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Post by Honorebu on Jan 8, 2017 21:14:44 GMT
This is why most towns like to vote for their own pikin. I don't blame them
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Post by AgbongboAkala on Apr 27, 2017 21:14:35 GMT
Seems that Arakunrin Akeredolu is serious with the business of governance. He has started off with what his predecessor left undone. He has reactivated the Olokola Free Trade Zone by setting up a committee. He has also met with the contractor handling Owena Dam which when completed will provide water to 5 local government areas. It is sad that Mimiko's regime destroyed most of the underground PVC pipes laid by the Agagu's administration. By reinstating the sacked staff of AAUA and RUGIPO, he has won the love of most people even those who didn't support him during the last guber elections in the state.
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Post by Honorebu on May 1, 2017 23:28:59 GMT
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Post by Short_Biscuit on May 2, 2017 6:15:38 GMT
I also support his position. Besides, I personally don't even see the competition amongst the SW states to attract industries as a sustainable one in the long-run. Our Yoruba intellectuals, economists, and leaders need to get real and upgrade their thinking on more sustainable ways of diversifying our economic base coz the current thinking of seeing industrialization and agriculture as the only panacea to our economic development is backward, IMO. If I could suggest, I would advise that we adopt the Indian I.T model considering its phenomenal success. The non-oil sector needs some serious revenue earners than the traditional Cocoa and other agro exports to more big dollar earning revenue generators. Take for instance, according to an Economic Survey conducted in 2011-2012, Software accounts for 41.7% of the total services exports from India. NASSCOM estimated that India’s IT and BPO sector (excluding hardware) revenues were US$ 87.6 billion in 2011-12, generating direct employment for nearly 2.8 million persons and indirect employment of around 8.9 million. As a proportion of national GDP, IT and ITeS sector revenues grew from 1.2 per cent in 1997-8 to an estimated 7.5 per cent in 2011-12. Software exports in 2011-12 were estimated at US$69 billion compared to US$59 billion in 2010-11. Now here's where it gets really sweet. In the 2014/15 financial year alone, the IT industry in India generated an annual revenue of around US$120 billion, a significant increase from around US$60 billion in 2008/09. Of this revenue in 2015, the majority, US$98.1 billion, was generated in exports while domestic revenue totaled more than US$20 billion. I am sure you observed the progression in theose revenue figures? Those are the sort of earnings that we ought to be targeting. The sorts that will render oil revenues useless to us as an independent country and provide the needed funds for us to develop our infrastructure to world-class standards. And the good thing about it is that it's doable. If India of all places can do it then I see no reason why Yorubaland can't either (though I would prefer we do this in our own sovereign country). All we need to achieve this is visionary leadership that is willing to do what it takes to make it happen, and preferably our own country so we won't be held back by bad-belle people and the infamous Nigerian factor. Personally, I see a lot of promise in the Big Data Analytics space and am already upgrading my I.T skills in order to get into the space. Again as we speak, the Indians dominate this growing I.T sector because they were visionary enough to have invested enormously in educating and positioning their people to be at the forefront in that space. The 'Our Oyel' people and their flatino praise-singers are still stuck on 'Oyel money', 2x2 trading, importation of substandard merchandise, drug-trafficking, and what have you as their only hope of economic viability. We have to see beyond waiting for investors, both local and foreign, that would turn the rest of the SW into the next Ogun by way of industrialization. IMO, the service sector, particularly I.T-related, holds more promise.
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Post by Honorebu on May 2, 2017 14:26:02 GMT
Interesting figures up there Short_Biscuit. I agree 101% That said, to achieve this will require massive changes in the education sector. We currently don't have proper institutions breeding and grooming young people to become maad software/IT gurus. Most are self-taught. You can't create a competitive and thriving workforce with that.
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Post by Short_Biscuit on May 2, 2017 18:46:50 GMT
Interesting figures up there Short_Biscuit. I agree 101% That said, to achieve this will require massive changes in the education sector. We currently don't have proper institutions breeding and grooming young people to become maad software/IT gurus. Most are self-taught. You can't create a competitive and thriving workforce with that. Definitely I agree But it's still doable. It would just require some planning, conscious effort and strong willingness from the leadership class to see it through. India didn't get there overnight either. It all started about two decades ago when the government chose to support a couple of ambitious I.T entrepreneurs who had a vision of turning India into the outsourcing capital of the world. Ambode's promise to provide steady off-grid electricity supply to Tech Hubs and train a million coders by 2019 is a step in the right direction. This just needs to be scaled up and made into a government policy to support the mass education of our young people in I.T. Our society will also have to be rejigged and upgraded to become I. T compliant in order to encourage local consumption of the resultant I. T service sector. I feel all these can be accomplished within 2 decades with concerted effort and willingness.
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Post by Honorebu on May 3, 2017 1:47:11 GMT
Short_Biscuit what's your take on Akeredolu? The man seems to be running things low key without much noise. I like that Also, we probably overblew the fact that his wife is Ibo lol. Na small thing. Those thugs go just make noise for one or two days and that's all.
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Post by Short_Biscuit on May 3, 2017 5:52:21 GMT
Short_Biscuit what's your take on Akeredolu? The man seems to be running things low key without much noise. I like that Also, we probably overblew the fact that his wife is Ibo lol. Na small thing. Those thugs go just make noise for one or two days and that's all. Well, so far it seems he's turning out to be the real deal. But I am waiting for his administration to clocks 1-year in office to take stock and then properly appraise his performance.
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Post by Short_Biscuit on May 14, 2017 23:42:09 GMT
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Post by Honorebu on May 15, 2017 2:22:08 GMT
Hmmm...new administration, same bullchiit Fayose-Fayemi salary issue comes to mind. Ponmodele is still blaming Fayemi till date.
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Post by Her Highness on May 15, 2017 4:43:14 GMT
Hmmm...new administration, same bullchiit Fayose-Fayemi salary issue comes to mind. Ponmodele is still blaming Fayemi till date. .... but we can't blame GEJ. Hypocrites.
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Post by Short_Biscuit on May 15, 2017 8:57:38 GMT
Hmmm...new administration, same bullchiit Fayose-Fayemi salary issue comes to mind. Ponmodele is still blaming Fayemi till date. How he ends up managing this salary issue may have a huge influence on the overall perception of his administration, coz it could end up becoming a big distraction. It'll be unfair to heap all the blame on him coz the debt was incurred before he came into office, but then again he was aware of the situation before putting himself forward to lead and help salvage the affairs of the state. Truth is that the workers themselves need to be realistic concerning the situation on ground, and be willing to make some sacrifices and compromise. The governor should see this as a challenge to his leadership acumen and had better get to work on devising creative ways of showing up the state's IGR, coz therein lies his (and the state's) salvation. If a none oil-producing Edo can be pulling the kind of IGR numbers it's posting, I see no reason why Ondo state too can't re-engineer its own drive towards that end. It's all about ambition and the will to make things happen.
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Post by Honorebu on May 15, 2017 12:14:19 GMT
Hmmm...new administration, same bullchiit Fayose-Fayemi salary issue comes to mind. Ponmodele is still blaming Fayemi till date. How he ends up managing this salary issue may have a huge influence on the overall perception of his administration, coz it could end up becoming a big distraction. It'll be unfair to heap all the blame on him coz the debt was incurred before he came into office, but then again he was aware of the situation before putting himself forward to lead and help salvage the affairs of the state. Truth is that the workers themselves need to be realistic concerning the situation on ground, and be willing to make some sacrifices and compromise. The governor should see this as a challenge to his leadership acumen and had better get to work on devising creative ways of showing up the state's IGR, coz therein lies his (and the state's) salvation. If a none oil-producing Edo can be pulling the kind of IGR numbers it's posting, I see no reason why Ondo state too can't re-engineer its own drive towards that end. It's all about ambition and the will to make things happen. I'll blame him oh if he doesn't find a solution to this . He has no excuse because he knew already. I'm just taking it slow for now since it hasn't been that long he got into office. Even landlocked states like Anambra and Enugu are generating higher IGR and paying salaries while states like Osun and Ondo are struggling. It's sad mahn
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Post by Short_Biscuit on May 15, 2017 13:35:23 GMT
How he ends up managing this salary issue may have a huge influence on the overall perception of his administration, coz it could end up becoming a big distraction. It'll be unfair to heap all the blame on him coz the debt was incurred before he came into office, but then again he was aware of the situation before putting himself forward to lead and help salvage the affairs of the state. Truth is that the workers themselves need to be realistic concerning the situation on ground, and be willing to make some sacrifices and compromise. The governor should see this as a challenge to his leadership acumen and had better get to work on devising creative ways of showing up the state's IGR, coz therein lies his (and the state's) salvation. If a none oil-producing Edo can be pulling the kind of IGR numbers it's posting, I see no reason why Ondo state too can't re-engineer its own drive towards that end. It's all about ambition and the will to make things happen. I'll blame him oh if he doesn't find a solution to this . He has no excuse because he knew already. I'm just taking it slow for now since it hasn't been that long he got into office. Even landlocked states like Anambra and Enugu are generating higher IGR and paying salaries while states like Osun and Ondo are struggling. It's sad mahn He has no other choice than to find a solution. You should see the way he's being chewed out on Nairaland over the statement.
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Post by Her Highness on May 15, 2017 16:27:08 GMT
Short_Biscuit what's your take on Akeredolu? The man seems to be running things low key without much noise. I like that Also, we probably overblew the fact that his wife is Ibo lol. Na small thing. Those thugs go just make noise for one or two days and that's all. Noooo we didn't.... It's not a small thing that one of our leaders is married to them. Same as Ooni of Ige with his Edo ashawo (let's be judicious with the truth). Aare e be like say you dey make small small excuse - Don't come back to our compound with an aboki wife. We won't take it. Plus the man just started. Who knows what his wife is doing behind closed doors.
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