POWER SHORTAGE AND THE AGONY OF LIVING IN BONDAGE (PART 1)

 

Recently, the federal government of Nigeria was quoted in a statement as saying 30 MILLION Nigerians are still living in DARKNESS. This is an understatement as most of you would agree. Personally, I find the statement rather fraudulent not only in numbers but also in degree based on what we average Nigerians have to go through on a daily basis all through these years. It would have sufficed to say over 100 HUNDRED MILLION Nigerians are still living in BONDAGE.

B in BONDAGE stands for BILLS: Whether we use power for up to12 hours of the day or not; or whether at all through out the day, week or month, we Nigerians have the obligation to pay PHCN monthly bills.

O stands for OFF & ON: With the continuous off & on system of PHCN, a lot of damage has been done to our electronic appliances and sometimes it has triggered off fire accidents leading to loss of lives and property.

N stands for NOISE POLLUTION: Noise buzzing out from generators especially at night from around the neighborhood is causing more than enough headache for most of us.

This is -BON- the first syllable of the word. Watch out for -DAGE- the second syllable in upcoming posts.

‘LAWMA & PSP OPERATORS ARE EXTORTING US’

The new rumor that is spreading like wildfire in Olodi-Apapa-Ajegunle community is that Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and PSP operators are extorting the people of the community. The argument there is that Lagos State government is responsible for the finance of LAWMA in order to carry out its duties in the state. LAWMA is therefore responsible for the finance of the accredited PSP operators hired by them. Members of the public are therefore not supposed to pay any PSP official as it is being done in most part of the community.

It would be in the best interest of LAWMA to quickly address this issue by launching an awareness campaign on this subject matter in the community or in Lagos generally to avoid further embarrassment from the public.

NIS TEST (March 15, 2014): THE EPITOME OF ABSURDITY

Over 2 million jobless Nigerian youths submitted the online application for recruitment into the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in 2013. What they did not realize was that they had rather applied for what I now label as THE EPITOME OF ABSURDITY.

All of them including Msc. Degree holders and Phd. Holders got an e-mail informing them of the exam on Wednesday 12^th, just three days in between- the genesis of the absurdity. The information stated clearly that sporting exercise will start by 7 a.m. while the written test will start by 4 p.m. in stadiums across the country.

But behold there was no serious arrangement on ground for the exam at the various venues on the D-day. And guess what- it all ended so absurdly. Stampede, tragedy, pain, blood, tears and sorrow were the order of the day.

Rather than for the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, to apologize for the mess he created and also to commiserate with families who lost loved ones, he said the total of 19 dead applicants lost their lives due to impatience; they did not follow the laid down procedures spelt out to them before the exercise. He added that it was only 520,000 people who applied as against the 2.3 million people that was earlier reported. Whereas only 4,556 would be recruited, he further revealed. This is indeed the epitome of absurdity as far as I am concerned.

I feel really sorry for you my fellow Nigerians and especially my people in O-A-A Community who this incidence is directly concerned. May God almighty deliver our country from saboteurs who call themselves leaders.

INSIDE TOLU COMPLEX, OLODI-APAPA-AJEGUNLE (PART 1)

 For those who have visited the complex in a very long time, the complex would appear to them as a place they have never been to before. The reason for this is because a lot of things have turned around for good after so many years in decadence.

Indeed if you are someone who last visited the complex as far back as the 1990s and beyond, you will find the schools quite different especially. And probably because your alma mater is among them, you will feel a deep sense of pride in you towards the change that has taken place after all.

In those days, schools in the complex used to be shadows of themselves. There were so many poor facilities; unpainted and dilapidated school blocks. View some of the newly renovated school blocks.

DANGER ALONG CANAL CHANNEL ALL THE WAY FROM APENA/RASAKI STREETS TO MARACCANNA, OLODI-APAPA-AJEGUNLE

 There have been series of accounts concerning robbery attacks along this canal channel that cuts across streets beginning from Apena/Rasaki Streets, Mokoya/Idowu Streets, Alaka/Ajasa Streets and Ojoku/Adebumoye Streets before a final destination at Maraccanna in Tolu Complex where it links to the river. It is reported that petty robbers hang along the darkest parts of the canal at night only to lunge at unsuspecting passers-by and rob them of their belongings such as phones, handbags, wallets, purses, and what have you.

Members of the public are herby notified and urged not to let their guard down whenever they are walking across or along the canal late at night.

FUEL SCARCITY TODAY IN OLODI-APAPA-AJEGUNLE

Total Filling Station, Alaba.

The fuel scarcity that started early this week in Lagos has continued to worsen rather than abate despite promises from government and oil marketers that by Thursday, the situation would have become a thing of the past. Black marketers have continued to take advantage of the situation with some of them selling at rate of #300, #250, #200 or #150 per litre. Bus drivers and their conductors too are not left out as they continue to charge their passengers very exorbitantly. Okada riders too are not left out.

As a matter of fact, it was only Mobil filling station situated at Wilmer Bus-stop, Kirikiri Road that was in action on Thursday 6th of March with only a very long queue to contend with. All other filling stations were simply out of service as you can see in the pictures.

Mobil, Kirikiri Road

Total, Mobil Road

Nipco, Kirikiri Road

Mobil, Mobil Road

Best Sea, Ojo Road

NEW LAGOS TRAFFIC LAW: INJUSTICE & MORE ASSAULT ON OKADA RIDERS

The New Lagos Traffic Law states that motorcycles of below two hundred engine capacity can no longer be allowed to ply highways and cross bridges across the state. The law went further to state that all commercial motorcycles are also demanded to wear crash helmet at all times and to restrict their operations between six in the morning and eight in the evening.

Ever since the beginning of this law in 2012, scores of motorcycles below two hundred engine capacity have been impounded wrongfully despite their adherence to the law. For crying out loud, we have seen police in broad day-light harass and seize motorcycles from riders even with their helmets on in streets that can not in any way be described as highways or bridges.

As early as 2:00am on Wednesday, 5th of March, about thirteen RRS patrol van filled with fully armed mobile police accompanied by two large trucks stormed Alakoto area in our beloved Olodi-Apapa-Ajegunle and impounded over a hundred parked motorcycles leaving only the very few ones that have two hundred capacity engine. They employed all forms of brutality in breaking the locks and chains as they loaded the motorcycles into the trucks before carting away with them.

You can imagine the astonishment and misery that greeted unsuspecting okada riders who came at day-break to pick up their motorcycles ready to go to work. This is pure injustice and assault at the highest level to okada riders. After all, how many trailers have been impounded in the name of this same law that states that trailer is no longer allowed to enter the state or move around the metropolis between the hours of six in the morning and nine at night.

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Olodi-Apapa-Ajegunle community falls under Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area in Badagry Division, Lagos State. It is a community that can boast about 57,276.3 inhabitants per square kilometer and is as such among the world's densest community. It is a highly residential community that truly represents the true face of Nigeria as a nation with almost all the ethnic groups and tribes of the country cohabiting together in a clustered environment.

Some of the popular Bus-Stops in the community are: Boundary, Wilmer, Coconut, Suru-Alaba, Auto-Wharf, Safejo-Amukoko, Ijora-Badia, e.t.c

Some of the major roads and longest streets are: Boundary Road, Mobil Road, Kirikiri Road, Ojo Road, Mosafejo Road, Bale Road, Tolu Road, Itire Road, Industrial Road, Gaskiya Road, Bale Street, Mba Street, Idewu Street, Ojoku Street, Cardoso Street, Achakpo Street, Olayinka Street, Baale Ayetoro Street, e.t.c