Sincere 9gerian:
You wrote :
"You are an insincere man. From the heading of those fraudulent threads created by you all, does it not explicitly state that the road has been "fixed"? How cana road be "fixed" and I can still see pot holes in those photos? What kind of human being are you biko?"
You referred specifically to me, or didn't you? Show me where I wrote that the Benin- Ore road "has been fixed". Otherwise, you must be a LIAR. Shame on all liars!

ballabriggs:

That is progress according to PDP. The man there has to drive against on-coming traffic on a 100 km/hr highway with pot holes on it and he says progress.

This road Deziani 'cried' on it in 2007. This is 2013, PDP still dey construct the road with pot holes all over and it is progress according to them. Onitsha Owerri road was started in 2003 till today PDP is still on that road and it is progress, a good 10 years. As I speak to you now the Uli junction part of that road is nothing to write home about and it is progress. The Sagamu-Ore stretch of the Benin-Ore express road is fast fading yet they have not completed the Benin-Ore stretch and they are making progress. Even Abacha made better progress than this junk. In the South East and South South, Warri Patani road is nothing to write home about. Owerri to Okigwe nko, that one na forgotten since 1999. Ogoja to Abakailiki, tufiakwa, you wan die. Ikom to Calabar, dead! Aba to Owerri, PH to Owerri, Uyo to Aba, Owerri to Umuahia.

And PDP dey make progress. This progress means before we reach all the dilapidated roads in Nigeria, it will take us 2060. By then oil done dry finish, Jona and Ngozi go dey hell fire dey chop their N5 trillion.

All you shameless humans are a disgrace to humanity as you have no heart. May the souls of the dead on our highways continue to hunt you all wherever you go. ANIMALS!!!

Sincere 9gerian:
So Oshiomole is now the one doing Benin-Ore road? Wonders shall never end. And the state govt has to be paid refunds before the project starts, otherwise the FG will accused of stalling the good gestures of the governor? Children will always be children.

kutchs:
Now i know some of you are worse liars than Lai Moh‘d. To include Ogoja-Abakiliki and Owerri-Okigwe rds in ur list shows you are very destructive and should be avoided. The two rds especially Ogoja-Abakiliki rd is unarguably one of the best rds in Nigeria 2day. A rd i drove on on the 21st can not be on that ur stupid list. I dont know about odas but that rd?

kutchs:
Now i know some of you are worse liars than Lai Moh‘d. To include Ogoja-Abakiliki and Owerri-Okigwe rds in ur list shows you are very destructive and should be avoided. The two rds especially Ogoja-Abakiliki rd is unarguably one of the best rds in Nigeria 2day. A rd i drove on on the 21st can not be on that ur stupid list. I dont know about odas but that rd?

taharqa: Just tk d correction my friend and stop talking about Drains in relation to federal roads; dats like ridiculous (and i made d correctn nicely enuf)....... See, large stretches of dat road was completed dilabilitatd, and you dont do 'patch-patch' work on those kinds of sections, you RECOVER them - and dat implies total rehabilitatn or even reconstructions of those section, not 'patch-patch' work which is usd mostly for potholes. If u usd that road b4 now and u know d state it is in right now, u wud nt be talking about 'patch-patch' (at least nt for sm sections). Like i said in my 1st comment, anoda contract was awarded dis yr to expand and turn parts of d expressway to a dual-carriage way (dis is diff from d Rehabilitation of bad sections contract which was initially given in 2006)..... And oh, I neva said d entire road has bn completely rehabilitatd; i bliv dat d term i usd was 'virtuali fixed', and if u actuali usd d road as early as d 23rd u wud attest to dis

Flyboy Zee: I could have corroborated ur story with pictures from the Abuja-Lokoja Road, but sorry I gues I was too busy enjoying the ride than to take snapshots.

What I'm saying in essence is that federal roads are gradually getting better no matter how slow it is going. The good thing is that there is at least progress in the right direction.

If and only if OBJ did not waste those 8 years in the hands of Tony Annenih, I believe new roads would have even been constructed. This is a plus to GEJ.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF GEJ I CAN FINGER
1. Roads are getting better
2. Electricity is improving, though staggered
3. No ASUU strikes
4. Still counting...
5. I'ld be back for me uptades.

Whether you agree or not, its the truth.

ballabriggs:

Are you running mad. I was on those roads in October this year and it is nothing to write home about. From Orie Akabo around white house, it was flooded and riddled with pot holes. The next place at Ama Nwa Ozuzu just before Iho, nothing to write home about. Now getting to Okigwe town to link the Enugu to Aba highway, it is another sham, so what are you going on about from your mad brain?

I was on Abakailiki to Ogoja highway, getting to Ogoja is another nightmare. Ikom to Calabar nko, it is another mad road, so what are you going on about? GTFOH

kutchs:
If I didnt know the two roads I might be forced to believe your lies.

nahinbdis: Much has been said on the need to rehabilitate this key road, and I was somewhat pleased to see that rehabilitation work on the road is in progress. Both sides of the road have been largely fixed from Ore to just before Ofosu, and then from the Edo State boundary up to Oluku in Benin. Work is ongoing at Ofosu area and also at Ugbowo end in Benin up to Dawson junction.

I think this is rather commendable going by the fact that the road has been largely problematic. Some pictures taken between 14th & 15th December 2012 - my last trip to Benin- are shown below

Omo_Tier1:
You GEJ apologist never seizes to amaze me! Benin-Lagos express way rehabilitation is a joke in itself. Nigerians have been abused in all ramifications that mediocrity is now consider excellence.
What the OP failed to mention is that the Expansion work to Dawson is not being done by FG, rather oshiomhole is the one handling that portion of that road and more progress would have been made by the Edo State government but the FG refused to cooperate as per refund of project cost to Edo State government coffers.

The pictures posted by the OP completely discredit the alleged work done so far as a sham! At Ofosu, some portions rehabilitated are already beginning to fail!

Both sides of the road have been largely fixed from Ore to just before Ofosu, and then from the Edo State boundary up to Oluku in Benin. Work is ongoing at Ofosu area and also at Ugbowo end in Benin up to Dawson junction.

taharqa:

Now, you my friend are a shameless TOOL and an ijiot. Just imagine how you twisted the words of the @OP in order to make your silly points.

This was what the @OP said:



You specifically chose the two areas that the @OP already admitted where the two very small areas that the rehabilitation is still ongoing, to make it look like the rehabiltation was 'a joke' as you put it.

1st off, whether it is Oshiomohle who is presently rehabilitating the Ugbowo-Dawson (Ugbowo-New Benin) VERY TINY, almost inconsequential section (not only cos it is just too small but also cos of the Bye-pass) is so besides the point. I know there was a misunderstanding bw the FG and the Edo state govt, and if it is the Edo state govt that is doing it now, I expect them to demand for refunds from the FG soon.

The @OP also said clearly that a section close to Ofosu is still been rehabilitating, yet you are already calling it a 'failed portion'. What a DUNCE...

taharqa:

Now, you my friend are a shameless TOOL and an ijiot. Just imagine how you twisted the words of the @OP in order to make your silly points.

This was what the @OP said:



You specifically chose the two areas that the @OP already admitted where the two very small areas that the rehabilitation is still ongoing, to make it look like the rehabiltation was 'a joke' as you put it.

1st off, whether it is Oshiomohle who is presently rehabilitating the Ugbowo-Dawson (Ugbowo-New Benin) VERY TINY, almost inconsequential section (not only cos it is just too small but also cos of the Bye-pass) is so besides the point. I know there was a misunderstanding bw the FG and the Edo state govt, and if it is the Edo state govt that is doing it now, I expect them to demand for refunds from the FG soon.

The @OP also said clearly that a section close to Ofosu is still been rehabilitating, yet you are already calling it a 'failed portion'. What a DUNCE...

Omo_Tier1:
You better stay clear if you know nothing about this discuss! I know that road and the project too well like the back of my palms. The expansion work from Main gate at Uniben to Dawson road junction right on to Ediaken palace ground section is being done by Edo State government and not FG.

When Oshiomhole's government wanted to start the construction of that road, the wicked PDP wanted to play politics with it and sent the inglorious Godwin Abbey to tell the Edo State government to stop work on that road and that the FG was not interested in any repayment discussion to the Edo State government.

You should be ashamed of yourself for singing praises of the mediocre work done on that road despite the billions siphoned by this wicked and insane administration.

ballabriggs:

HEY! HEY!! You are a liar, a Chartered Certfied Liar (CCL). You see yourself now. That road has always been a dual carriage way, so when did they award a contract to turn parts to a dual carriage way? EHN, EHN? GTFOH!!!

Succour is on the way for commuters on the Benin-Sagamu expressway as the Federal Executive Council yesterday approved the reconstruction of outstanding sections of Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Ajebandele-Shagamu expressway phase 111.

The contract which was awarded in the sum of N65,223,155,642.34 with a completion period of 36 months, according to Minister of Information Labaran Maku “will not only improve the socio-economic activities of the area, but will also reduce vehicle operating costs, travel time and accidents on the road”.

The Minister who was flanked by his colleagues, the Minister of Works, Mike Onomelemen and Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Olajumoke Akinjide, said the “outstanding sections of the road are in disrepair’ there is need to reconstruct them to ease traffic flow along the road.

He said when completed, the project will generate employment for Nigerians as well as impact positively on the informal sector of the economy.

Speaking on the project, Mr Onolememen said the scope of work would include the complete reconstruction of Km 9 to Km 18 and Km 75 to Km 162 of the road, adding that it would have three lanes on both carriage ways at the completion of the project[b][/b].

ballabriggs:

Mr Man, don't you get our point? Work has been going on on that road since 1999! It is still the same old story. For over 10 years now, RCC has been on that road.

This work e no dey finish? Na everyday we dey make "progress" on the road we have been on for over 10 years and still counting? Look for where I dey now, some parts of the M1 have been expanded with 3 lanes on both sides with hard shoulders, no noise about it. I no even remember when they started the project, all I know is that the road is wider now and I can drive smoothly on that road.

This our own rehabilitation no dey finish? We wan build am till Jesus come?

ballabriggs:

That is progress according to PDP. The man there has to drive against on-coming traffic on a 100 km/hr highway with pot holes on it and he says progress.

This road Deziani 'cried' on it in 2007. This is 2013, PDP still dey construct the road with pot holes all over and it is progress according to them. Onitsha Owerri road was started in 2003 till today PDP is still on that road and it is progress, a good 10 years. As I speak to you now the Uli junction part of that road is nothing to write home about and it is progress. The Sagamu-Ore stretch of the Benin-Ore express road is fast fading yet they have not completed the Benin-Ore stretch and they are making progress. Even Abacha made better progress than this junk. In the South East and South South, Warri Patani road is nothing to write home about. Owerri to Okigwe nko, that one na forgotten since 1999. Ogoja to Abakailiki, tufiakwa, you wan die. Ikom to Calabar, dead! Aba to Owerri, PH to Owerri, Uyo to Aba, Owerri to Umuahia.

And PDP dey make progress. This progress means before we reach all the dilapidated roads in Nigeria, it will take us 2060. By then oil done dry finish, Jona and Ngozi go dey hell fire dey chop their N5 trillion.

All you shameless humans are a disgrace to humanity as you have no heart. May the souls of the dead on our highways continue to hunt you all wherever you go. ANIMALS!!!

Sincere 9gerian:
I think we shouldn't mistake Benin-Ore road for a 1 to 2km road. The road is massive, spanning over 262km. The road is definitely far better than what it was when Dieziani, the then minister of works under Yar Adua, cried at the road. The incumbent has done alot of work on the road.
Below is a report on the statement of the current minister of work on that road:
"The Benin-Ore-Shagamu highway is another project where we have achieved a major milestone in the past one year. The highway is 262.5km long. The contract for the reconstruction of the road project is being executed by Reynolds Construction Company Nigeria Limited and Borini Prono& Company Nigeria Limited. Before the intervention on this road by President Jonathan's administration, Nigerians will recall how motorists spent over 9hours to travel from Benin to Lagos or vice versa. But, thank God today that the travel time has now been reduced to 4 hours or less even when the project is still ongoing. Works are almost completed at the Benin-Ofosu-Ore parts of the road where motorists hitherto suffered prolonged delays occasioned by perennial failed sections. A major part of the road has been asphalted and I receive phone calls from numerous Nigerians everyday expressing their appreciation over the works that have been carried out on the road"- Minister of works (July 2012).
Also recently (in October) contract was awarded to fix more sections of the Benin-Ore road and this was widely reported. The minister of works related the details of the contract as follows:
"the scope of work would include the complete reconstruction of Km 9 to Km 18 and Km 75 to Km 162 of the road at a total cost of N65billion.
When completed, the section would have three lanes on both carriageways".
He recalled that "the Phase I of the road, which is from Benin to Ofosu, was awarded in 2006 while the second phase from Ofosu to Ajebandele was awarded in 2010"
http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/nvnews/90767/1/achievements-of-the-federal-ministry-of-works-july.html
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/national/fg-awards-contract-to-complete-beninofosu-ore-ajebandele-shagamu-road/
Well if the governor of Edo constructed or is construction 1km or so of the road, kudos to him. But like I stated earlier, the Benin-Ore road is about 262km, and not 1 or 2km road

Omo_Tier1:

As a pathological liar, I expect nothing less from you by the way. If I may educate you, the main portion of the Benin Lagos that has been a night for Travellers is Ore. Ofosu largely has been okay, however it was considered a dangerous portion of that road because of the high rate of robbery that do take place there. If you call Oluku (former toll gate) to Dawson in consequential, then Ofosu to Ore must be minute indeed and the FG should have reconstructed that portion within 18months! Alas, the PDP government have been it for we'll over 9years.

FYI Oshiomhole is not patch patching that portion of the road, instead He is expanding both sides to three lanes like He did on Sapele road.
Your comments about Ofosu still been rehabilitated just goes to show you know little to nothing of what you are commenting on. Dude like I said previously, you should be ashamed of yourself for singing praises of this leaking gravy train of a project. Abuja Minna road is far less an important road economically, yet that road is being reconstructed with two lanes and is almost nearing completion yet Benin Ore road is being patched patched with earthen works that would not last 10years.

PosCaricature :
I can only see the dashboard of a car and the sky. I can't see the expanded road in the pictures!

taharqa:

@BOLD1: What is this thing you are yanning about the TINY Benin portion of this road for God's sake (it is VERY INCONSEQUENTIAL now cos of the bye-pass- it is now for all intents and purpose, just one of the many 'internal' roads WITHIN GREATER BENIN). And how is Oshiomohle turning it to a 3-carriage way? THAT IS A SILLY LIE. Guy, you are talking to someone who have spent most of his life in Benin- i passed tru that road almost every day when I was in school. That section of the road(esp the Ugbowo end) has always looked like a on-way route; Oshiomohle is only adding another lane to it, and that is not even for all the route- from Uselu market down to New Benin (or to Dawson) is still the 1-lane arrangement except for an expanded side-walk and drainage.
Count yur teeth more carefully next time before making any assertions here, k?

@BOLD2: So parts of Ofosu is not been rehabilitated now (almost finished though)?

@BOLD3: that you just said that the rehabilitated portions of the Benin-ore is just been 'patched with earthen work' simply means that I ought not to waste my time on you any longer....

Omo_Tier1:
FYI, majority of the travellers to Warri, Asaba, go through Benin City itself and not by-pass, so your claim is absolutely falsehood. From Main gate at Uniben to Dawson road will have three lanes like Sapele road hence the demolition of houses on both sides of the road. The overall plan is the outer lane will be used to connect Federal medical stores road and other axis off the highway.

Anyone who have pass through the rehabilitated portion of that road would confirm exactly what I said about the road being rehabilitated with earthen works. Apart from the section at ore where you have those food joints, all other sectios did not have their core base shored up with rocks like yo would find them do in gwagwalada in Abuja!

The end of the matter is this; that road rehabilitation is not nothing worth celebrating and not worth even calling an achievement! You do not celebrate a child that fail school sat 5 times and got only a D in the sixth attempt! Oh we'll maybe in PDP they do

ballabriggs:

Mr man shut your dirty mouth up and go feed your lies to someone else. I travel around the SS and SE a lot when I'm in Nigeria. To the deepest roads you never knew existed, I will tell you their state at the moment. Now GTFOH!!!

kutchs: initially I didnt want to comment on this thread but when I saw ur lies especially on the Ogoja-Abakiliki rd I was moved.
To put the recods straight so that u dont deceive the ever present gullible on nairaland that road that stretches over 70km from Mbok Junction 2gh yala nd Ezeilo to Abakiliki was just completed few months ago and is one of the best motorable rds in Nig 2day. From Mbok 2gh Ikom to Calabar I havent been on so cant talk about. From Abakiliki to Afikpo to Okigwe is also so good that u can even close ur eyes and drive on. Abakiliki to Enugu is being worked on as we type.
Aba-Owerri up to Owerrinta has been worked on. Owerri-PH rd 2gh Elele and Igwurunta is being worked on (I was on the rd 2 days ago). Okigwe-Owerri up to Amaraku is great.
So Sir I dont know what u‘re talking about oh! Wait a minute you dont stay in the country am not surprised.
When you FOOls come on nairaland with ur lies u believe pple dont see 2gh them dont you?

Omo_Tier1:
FYI, majority of the travellers to Warri, Asaba, go through Benin City itself and not by-pass, so your claim is absolutely falsehood. From Main gate at Uniben to Dawson road will have three lanes like Sapele road hence the demolition of houses on both sides of the road. The overall plan is the outer lane will be used to connect Federal medical stores road and other axis off the highway.

Anyone who have pass through the rehabilitated portion of that road would confirm exactly what I said about the road being rehabilitated with earthen works. Apart from the section at ore where you have those food joints, all other sectios did not have their core base shored up with rocks like yo would find them do in gwagwalada in Abuja!

The end of the matter is this; that road rehabilitation is not nothing worth celebrating and not worth even calling an achievement! You do not celebrate a child that fail school sat 5 times and got only a D in the sixth attempt! Oh we'll maybe in PDP they do

kutchs: initially I didnt want to comment on this thread but when I saw ur lies especially on the Ogoja-Abakiliki rd I was moved.
To put the recods straight so that u dont deceive the ever present gullible on nairaland that road that stretches over 70km from Mbok Junction 2gh yala nd Ezeilo to Abakiliki was just completed few months ago and is one of the best motorable rds in Nig 2day. From Mbok 2gh Ikom to Calabar I havent been on so cant talk about. From Abakiliki to Afikpo to Okigwe is also so good that u can even close ur eyes and drive on. Abakiliki to Enugu is being worked on as we type.
Aba-Owerri up to Owerrinta has been worked on. Owerri-PH rd 2gh Elele and Igwurunta is being worked on (I was on the rd 2 days ago). Okigwe-Owerri up to Amaraku is great.
So Sir I dont know what u‘re talking about oh! Wait a minute you dont stay in the country am not surprised.
When you FOOls come on nairaland with ur lies u believe pple dont see 2gh them dont you?

Shaggyfreshfish: At last! When dia flights r crashing, y wont they fix it? After all na substandard materials dem de use sef. Mtcheeeuuwwww!

ballabriggs:

That is progress according to PDP. The man there has to drive against on-coming traffic on a 100 km/hr highway with pot holes on it and he says progress.

This road Deziani 'cried' on it in 2007. This is 2013, PDP still dey construct the road with pot holes all over and it is progress according to them. Onitsha Owerri road was started in 2003 till today PDP is still on that road and it is progress, a good 10 years. As I speak to you now the Uli junction part of that road is nothing to write home about and it is progress. The Sagamu-Ore stretch of the Benin-Ore express road is fast fading yet they have not completed the Benin-Ore stretch and they are making progress. Even Abacha made better progress than this junk. In the South East and South South, Warri Patani road is nothing to write home about. Owerri to Okigwe nko, that one na forgotten since 1999. Ogoja to Abakailiki, tufiakwa, you wan die. Ikom to Calabar, dead! Aba to Owerri, PH to Owerri, Uyo to Aba, Owerri to Umuahia.

And PDP dey make progress. This progress means before we reach all the dilapidated roads in Nigeria, it will take us 2060. By then oil done dry finish, Jona and Ngozi go dey hell fire dey chop their N5 trillion.

All you shameless humans are a disgrace to humanity as you have no heart. May the souls of the dead on our highways continue to hunt you all wherever you go. ANIMALS!!!