Another bitter epistle but the project continues nonetheless. If you don't like the road, use alternatives when it's completed.

When Buhari constructed rail to Niger republic, no mention of EIA or all the rubbish points listed. Now it's the time of the South to have their own infrastructure, people start wailing.

Nothing will stop the construction of that road.

idealogical:
This project is the most economically sound and transformative project in the history of Nigeria, this 7000km concrete project opens up massive economic potential of hundreds of communities and states, easy movement of goods and services across 9 states and beyond.

We know all these things you are saying just that why now when almost all federal highways are in a sorry state and then why was there no bidding process and the process made public? Then how is it going to be funded considering the same government is lying to us they are broke?
All these questions need answers as Nigeria is not Lagos State where everything is shrouded in secrecy.

ivandragon:
Again, it is a good project, but not a priority at this tight times.

There are already existing roads in need of repair at the fraction of the cost of the estimated cost of that coastal road that would serve an even more urgent purpose than the coastal road.

When this turns out to be the shambles it would eventually become, some clowns would turn on Umahi and his tribe and conveniently excuse the person on whose table the buck stops.

If I remember correctly, there was one Niger bridge while the second one was constructed, it wasn't a bad then right?

I mean they could have just repaired the previous one and not waste money on the second one, the first one pass through all the SE states already right?

sparko1:


If I remember correctly, there was one Niger bridge while the second one was constructed, it wasn't a bad then right?

I mean they could have just repaired the previous one and not waste money on the second one, the first one pass through all the SE states already right?

Can you compare a N300b project to a N15trn project at a time when the government says there is no money?

theysg:


So how much did they pay you publish this?

As much as you were paid to defend waste.

Tektronics12:
What do we want it Nigerian?. Good Governance or Development?. We need to be Sincere and Pick one. You can'thave both together..

N15trn at this time is what? Good governance or development?

BreconHills:


From what perspective is it not a priority?

Surely it is not the financing.

Government is putting in $1bn while private sources are putting in $14/bn. If there is no coastal road, the private interest is not going to transfer the money to other roads.

We heard this argument over the TMB, we heard it over the ikoyi- Lekki bridge. We will hear it over future projects. That's why we have a democracy. People have the right to speak and Government has the mandate to govern.

There is lies part of the problem. The government has been singing different tunes from funding just 10% to as much as 50%. So which is it truly?

You are right. Government has a mandate to govern, even when it doesn't know its left from right.

Thabothabo101:



Hey, you’re just a couch commentator like the rest of the folks here. You don’t know shit.

Look in the mirror much?

No, I do not know 'shit', that's your purview, knowing shit so you can spew it and stink up the area.

StOla:


A road proposed many decades ago is still not a priority?

And the stupid reason is because some existing roads need repairs that are actually ongoing by different contractors?

When did governance become single-tasking?

Was due process followed before embarking on it?

Imagine doing EPA assessment AFTER construction has commenced.

What is even more stupid is people supporting a project that didn't pass due process. A project given to a known bag man of abacha, a confidente of a sitting president. A company known globally for shady deals... how stupid can a people get?

A government that is shifting more burdens on the masses suddenly has the financial wherewithal to do a N15trn project with speed.

Anyway, it is what it is.

richie240:
Then advice hum to resign NOW!
Appointment nor be by force!

It is not. At the end of the day, sane people know where the buck stops.

This is rubbish [b][/b]
Like wtf

ivandragon:


Can you compare a N300b project to a N15trn project at a time when the government says there is no money?

It's okays to spend 400billion naira on a bridge of 1.6 kilometres, that's about 300bilion per kilometre, that's about 210 trillion naira for 700 kilometres

Even if we cut that in half that's still over 100 trillion.

This is a coastal road with Train that can move goods along all the coastal cities, did you even try to reason or you just disapprove because your Lord and saviour said so, I mean he did approve the change of Naira by Emeifele and buhari, looking back how unreasonable was it.

That alone should tell you, everything out of his mouth is just political, his a politician, he doesn't care, he just wants to be a force to reckon with so you can vote for him next tim

ivandragon:


There is lies part of the problem. The government has been singing different tunes from funding just 10% to as much as 50%. So which is it truly?

You are right. Government has a mandate to govern, even when it doesn't know its left from right.

The people will have their say and the government will have its way. After four years the people will again decide. There is nothing anyone can do about that cycle.

sparko1:


It's okays to spend 400billion naira on a bridge of 1.6 kilometres, that's about 300bilion per kilometre, that's about 210 trillion naira for 700 kilometres

Even if we cut that in half that's still over 100 trillion.

This is a coastal road with Train that can move goods along all the coastal cities, did you even try to reason or you just disapprove because your Lord and saviour said so, I mean he did approve the change of Naira by Emeifele and buhari, looking back how unreasonable was it.

That alone should tell you, everything out of his mouth is just political, his a politician, he doesn't care, he just wants to be a force to reckon with so you can vote for him next tim

The FG paid 15% of the total cost of the bridge.

The N15trn does not include the train track. Most of you just talk without even knowing what you are talking about.

Which politician are you talking about? You think everyone a××licks politicians like you?

I don't even get some of you. Even in 'victory' you come across as hurt. Enjoy your coastal road.

BreconHills:


The people will have their say and the government will have its way. After four years the people will again decide. There is nothing anyone can do about that cycle.

Agreed.

Afterall today, even the party in power knows buhari failed. So it is what it is.

CommonSense1967:


Omo ale ni baba n la baba e.
Ode, ole, atole, amukun meko. Shallow, zero IQ cretins like this fool here is one of the reasons why Nigeria is backward. You are so shallow that you cannot see beyond your nose. You are either brainwashed or just born with a very low reasoning capacity.
Anyone with an ounce of common sense and not influenced by tribal or other factors will automatically see the benefits of such projects.
It's so easy and glaring to see that you have to be one of the dumbest fools not to comprehend the potential economic gains of such a project.

Let me educate you a little bit. Here in the US, we have many problems such as homelessness, crimes, people needing food stamps to eat, and many other problems. Does that stop the US govt from investing in new weapons, new capital projects, give out aid to other countries? No, it does not because while trying to solve those problems, you still have to invest in opportunities that will bring greater rewards in the future. The problem is that olodo monkeys like you are too dumb to reason outside of your closed narrative.
For your empty skull, countries borrow money to build such projects for many reasons. first, it is a trusted and tried method of jumpstarting a slow economy because once you pour money into such a project, it will act as a catalyst to propel the economy via multiplying effects.

Secondly, this project will open up so many areas that are now lying wasted such as untouched beaches in other areas apart from Lagos that are not even being used right now. It will bring in investments into those areas such world world-class hotels, restaurants, and manufacturing due to easy access to transportation, and many more.
The problem with losers like you is that you have been brainwashed and blinded by other factors hence you are incapable of seeing the benefits even if they landed on your nose.
I'm sure that you are either Igbo who understands Yoruba very well (I know some born in Lagos) or one of those "Yoruba but" blind omo ales.
If this project had been proposed by Obi, losers like you would be calling it the brightest thing thought of since sliced bread.



I just wasted my precious time responding to this fool who more than likely can't even comprehend half of what i have written here.

STFU and fvck off. BYE

Lunatic. You think I will read this trash? You are sick. Obo langido jati jati. Omo aja.

ivandragon:


The FG paid 15% of the total cost of the bridge.

The N15trn does not include the train track. Most of you just talk without even knowing what you are talking about.

Which politician are you talking about? You think everyone a××licks politicians like you?

I don't even get some of you. Even in 'victory' you come across as hurt. Enjoy your coastal road.

Firstly, you were misinformed, the federal Government spent over 150billion on that project.

Secondly, the coastal road is not going to be completely funded by the federal Government, as a matter of fact, of the 15 trillion, less than 5 trillion naira is going to be from federal.

Finally, I don't belong to any political party, my point is, a Nigerian, think for yourself, stop following beer parlour gossip.

sparko1:


Firstly, you were misinformed, the federal Government spent over 150billion on that project.

Secondly, the coastal road is not going to be completely funded by the federal Government, as a matter of fact, of the 15 trillion, less than 5 trillion naira is going to be from federal.

Finally, I don't belong to any political party, my point is, a Nigerian, think for yourself, stop following beer parlour gossip.

N150b vs N5trn... ok.

The only Nigerians who don't reason are those who see potential fraud and justify it. Feel free to feed off propaganda.

Est quod id est

ivandragon:


N150b vs N5trn... ok.

The only Nigerians who don't reason are those who see potential fraud and justify it. Feel free to feed off propaganda.

Est quod id est

Fraud, bridge was constructed at 300billion per kilometre, you didn't cry fraud, but a 4billion per kilometre coastal highway is fraud.

5 trillion spent for 700 kilometres, come on, compare the amount and the distance, stop acting like they are both the same, actually at 150 billion spent on 1.6 kilometre, that will be 150billion x 350 kilometres. That is still over 3 time the total figure of of 15 trillion.

sparko1:


Fraud, bridge was constructed at 300billion per kilometre, you didn't cry fraud, but a 4billion per kilometre coastal highway is fraud.

5 trillion spent for 700 kilometres, come on, compare the amount and the distance, stop acting like they are both the same, actually at 150 billion spent on 1.6 kilometre, that will be 150billion x 350 kilometres. That is still over 3 time the total figure of of 15 trillion.

Ahh... what is it again?

A project you support despite the question marks on it is ongoing, so why do you feel the need to justify it on a faceless platform?

You guys don't want anyone asking questions about anything apc does. No due process followed, contract awarded to a known abacha bagman and bat confidante, construction starts before EIA.

The project has commenced despite the red flags, so let us all now pray that it is done well since you guys have closed eyes to the sleazy way it was awarded.

immortalcrown:
The news says "Rail line". Does rail line mean road Has your sentiment also blinded you? What is investment? Does the investment mean donation or charity? And why is the government advised to revive the investment?

how daft are you? The article you quoted said rail line which is a different project from the coastal road....I asked you to show where the Govt said they will borrow to fund the road project and you started quote articles about a Rail project along the same corridor.....
and I'm asking you when did rail line turn to coastal road? Do you not know the difference between Rail and road? And an investment is far from a loan cause on a loan you pay interest but an investment is recouped over a period of time based on agreement and profit sharing from the turnover of the project.....i pity whoever paid to educate you cause they just wasted money.....please stay far away from bearing children cause this your idiocy must not be passed to a new generation.....you're so dumb you even confuse yourself

leokid866:
how daft are you? The article you quoted said rail line which is a different project from the coastal road....I asked you to show where the Govt said they will borrow to fund the road project and you started quote articles about a Rail project along the same corridor.....
and I'm asking you when did rail line turn to coastal road? Do you not know the difference between Rail and road? And an investment is far from a loan cause on a loan you pay interest but an investment is recouped over a period of time based on agreement and profit sharing from the turnover of the project.....i pity whoever paid to educate you cause they just wasted money.....please stay far away from bearing children cause this your idiocy must not be passed to a new generation.....you're so dumb you even confuse yourself

You are the daft one.

Racoon:
Meanwhile; -The Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Highway only scaled through the first phase of reconstruction under the last administration.

-The Abuja-Lokoja Highway has not been completed. With its huge land mass, the northern region has more of such decrepit road infrastructure.

-The East-West Road, a coastal road network in the South-South has been a work in progress through four administrations since 2005. The Calabar-Oron end and final stretch has not been touched.

-A failed section of the road in Eleme, Rivers State, precipitated a fuel tanker fire late last month that burnt 120 vehicles and killed five persons.

-The Calabar-Ituh Road, Ningi’s committee spent six hours on a journey, which ordinarily should take one hour; and the senator decried: “I have never seen and experienced what we saw on that road anywhere. Thousands of trucks stuck in traffic with little or no motion.”

-The Benin Sapele Highway and Benin-Auchi-Okene-Lokoja Road remain a nightmare for motorists, who perennially block them in protest.

-The Benin-Sagamu Expressway rehabilitation, started by the Jonathan administration, is still unfinished work.

-The Lagos-Badagry-Seme Highway, whose Lagos end will increase from four to 10 lanes, is begging for completion.

-In the South-East, reconstruction work on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Highway stopped at the Aba end, due to the lack of funds, as the Buhari presidency wound up.

-The dual carriage work on the Owerri–Aba road has been suspended. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/691629-editorial-a-coastal-highway-of-misplaced-priority-and-due-process-abuse.html

👍👍

Well said. What of 2nd Niger bridge? Is it completed and in use?



Till today, no one cared, not even Goodluck to look into the dredging project started by late president Yar'adua.




We just like Elephant projects so as to syphon money.


May God save this country

idealogical:
This project is the most economically sound and transformative project in the history of Nigeria, this 7000km concrete project opens up massive economic potential of hundreds of communities and states, easy movement of goods and services across 9 states and beyond.

It's 700km sir
The whole of Nigeria's perimeter isn't even 7000km

sparko1:


Fraud, bridge was constructed at 300billion per kilometre, you didn't cry fraud, but a 4billion per kilometre coastal highway is fraud.

5 trillion spent for 700 kilometres, come on, compare the amount and the distance, stop acting like they are both the same, actually at 150 billion spent on 1.6 kilometre, that will be 150billion x 350 kilometres. That is still over 3 time the total figure of of 15 trillion.

Lol.

Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

Go and read up about that 2nd Niger bridge. The bridge itself is just one part of the overall project which is over 40km.

Again, feel free to feed off propaganda. You did it for buhari, and you are doing it for BAT, so enjoy. While at it, we will put pressure on government to ensure that the coastal road is done properly.

garykoeman:
Only haters and people who lack foresight will criticize this coastal high-way project.

no be only haters na hatters. Orishirishi

immortalcrown:
You are the daft one.

says the person that cannot differentiate between Rail and Road.....

leokid866:
says the person that cannot differentiate between Rail and Road.....

I cited for you two certified online newspapers that talk about the coastal rail line. You are here shouting "road". Did I refer you to any news platform that talks about roads? Did I talk about roads in my comment? From where exactly did you get the impression that I mistake "road" for "rail line"?

Prove your claim or remain a false accuser that lives in denial.

immortalcrown:
I cited for you two certified online newspapers that talk about the coastal rail line. You are here shouting "road". Did I refer you to any news platform that talks about roads? Did I talk about roads in my comment? From where exactly did you get the impression that I mistake "road" for "rail line"?

Prove your claim or remain a false accuser that lives in denial.

Oga the topic you are under is for the coastal road not coastal rail....wetin concern rail with road....under the topic of road you said the govt will borrow to finance it and we asked you for proof only for you to start talking about rail project.....oga shift....

leokid866:
Oga the topic you are under is for the coastal road not coastal rail....wetin concern rail with road....under the topic of road you said the govt will borrow to finance it and we asked you for proof only for you to start talking about rail project.....oga shift....

Madam, it seems you didn't read the post before choosing to attack my comment. Check the attached image. The image contains an excerpt from the post.

If you are not the daft one here, explain how the post is not about the coastal rail line.