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Post by Honorebu on Dec 29, 2015 7:03:11 GMT
Some of the reasons are: 1. 'Oyel' curse 2. The quality of leaders' intelligence 3. Followership mumuism 4. Late realisation of its potentials. Sometimes when you hold a diamond in the hand, you might think you're holding just a mere stone. There's so much going on in this state and it remains a mystery to me why it's not the richest state in Nigeria after Lagos
AgbongboAkala and IrekeOnibudo any idea why? True words! Let me confess to you lol
I had this feeling you were going to be on the defensive but my tarot card failed with this post of yours
I agree with everything you said.You know sometimes I wish we didn't have oil in Yorubaland or in Nigeria as a whole
I feel it kills inventiveness. As per the 4th point you made, can you please elucidate on that
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Post by AgbongboAkala on Dec 29, 2015 8:09:45 GMT
Some of the reasons are: 1. 'Oyel' curse 2. The quality of leaders' intelligence 3. Followership mumuism 4. Late realisation of its potentials. Sometimes when you hold a diamond in the hand, you might think you're holding just a mere stone. True words! Let me confess to you lol
I had this feeling you were going to be on the defensive but my tarot card failed with this post of yours
I agree with everything you said.You know sometimes I wish we didn't have oil in Yorubaland or in Nigeria as a whole
I feel it kills inventiveness. As per the 4th point you made, can you please elucidate on thatLet me shine my teeth small You know when you are blessed with so much, at times such blessings become your albatross. To say Ogun is blessed with human and material resources is an understatement. Take a look at the map of Nigeria, it's like Lagos was carved out of Ogun State. That is how it should be; we are supposed to be feeding Lagos everything. But it took Fashola tax in Lagos, to actually open the eyes of government to see the huge potentials they have been missing all along. Just like a fellow who has been feeding on gari and epa and suddenly realised that he actually have access to a world class eatery if he had looked deep enough.
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Post by Honorebu on Dec 29, 2015 8:20:43 GMT
AgbongboAkala , that home-owners charter thing, what's it all about and how does the state generate wealth through it?
After going through the article I posted in the economy section,I still didn't get a clear picture of how the state
is creating employment and making money from it
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Post by Belmot on Dec 29, 2015 8:21:58 GMT
True words! Let me confess to you lol
I had this feeling you were going to be on the defensive but my tarot card failed with this post of yours
I agree with everything you said.You know sometimes I wish we didn't have oil in Yorubaland or in Nigeria as a whole
I feel it kills inventiveness. As per the 4th point you made, can you please elucidate on that Let me shine my teeth small You know when you are blessed with so much, at times such blessings become your albatross. To say Ogun is blessed with human and material resources is an understatement. Take a look at the map of Nigeria, it's like Lagos was carved out of Ogun State. That is how it should be; we are supposed to be feeding Lagos everything. But it took Fashola tax in Lagos, to actually open the eyes of government to see the huge potentials they have been missing all along. Just like a fellow who has been feeding on gari and epa and suddenly realised that he actually have access to a world class eatery if he had looked deep enough. Most ogun business men and women are based in lagos. Ogun state government should encourage them to come and invest back home.
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Post by omohayek on Dec 29, 2015 10:33:46 GMT
AgbongboAkala , that home-owners charter thing, what's it all about and how does the state generate wealth through it?
After going through the article I posted in the economy section,I still didn't get a clear picture of how the state
is creating employment and making money from it From what I can glean from the state government press release, this is really about security of property rights. With an official certificate of occupancy, it becomes easier to use one's home as an asset when applying for loans, etc; banks and insurers wouldn't want to take properties without free and clear proof of ownership into consideration when making their decisions. I think this is actually a very positive initiative, as lack of secure property rights is one of the things holding millions of people back in developing countries. Better access to finance makes it much easier for people to engage in entrepreneurship, and borrow for self-improvement (e.g. industrial training, professional education). It's great to see a state government doing something meaningful to make conditions easier for the private sector for a change.
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Post by omohayek on Dec 29, 2015 10:37:00 GMT
Let me shine my teeth small You know when you are blessed with so much, at times such blessings become your albatross. To say Ogun is blessed with human and material resources is an understatement. Take a look at the map of Nigeria, it's like Lagos was carved out of Ogun State. That is how it should be; we are supposed to be feeding Lagos everything. But it took Fashola tax in Lagos, to actually open the eyes of government to see the huge potentials they have been missing all along. Just like a fellow who has been feeding on gari and epa and suddenly realised that he actually have access to a world class eatery if he had looked deep enough. Most ogun business men and women are based in lagos. Ogun state government should encourage them to come and invest back home. It's not a lack of home spirit that causes people to move to Lagos, but hard business realities. By far the best encouragement the Ogun state government could give for people to invest at home would be to improve transport links with Lagos: better maintenance of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway, and reliable, speedy and comfortable train service between the states. If that were in place, even many non-Ogun natives would be willing to move there and commute to Lagos only as necessary.
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Post by Shymmex on Dec 29, 2015 13:14:38 GMT
OPIC to resettle villagers for N2.5bn new Makun City projectOgun State Property and Investment Corporation (OPIC) has promised to resettle residents and natives of four villages to pave the way for the construction of New Makun City, a mega residential estate along the Lagos- Ibadan expressway. The managing director of OPIC, Babajide Odusolu, gave the assurance during a meeting with the traditional chiefs and representatives of the affected communities on Friday. Odusolu said the first phase of the project, which would cost N2.5billion, would be completed in the first quarter of 2016. He added that the estate project already being constructed at the Sagamu Interchange corridor of the expressway would create minimum of 10,000 jobs. According to him, the state government would make better resettlement locations and compensations for the affected villagers. He said that some of the existing structures in Aiyetoro, Somo, Lenuwa and Makun villages in Obafemi-Owode local government area of the state would be affected in the construction of the mega estate, adding that OPIC would build modern house
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Post by Honorebu on Dec 29, 2015 20:14:22 GMT
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Post by AgbongboAkala on Dec 29, 2015 23:36:33 GMT
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Post by Honorebu on Dec 29, 2015 23:39:56 GMT
Ogagun AgbongboAkala bawo ni eleyi se ma mu owo wa si apo Ipinle Ogun
This is not neccessary na
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Post by AgbongboAkala on Dec 30, 2015 0:09:39 GMT
Ogagun AgbongboAkala bawo ni eleyi se ma mu owo wa si apo Ipinle Ogun
This is not neccessary na If you asked me, this is a needless project in all ramification. How on earth will this be a measure of staff productivity for God's sake? Will it reduce the amount of money they spent on airtime? What measurable means were used to know that the staff used their phones to call their colleagues in office for official business? I think the IT guys just want to "chop" their own. If they asked me, that money should have been used to cater for Ago Ika to Adatan Road in Abeokuta metropolis. This is one of the needless projects that the government normally used to pay back their campaign funds. If I have my way, I think second term should be scrapped from the constitution.
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Post by Honorebu on Dec 30, 2015 0:35:59 GMT
Ogagun AgbongboAkala bawo ni eleyi se ma mu owo wa si apo Ipinle Ogun
This is not neccessary na If you asked me, this is a needless project in all ramification. How on earth will this be a measure of staff productivity for God's sake? Will it reduce the amount of money they spent on airtime? What measurable means were used to know that the staff used their phones to call their colleagues in office for official business? I think the IT guys just want to "chop" their own. If they asked me, that money should have been used to cater for Ago Ika to Adatan Road in Abeokuta metropolis. This is one of the needless projects that the government normally used to pay back their campaign funds. If I have my way, I think second term should be scrapped from the constitution. Hahaha Just when you think these guys are already getting things right, they just come up with something strange lol.I think the problem with Amosun is over-confidence.He believes he can recover any money wasted
I don't think second term should be scrapped lol.If you scrap second term, some will just go there and have fun since they know they won't have the opportunity to be there again, they just steal as much as they can..I think we should have something like South-west Governors award.A balon D'or kind of award something everyone wants to win
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Post by AgbongboAkala on Dec 30, 2015 0:41:16 GMT
Hahaha Just when you think these guys are already getting things right, they just come up with something strange lol.I think the problem with Amosun is over-confidence.He believes he can recover any money wasted
I don't think second term should be scrapped lol.If you scrap second term, some will just go there and have fun since they know they won't have the opportunity to be there again, they just steal as much as they can..I think we should have something like South-west Governors award.A balon D'or kind of award something everyone wants to win I'm not a politician per se. Kindly remind me of a governor in South West whose second term is better than the first term? They impress a lot in their first terms but when they clinch the second term, they become gods.
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Post by Honorebu on Dec 30, 2015 0:48:59 GMT
Hahaha Just when you think these guys are already getting things right, they just come up with something strange lol.I think the problem with Amosun is over-confidence.He believes he can recover any money wasted
I don't think second term should be scrapped lol.If you scrap second term, some will just go there and have fun since they know they won't have the opportunity to be there again, they just steal as much as they can..I think we should have something like South-west Governors award.A balon D'or kind of award something everyone wants to win I'm not a politician per se. Kindly remind me of a governor in South West whose second term is better than the first term? They impress a lot in their first terms but when they clinch the second term, they become gods. I don't know anyone but I feel Fashola was consistent.Both first and second terms.It's not like I feel not scrapping second term is good, for me it's more like the lesser evil.The reason why some governors perform well in first term is because they want to be voted in for second term.In that case, I believe second term should be shorter.Maybe 2 years so 6 years in total
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Post by Honorebu on Dec 31, 2015 17:12:46 GMT
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