oromenike D/LINE primary school

sorry the school up there is along old aba road, this is oromenike primary school d/line

NTA-choba Road, , the contractor should be hung,
Tam-David West Road(3rd image)

Tam David West/East West flyover by gitto, Tam david west is to serve as a link between the new and old PH

rumuola road, sexy!!

Rainbow town,

ICPC bursts N5bn contract scam in Rivers
, Arrests commissioner, bank chiefs
From Our reporter
Monday, June 21, 2010



The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has nabbed the Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr Parker Sampson and several top government functionaries in the state over a N5 billion ($37.2 million) contract scam.

The commission also arrested some contractors, and officials of three banks based in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital as well as the accountant general of the state on alleged involvement in the scam. They are being questioned over their alleged complicity in the deal.

The government officials already in ICPC net include a permanent secretary in the ministry of health, the director of accounts and the director of medical services in the ministry, all said to have made useful statements in support of allegations levelled against the commissioner.

According to ICPC, arrest of the suspects was necessitated by the roles each of them allegedly played in the diversion of the sum of N5 billion earmarked by the state government for construction of Justice Karibi Whyte Memorial Hospital located at Omagwa, Rivers State. The construction was to be jointly handled by a foreign contractor Clinotech International Ova.

It said the health commissioner allegedly collaborated with the main contractor, Dr. Harrison Ofiyal, managing director, Clinotech International Ova, which had been engaged by the government of Rivers State for the construction of the hospital. It said preliminary investigations conducted by its operatives had shown that the amount claimed to have been spent on the hospital project was nothing to compare with the structure on the ground, thus indicating that those connected with the project allegedly misappropriated a large chunk of the money earmarked.

The Justice Karibi Whyte Memorial Hospital, according to plan by the Rivers State Government, was meant to be constructed by Public Private Partnership arrangement. The ICPC said the officials of three banks so far arrested were alleged to have aided the diversion of the fund earmarked for the project such that 60 per cent of the N5 billion set aside for construction could not be accounted for.

The Resident Consultant to ICPC on Media, Mr. Folu Olamiti, said the anti-graft commission swung into action on account of petitions filed by concerned citizens from Rivers State on the contract and eventually uncovered the scam.
He said investigations into the contract scam was yet to conclude as he indicated that more arrest of suspected culprits would be made immediately a signal to that effect emerge.


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpage, 6-2010-010.htm

sorry, i believe this is the correct link http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/june/21/national-21-06-2010-010.htm , , dem must to die money, why?

IGNATIUS CHUKWU in Port Harcourt writes that the Rivers State government is poised to revolutionise transportation in the Garden City with the construction of West Africa's first monorail project
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, May 14, 2010, laid the foundation stones to flag off construction of West Africa's first monorail project and perhaps Africa's third monorail experiment, after the Nile system and Kuala Lumpur monorail project. Should construction go according to plan, and with N50Bn spent by the next five years, five trains of 300 passengers each would move at the same time and run through the routes from morning till night.

The Port Harcourt monorail, an advanced rapid transit system, is therefore capable of hauling over 15,000 passengers in a day, conservatively. The implication is that the monorail system would mop up passengers that would have required at least 1000 14-seater buses to handle. When monorail begins, at least 1000 buses would either go off road or look for passengers elsewhere. At least, there would be sanity on the roads and the routes in the garden city.

By charging at least N.50k per drop on a short route and N1 for long routes, the monorail operations are capable of earning at least N1m per day, N30m per month or N360m per annum to its owners, the Rivers Monorail Company Limited (RMCL). The RMCL is a special purpose vehicle (a joint venture) between the Rivers State Government and a private company, STI Property International, owned by former military governor of the state, Anthony Ukpo. The Cross River State-born retired Army officer is now into heavy investments in Port Harcourt (Rivers State) and runs other businesses in the garden city including the top-class hotel in the reserved areas, Le Meriden (Ogenyi Place), which is not far from the prestigious Hotel Presidential and Protea Hotel.

According to Ukpo, the first phase of the construction is expected to bring results in the next two years with two trains on course. By the time the 19.1km route is completed, the monorail system would begin from Aggrey Road in the heart of the old city to Sharks Park and UTC Junction. It will then develop a loop to Mile One, Two and Three, and detour to Olu Obasanjo Road to link with the loop from UTC to Airforce Base. The second loop would veer off at Garrison Junction to Trans-Amadi, Elekahia back to Airforce Base. On completion, a total of five stocks would run the routes back and forth.

The commissioner for Transport, George Tolofari, explained in an interview that the routes to be covered by the monorail transport system are in the densely populated areas, some of the rowdiest in the state capital. During the rush hours, hundreds of passengers are usually stranded because of absence of buses and taxies, and this is made worse by the chaotic traffic situation that would not free commuter-vehicles to execute fast turn-around to take other passengers. Many workers get back home close to midnight, and when it rains, some simply stay back in the offices or risk sleeping on the road.

The routes chosen by the government and the planners seem to be viable and loaded with passengers always falling over each other for buses and taxis. At the Isaac Boro taxi park, passengers often tore away at the doors each time a taxi showed up, just to gain a seat-space inside.

On a business trip to Port Harcourt in 2005, the then managing director of Nigeria Breweries, Festus Odimegwu, sat so furiously in the hold-up for hours until he began cursing at every one connected with governance of the state. At the venue of an event later, the then chief executive admonished the state administration and made it clear that anyone claiming any achievement in the garden city without first getting the roads moving was a loser. This frustration has always underlined the utterances of business executives and visitors to the garden city, but this situation cannot be said to be as a result of not trying.

Former governor, Peter Odili, began by repairing the roads in the state capital. At a point before he left, the governor awarded N3Bn contract to resurface some of the key roads. He followed by building traffic lights and later added traffic marshals to help clear the troublesome Port Harcourt motorists. When this failed to make any impact, he began to build artery roads such as the Elelewno Road to carry alternative traffic off Aba Road to Eleme, and built the Airport Road to divert traffic after Rumuokoro to free Ikwerre Road.

None of these measures saved the situation. Instead, the then governor kept explaining that the original design as well as infrastructure-content of the garden city was busting to the brim due to massive influx or fortune hunters.

True, the prosperity that exploded in the garden city and the killings and exodus in the north attracted heavy human traffic into the oil city at several proportions over the original population. When Chibuike Amaechi came on the scene in October 2007, he launched a full war on Port Harcourt traffic decay and later formed deadly traffic teams mostly from the hordes of youths and recanting (ex-)militants but they seemed to rather add to the headache, with extortion of money as the main outcome. The governor disbanded them and formed a new set that has appeared well-trained.

Amaechi also began the decongestion of Port Harcourt by starting a new city (mega-city) that would take about one million residents, cutting through eight local council areas. He also delved into construction of new roads and dualisation of all the major township roads such as Ikwerre road, Woji, NTA Road, etc.

He is also fighting flooding which used to imprison the state capital. The plan is to install underground drainage systems with mighty concrete pipes. These will inter-connect with each other and eventually empty into the Nta-Nwogba natural drainage (river) which empties into the ocean at the back of the city. True, the administration has shelved the proposed ring-road project in the city due to escalating cost (from $1Bn to now $2Bn), but the N50Bn monorail system is expected to link up with the multi-billion naira new road from UTC to Ada-George mostly through long-range flyovers to decongest the oil city.

The monorail as a system of transportation seems suitable in the garden city. It can easily interface with other transport modes to ferry passengers around in the oil city. Boats ferry persons from the creeks every hour into the city through areas such as Aggrey Road, Borokiri, Wharf, etc. In the absence of motorcycles, taxis now carry the emerging passengers to Aggrey, Lagos Bus Stop and Station Road up to Abonnema Wharf Junction. This is why UTC Junction is a bustling area as those from the state secretariat and Moscow Road join those from Marine Base to raise traffic rates.

The monorail trains would mop up all this and bring them to Mile One, or Two up to Mile Three. Buses can take over from there and run the Rumuokoro or Wimpey routes out of Port Harcourt.

The result is that the monorail corridor including terminal ands sub-stations would definitely become a business route for hawkers and petty traders. This must be why Ukpo told journalists on the eve of the foundation ceremony that shops would be created and regulated along the routes. These will pay rates and fees. Sure, there would be in-transit hawkers and salesmen who may require licenses to operate. The concentration of 300 passengers at a time would create a large mobile market that could generate a turn-over of about N10m per month at a conservative sales estimate of N5000 per train of 300 passengers per trip.

Several operators, conductors, technicians, etc, would be required to help the trains move about. There would be administrative and management workforce to drive the system, and this would definitely create jobs in the state capital. Where ever over N360m is generated in one year, the activities will surely create jobs and businesses that also galvanise the local economy.

The amount involved (N50Bn) sounds staggering but the state government says it has already paid up its share of N11Bn or 20 per cent of equity. The governor says he is however yet to see the funds promised by private partners (STI) who are also to execute and manage the special purpose vehicle (SPV) company known as RMCL. He said he is ready to take over the funding if crisis ensued, just to save the noble project.

The reason for choosing the SPV approach, he explained, was to hand over the management of the advanced rapid transport system to private experts and save the experiment from public officials and political jingoism.

In all this, political economists fear that the bane of every good project in Nigeria has been political instability which truncates most noble economic and social infrastructure projects. This is why many have appealed to those in authority in the government in the state to also work on political relationships so as to reduce destructive tension that rears up at succession times in most states.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11595:economic-imperatives-of-port-harcourts-monorail-experiment-&catid=94:features&Itemid=353

Adebayor Ereke Akala where are you? He don go Buy Body Cream. can you see what your mate are doing? not eating Amaala or Blowing Birthday party

IGNATIUS CHUKWU in Port Harcourt writes that the Rivers State government is poised to revolutionise transportation in the Garden City with the construction of West Africa's first monorail project
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, May 14, 2010, laid the foundation stones to flag off construction of West Africa's first monorail project and perhaps[b] Africa's third monorail[/b] experiment, after the Nile system and Kuala Lumpur monorail project. Should construction go according to plan, and with N50Bn spent by the next five years, five trains of 300 passengers each would move at the same time and run through the routes from morning till night.

heard it all before


there I was thinking Kuala Lumpur was in Malaysia

One line in the Lagos rail project is costing N70b. . .

hi
thank you poster.He is the best gov i ave ever had all through m life that i have been in port harcourt.but i feel his maintenance policy is almost zero.for example the old toll gate axis along old aba road,and indeed other roads that he did not do.if its possible as an advice let him roll out maintenanc plans for everything he is doing.the guy is good,big up to the governor

I love Port Harcourt right after Arochukwu. This is where I was raised and hopefully raise a family in Port Harcourt. Keep up the good work Gov. Amaechi.

Only in ABIA where i came from, has nothing to offer, 

is Kuala Lumpur in Africa?

Rivers halts work on N1.7b Tam-David West flyover, orders redesign!
THE Rivers State Government has ordered the suspension of work on the Tam-David West flyover project along Professor Tam David West Street in Port Harcourt, valued at N1.7 billion, until the engineering design for the project is certified by the state.
Besides the certification, the state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has also explained that the stoppage of work of the flyover project, which commenced in 2007 had become imperative because of the decision to redesign the road from a 4-to a 6-lane express.
Hence, the governor, who gave the directive while inspecting the flyover project, explained that it was imperative that the design for the flyover meets the new road specification.
The Commissioner for Works, Dakuku Peterside, had recently disclosed that the state government had concluded plans to drag the construction firm building the Eliozu flyover bridge to court due to its failure to deliver the project according specifications, despite being paid 100 per cent mobilisation fee upfront by the Celestine Omehia administration that was ousted by the Supreme Court.
Due to the importance attached to the road, he said the state has contracted RCC to reconstruct the entire road from Airforce Base to Port Harcourt International Road.
Meanwhile, Governor Amaechi, has hinted that the government plans to outsource the management of the model secondary schools being built by his administration in order to ensure effective administration.
The governor said during the inspection of the site for the building of a model secondary school, in Port Harcourt local council, that the state was engaging an Indian firm for the management of the schools.
He appealed to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), which is financing the construction of one of the model schools in Port Harcourt, to hasten work on the project, so that all the new schools would take off at the same time.
In another development, the state governor has ordered the contractor handling the Okuru/Ojimba/Oba Igbikiri Okirika road project awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to stop work, to enable government correct perceived irregularities on the site.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18679:rivers-halts-work-on-n17b-eliozu-flyover-orders-redesign&catid=25:property&Itemid=655


this article had some mistakes(thanx to our incompetent journalists) which i corrected, two separate flyovers are being dicscussed

odili and his boys have finished riversstate, airport road is a disgrace and amaechi himself has not said his role in this whole thing.

Good Man.

Only hope the likes of him gain power in other states.


Would be great if they implement trees and shrub planting but that's if the soil is good. Trees and plants should be used to beautify potential eyesore lands and in this, foreign trees and plant should not be overlooked.  Plant fruit trees also in public spaces, a verity everywhere----

http://www.riversmonorail.com/about/


Rivers monorail renderings and design if it is ever built.

i hope it doesnt go the way of the ring road,

Port Harcourt is not the only town in Rivers State. Y'all need humanitarian jobs!! I'll rather starve to death than make millions from supporting a politician to deceive the people!! The people, the people!! That is a sacred phrase. The people. Name one person or organization that ever defeated the people! You ain't part of the people when you work to deceive the people. you lose your humanity when you go against the people in a bad way.

^^My man this is a thread for criticisms, i have criticised. You should do the same, amaechi is not my ideal governor, far from it.Infact i think he has a lot of questions to answer for instance how much did he get for selling 70% of pabod to SAB miller, and why should the state end up with just 30%?

If youve noticed i dont go about singing PH o ni baje, I have always believed and still believe that Amaechi is corrupt.

The title i gave this thread is indeed misleading.i take responsibility for that mistake, but as far as i am concerned amaechi has done well in many areas and has failed in many.i believe in asking our leaders questions,

About The Project



The Rivers Monorail will be using the Intamin P30 Monorail Train, an electric driven train especially designed and most suitable for commuter services in cities.

It is the most recent model of its kind and characterized by modern design, spacious cabins and is equipped with large size door openings for easy access for passengers with luggage.

The visual impact of the train, the track beam (which it rides on) and the supporting columns will be minimal and an appropriate color will be chosen to help integrate the system into the environment.

System Statistics

- Maximum achievable transport capacity 1,300 pph/direction

- Average interval of train is approximately 12/24 mins

- Maximum Speed 70km/hr

- Track Length 19.1 km

- Total passengers per train (standard Capacity) 158

- Total passengers per train (peak capacity) 210

- Operating Brakes are electrical regenerative brakes

- Holding breaks are mechanical brakes

- Emergency brake are mechanical brakes (fail safe design)

- Overall Route Track Length – 19.1Km

- Overall No. of Columns – 1473

- Stations – 14

- Train Sets – 5

- Coaches per Train – 6

- Passengers per Train – 210

- Passengers per hr per direction – 1300

The Rivers Monorail Beam System



The Monorail Beam is elevated, supported by columns which in turn are supported by a foundation. The foundation will be properly sized to take all loads applied from the column to the foundation.

The foundation and the beam structure shall be designed to a minimum life time of 50 years. The foundation shall be designed and built to withstand the local climate conditions at Port Harcourt including flood, thunderstorm, heavy rain, etc.

Building the Rivers Monorail:
The Phase System

Statistics of Surveyed Route

•Overall Route Track Length – 19.1Km
•Overall No. of Columns – 1473
•Stations – 20

•Train Sets – 5
•Coaches per Train – 6
•Passengers per Train – 210
•Passengers per hr per direction – 1300
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Phases:

The Surveyed Route will be implemented in phases while other routes are being surveyed.

Planned implementation has been divided into Phase 1 and Phase 2.

Phase 1 will act as a Pilot Scheme that will enable people to gain confidence in the project. The other benefits of Phase 1 are:

•Provides opportunity to assess real impact on traffic and adjust plans as necessary.
•Allows for time to raise necessary funds.
•Phase 1 will be something tangible that potential investors and lenders can build their confidence on.

Phase 1:

•Two Trains
•Five Stations
•Transfer Length 6.4 km

Route 1:

Aggrey road (UPTH Junction) – Sharks Park

Sharks park – Supabod

Supabod – Isaac Boro Park

Isaac Boro Park – Garrison (Aba Road)

Phase 2:

- Five Trains

- Twenty Stations

- Transfer Length 19.1 km

Completed Route:

Aggrey road (UPTH Junction) – Sharks Park

Sharks park – Supaboard

Supaboard – Isaac Boro Park

Isaac Boro Park - Garrison (Aba Rd)

Garrison – Waterlines

Waterlines – GRA Junction (Aba Rd)

GRA Junction (Aba rd) – Rumuola Junction

Ordinance Junction (NEWS) – Elekahia Housing Estate

Rumuola Junction – Airforce Base Junction

Airforce Base Junction – 1st or 2nd Artillery Junction)

1st or 2nd Artillery Junction – Rumukwurushi Junction

Rumukwurushi Junction – Oil Mill Junction

Oil Mill Junction – Eleme Junction

Eleme Junction – Oyigbo
__________________Proposed Stations



Several trains will be in operation on the network between Aggrey Rd. and the loop North/East of the Garrison station

Stations

1.UPTH Junction (Aggrey Road)
2.Sharks Stadium Park
3.Supabod
4.Isaac Boro Park
5.Garrison Junction
6.Nkpogu/ Elekahia Junction (Trans Amadi)
7.Mother-Cat Junction (Rainbow)
8.Ordinance Junction (NEWS)
9.Elekahia Estate (Dust bin)
10.Air force Base Junction (Aba Road)
11.Rumuola Junction
12.GRA Junction
13.Water Lines Junction
14.1st or 2nd Artillery Junction
15.Rumukwurushi Junction
16.Oil Mill Junction
17.Eleme Junction
18.Oyigbo

Proposed Major Terminals

1.Sharks Stadium Park (Station Road)
2.Liberation Stadium (Elekahia)
3.Garden Park (Air force Base Junction)

Disclaimer: Plans outlined are projections and are subject to ongoing adjustment to achieve the best and safest quality to serve the city of Port Harcourt.
__________________

RIVERS MONORAIL-construction

This is the best I have seen PHC in, coming from one that was bred in that city. I don't really know how much the governor is doing, but from the pics, props to him.
Another thing that has added to his credibility is that, this year, there were a number of Rivers state students that were sent here to Canada on government scholarships, and this is not just hearsay, I know a few of them.
So please, appreciate the "seemingly little" that this guy his doing in comparison to past and present governors, and stop pointing out his flaws. At least even if he is doing some of these things for show, lets appreciate that he has something to show for. What of governors, e. g. Lucky Igbinedion, that didnt even have one thing to show off, not one good "empty" thing in his name for his 8 years of tenure.

eye on rivers

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phantom:

^^My man this is a thread for criticisms, i have criticised. You should do the same, amaechi is not my ideal governor, far from it.Infact i think he has a lot of questions to answer for instance how much did he get for selling 70% of pabod to SAB miller, and why should the state end up with just 30%?

If youve noticed i dont go about singing PH o ni baje, I have always believed and still believe that Amaechi is corrupt.

The title i gave this thread is indeed misleading.i take responsibility for that mistake, but as far as i am concerned amaechi has done well in many areas and has failed in many.i believe in asking our leaders questions,

My question remained unanswered. This governors have an elitist vision of development (even Fashola). It is very bad!! Rivers state is really small for one to concentrate on just one town alone. The money he will spend on PH alone can be used on more important stuffs in inter lands. Some towns and villages don't have a clinic or medical center. The roads in even PH are in decay. I've been there dude and I almost didn't want to step out of my uncle's house in Woji because I can't wear sneakers on those roads (shiiiit I like my watch my feet attitude). If I ever want to step out without fear of getting bruises, I have to wear a timberland boot in a 28*C weather. When you are coming from Lagos to PH, From Bayelsa to Rivers, the settlements there are in bad conditions. Some people built homes on conterminated water. Embarking on a huge project in Port Harcourt is questionable as to his loyalty to all of Rivers State. I will visit again this December and I'll post pictures on this thread when I get back!

Yeah the title of the thread is misleading. And as a matter of fact, the projects he is embarking on are too ambiguous to be seen as a solution (Transportation is not yet a problem in PH) Education is a huge problem. I was unfortunate to be in PH and witness people writing exams in summer 2008. I was celebrating my 18th birthday then (I can't drink legally in US). That was the worst academical conduct I have ever seen in my life.

The people of Woji are the best I ever met in my life and in fact I was given an Ogoni name (Kenunle) by my uncle's friend who said I complained too much and I'm always rebellious. Don't know why I got that name though. Rivers people need a loyal governor not loyal to PH alone but to all in the state. The oil money is not coming from PH, it's coming from the inter lands.

At least we are seeing some movement. Amaechi and the likes of Ada George and Diete-Spiff stand out as the only Governors who brought tangible infrastructure development to the state.

However, I hope all this development in PH would not cause everybody to leave their villages and flood the city.

I would particularly like Amaechi to focus on the interior of Ogoni, Etche and Ahoada land. These are the three most underdeveloped parts of the state. The poverty I have seen there is indescribable.

phantom:

^^My man this is a thread for criticisms, i have criticised. You should do the same, amaechi is not my ideal governor, far from it.Infact i think he has a lot of questions to answer for instance how much did he get for selling 70% of pabod to SAB miller, and why should the state end up with just 30%?

If youve noticed i dont go about singing PH o ni baje, I have always believed and still believe that Amaechi is corrupt.

The title i gave this thread is indeed misleading.i take responsibility for that mistake, but as far as i am concerned amaechi has done well in many areas and has failed in many.i believe in asking our leaders questions,

why did he not give them every thing for free??

have u seen Pabod of lately - I heard some ppl have even dropped CV there


@poster


Why have u failed to mention the area of Electricity.

Some areas around Rumuomasi and some areas in Woji are enjoying 24 hrs uninterupted power supply. If not for NEPA, the governor would have ensured that Gas turbines are put to full use.

The major problem with the governor is that he is not blowing his trumpet.

[size=14pt]Armed with about $3 billion annually the Governor in Rivers State is a failure. All he has done going by all those positive spin posted on this thread is noting but window dressing OR White-washing, Amechi should cut into the bone and start implementing some real feasible and reliable projects.

If cash strapped Saraki in Ilorin can do so much with limited funds over a short time, we expect more than average performance from a well heeled and paid Governors like those in Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom. Calling their performanace abysmal is not an understatement to say the least.[/size][/size]

wow, the man no go pay salaries again?what tangible projects?pls mention a few.the schools and health centres are not tangible projects?

@Phantom

Well done for your posts.

Please ignore the nay sayers- you should know by now that some people just criticise for criticism's sake and to make their voices heard.

The above aside, we make maps of Nigeria- it seems there are major changes in Port Harcourt that we may not have incorporated in or on our maps - is there a way I can send you a PDF map of PH and see if you can pin point where major changes had been - example, fly overs, road dualisation, new roads, etc? Is this what you can help in doing?