Joe Attah & all:
Here is the present railway map of Nigeria, plus-or-minus some rail lines:
It is still a relic of the colonial times, even 50 years later.
Now imagine a South-west integrated road-railway corridor that:
- develops the existing heavy rail line between Lagos and Ilorin through Ibadan;
- builds a heavy rail line from Ilorin down through Osogbo, Ado-Ekiti, Okitipupa down to Olokola LNG
- develops a rail line that links Ibadan to Akure through Ondo;
- develops a rail line from Shagamu to Benin City through Ijebu-Ode and Okitipupa;
- develops light rail elsewhere.
Would that not be nice? Is that not a grand plan to have?
Now, Joe Attah, where are you from in all of that zone? If you are not from anywhere there, return to where you are from in Nigeria, stop calling this plan a "deceit", and think up something nice there too with your governor, and urge him or her to link up with the SouthWest Regional Rail system at some time in the future to open up Nigeria.
"Falana gbo tire...."
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
--- In NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com, attahjoe@... wrote:
>
> Eric my brother, don't trust these politicians and their so. so camouflague political meetings. Read deeper into their intentions and you will see that Mimiko, Aregbesola and Fayemi are simply playing to the gallery. Rail from where to where without where? Let's wait for the result of this yet another deceit.
> Attah
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> Subject: Re: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: [NaijaPolitics] Mimiko (Ondo), Aregbesola (Osun), Fayemi (Ekiti) meet on common strategy
>
> " When did you see Oyinlola Akala Daniels  Saraki fayose meet to talk about Yoruba national development. They are PDP. obasanjo's boys. All they know is rigging murder looting and grand larceny" Festus Dada.
>
> Festus Dada you are absolutely spot on. The PDP and its members know one thing and one one thing only; Rig elections, gain office illegally and, like pigs feeding from a trough, steal and steal and steal. Hopeless lot.
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> Subject: [NIgerianWorldForum] Re: [NaijaPolitics] Mimiko (Ondo), Aregbesola (Osun), Fayemi (Ekiti) meet on common strategy
>
> When did you see Oyinlola Akala Daniels Saraki fayose meet to talk
> about Yoruba national development. They are PDP. obasanjo's boys. All
> they know is rigging murder looting and grand larceny
>
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>
> On Dec 6, 2010, at 19:14, Mobolaji ALUKO alukome@... wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > PUNCH
> >
> > Mimiko, Aregbesola, Fayemi meet on common strategy
> > By Sunday Aborisade, Akure
> > Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010
> >
> >
> >
> > Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on Monday held a meeting
> > with his Osun and Ekiti states counterparts, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola and
> > Dr. Kayode Fayemi begin_of_the_skype_highlighting
> > end_of_the_skype_highlighting respectively, in Akure where they
> > unfolded plans for economic ties among their states.
> >
> > The meeting also agreed to maintain a common position on the review
> > of the 1999 Constitution that would ensure the practice of true
> > federalism.
> >
> > Fayemi, who briefed journalists after the meeting said the three
> > states had agreed to form an economic bond that would improve the
> > lives of their citizens.
> >
> > He said the idea of integration was not about race but about
> > contiguity between states that are neighbours and share the same
> > geographical boundary and values.
> >
> > He said, “We believe that, as progressive minded people who are also
> > governing a well educated and enlightened people, we should find a
> > way to synergise our programmes.
> >
> > “We need to organise our states in a manner that our economies of sc
> > ale would ensure better delivery of good governance. It is all about
> > geographical contiguity.â€
> >
> > Fayemi said the three governors were committed to making a
> > difference in the lives of their people.
> >
> > “We want to collaborate and work closely together in the areas of po
> > wer generation and distribution; we are looking at the rail system,
> > edcation, health centre, renewable energy and other areas where we c
> > an touch on,†he added.
> >
> > Fayemi said there was the need for regional integration among the
> > states of the zone. He said the state governors should not allow
> > complacency so that there would not be a disconnect between the
> > government and the people of their respective states.
> >
> > “We must not allow complacency. Our people love us but we have the b
> > urden of the mandate. There are lessons to learn. There are core val
> > ues people know us for and these values must not be jettisoned becau
> > se of politics.
> >
> > “We have to deliver dividends of democracy to our people. We have ti
> > es and we must not do anything to undermine the ties. If we allow th
> > e ties to slack, the opposition will penetrate our ranks and that wi
> > ll not be in the interest of our people who voted us into office,†h
> > e added.
> >
> > Aregbesola explained that it was not good for the three states to
> > see themselves as separate entities because they were politically
> > and economically connected.
> >
> > The governor, who said he grew up in Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State,
> > noted, “We should work towards integrating the policies and politics
> > of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and continue from where the late
> > sage’s policies that made the South-West the leading light among oth
> > er regions in the country stopped.â€
> >
> > Mimiko congratulated the two visiting governors on their victories
> > at the courts, and stressed the urgent need for regional integration
> > to be coordinated by them for the benefit of the people of the South-
> > West.
> >
> > Mimiko said the governors would work on a zonal rail-line and zonal
> > power plant that would guarantee the economic development of the
> > people.
> >
> > The governor advised his colleagues to create policies that would
> > alleviate poverty so that the states would become global economic
> > players in the future.
> >
> > Mimiko also said the governors should allow their people to feel the
> > effect of governance so as not to have a sense of disconnect between
> > government and the people who voted them into power.
> >
> > He regretted the fall in the standard of education among the
> > students of the zone, and advised that they should focus on
> > education, health and information and communication and technology
> > among others.
> >
> > He said, “We must think of economic collaborative effort. We must ha
> > ve a Yoruba rail-line, generate electricity and create markets for i
> > nvestors. We must resume the path to development.â€
> >
> > Mimiko urged his colleagues to utilise every opportunity available
> > to them to push for the practise of true federalism where the states
> > would be able to use resources at their disposal for the benefit of
> > the people.
> >
> > He said the current quasi-unitary system of government being
> > practised by the Federal Government was not in the best interest of
> > the country.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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