ba7man: There's no need for arguements. Rail and power is one of they major ways of opening up a Country's economy. The USA's East-West Railway line is what opened up the whole country by connecting the East-Coast to the West-Coast.....Resulting in the development of every city it passed through on its way. All that didn't happen in 5years.

We can't achieve high speed rail all of a sudden. We have to work with what's on ground first and we can then develop it further.

The revival of the Nigerian Railway system is still in its infancy and we can only pray the Govt continues to work in it....rather than get comfortable and relax thinking "Hey, the trains are running at least".

Also, there's no basis of comparism between the BRT and Nigerian Rail. One is Intra-City, the Other is Inter-State.......And those buses aren't Molues, Rickety ones have been pulled out of service to the maintainance yard in Ojota. You can go see them there.

The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway project
cost the country about $32 billion. It has 24 stations,
22 tunnels and 244 bridges - including the 164-km
long Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge which is the
longest bridge in the world.
Designers of China's high-speed railway network say
the trains will run at a speed of 350 km/h, with a
maximum speed of up to 380 km/h which would cut
the train travel time between Beijing and Shanghai
from 10 hours to 4.8 hours.

Sincere 9gerian:
I like the way you tried to provide a balanced perspective. I asked the children of Buhari earlier on, if Buhari had won in 2011, from then till now, what did they expect would have taken place in the rail sector. Would he have bombed and destroyed the old railways? How many bullet train lines would have been built by Buhari? Perhaps by now bullet trains would have been cris-crossing the country. What was even Buhari's master plan for the railways as at 2011. These are legitimate questions which none of them have answered. Atleast if know what their master Buhari would have done, we would know what we'r missing and why Buhari disciples are crying now

Obiagelli:
THIS IS WHAT I CALL DEVELOPMENT
Btw I am struggling to find the actual cost of refurbishing the lagos - Kano route, sincere 9gerian can you help me out

kingoflag:

Yes, Mr.Imbec*ile, I can confidently say that had Buhari won, Nigeria would be a billion times better than it is now. You know why? All those funds being stolen would have been used for the development of the country and the well being of the people which they were rightfully meant for in the first place. The jumbo pay the Senators and co are earning wouldve been drastically reduced thereby freeing up even more funds for the development of the country; either you come to truly serve your country or you go home--- go somewhere else, preferably the private sector if becoming extremely rich is your desire. Instead of Private Jets for a few, thered have been good roads for all. Instead of one useless man calling himself President and therefore thinking he deserves more than $32,000/ day for his meals, that money wouldve been put towards better use. All those Bentleys, Rolexes, and Mansions that your useless Government officials are buying with money meant for clowns like yourself wouldve been put towards Healthcare and Education. Indiscipline wouldve reduced drastically, and corruption would be almost non existent.

So, yes, Mr.Loser-That-Fancies-Himself-A-Dokita, if Buhari was to be at the helm of your dead country's affairs youd have been earning a decent and honorable living like a man because youd have been gainfully employed, instead of living for crumbs like a low-life biyytch after selling your soul and your future---day in, day out---for pennies.

Sincere 9gerian:
I asked SPECIFICALLY about the rail sector but you went on and on, ranting like a mad man.

You conveniently forgot that this same Buhari was MAXIMUM ruler of this country for about 2yrs (no governor, no legislators. Buhari had ALL the resources of the federation to himself). How many new rail lines project did he INITIATE within that period? How many Km of the new rail lines was he able to construct before he was sent packing?

awodman:
You failed to provide how long it took to construct what you call "development"...
And if you look closely it actually did cost a whooping $32 billion dollars to achieve that..

Meanwhile it cost $151.7 million to rehabilitate Lagos-kano narrow gauge line...

For the Lagos-Ibadan standard guage line the contract will cost $1.59 billion
Abuja-kaduna standard guage line will cost $875 million