cyril83: This local dialect is nothing but a scam, imagine him embracing iya oloja after demolished most of their markets in his state.

cyril83: At least we have only one reasonable comment from osun, brawse I would like to applaud the effort and also commend the initiative, I cant help but raise some questions on the aforementioned issue.
How sustainable is this effort/project? the problem with political office holders is that they like to involve themselves in elephant projects that wont stand the test of time. I cant help but imagine the level of corruption that would have gone into this project. How many state owned public schools do we have in Osun State and how many students (SSS) do we have in all schools. I guess over (7,000 to 15,000) on the average, will the State be ready to provide these students with tablets, have we considered the cost of procuring these tablets (for all SSS students) will not only furnish each State school with e-libraries, but will also provide good books for their consumption.
Most of these students cannot handle a computer talkless of the ability to handle and maintain tablets. I think it would have made better sense if all schools have very good e-learning libraries, tastefully furnished with computers (desk tops). This will ensure a win-win situation for all students and not a select few.

2. will the State be ready to continually provide tablets for subsequent students who move from the JSS arm to the SSS arm, and if so at whose expense?

That's my own point of view tho, i need somebody to convince people on this matter.

Broken TV: Eko ilee i want ask a simple question and i want answer, if it was pdp government that construct the brigde and tolls on it what will be your reaction.

Afam4eva:
I hope you know these tablets aint gonna last forever. If they get spoiled, will the government replace it. Where's the money coming from and how many people is this scheme going to reach? Osun is no Akwa Ibom and Delta and the cost of these gadgets will milk the state. I'm not saying it's not a good initiative but when governments in Nigeria decide on projects, the cost must be put into consideration.

Btw, are you an ACN member because your assertions on thread points to that fact.

Eko Atlantic:

Is there actually anything in SouthWest you guys don't complain of?

Lagos opens Ikoyi-Lekki link bridge--"Fashola is only building Lagos for the rich"

Oyo commissions Mokola bridge--"The bridge is not wide enough"

Ogun opens flyover--"why must everything be in Abeokuta?"

Nigeria's biggest refinery to be built in Ondo--"Why must it be ondo and not Akwa-Ibom?"

Osun to name airport After MKO--"what is Osun going to do with airport?"

Samsung opens its biggest workshop in Ekiti--"can
Ekiti people buy samsung products"

It flows in you guys blood, "bad belleism and Jealousy"

ababaj: This is total stupidity. Why should the citizens pay for what they deserve to earn. Its true the bridge is good but it is the function of the state to provide infrastrutural amenities and create conducive environment for its citizen and investors. It is total absurdity. They are voted in to serve and not to exploit... Eko onibaje

mahleeq:

As a tax payer you pay less. If it is a way out then we can embrace it. My problem with it is will the trend continue

Lucasbalo: what is lovely in putting more pressure on people that are financially stressed already? .

“We the masses appreciate it and no matter how much they ask us to pay, we will pay the toll. Let the good things be replicated around the whole state so that people will have easy movement to go around unhindered for their businesses. We Nigerians are willing to struggle to make ends meet but let the government give us the enabling environment”.

gboss4sure: Had it been the FG introudced tax on a high way am sure that eko ile and co would have faulted them. Well am waiting for all of them at the polls in 2015, they will soon realize that is not to talk the cheap talk.

Yeske!:
Your Post is valid but my arguement here is that the executive should have waited till the Legislative arm was done. Afterall, Democracy is a government for ................by .............

babyosisi:
[s]
He needs an award wallahi
His wife/ wives should be scared
At this rate there is nothing he won't do for his paymasters/ mistresses[/s]

Another motorist who plied the Link Bridge after it was opened and spoke to newsmen is businessman, Mr Valentine Aboh who gave kudos to the Lagos State Governor and his team for their clear vision of infrastructural renewal and development in Lagos State.

He added that the project is a welcome development that is also people oriented, adding that its benefit is for the users of the roads not the government.

“We the masses appreciate it and no matter how much they ask us to pay, we will pay the toll. Let the good things be replicated around the whole state so that people will have easy movement to go around unhindered for their businesses. We Nigerians are willing to struggle to make ends meet but let the government give us the enabling environment”.

babyosisi:
[s]
Carry on sha
Maybe you are working hard to replace Liar Mohammed
More grease to your lips bro
Your masters must be pleased with your escapades

So tell us
What color of underwear did Fashola wear to work on Friday?
Boxers or briefs [/s]

babyosisi:
[s]
Go and get a real job
One that will help you ipuild of any shred f dignity you may have left
Singing praises day and night and licking shait is a repugnant way for a grown man to earn a living[/s]

babyosisi:
[s]
In the state of California the minimum wage is also $8 an hour I.e $64 a day Lagos is less that $1 a day




PHCN was also privatized in Nigeria and so was NITEL,where did it lead you
The average annual income in America is $45,000 a year

Stop comparing apples and oranges[/s]

Yeske!:
I thought the executive would have waited till the House was done with it's oversight abi no Demo we dey again?

Yeske!:
I guess it's those Honourables that will want to argue the case though and through at the LSHOA that would. Back to topic abeg

Yeske!:
Think abi reason before replying, We Igbos are crying for Justice while your likes are tellling the whole world that all is Well and that the killing of your kins up north is justified. No? No Yoruba man don die since?

ilugunboy:

What are you on about...?

Tolling is going on the bridge presently.....so you think the house would in anyway advise that operation on the bridge should be suspended until they conclude hearing on the virtue of tolling or not?

Guy...go and sleep jooor!

moodswing: These wonderful ACN people reminds me of Lawrence Anini.


Eko ti baje pata pata.

Sincere 9gerian:
[s]I'm not here to debate fuel subsidy but I just raised the issue to buttress my point of hypocrisy.

By the way, can all those who staged fuel subsidy protest in Lagos be said to be the very poor? Was it the poor that supplied the T-shirts, music and food for the protests?
Kerosine is one product that is mostly used by the poor but it has been selling far above the cost fuel (for as much as N150per litre at times) for a very long time. No one seems to be interested in that. Why? Because the middle class and elites have nothing to do with Kerosine.

This same ACN e-warriors that are showing us how beautiful a toll plaza is and opposed removal of fuel subsidy by PDP led govt may tomorrow promote fuel subsidy removal by an ACN led govt. That is Nigeria for you, where issues are analysed from the prism of partisan and ethnic sentiments.

Anyway, I will say nothing further on this fuel subsidy issue to avoid derailing the thread.[/s]

flexshop:

In as much as the infrastructural development of LASG is laudable,I insist that roads and bridges are one of the basic ameanities any sane government owes its citizenry.these services are why citizens pay taxes.BRF is the only opposition candidate that I can vote for if he contests for president but I have issues with these sort of things.if there must be tolls,remove taxes and toll all government services. Tolling amounts to double taxation if you ask me. I'm praying the FG does not copy this cos PDP will take it to the extreme,heck,the air we breathe will be tolled

Yeske!:
Done deal? Read this.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/137174-lagos-assembly-summons-commissioner-fasholas-aide-over-lekki-ikoyi-link-bridge-toll-fees.html

The two officials are to appear before
the assembly on June 6.
Members of the Lagos State House of
Assembly have summoned the
Commissioner of Works and
Infrastructure, Obafemi Hamsat, to
appear before the House to clarify the
proposed toll fees on the newly
constructed Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge

Yeske!:
http://www.nigeriancurrent.com/news/item/2660-lagos-assembly-suspends-debate-on-lekki-ikoyi-bridge-toll.html

Someone please tell eko-ile that not all Lagosians are happy.

Members of the
Lagos State
House of
Assembly, on
Tuesday,
witnessed a
stormy session
as members
debated a bill
which requested the endorsement of the House
to introduce a toll system on the Lekki-Ikoyi
bridge due for commissioning today.
However, the House resolved that the state
government should not commence immediate
toll collection on the bridge until it is able to
critically examine the bill and pass it into law.
While suspending further debate on the bill till
Thursday and Friday, the House noted that the
bill came to members very late and given the
technicalities contained in the drtaft, members
would need to take their time and seek experts’
collaboration on the passage.
The bill, with the title: Concession Agreement for
Electronic Tolling System (ETS) of the Lekki-
Ikoyi Toll Bridge was moved through a motion
by the Leader of the House, Ajibayo Adeyeye.
The motion had been seconded by member,
Honourable Sultan Adeniji-Adele.
Adeyeye, while speaking on the bill, stated that
a company, with name Lagos Tolling Company,
had been registered to be in charge of the
concession of the bridge.
According to him, 73 per cent of the gross
revenue from the tolling would go to the state
government, which constructed the bridge,
while the remaining 27 per cent would go to the
Lagos Tolling Company.
But as the Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, was
about to approve it, the Deputy Speaker,
Honourable Taiwo Kolawole, observed that the
opinions of members needed to be sought by
the speaker.

EASTSIDAZ:

Why are you whinning the life out of yourself? You sound so bitter each time you set your tiny fingers to type.
Fyi: Onitsha Port is under going concessioning. The Port operations will take off soon. 2nd Niger Bridge has been awarded to Julius Berger, the ground breaking will be done sooner than later. Anambra is among the three most important states in Nigeria after Lagos and Rivers. FG cannot afford to toy with it because it is among the priority states to FG.

Duru1:


Baring the emergence of Google, you could lose your miserable life if it depended on the knowledge how Lagos came about.

Rhino.5dm:


Lagos would have been what?. what an unrepentant bigoted soul you are. Lagos was a built city before Sir Louis Ojukwu migrated to south west.

The most industrious peeps can't build a mere 600 meters bridge? What a shame.