kshow1: People should stop praising all these white elephant projects.
Lets all look for answers to the following questions.
1. Have we seen any major rail line leading to major cities in the country ?
2. What is the destination point of these project ? Apapa port to ?? (please also note that we have several ports of discharge i.e Apapa,Tincan,Five star,Grimaldi etc
3. Are there any terminals in the major cities to accommodate the containers from the port ?

If we cant readily get answers to the above questions, So how will goods be transported to these cities since we all know our nation is import-dependence.

kshow1: People should stop praising all these white elephant projects.
Lets all look for answers to the following questions.
1. Have we seen any major rail line leading to major cities in the country ?
2. What is the destination point of these project ? Apapa port to ?? (please also note that we have several ports of discharge i.e Apapa,Tincan,Five star,Grimaldi etc
3. Are there any terminals in the major cities to accommodate the containers from the port ?

If we cant readily get answers to the above questions, So how will goods be transported to these cities since we all know our nation is import-dependence.

awodman:
Let me just try and believe that it is IGNORANCE on your part,so let me give you some education

1) Ave you not heard about Lagos-Kano rail line which is currently operational, PH-Maidugiri rail line which is undergoing rehabilitation,Abuja-Kaduna standard guage line under construction?

2)if you read comments here you would have seen @naptu say dis
".......Apapa → Ijora → Iddo where it links up with the main line (to Kano)..."

3) for the fact that these rail lines as stated in (1) above are working...certainly there are terminals

chidindufrank: I can see some e-warriors drinking rat poison because of this good news. GEJ carry go ochichi gi di anyi nma na ahu

otokx: Please you guys should beg GEJ to give us light at UNIPORT. We pay our bills regularly even with the darkness.

Dike Chimezie: Goodluck is working.
This is a commendable development.
This man is a magician oh.
Positive development is now a common norm.
Goodluck na elele no president be like am.
I'm feeling it -Fresh air.

Dee60:

Stop displaying your ignorance before the whole world. The APMT plan and the projects coming onstream now started during OBJ tenure. Let GEJ show the world his own key projects.

tawa89: Guyman you have bin complaining about this light issue since 2006 you joined Nairaland. Maybe your problem is from your village or what do you think?

awodman:
Let me just try and believe that it is IGNORANCE on your part,so let me give you some education

1) Ave you not heard about Lagos-Kano rail line which is currently operational, PH-Maidugiri rail line which is undergoing rehabilitation,Abuja-Kaduna standard guage line under construction?

2)if you read comments here you would have seen @naptu say dis
".......Apapa → Ijora → Iddo where it links up with the main line (to Kano)..."

3) for the fact that these rail lines as stated in (1) above are working...certainly there are terminals

kshow1:
You are the one that is Educationally Retarded.....
i said major cities (akure, jalingo, Gombe, abakaliki etc)
It is not only Apapa port that is functional there are several other ports that cargo ships berth with no rail-line.
TERMINAL in my post means a place where containers are offloaded and stored NOT railway terminals.

anonimi:

Let me repeat & highlight relevant portions of the post as it seems you missed it.



I hope you understand the difference between past tense and future tense

Dee60:

Stop displaying your ignorance before the whole world. The APMT plan and the projects coming onstream now started during OBJ tenure. Let GEJ show the world his own key projects.

tawa89: Guyman you have bin complaining about this light issue since 2006 you joined Nairaland. Maybe your problem is from your village or what do you think?

Dee60:

Stop displaying your ignorance before the whole world. The APMT plan and the projects coming onstream now started during OBJ tenure. Let GEJ show the world his own key projects.

Nuzo':


I will also appreciate if Awodman can educate me as well on this issue.

It seems the primary objective of this project is to reduce the lorry traffic in Apapa axis which is a very good thing. However, I'm concerned on how we can access our goods without having to travel all the way to Kano or to some unmotorable terminals.

Kudos to FG!

awodman:
that's why I like you,you give credit when its due..not all those see no good hear no good as long as I don't like his face...

@topic very good development...just imagine how this will reduce the cost of transporting goods which will in effect lead to lower market prices for consumers...SLOW and STEADY TRANSFORMATION noni....

awodman:

So in your definition what's real development?...

snthesis: will the tanker/trailer owners sit down and watch as food is removed from their tables

the problem of Nigeria is not about developing infrastructure, it is about merging the interest group of the "Cabal" that are benefiting from the decaying/ lack of infrastructure.

livingday:

Real development goes beyond rehabilitation of railway which is our inheritance from colonial era. Nigeria should be ashamed that she has no functional railways and airways across the country, which poorer countries in Africa take for granted.

anonimi:

That was how the railways was destroyed from the 1960s by trailer owners, mostly from the north. Its slow, gradual but steady revival by GEJ against the machinations of the cabal is really worthy of appreciation.

Nevertheless, I imagine that smart tanker/trailer owners will buy/rent freight coaches from the NRC and continue their haulage business non-stop but changing with the times. That is what successful businesses do, right

I hope GEJ has adequate plans for continuous maintenance of these revived railways. He must promote vocational schools and technical colleges through counterpart funding for LGAs and states ready to invest in such education rather than just universities churning out un-employable graduates.

tawa89: Guyman you have bin complaining about this light issue since 2006 you joined Nairaland. Maybe your problem is from your village or what do you think?

naptu2:

It's true that it started during OBJ's era, but we must also give credit to GEJ for continuing with it.

OBJ started the NIPP project, Yar'Adua stopped it. Nigeria lost a lot because Yar'Adua stopped it. GEJ started it again and I'm very grateful for that.

kshow1: People should stop praising all these white elephant projects.
Lets all look for answers to the following questions.
1. Have we seen any major rail line leading to major cities in the country ?
2. What is the destination point of these project ? Apapa port to ?? (please also note that we have several ports of discharge i.e Apapa,Tincan,Five star,Grimaldi etc
3. Are there any terminals in the major cities to accommodate the containers from the port ?

If we cant readily get answers to the above questions, So how will goods be transported to these cities since we all know our nation is import-dependence.