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How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by Nobody: 8:05pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
The story of why Lagos, a city of about 17 million people, still depends mostly on buses to take care of the transportation needs of millions of people that commute around the city daily must be told for the sake of posterity. It is the story of how the Lagos State Rail Mass Transit Scheme, which was meant was to ease the transportation bottlenecks common in Lagos, was stalled for 3 decades. First civillian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, was the first to initiate the process of building a rapid mass transit system in Lagos in the early 1980s. He conceived the idea, designed the project and awarded the contract to a French firm at N700 million with a completion period of 2 years. However, the first obstacle to the realisation of the project came from former president Alhaji Shehu Shagari. Shagari frustrated the project by allegedly stopping the CBN from releasing funds for the project. The report below throws more light on this incident: Sincere 9gerian: Explaining how Shagari and Buhari worked against the metro-rail project, Jakande said there was delay after the N700 million metro-line project was awarded to a French firm with the arrangement to first pay N70 million and pay the rest in the space of two years.All efforts by Jakande to salvage the project came to a halt with the Gen Buhari military coup of 1983. The project remained in limbo until 1985 when Buhari cancelled the project completely at a loss of over $78 million to the Lagos tax payers. In the report below, Buhari gave his reasons for cancelling the project: Sincere 9gerian: Buhari, while speaking in Lagos on Wednesday at the presentation of his party manifesto, said when he got into power, the relatively stable economy, which was handed over to the government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari, had been badly plundered and corruption was rife in every sector. He added that the rail line project was meant to cost N100m, which was a large sum of money then, and the Federal Government was asked to guarantee the loan meant for the projectFrom 1983 when the Lagos rail mass transit project was halted till this democratic dispensation began in 1999 (a period of almost 2 decades), Nigeria saw 4 Military Presidents/Head of State (including 8 year and 5 year rule of IBB and Abacha respectively), but none touched or even talked about the Lagos mass transit project. Former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, tried to resurrect the project in 2003 but nothing came out of that. However, in 2008 the current governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, began another concrete effort to make the project a reality by proposing a new design of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit System. But actual work on the project did not begin until 2010 when there was a new order at the federal level. The first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit is now scheduled to be completed in 2015. Lagosians are eager to see this happen because it will definitely ease the problem of mass transportation in the state. |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by OmoTier1(m): 8:25pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
[size=13pt]So is it your LOOTOCRAT GEJ that is now building the lightrail PDP e-demon[/size] 6 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by Nobody: 8:39pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
^ I didn't say so. It is definitely a project of the Lagos State govt. But as you can see from the history of the project, a mischievous president can stall or frustrate the project. 3 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by Nobody: 8:42pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
Omo_Tier1: [size=13pt]So is it your LOOTOCRAT GEJ that is now building the lightrail Save for the caption of this write up which I don't entirely agree with, I believe the op presented a balanced viewpoint. And I am also of the view that it is too early in the thread for you to start name-calling and cursing. 2 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by ISpiksDaTroof: 8:44pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
Sincere 9gerian: ^ I didn't say so. It is definitely a project of the Lagos State govt. But as you can see from the history of the project, a mischievous president can stall or frustrate the project.Thats why GEJ blessed them with 1822 Locomotives, right? 1 Like |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by donphilopus: 8:51pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
Can these PPP agents stop having sleepless nights and restless days, because of Buhari? 4 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by Nobody: 8:59pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
donphilopus: Can these PPP agents stop having sleepless nights and restless days, because of Buhari?Can you face the bitter TRUTH for once in your life? Meanwhile, that line is now stale and boring. Kindly upgrade. 2 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by DAY12(m): 9:20pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
Sincere 9gerian: Guy, Have you ever regretted waiting too long or too little? |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by agbameta: 9:25pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
Omo_Tier1: [size=13pt]So is it your LOOTOCRAT GEJ that is now building the lightrail Nigeria: Jakande Blames Buhari, Shagari for Failed Lagos Metro Project See how the crooked and fraudulent aso rock oponu left out shagari. 2 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by agbameta: 9:27pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
gregtochi: What's so balanced about the deceptive and bogus old news nonsense..? 2 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by Nobody: 11:25pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
agbameta:Tinubu clown! Shagari has retired from partisan politics but the coupist, Buhari, is still parading himself as a political leader in APC. More over, the body of the article contains all the details. 3 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by ISpiksDaTroof: 11:36pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
Sincere 9gerian:What do you want him to do when crooks, criminals and looters like yourself are still running around? 3 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by agbameta: 11:51pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
Sincere 9gerian: Oponu bingo. What's shagari and partisan politics got to do with your lies, bait and switch deception...? I see you are still choking on tinubus balls... Do you see him in your sleep too or wish he's sleeping next to you?..... Fvking fagittttt. lmao. 3 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by ShineuEye: 1:11am On Jan 10, 2014 |
After all this and the SW still acts as slaves to the north. This is a serious vase of master/servant relationship. 1 Like |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by OmoTier1(m): 1:14am On Jan 10, 2014 |
gregtochi:Go and see T.B Joshua...... Just my recommendation for you 1 Like |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by ShineuEye: 1:24am On Jan 10, 2014 |
Omo_Tier1: TB Joshua won't be able to help you. A lost case. 1 Like |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by MayorofLagos(m): 1:32am On Jan 10, 2014 |
Sincere 9gerian: The story of why Lagos, a city of about 17 million people, still depends mostly on buses to take care of the transportation needs of millions of people that commute around the city daily must be told for the sake of posterity. It is the story of how the Lagos State Rail Mass Transit Scheme, which was meant was to ease the transportation bottlenecks common in Lagos, was stalled for 3 decades. Lmao. I always enjoy your entertainment, particularly when you cant contain yourself and the delirium of whatever you are chasing drives you into ecstatic shrieks. No government can stop us from doing what we want. If a project is interrupted by FG, regardless who the President or Head of State is, its because we allowed it. There are many episodes on record in which FG had numerously interferred in the internal administrative business of Lagos and they were pushed back and successfully restrained. FG did not stop rail project, they delayed it. We are back on it and should be done soon. Tell them in village to come and ride the speeding metal snake. |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by Nobody: 6:15am On Jan 10, 2014 |
Mayor_of_Lagos:And the fact that certain presidents/head of state "delayed" such critical project for about 3 decade (30 years) means nothing to you? Why do you make those who call you a fool appear justified? Incredible! 1 Like |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by MayorofLagos(m): 6:33am On Jan 10, 2014 |
Sincere 9gerian: There is no doubt that they delayed it but we also played a part by allowing it. Read my earlier response. They are not to blame, we are. When Gowon attempted to turn Lagos to Federal property, Oba Oyekan told him to fvck off, Gowon lost the case and FG remained a tenant, not an owner of any part of Lagos. When President Obasanjo withehld Lagos allocation from Federation Account, Asiwaju told him to go and die; he devised a new way to generate revenue and the state survived. We dont sit waiting on FG to come and build us a bridge or airport, we develop at our own pace and independently on our own vision. We are to blame that no one devised a way to circumvent the FG and continued the rail project. Like i said, we are looking for money to sustain more growth, share the news in village, tell everybody to come and ride the fast snake. Tell them leave their machette back in village, its no need for that here. 3 Likes |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by Nobody: 7:24am On Jan 10, 2014 |
Mayor_of_Lagos:Here they go again, comparing apples and oranges. Anyway, it still doesn't change the fact that a project that should have been completed by Jakande 1986 is still going on in 2014. This is a FACT that should bother you |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by SLIDEwaxie(m): 7:57am On Jan 10, 2014 |
Sincere 9gerian: ^ I didn't say so. It is definitely a project of the Lagos State govt. But as you can see from the history of the project, a mischievous president can stall or frustrate the project.then shut up if it wasn't ur GEJ that is building it now! On the contrary, we thank God say the projects were neva done then! Do u knw why? because it wld av been an old project. And Jonathan wld av not allowed the light rail project now by Lagos state, instead, he wld av brought in his refurbished locomotive from china, slammed it on the old rail, and called it railway revitalization. That wldnt av been worst than when u e-demons and sycophants will start singing the praises of the daft president for slamming a locomotive on the rails in the 21st century! Person wey dey go work by train go worst past person wey hook for traffic!! 1 Like |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by Nobody: 8:09am On Jan 10, 2014 |
SLIDE waxie: then shut up if it wasn't ur GEJ that is building it now!Meaningless rant! |
Re: How Buhari And Co Stalled The Construction Of Lagos Rail Project For 3 Decades by Nobody: 9:57am On Jan 10, 2014 |
donphilopus: Can these PPP agents stop having sleepless nights and restless days, because of Buhari?Is Buhari no longer APC's man of the moment? |
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