in Nigeria!

cjrane:

Bros,
You are absolutely right! We often focus on producing the big machines and truck which many cannot afford, yet the everyday machines used to run our economies such as decent Keke Napep is continuously imported from Vietnam and China!

Another simple machine i agonize about is the simple lawn mower. Any lawn mower in Nigeria is ridiculously expensive and of course imported! So it is hard for people to buy one and you hardly see any well maintained lawn anywhere in Nigeria, except the big 5 star hotels! In Kenya and many East African countries, the use of lawn mowers to maintain public parks, university play grounds and private homes is common and wide spread.
Abroad, lawn mowers cost between $100 to $300 dollars. Which is about N17,000 - N50,000 naira! Yet i can tell you no state government environmental crew has lawn mowers! The way to maintain grass lawns is to excavate the grass with hoes and machetes! Sometimes one asks if our behavior is out of ignorance of standard practices around the world or we just don't care about anything.

I wish INNOSON will popularize the manufacturing of lawn mowers in Nigeria in order to have the right tools for landscaping and beautification of Nigeria to be easily available and affordable here in Nigeria.

Mowing lawns is more of an attitude thing than the mower itself.

Thanks Spyder880 for having nursed this very informative thread since 2012! So much wealth of information!

Kudos to Eagle Motors for setting up keke factory in Imo. As for the mower, I think any Igbo business man or industrialist can venture into that; doesn't have to be Innoson alone! We have thousands like Innoson...that's the beauty of being Igbos; we have no limitation!

I have been following this thread for a long time and would like to chime in. One thing I would like to see in SE is some collective regional development in addition to individual state development going on. It's great that Enugu is developing pretty fast but doesn't help the region when Anambra and Imo are slow in development, and Abia and Ebonyi are not yielding bare minimum. SE has more people with individual wealth in Nigeria and diaspora, and are also well connected globally. I would like to see all 5 states governors come together, create a Southeast Regional Development Commission(SRDC) or something of that nature. This commision will comprised of well educated and respected city planners, engineers, surveyors, scientists, doctors, economists, business men, entrepreneurs, industrialists and other technocrats at home and in diaspora. This commission will be responsible for directing, planning and development of SE region mega projects across state lines. I used the word "development" loosingly because their work is not really developing anything but to plan, direct and put in place economic blueprint and security for SE region...more like a think tank organization. Government, Individuals and Investors/corporations will do the development. This commission will design and plan the setting up of modern downtown in every state in SE...don't listen to the big lie that people from SW say that we don't have land, SE is very big enough for us. Lagos is the smallest state in the country, something you have never heard of is that almost half (40%) of Lagos total area is WATER...yes water is half of lagos land. And yet it houses 20 million people or more, and still have lots and lots of free land left for 200 yrs plus development. Sometimes I drive for 300 km non stop in Lagos and all I see is forest and free land. To the contrary, the smallest state in SE Anambra is one and half times of Lagos and only 10% or so is water...that leaves us with 90% of actual land, that's a lot, lots and lots of land for a population of only 4.5 million Anambrans. Lagos houses 20 million plus people, Igbo population in Nigeria is estimated at 30-35 million, 50-60 million worldwide, Anambra is 1 and 1/2 times of Lagos total land or 3 times of actual livable and developable land (minus water area); considering half of Lagos is water, do the math for Anambra land alone, adding other 4 SE states with more larger land area and tell me we don't have enough land. So please don't buy into this myth that you have no land...is a psychological war by people in SW to leave us discouraged. Same goes with the landlocked myth...SE is not and never landlocked.

Now back to SRDC task and mandate. Connecting every states in SE with good roads and flyovers where necessary, light rail across all states, siting of key industries, setting up plans to overhaul historic economic nerve centers...Aba, Onitsha, Nnewi, revamping moribund Enugu coal industry and other industries in the region, ensure that Ebonyi remains the food basket of SE and continue to export food to other states like their unique rice. Draw out plan for a befitting, eye-popping SE regional capital in Enugu...Gov. Chime has done well. Partner with Igbo doctors in abroad to build world class medical center in the SE...we have the best of the brains in medical field. Strong lobbying for foreign corporations and industries to set up factories in SE and create jobs, incentivize them....give them free land and 5 yrs tax write off; SAB Miller in Onitsha is a prime example. Ensure that on-going Onitsha port, Abia seaport( Who says we are landlocked? Obuaku is more closer to the ocean than we know) or keep Ibaka seaport project going with our Akwa Ibom brothers. Have research facilities led by diaspora and local engineers and scientists to prepare young minds in continuing Biafran invention spirit seen during the war. Effective law enforcement for the region. This commission has the sole mandate of economic security of the Igbos! Ohaneze has done a great job politically; crying out loud when they perceive marginalization of the Igbos in the political sphere...has worked wonderfully. Now is time to have something parallel to Ohanaeze but for ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE SE in the name of SRDC or something similar. Igbos have the money, all they need is sincere, hardcore, zionist/jewish-type of spirit, honest, committed people to develop and engender the growth, development and security of the Igbos. Once SRDC has SE future economic blueprint out, trust me, you see hundreds Igbos in the North and West returning to invest. These people want to invest but are not sure of the economic viability of SE and lack of enablers as aforementioned.

Don't worry about the money for these projects with respect to government fund projects...we have money and have people who are well connected to world bank and IMF. If Gov. Willie Obiano can go to Abuja and raise 100 million naira in 24 hrs from fellow Anambra natives for drones and security of Anambra alone(https://www.nairaland.com/1831924/obiano-deploys-hi-tech-surveillance-drones), then Igbos around the world can raise more than 100 billion naira in 24 hrs for a collective regional development cause. Alternatively, If Okonjo Iweala, Charles Soludo and Oby Ezekweasili can champion the task to lobby the eradication of Nigeria national debt under Obasanjo and get almost all of our debts erased, they can also lobby the cause of the Igbos to secure $1billion every year for the next 10 yrs for these regional projects from IMF, world bank or other international banks. Particularly Okonjo and Oby, since these two are entrenched in global banking. To pay back these loans, each SE state can contribute 1-2 billion naira each year which is nothing out of 68 billion naira average yearly allocation for each SE states. Once these developments have matured....5-10 yrs, they can recoup these monies back in taxes, duties and fares from the use of the light rail system, toll ways, seaport, industry taxes and many more.

We Igbos are very successful and wealthy as individuals but lack good government, regional structure and enablers to harness our individual wealth to build an economic center of Africa. We can do it...He who pays the piper calls the tune!

Enugu Airport Flood. This is something that makes me very angry...how could someone build or retrofit a structure in this 21st century and not make provision for rainfall runoff and flood drainage. How could we Igbos allow such a mediocre job by the Aviation?


https://www.nairaland.com/1868161/enugu-airport-flood-pictures

Who remembers KUSH from their 2003 hit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWWXCgZKmg0

Enugu is developing.

^
That was NTA's anthem back then.
True, music is unifying.
And football.

Evergreen123: If spyder catches u people eh......And please, each city in SE serves specific functions, industrialization in Enugu state should be shifted to say Akpugo, not really Enugu capital.
Kano combined the destinies of many states around it, we mustn't follow that pattern of putting everything in one place.
And I think we need a special thread for this

Please stop mentioning kano here. Kano is not a state worth copying abeg. Our governors maybe reading this.

Double post.

Innovator90: Thanks Spyder880 for having nursed this very informative thread since 2012! So much wealth of information!

Kudos to Eagle Motors for setting up keke factory in Imo. As for the mower, I think any Igbo business man or industrialist can venture into that; doesn't have to be Innoson alone! We have thousands like Innoson...that's the beauty of being Igbos; we have no limitation!

I have been following this thread for a long time and would like to chime in. One thing I would like to see in SE is some collective regional development in addition to individual state development going on. It's great that Enugu is developing pretty fast but doesn't help the region when Anambra and Imo are slow in development, and Abia and Ebonyi are not yielding bare minimum. SE has more people with individual wealth in Nigeria and diaspora, and are also well connected globally. I would like to see all 5 states governors come together, create a Southeast Regional Development Commission(SRDC) or something of that nature. This commision will comprised of well educated and respected city planners, engineers, surveyors, scientists, doctors, economists, business men, entrepreneurs, industrialists and other technocrats at home and in diaspora. This commission will be responsible for directing, planning and development of SE region mega projects across state lines. I used the word "development" loosingly because their work is not really developing anything but to plan, direct and put in place economic blueprint and security for SE region...more like a think tank organization. Government, Individuals and Investors/corporations will do the development. This commission will design and plan the setting up of modern downtown in every state in SE...don't listen to the big lie that people from SW say that we don't have land, SE is very big enough for us. Lagos is the smallest state in the country, something you have never heard of is that almost half (40%) of Lagos total area is WATER...yes water is half of lagos land. And yet it houses 20 million people or more, and still have lots and lots of free land left for 200 yrs plus development. Sometimes I drive for 300 km non stop in Lagos and all I see is forest and free land. To the contrary, the smallest state in SE Anambra is one and half times of Lagos and only 10% or so is water...that leaves us with 90% of actual land, that's a lot, lots and lots of land for a population of only 4.5 million Anambrans. Lagos houses 20 million plus people, Igbo population in Nigeria is estimated at 30-35 million, 50-60 million worldwide, Anambra is 1 and 1/2 times of Lagos total land or 3 times of actual livable and developable land (minus water area); considering half of Lagos is water, do the math for Anambra land alone, adding other 4 SE states with more larger land area and tell me we don't have enough land. So please don't buy into this myth that you have no land...is a psychological war by people in SW to leave us discouraged. Same goes with the landlocked myth...SE is not and never landlocked.

Now back to SRDC task and mandate. Connecting every states in SE with good roads and flyovers where necessary, light rail across all states, siting of key industries, setting up plans to overhaul historic economic nerve centers...Aba, Onitsha, Nnewi, revamping moribund Enugu coal industry and other industries in the region, ensure that Ebonyi remains the food basket of SE and continue to export food to other states like their unique rice, draw out plan for a befitting, eye-popping SE regional capital in Enugu...Gov. Chime has done well. Partner with Igbo doctors in abroad to build world class medical center in the SE...we have the best of the brains in medical field, lobbying and lurying foreign corporations and industries to set up factories in SE and create jobs, give them free land and 5 yrs tax write off; SAB Miller in Onitsha is a prime example, ensuring that on-going Onitsha port, Abia seaport( Who says we are landlocked? Obuaku is more closer to the ocean than we know) or keep Ibaka seaport project going with our Akwa Ibom brothers, have research facilities led by diaspora and local engineers and scientists to prepare young minds in continuing Biafran invention spirit, law enforcement for the region, e.t.c. This commission has the sole mandate of economic security of the Igbos! Ohaneze has done a great job politically; crying out loud when they perceive marginalization of the Igbos in the political arena...has worked so well. Now is time to have something parallel to Ohanaeze but for ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE SE in the name of SRDC or something similar. Igbos have the money, all they need is sincere, hardcore, zionist/jewish-type of spirit, honest, committed people to develop and engender the growth, development and security of the Igbos. Once SRDC has SE future economic blueprint out, trust me, you see hundreds Igbos in the North and West returning to invest. These people want to invest but are not sure of the economic viability of SE and lack of enablers as aforementioned.

Don't worry about the money for these projects with respect to government fund projects...we have money and have people who are well connected to world bank and IMF. If Gov. Willie Obiano can go to Abuja and raise 100 million naira in 24 hrs from fellow Anambra natives for drones and security of Anambra alone(https://www.nairaland.com/1831924/obiano-deploys-hi-tech-surveillance-drones), then Igbos around the world can raise more than 100 billion naira in 24 hrs for a collective regional development cause. Alternatively, If Okonjo Iweala, Charles Soludo and Oby Ezekweasili can champion the task to lobby the eradication of Nigeria national debt under Obasanjo and get almost all of our debts erased, they can also lobby the cause of the Igbos to secure $1billion every year for the next 10 yrs for these regional projects from IMF, world bank or other international banks particularly Okonjo and Oby as these two are entrenched in global banking. To pay back this loan, Each SE state can contribute 1-2 billion naira each year which is nothing out of 68 billion naira average yearly allocation for each SE states. Once these developments have matured....5-10 yrs, they can recoup these monies back in taxes, duties and fares from the use of the light rail system, toll ways, seaport, industry taxes and many more.

We Igbos are very successful and wealthy as individuals but lack good government, regional structure and enablers to harness our individual wealth to build an economic center of Africa. We can do it...He who pays the piper calls the tune!

This is a near perfect idea. Is there a way to hold an annual 1-week summit for all igbo professionals (home and the diaspora) in Enugu or any other place in the SE, to deliberate and talk about the social and economic development in the SE? It should be headed, for a start by Soludo/Ezekwesili/Okonjo or someone who's a thorough bred professional.

I'm not aware if such group exists for the SE region.

BlackPikiN: This is a near perfect idea. Is
there a way to hold an annual 1-week summit for all igbo professionals (home and the diaspora) in Enugu or any other place in the SE, to deliberate and talk about the social and economic development in the SE? It should be headed, for a startby Soludo/Ezekwesili/Okonjo or someone who's a thorough bred professional. I'm not aware if such group exists for the SE region.

What we need are those who naturally think outside the box such as the creative geniuses and open minded enterpreneurs. They can be found in all areas and not neccessary professionals. In the past many well learned people or so called profs swore that men could never fly , earth can never be round etc etc but you still have ordinary folks like wrights, galileo, steve jobs,enstein,mendel proving them wrong and doing impossible stuff.

Creative genius and open minded enterpreneurs (whether they are profs or ordinary folks)are all we need to turn thing around in the South East.

There are too many close minded Profs everywhere even with their first class qualifications

Our coal camp embankment, close shots. ...

This is the type of grasses sprouting from the gaps. Right or wrong?

Someone is even making a half hearted attempt to manually pull the grasses