Lagos ibadan expressway has a huge economic importance to this country, being the main route from lagos other parts of the country. Accidents had claim many lives on this particular road. The government of bro jona started the rehabilitation/reconstruction of the road; work on the road is being handled by julius berger and Renolds construction company.
for us that do not ply the route often, i think it will be a good thing that we get update on the ongoing work now that power has changed hand. make the project no turn to abandoned project AMEN.

work is slow haphazard and incompetent looking
if buhari complete it now wailers will start wailing that he is claiming Jona glory

It's been totally abandoned...RCC has really done a nice job, i guess they were hit by paucity of fund...Julius Berger on d other end, have been totally disappointing, they have done little or no Job at all...

it would be sad if this project is abandoned because of whatever reason they have. this is not the kind of change we want, the people that have the hears of the power that be should talk to them.

why are you people thinking that this project will be abondon? dnt even think such. it should be among the first projects to be completed nao looking at d states connect to the project (Lagos-APC base, OYO-APC allied). so have no fear, the project will be completed.

why are you people thinking that this project will be abandon? dnt even think such. it should be among the first projects to be completed nao looking at d states connect to the project (Lagos-APC base, OYO-APC allied). so have no fear, the project will be completed.

G

I hope GEJ secured the funding for this project cos left to d Dullard, it will be abandoned... He has d antecedent

Yorubas will die in silence in dis regime. Dey will get noting yet dey wont complain to avoid ridicule

basilo101:
Yorubas will die in silence in dis regime. Dey will get noting yet dey wont complain to avoid ridicule

Excellent, you are a political genius!

mikolo80:
work is slow haphazard and incompetent looking
if buhari complete it now wailers will start wailing that he is claiming Jona glory

he goat and bigots like you will not know that funds for the project from beginning to the end is available

DMerciful:
I hope GEJ secured the funding for this project cos left to d Dullard, it will be abandoned... He has d antecedent

Gej was proactive, funds for the project was handed to infrastructure bank, money will be available from beginning to the end.


am waiting for pro Apc to claim, Buhari completed it.

I passed through the road some days back. Work is on going.. One of the legacy projects the jaaaaanjaweeeds denied our beloved brother from completing. What a shame.

Work is ongoing

Happiness87:
he goat and bigots like you will not know that funds for the project from beginning to the end is available

Alaskan 1700 miles highway was built in 2 yrs while Lagos Ibadan of 100 miles is struggling after he spent pretended to fix it since last year. 100 fuckingI miles that should take 3 months. like you said with complete money. stupid fuckingI wailer

It's a shame yorubas are distracted with trivial things rather than looking at the bigger picture. How often do we hear of good roads in the north while the more economically important south can barely boast of many. The leaders in the southwest are seriously failing their people with their selfishness. Instead of fighting for their right in abuja all they care about is the brown envelope.
The current system is not benefiting my people at all and nobody seem to care. Instead of praising this politicians why not make your voice heard by showing your displeasure.
Anyways, people deserve what they are getting so can't be bothered anymore

mdbissalla:
why are you people thinking that this project will be abandon? dnt even think such. it should be among the first projects to be completed nao looking at d states connect to the project (Lagos-APC base, OYO-APC allied). so have no fear, the project will be completed.

aside from that ,the project had been approved and funded from the start to finish

Happiness87:
he goat and bigots like you will not know that funds for the project from beginning to the end is available

pity your children thief


FG drops planned refinery projects •Jonathan must tackle fuel subsidy corruption–Labour
DECEMBER 15, 2012 : NIYI ODEBODE AND FIDELIS SORIWEI, ABUJA
President Goodluck Jonathan
Eleven months after promising to build three new refineries for the country, the Federal Government may have dumped the plan.
Saturday PUNCH investigations showed that the FG may have dropped the idea because of the unresolved issue of deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.
This development came to the fore as organised labour expressed surprise at President Goodluck Jonathan’s N161bn supplementary budget on fuel subsidy for 2012.
The labour body advised the President to tackle corruption in the oil sector.
The President had in a letter to the National Assembly on Tuesday, said the N888bn budgeted for fuel subsidy this year would not be enough.
But as Jonathan is seeking an additional N161bn, the FG has yet to begin moves to build the three refineries it promised during the fuel subsidy protests last January.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had in 2010 unfolded plans to build three new refineries.
The refineries are to be sited in Kogi, Lagos and Bayelsa states.
The NNPC Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technology, Mr. Billy Agha, who stood in then for the Group Managing Director in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, had said 7,000 job opportunities would be created by the Greenfield Refinery that would be built in the state by the corporation in partnership with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation.
Again in 2012, at the height of the fuel subsidy protests, the Federal Government said it would build three refineries.
The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, who spoke to douse the tension associated with the protests, had said, “I want Nigerians to know that when these new refineries are completed, we will be a net exporter of petroleum products and prices will begin to come down, just as we are witnessing in the telecommunications sector with the GSM regime.
“That is my message to Nigerians. Let us support the government. Let us join hands with the government because it cannot and will not take any decision with the aim of punishing fellow Nigerians. It is impossible. So, Nigerians should have this at the back of their minds.
“The one in Lagos is with the capacity of 200,000 barrels per day, while the ones in Kogi and Bayelsa have the capacity to produce 100,000 barrels per day.”
Investigations at the NNPC showed that 11 months after the government promised to build the three refineries, not much has been done to that effect.
A top official of the corporation told one of our correspondents that the three refineries were supposed to be part of the government’s effort to stop fuel importation.
He said, “The three refineries are to be built by the government in partnership with the private sector. They do not include the six that are solely private sector driven.
“But from all indications, the government has developed cold feet and the six by the private sector seem to be still-birth. There are various stakeholders who prefer fuel importation. These are the people that will not allow the plan to build refineries to succeed.”
President Goodluck Jonathan had said that private investors were not interested in building refineries in the country because of the fuel subsidy regime.
He had said, “Why is it that people are not building refineries in Nigeria despite the fact that it is big business? It is because of the policy of subsidy, and that is why we want to get out of it. Who will build refineries and end importation of petroleum products? Subsidy must go.”
The President had spoken in Abuja when he received the report of the graduating participants of the Senior Executive Course 34, 2012 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies.
Efforts to get NNPC’s comment on the status of the three refineries did not succeed.
Attempts to speak with the acting General Manager, Public Affairs at NNPC, Mr. Fidel Pepple, proved abortive as calls to his cell-phone did not go through. It was learnt that he was out of the country.
Similarly, attempts to speak with the General Manager, Media, Dr. Ibrahim Umar, were unsuccessful. He neither picked calls to his cell-phone nor replied a text on the status of the refineries.
Commenting on the failure of the government to build the three refineries, the President of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. Peter Esele, said the President should fulfil his promise.
He stated, “The people involved are just waiting for some form of assurance to take off. The President should take that step to commence action on it.
“He has made a promise, those people want to do it, but they want a guarantee from the government. It is important for the President to give them this before they start. It is incumbent on the President to break the ground for those refineries to be built. This thing has to do with credibility.”
He expressed surprise over the N161bn supplementary budget on fuel subsidy the President submitted to the National Assembly.
Esele said that there was the need to address the corruption in the fuel subsidy regime.
According to him, based on the increase in the pump price of fuel by 60 per cent in January, the amount spent on fuel subsidy should have reduced.
He said, “The thing came to me as a surprise because the pump price was increased by 60 per cent in January. When we had N1.7trn, there was so much corruption in the system. And now that we are getting the corruption out of the system, the subsidy should come down drastically.
“At least, it should reduce by over N500bn. It is expected that pump price would have reduced. With this additional demand, there is the impression that there is still corruption in the management of the subsidy.”
On her part, the president of the Campaign for Democracy, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, described the present government as profligate.
She said, “To spend N1trn on subsidy in a year at N32 per litre tax, which was imposed on petroleum, is the height of fiscal recklessness.
“No country that runs on this template can make a progress.”
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has also urged the FG to repair existing refineries and build new ones.
The group warned that import-driven deregulation would ruin the nation’s petroleum industry.
President of the association, Babatunde Ogun, said, “We call on the government to ensure that the existing refineries perform optimally and new ones are built within a specified time frame. It does not have to be giant refineries, but pockets of refineries across the country, especially in the oil-producing states.
“Similarly, operators in the upstream sector must be made to refine a specific percentage of their allocations locally.”
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mikolo80:
pity your children thief


FG drops planned refinery projects •Jonathan must tackle fuel subsidy corruption–Labour
DECEMBER 15, 2012 : NIYI ODEBODE AND FIDELIS SORIWEI, ABUJA
President Goodluck Jonathan
Eleven months after promising to build three new refineries for the country, the Federal Government may have dumped the plan.
Saturday PUNCH investigations showed that the FG may have dropped the idea because of the unresolved issue of deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.
This development came to the fore as organised labour expressed surprise at President Goodluck Jonathan’s N161bn supplementary budget on fuel subsidy for 2012.
The labour body advised the President to tackle corruption in the oil sector.
The President had in a letter to the National Assembly on Tuesday, said the N888bn budgeted for fuel subsidy this year would not be enough.
But as Jonathan is seeking an additional N161bn, the FG has yet to begin moves to build the three refineries it promised during the fuel subsidy protests last January.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had in 2010 unfolded plans to build three new refineries.
The refineries are to be sited in Kogi, Lagos and Bayelsa states.
The NNPC Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technology, Mr. Billy Agha, who stood in then for the Group Managing Director in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, had said 7,000 job opportunities would be created by the Greenfield Refinery that would be built in the state by the corporation in partnership with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation.
Again in 2012, at the height of the fuel subsidy protests, the Federal Government said it would build three refineries.
The Minister of Works, Mr. Mike Onolememen, who spoke to douse the tension associated with the protests, had said, “I want Nigerians to know that when these new refineries are completed, we will be a net exporter of petroleum products and prices will begin to come down, just as we are witnessing in the telecommunications sector with the GSM regime.
“That is my message to Nigerians. Let us support the government. Let us join hands with the government because it cannot and will not take any decision with the aim of punishing fellow Nigerians. It is impossible. So, Nigerians should have this at the back of their minds.
“The one in Lagos is with the capacity of 200,000 barrels per day, while the ones in Kogi and Bayelsa have the capacity to produce 100,000 barrels per day.”
Investigations at the NNPC showed that 11 months after the government promised to build the three refineries, not much has been done to that effect.
A top official of the corporation told one of our correspondents that the three refineries were supposed to be part of the government’s effort to stop fuel importation.
He said, “The three refineries are to be built by the government in partnership with the private sector. They do not include the six that are solely private sector driven.
“But from all indications, the government has developed cold feet and the six by the private sector seem to be still-birth. There are various stakeholders who prefer fuel importation. These are the people that will not allow the plan to build refineries to succeed.”
President Goodluck Jonathan had said that private investors were not interested in building refineries in the country because of the fuel subsidy regime.
He had said, “Why is it that people are not building refineries in Nigeria despite the fact that it is big business? It is because of the policy of subsidy, and that is why we want to get out of it. Who will build refineries and end importation of petroleum products? Subsidy must go.”
The President had spoken in Abuja when he received the report of the graduating participants of the Senior Executive Course 34, 2012 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies.
Efforts to get NNPC’s comment on the status of the three refineries did not succeed.
Attempts to speak with the acting General Manager, Public Affairs at NNPC, Mr. Fidel Pepple, proved abortive as calls to his cell-phone did not go through. It was learnt that he was out of the country.
Similarly, attempts to speak with the General Manager, Media, Dr. Ibrahim Umar, were unsuccessful. He neither picked calls to his cell-phone nor replied a text on the status of the refineries.
Commenting on the failure of the government to build the three refineries, the President of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. Peter Esele, said the President should fulfil his promise.
He stated, “The people involved are just waiting for some form of assurance to take off. The President should take that step to commence action on it.
“He has made a promise, those people want to do it, but they want a guarantee from the government. It is important for the President to give them this before they start. It is incumbent on the President to break the ground for those refineries to be built. This thing has to do with credibility.”
He expressed surprise over the N161bn supplementary budget on fuel subsidy the President submitted to the National Assembly.
Esele said that there was the need to address the corruption in the fuel subsidy regime.
According to him, based on the increase in the pump price of fuel by 60 per cent in January, the amount spent on fuel subsidy should have reduced.
He said, “The thing came to me as a surprise because the pump price was increased by 60 per cent in January. When we had N1.7trn, there was so much corruption in the system. And now that we are getting the corruption out of the system, the subsidy should come down drastically.
“At least, it should reduce by over N500bn. It is expected that pump price would have reduced. With this additional demand, there is the impression that there is still corruption in the management of the subsidy.”
On her part, the president of the Campaign for Democracy, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, described the present government as profligate.
She said, “To spend N1trn on subsidy in a year at N32 per litre tax, which was imposed on petroleum, is the height of fiscal recklessness.
“No country that runs on this template can make a progress.”
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has also urged the FG to repair existing refineries and build new ones.
The group warned that import-driven deregulation would ruin the nation’s petroleum industry.
President of the association, Babatunde Ogun, said, “We call on the government to ensure that the existing refineries perform optimally and new ones are built within a specified time frame. It does not have to be giant refineries, but pockets of refineries across the country, especially in the oil-producing states.
“Similarly, operators in the upstream sector must be made to refine a specific percentage of their allocations locally.”
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pooo idiot

who is discussing about refineries here

mikolo80:
Alaskan 1700 miles highway was built in 2 yrs while Lagos Ibadan of 100 miles is struggling after he spent pretended to fix it since last year. 100 fuckingI miles that should take 3 months. like you said with complete money. stupid fuckingI wailer

you are brain dead,

asking for 100miles to be constructed in 3months. as if you are building a bedroom.

its obvious you are a kid. you know nothing about construction, you just came online to argue.

you are comparing Alaska to Nigeria, see the level of your stupidity, who even brainwashed you that the road was constructed in 2years

i pity those that liked your pooo

Happiness87:
you are brain dead,

asking for 100miles to be constructed in 3months. as if you are building a bedroom.

its obvious you are a kid. you know nothing about construction, you just came online to argue.

you are comparing Alaska to Nigeria, see the level of your stupidity, who even brainwashed you that the road was constructed in 2years

i pity those that liked your pooo

do you see how stupid and ignorant you look now. in international media for that matter. int'l f00lishness,not local anymore . I really pity your children


[b]
The Japanese road repaired SIX days after it was destroyed by quake
By Mail Foreign Service
20:13 23 Mar 2011, updated 02:01 24 Mar 2011
+1
The picture of gaping chasms in a Japanese highway demonstrated the power of the March 11 earthquake.
Now the astonishing speed of reconstruction is being used to highlight the nation’s ability to get back on its feet.
Work began on March 17 and six days later the cratered section of the Great Kanto Highway in Naka was as good as new. It was ready to re-open to traffic last night.
Now you see it...: This stretch of the Great Kanto highway was wrecked by deep chasms in the March 11 earthquake - but was repaired in just six days
Many workers returned to their jobs the day after the quake and subsequent tsunami and some businesses in the worst-hit regions have already reopened.
The Japanese recovery has prompted some investors, including American Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest men, to declare that the disaster which has left 23,000 dead or missing represents a ‘buying opportunity’ in the money markets.
Meanwhile, mothers in Tokyo were warned yesterday not to give tap water to their babies.[/b]


www.nairaland.com/630872/japanese-tsunami-road-repaired-six

mikolo80:


do you see how stupid and ignorant you look now. in international media for that matter. int'l f00lishness,not local anymore . I really pity your children


[b]
The Japanese road repaired SIX days after it was destroyed by quake
By Mail Foreign Service
20:13 23 Mar 2011, updated 02:01 24 Mar 2011
+1
The picture of gaping chasms in a Japanese highway demonstrated the power of the March 11 earthquake.
Now the astonishing speed of reconstruction is being used to highlight the nation’s ability to get back on its feet.
Work began on March 17 and six days later the cratered section of the Great Kanto Highway in Naka was as good as new. It was ready to re-open to traffic last night.
Now you see it...: This stretch of the Great Kanto highway was wrecked by deep chasms in the March 11 earthquake - but was repaired in just six days
Many workers returned to their jobs the day after the quake and subsequent tsunami and some businesses in the worst-hit regions have already reopened.
The Japanese recovery has prompted some investors, including American Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest men, to declare that the disaster which has left 23,000 dead or missing represents a ‘buying opportunity’ in the money markets.
Meanwhile, mothers in Tokyo were warned yesterday not to give tap water to their babies.[/b]

ewu come here, where are you from?? what Do you know about construction.

is repairing a road the same as expanding and constructing new lanes.

which state are you, have your gov constructed any new road in your state and how long did it take?? fool!! stupid smelling dog barking for Tinubu.

is Japanese terrain the same as Nigeria.
he goat, this is my last response to your foolishness

Happiness87:
ewu come here, where are you from?? what Do you know about construction.

is repairing a road the same as expanding and constructing new lanes.

which state are you, have your gov constructed any new road in your state and how long did it take?? fool!! stupid smelling dog barking for Tinubu.

is Japanese terrain the same as Nigeria.
he goat, this is my last response to your foolishness

my bad .but I pray your children's teachers train them to read more and insult less cos if not they will become incompetent classless mannerless thieves like their mother

mikolo80:
my bad .but I pray your children's teachers train them to read more and insult less cos if not they will become incompetent classless mannerless thieves like their mother

i thought you know how to insult, stupid hypocrites
who started the insults.

have you ever used the word "clueless " before??

Happiness87:
i thought you know how to insult, stupid hypocrites
who started the insults.

have you ever used the word "clueless " before??

o so e pain you idiot woman. anyway if you like learn if you like remain in darkness and primitivity you don't matter to me. it is the ignorance you're spreading that concerns me so you don't poison other ppl who want a better nation but believe it cannot be done.which terrain in Nigeria is bp bad as one hit by the earthquake in the pic in the link. too much nollywmood and village life na in de worry you south south and fast people

www.nairaland.com/630872/japanese-tsunami-road-repaired-six

it is foolishI mindsets like yours that keeps us down. like our teachers who said that tractors are expensive and we cannot do anything without govt. that ignorance is what keeps us down and I will preach against it every opportunity i get cos it is education and information the white man has over us.and soon as I can before it I will SHOW ppl that it can be done because of doubting/deceiving Thomases like you.I don't know how to put picture (ignorance)but here is the link (I found a way to provide alternative unlike you that believe there is only one way to do things)

www.nairaland.com/630872/japanese-tsunami-road-repaired-six

for those who want to learn cos it is mumu's like you that get voted into power with no idea what to do. no wonder you're supporting the incompetence of Jonathan. I even regret insulting you, it's not your fault if you don't read much. it's the way you were taught. and you simply can't

www.nairaland.com/630872/japanese-tsunami-road-repaired-six what you don't have.

mikolo80:
o so e pain you idiot woman. anyway if you like learn if you like remain in darkness and primitivity you don't matter to me. it is the ignorance you're spreading that concerns me so you don't poison other ppl who want a better nation but believe it cannot be done.which terrain in Nigeria is bp bad as one hit by the earthquake in the pic in the link. too much nollywmood and village life na in de worry you south south and fast people

www.nairaland.com/630872/japanese-tsunami-road-repaired-six

it is foolishI mindsets like yours that keeps us down. like our teachers who said that tractors are expensive and we cannot do anything without govt. that ignorance is what keeps us down and I will preach against it every opportunity i get cos it is education and information the white man has over us.and soon as I can before it I will SHOW ppl that it can be done because of doubting/deceiving Thomases like you.I don't know how to put picture (ignorance)but here is the link (I found a way to provide alternative unlike you that believe there is only one way to do things)

www.nairaland.com/630872/japanese-tsunami-road-repaired-six

for those who want to learn cos it is mumu's like you that get voted into power with no idea what to do. no wonder you're supporting the incompetence of Jonathan. I even regret insulting you, it's not your fault if you don't read much. it's the way you were taught. and you simply can't

www.nairaland.com/630872/japanese-tsunami-road-repaired-six what you don't have.

bigot, keep living in fools paradise

Happiness87:
bigot, keep living in fools paradise

you're the f..OK you're the (define bigot) cos you don't rote educated. eyaa sorry hopefully you'll meet a man that will enlighten you. don't worry we're coming to save you.just hang in there buhari is just the beginning,the tip of the iceberg, the vanguard. he will clear a path for light and truth and we will finally be free from the thieves who have raped this country and tried to steal our future

mikolo80:
you're the f..OK you're the (define bigot) cos you don't rote educated. eyaa sorry hopefully you'll meet a man that will enlighten you. don't worry we're coming to save you.just hang in there buhari is just the beginning,the tip of the iceberg, the vanguard. he will clear a path for light and truth and we will finally be free from the thieves who have raped this country and tried to steal our future

bro abeg leave dat daft gal jawe,she no wan mak use of her brain

This is one of the many reason, I want all account to be separate.

During Jonathan goodluck / obasanjo period . even while we paid into the federation account. No single project came to us.


I knew many of their ministers. The purpose while they wereappointed as ministers was so that they could work with country of the kingdom of western nNigeria to repair thing



Every oba should conduct election in their cities and towns and build the roads, schools themself.




No single one of those minister under Obasanjo or goodluck Jonathan ever gave me a call or contact me to repair the country of western Nigeria. Basically nothing was done ,close to nothing. So who want to pay into an account where no single money will be use for project.

Dollyak:
It's a shame yorubas are distracted with trivial things rather than looking at the bigger picture. How often do we hear of good roads in the north while the more economically important south can barely boast of many. The leaders in the southwest are seriously failing their people with their selfishness. Instead of fighting for their right in abuja all they care about is the brown envelope.
The current system is not benefiting my people at all and nobody seem to care. Instead of praising this politicians why not make your voice heard by showing your displeasure.
Anyways, people deserve what they are getting so can't be bothered anymore

So Buhari is supposed to fix all the federal roads in less than 2 months, right?

GEJ left the south west federal roads to rot and only started trying to fix them when elections were approaching, apart from the ore-benin section of the express, others were messed up.

Some of us have been following this situation for over a decade so get your facts right.

ba7man:
So Buhari is supposed to fix all the federal roads in less than 2 months, right?

GEJ left the south west federal roads to rot and only started trying to fix them when elections were approaching, apart from the ore-benin section of the express, others were messed up.

Some of us have been following this situation for over a decade so get your facts right.

The context is definitely lost on you. The fact is, there is no reason why SW should have to depend on federal government for basic things like roads. This is even more so when you consider the region's collective contribution to the federal government. This is not about Gej or Buhari but about what is right. Something needs to be done.