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| Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 10:03pm On Apr 30, 2013 |
For a very long time, I've being seeing these dead street lights everyday in & around the town, with the hope that they will be repaired, but nothing is being done up till this moment. When I talk about maintenance culture which Nigeria as a country is lacking, some people on this forum will often attack me. 6 Likes
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Rossikk(m): 10:24pm On Apr 30, 2013 |
Where are your pictures?? |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 10:55pm On Apr 30, 2013 |
Pics? |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 11:36pm On Apr 30, 2013 |
Sorry guys, the network around here's so phucking bad. I'm still trying. Pictures of blocked drainage channels below.
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 11:48pm On Apr 30, 2013 |
emmysenior: Sorry guys, the network around here's so phucking bad. I'm still trying. You must be using MTN  You better port now9 Likes |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by soma042(m): 11:54pm On Apr 30, 2013 |
dotNaira: you mean from PDP to apc ??5 Likes |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by redsun(m): 11:54pm On Apr 30, 2013 |
emmysenior: Sorry guys, the network around here's so phucking bad. I'm still trying. You don't need to worry about picture,we know you are speeaking the truth.I can vividly picture it from thousands of miles away. Nigeria is tougher and more disorganized when you hear from the horses mouth.From those that does not benefit from the ills of the politicians,the innocents and the victims. It is a country where everybody takes laws into their hands as long as they can buy the police and the judges. Literally a lawless country. 3 Likes |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 12:21am On May 01, 2013 |
A drainage channel covered with grasses. 
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 12:25am On May 01, 2013 |
Another dead traffic light.
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 12:31am On May 01, 2013 |
 A traffic warden suffering in the hot sun as a result of no maintenance culture.
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 12:42am On May 01, 2013 |
This one is in Area 8; These slabs were removed for a purpose since last year, and ever since then, nobody have made any attempt to fix them back, there by making the drainage channel open to all garbages.
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by omaigala(m): 12:50am On May 01, 2013 |
Modes front page pls.. 2 Likes |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by free2ryhme: 12:58am On May 01, 2013 |
a nation in disarray |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by thelastPope(m): 1:34am On May 01, 2013 |
You guys are very silly. Please get your lazy azzes from your couch (if you actually have one) and go get a job. Ridiculous! |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by thelastPope(m): 1:49am On May 01, 2013 |
If you've driven across the US—or even across a state line or two—you've probably noticed that the roads you're driving on suck. They suck more more than a string of gas station bathrooms, more than hundreds of bug carcasses on your windshield. Our roads are riddled with potholes and cracks and bumpy asphalt band-aids over more potholes and cracks. It's bad. And it's our fault. Once upon a time, our roads were even worse. In 1919, the War Department organized a 72-vehicle convoy to go from east coast to west as a sort of army toughness publicity stunt. A young Dwight Eisenhower, then a lieutenant colonel in the army, volunteered to go along. Sure, the east coast had lots of paved roads, but west of the Mississippi it was sand paths for miles. It took the group two months to get from Washington DC to San Francisco—3200 miles at an average speed of 6 miles per hour. As Geoffrey Perret points out in his Ike biography, "The world's richest country slowed down by some of the world's worst roads." Fast forward almost 40 years and the 34th president was finally in a position to do something about the problem. Between Eisenhower's push in the 1950s and now, the Interstate Highway System has laid 42,795 miles of roads across the country. The goal was to get them down as quickly as possible, which turned the future into something a lot less far away. These roads were not build to last forever—not even close. More in link below http://gizmodo.com/5857416/why-american-roads-are-so-bad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrEKZS-LYH0 [url=More Links]http://www.google.com.ng/imgres?imgurl=http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2009/09/large_bad-road.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2009/09/stimulus-funds-not-targeting-nations-worst-roads/&h=304&w=453&sz=69&tbnid=BKxqM_2-IeSzxM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=134&zoom=1&usg=__iB714s3Hi4GjJNzz8_90zYgG_Q4=&docid=fLbVMpE3dOVNVM&sa=X&ei=MGOAUaP2M4SDO9DMgbAP&ved=0CDoQ9QEwAQ&dur=1283[/url] 3 Likes
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by thelastPope(m): 1:57am On May 01, 2013 |
More 2 Likes
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by thelastPope(m): 2:01am On May 01, 2013 |
My point is simple. It is good to criticize government to keep them on their toes and move Nigeria forward but such criticisms must be intelligent. Not some dumb posts and thread like this one. Abuja is amongst one of the finest cities in Africa. Like many other beautifl african cities, it also has its flaws. Joburg is full of many shanties and slums. Focus on criticising policies of government that will move Nigeria forward, not opening some cheap attention seeking thread 13 Likes |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 2:11am On May 01, 2013 |
Don't compare sleep to death, bro, You have to drive far in order to see bad roads in America. You don't have to drive too far before you see bad roads anywhere you go in Nigeria. The mud road you posted there is a train track and not for motorist. Those roads you showed are what are known as back roads and they are not maintained because they are hardly used by motorists. Roads are well maitained in the U.S compared to Nigeria where after roads are constructed, they are going to be negleted for many years to come. Have you noticed that major roads in U.S have certain maintenance date they are re-paved regardless of whether the roads are bad or not? Certain dates are set aside for maintenance and nothing stops the engineers from maintaining the roads as the dates approach. These road are maintained every 36 months after they are constructed. 16 Likes |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Popowaa: 3:59am On May 01, 2013 |
Naija |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 7:55am On May 01, 2013 |
payless: Don't compare sleep to death, bro, You have to drive far in order to see bad roads in America. You don't have to drive too far before you see bad roads anywhere you go in Nigeria. The mud road you posted there is a train track and not for motorist. Those roads you showed are what are known as back roads and they are not maintained because they are hardly used by motorists. Roads are well maitained in the U.S compared to Nigeria where after roads are constructed, they are going to be negleted for many years to come. Have you noticed that major roads in U.S have certain maintenance date they are re-paved regardless of whether the roads are bad or not? Certain dates are set aside for maintenance and nothing stops the engineers from maintaining the roads as the dates approach. These road are maintained every 36 months after they are constructed. |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 8:13am On May 01, 2013 |
This goes to those kicking against my move to create this thread. I didn't do it to tarnish anybody's image or for political purpose. I am no politician & I am not jobless. Once upon a time, sincere 9igerian & some others that I've forgotten their monikas attacked me for kicking against maintenance culture that our government lacks, therefore, this thread is aimed at opening the eyes of their minds. 15 Likes |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by omaigala(m): 9:03am On May 01, 2013 |
thelastPope: You guys are very silly. Please get your lazy azzes from your couch (if you actually have one) and go get a job. Ridiculous! Mr man! Calm down. But it is the truth na. Our country lacks maintenance culture. I think this will move the rulers not the leaders to step up & sit up. |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by phantom(m): 10:11am On May 01, 2013 |
Every bloody thread in this section is politicised...na wa o! @op...it ll get worse. 1 Like |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Kairoseki77: 10:20am On May 01, 2013 |
THIS is a useful picture thread. Unlike the pics people have been posting just to shame Naija, this is actually useful. The people in charge in Abuja probably have no idea that these specific lights, and that these specific drainage channels, are not functioning properly. Once this comes to their attention, they might take action. WE HOPE... Mods, put this on the front page ABEG! 1 Like |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 9:14am On May 02, 2013 |
phantom: Every bloody thread in this section is politicised...na wa o! @op...it ll get worse. This is thread is not politically motivated, it is the sole truth that our leaders lacks maintenance culture, or are you disputing the fact? |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by phantom(m): 12:20pm On May 02, 2013 |
emmysenior:my post agreed with you.that was why i said it would get worse because of poor maintenance culture.the politicising i talked about was in reference to earlier posters |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Nobody: 1:29pm On May 02, 2013 |
phantom: my post agreed with you.that was why i said it would get worse because of poor maintenance culture.the politicising i talked about was in reference to earlier postersVery well then. |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by EkoIle1: 2:05pm On May 02, 2013 |
na today? Eight public facilities that have gone extinct in Abuja     http://premiumtimesng.com/slideshows/eight-public-facilities-that-have-gone-extinct-in-abuja |
| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by lifestyle1(m): 3:38pm On May 02, 2013 |
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by gramci: 3:39pm On May 02, 2013 |
op there is nothing on these pictures you posted to authenticate the location of the pictures apart from this one. it could be anywhere.
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| Re: Dead Traffic-Lights & Blocked Drainage In Abuja by Inik(m): 3:45pm On May 02, 2013 |
Poor maintenance culture is the bane of development in Nigeria 2 Likes |
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