bloggernaija: Nonsense.the airport is attah's project and also are ,some of the roads.
Why put an ugly flyover in a relatively sparsely populated state when modern urban planning method avoid building them as much as possible.the lack of priorities is also visible from the number of cars on or around the bridge
For all I can see. ,you are only showing one or two roads.
It also does not change the fact that most of akwa ibom people are living in extreme poverty .outside of Ewet housing estate in uyo where the elite live like kings,there is really nothing to write home about.
I think these plutocrats have no idea of what human capital development and the basic necessities of life is all about.
Food ,shelter,education ,health,telecommunications etc.

bloggernaija: Nonsense.the airport is attah's project and also are ,some of the roads.
Why put an ugly flyover in a relatively sparsely populated state when modern urban planning method avoid building them as much as possible.the lack of priorities is also visible from the number of cars on or around the bridge
For all I can see. ,you are only showing one or two roads.
It also does not change the fact that most of akwa ibom people are living in extreme poverty .outside of Ewet housing estate in uyo where the elite live like kings,there is really nothing to write home about.
I think these plutocrats have no idea of what human capital development and the basic necessities of life is all about.
Food ,shelter,education ,health,telecommunications etc.

BabaTony:

When I see people write things like this I really wonder the person used his brain at all. Are you still living in the Attah Era? Wake up boy. What the hell are you talking about. Can u tell us what YOU would do if you where the governor. This is a state that was nowhere in terms of infrastructure. This man has moved the state far ahead of even older states in Nigeria and u stay in the comfort of nairaland to write rubbish about his efforts. I can authoritatively inform you that when 3rd mainland bridge was constructed in lagos there were very few cars plying the already existent bridges. Its all about thinking futuristic mr. You try to paint a picture of extreme poverty, sorry to disappoint you I see extreme poverty here in Lagos everyday. That doesn't take away the fact that there are rich an middle class here too. So pls dump your extreme poverty story its not new. The number of middle class and rich in aks has increased tremendously over the few years. Poverty is in the mind. For you to talk about ewet housing in 2013 tells me how naive you are. There are so many new estates both govt and privately owned all over the state. Ewet is old school. Pls kindly tell us how you would provide human capital development without providing the needed infrastructure to support private (both local and foreign) investments to boost employment. I have seen your type plenty, its all about spewing_ nonsense around but when given the opportunity to perform we hear stories pf embezzlement left, right and center. Akwa Ibom is on the right track. The gov has opened up the state with roads and bridges( I mean standard dualized roads) for investments in any sector agric, manufacturing tourism etc. Provided an airport, education, health etc. Today Akwa Ibom whether you like it or not is ON THE MAP ITS NOW A DESTINATION. All we need is constructive criticism and not your wicked, blood sucking, backward thinking, stupid and idiotic criticism that will take the state nowhere. Appreciate progress when you see it. Akwa Ibom can only get better. AKWA IBOM ADO OK.

BabaTony:

When I see people write things like this I really wonder the person used his brain at all. Are you still living in the Attah Era? Wake up boy. What the hell are you talking about. Can u tell us what YOU would do if you where the governor. This is a state that was nowhere in terms of infrastructure. This man has moved the state far ahead of even older states in Nigeria and u stay in the comfort of nairaland to write rubbish about his efforts. I can authoritatively inform you that when 3rd mainland bridge was constructed in lagos there were very few cars plying the already existent bridges. Its all about thinking futuristic mr. You try to paint a picture of extreme poverty, sorry to disappoint you I see extreme poverty here in Lagos everyday. That doesn't take away the fact that there are rich an middle class here too. So pls dump your extreme poverty story its not new. The number of middle class and rich in aks has increased tremendously over the few years. Poverty is in the mind. For you to talk about ewet housing in 2013 tells me how naive you are. There are so many new estates both govt and privately owned all over the state. Ewet is old school. Pls kindly tell us how you would provide human capital development without providing the needed infrastructure to support private (both local and foreign) investments to boost employment. I have seen your type plenty, its all about spewing_ nonsense around but when given the opportunity to perform we hear stories pf embezzlement left, right and center. Akwa Ibom is on the right track. The gov has opened up the state with roads and bridges( I mean standard dualized roads) for investments in any sector agric, manufacturing tourism etc. Provided an airport, education, health etc. Today Akwa Ibom whether you like it or not is ON THE MAP ITS NOW A DESTINATION. All we need is constructive criticism and not your wicked, blood sucking, backward thinking, stupid and idiotic criticism that will take the state nowhere. Appreciate progress when you see it. Akwa Ibom can only get better. AKWA IBOM ADO OK.

ba7man: Why are there so many concrete columns in the Departure lounge?? What's the point using a steel roof when its going to be supported by concrete columns?? The beauty of the Airport's interior will only be realized using steel support sections.

IGBO-SON:


^^^Yeah, i just noticed this point; it does give the airport a dated (70's) look, as you can build wide spaced halls now without the need for columns all over the place. But still a nice airport though.

Sunny_bobo: Fashola should go for lecutes from this man on how not to toll public roads.

ba7man: Fashola is spear-heading the Eko Atlantic city project, The Lekki free trade zone, the Lekki-Epe Expressway, the Badagry Expressway complete with rail lines down the middle, the expansion of the Ikorodu Expressway, The Elevated rail line project etc. Akpabio is trying but he is still a learner beside Fashola. Fashola needs all the money he can get. You can't compare the scale of the projects they are initiating. Vision pass vision.

Sunny_bobo:

All on paper. Funny how people fall for this scam.

Lekki free trade zone has remained on paper many years after conception, The Badagry express way, a supposedly Federal project which Fashola grabbed thinking its child's play is now in ruins as he can't cope with the financial demands of the work. Portions have been cleared, excavated and finally abandoned and left in ruins making a hitherto journey of 45 minutes last about 5 hours now. He is now accusing the Federal govt. for refusing to guaranty the loan he is seeking to complete the project as if the Federal govt. sent him to do the road. The rail line is only in Fashola's fantasy world. The Eko Atlantic itself is still at the paper stage as no single structure has been erected on the site as I type now. The Lekki-Epe express way which was constructed by tax payer's money is being tolled. At least 90% of the projects Fashola has been commissioning are PPP projects funded with little or no govt. contribution.

People need to see through this ACN scam.

ba7man: I strongly disagree with you. You can't expect them to operate at the same speed when the projects they are initiating and problems they're encountering aren't on the same scale. Fashola has to deal with over population(x4) of what Akabio has to deal with, congested roads, building clusters, slums, illegal market encroachments and lawless individuals......meanwhile Akpabio just bulldozes virgin lands and starts work.....all on the same amount. Akpabio has far less challenges to worry about. And work is on-going in all those lagos projects you mentioned. You don't expect a city to rise out of the Ocean in around 5 years, do you?.....BTW, that Badagry Express road has always being in ruins till the Fashola administration decided to fix it. And you saying the elevated rail line proves you've not been to Lagos in a long time. The concrete footings are there for all to see and workers are always on site.

t-something:


Please do your research well. Eko Atlantic city is fully funded by private bodies. Lagos state counterpart funding comes in the form of the taxes leveraged for the inventors and contractor. Fashola has never released any dime for that project and the project was initially conceived to curb the ocean surge on Victoria Island residents

ba7man: The Kalimba housing project in Angola can house 500,000 individuals and costed $2.2 billion to construct (Its a ghost town right now though). With the amount Akpabio receives as state allocation, he could have constructed a similar project half its size, a good road network, provided uninterrupted power supply and left the doors open for companies to struggle for space to get into Akwa-Ibom...He hasn't done anything major yet to make people flock in that direction for employment, that's why those roads are still empty. He needs a thriving population to make that State Economically viable or else all the infrastruture will remain under utillized.

ba7man: Definitely,You are right. He can't fund a project of that scale using state funds, it will never be enough. He has to invite investors to do it. He simply did what young entepreneurs do around the world. They come up with an idea and seek for investors to buy into it by proving it guarantees return on investments. Its a way of acheiving great things normally beyond your capacity.

Sunny_bobo: But as it is now, nobody has bought into Fashola's idea as Eko Atlantic remains barren many years after conception and land reclamation.

The only people who have bought into the idea have done that only on paper.

EkoIle1: lmao @ phony billion naira waste called e library.


The bogus library said results found to Wole Soyinka and Achebe search.


This has got to be the biggest scam in Naija's history....lmao

IGBOSON1: The new Uyo Int'l terminal has changed from the renders shown last year; the current one is much better and modern!

AnthonyAk:
All I know is Akwa Ibomites are the next Yorubas . assuming the deep sea project does materialize the economic potential is enormous. Given the airports and such the next generation is bound to flourish.

On that note i see a Nigerian Renaissance coming very soon.