The Abuja light rail was initially scheduled to be completed in 3 months time.... It took Buhari 3 years to complete it. If this doesn't show you the level of incompetence in this government, I don't know what will.

Counterpart funding for the project had been provided 100%. The project was all but complete by may 2015.

The annoying this is how buhari and his minions are taking credit for something they absolutely had no part in.

This is the PM report on this project on May 2015 during GEJs inspection.....

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday urged the incoming Buhari administration to continue to boost the railway system as the cheapest and most effective mode of mass transit in the country.

The president said this when he inspected the ongoing construction of the National Railway Terminal at Idu and the Abuja light rail transit system.

Mr. Jonathan was​​ accompanied​ ​by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Bala Mohammed​,​ and the Minister of State,​ ​Olajumoke Akinjide.

The team boarded a train from Ring Road 2 Light Rail Station around Jabi and went on a ten-minute ride to Idu Transfer Station.

On arrival at the transfer station which is still under construction, Mr. ​Jonathan received a​ ​briefing from officials of the FCT and the con​s​tr​uction​ firm, CCECC​,​ before inspecting facilities at the station.

The president told reporters that the Light Rail project was important for Nigerians particularly Abuja residents and therefore, dismissed fears that it could be abandoned by the incoming administration.

He said he personally inspected the progress of the work on the project in order to know what exactly to tell ​Mr. ​Buhari when both of them meet later to hold discussions.

Mr. Jonathan stressed the importance of rail transport to the mass transportation system in the country, adding that the project would make movement of people and goods easy for the ​residents​ of Abuja and the environs.

He said he was impressed ​with​ the level of work on the rail project and specially commended the FCT ministers and the contractors handling the job for their efforts.

“I emphasised the need for rail system in terms of developing an effective mass transit in any nation,” Mr. Jonathan said.

“When we are talking about mass transit, you cannot talk about it using taxis, small cars, even the luxurious buses. It will be too expensive.

“We want our rail system to work and that’s why we are emphasising intercity and intra-city, normal rail and intra city light rail systems.

“Of course, this government is leaving on the 29th. The incoming government will definitely continue because this is a noble project to Nigerians especially residents of the FCT.

“We are quite appreciative of the level of cooperation. The CCECC has been doing very well and of course, the ministry of the Federal Capital Territory. They are doing wonderfully well.

“I’m quite impressed. I have been longing to come and inspect the project for a very long time but for challenges in terms of my commitments.

“I think, this period, I really need to so that when I am having conversation with the incoming president, I will know exactly what to tell him because I have seen it myself, I have seen the level of completion.

“Of course, you know the usefulness of this project in terms of easing the movement of the people in the Federal Capital Territory. I have to congratulate Nigerians for this project.”

Speaking, the FCT Minister, Mr. Mohammed assured that the rail project would be completed by August this year as all equipment needed for its completion have been delivered.

He said the Jonathan administration was able to secure a $500 millon facility for the project while the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, provided N20billion counterpart funding.

“Right now we have taken up to 61 percent of the sum. We do not have so much of financing challenges except for the next fiscal year which has been accommodated in the budget,” Mr. Mohammed stated.

Mr. Jonathan had also inspected the newly rehabilitated and expanded 10-lane Airport Road named after the former boss, late Umaru Yar’Adua.

The road project is part of the Outer Southern Expressway and Outer Northern Expressway that were awarded by late Mr. Yar’Adua at the cost of N257 billion.

The contract was separately awarded to Messrs Julius Berger, Dantata, and Sawoe and CGC Nigeria Limited.

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So you want to be believed?

hisgrace090:
So you want to be believed?

The facts are there in black and white. Buhari commissioned a project that was all but completed by the last administration without giving even half a credit to them. Everything for the completion of this project had been provided before hand yet it took him 3 years to commission something that was due in 3 months.

hisgrace090:
So you want to be believed?

Yes hebis very well believed ...now your zombie hole

u people have absolutely no sense at all, if he abandons the project, its a problem, if he should finish d project u will find something to hate him for, are u born to hate or what, d key is continuity, GEJ initiated a lot of amazing projects nd it would b a total waste of time to abandon all that and start afresh, it makes absolutely no sense, so tink very well next time before u start hating any good tin u see for no reason

naijapips04:


The facts are there in black and white. Buhari commissioned a project that was all but completed by the last administration without giving even half a credit to them. Everything for the completion of this project had been provided before hand yet it took him 3 years to commission something that was due in 3 months.

The news we want is COMPLETION, not started.

hisgrace090:



The news we want is COMPLETION, not started.

And I'm saying that the person that completed it should give credit to the people that started and all but completed.

The last runner in a relay race doesn't take credit for the race.

More so as buhari had to do absolutely nothing but allow the project to run its course. The contractors were already mobilized, all equipment shipped in... All monies paid.

oyatmicah:
u people have absolutely no sense at all, if he abandons the project, its a problem, if he should finish d project u will find something to hate him for, are u born to hate or what, d key is continuity, GEJ initiated a lot of amazing projects nd it would b a total waste of time to abandon all that and start afresh, it makes absolutely no sense, so tink very well next time before u start hating any good tin u see for no reason

Exactly. But give credit to who its due. If its in castigating the last administration, you would see Buhari gallivanting but when its time to give credit to them he goes mute. That is dangerous politics.

I stop reading when i saw you write up that the project is to be completed in 3 months

Please let stop playing politics with everything in Nigeria

naijapips04:


Exactly. But give credit to who its due. If its in castigating the last administration, you would see Buhari gallivanting but when its time to give credit to them he goes mute. That is dangerous politics.

if u keep trowing stones at any good tin he achieves, does dat make u any different from what u hate abt him?

APC dont have wat it takes or needed to unite Nigeria/Nigerians...... dia foolish pride wouldn't allow them to set the records straight concerning dis rail project.... A simple statement like; 'we will make sure we complete any project that was started by the previous administration if such project is of any economic importance to our people' would have been enough!

oyatmicah:

if u keep trowing stones at any good tin he achieves, does dat make u any different from what u hate abt him?

Nah i'm not throwing stones. I'm putting the records straight so history doesnt get re-written or erased. Thats the noble thing to do.

oyatmicah:
u people have absolutely no sense at all, if he abandons the project, its a problem, if he should finish d project u will find something to hate him for, are u born to hate or what, d key is continuity, GEJ initiated a lot of amazing projects nd it would b a total waste of time to abandon all that and start afresh, it makes absolutely no sense, so tink very well next time before u start hating any good tin u see for no reason

We are saying that Buhari shouldn't claim this as his project because it isn't. He couldn't have abandoned a project that is more than 90% complete with everything to complete it already in place.....he's not a mad man.

He should give credit to the people that labored to conceived, initiated, financed and handed this project over to him. Governance is a continuum.

hisgrace090:
So you want to be believed?

The guy is going the same way Fayose did, he is pained that a project it took 16 years for PDP to complete was completed @ 3 years.

vedaxcool:


The guy is going the same way Fayose did, he is pained that a project it took 16 years for PDP to complete was completed @ 3 years.

it took Buhari 3 years to complete a project that was due in 3months. Mind you, all equipment for the project had been shipped. The financing secured....the contractor already committed.

Go mull over that.

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naijapips04:


it took Buhari 3 years to complete a project that was due in 3months. Mind you, all equipment for the project had been shipped. The financing secured....the contractor already committed.

Go mull over that.

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Mull over your pains, child please, PMB's name is on the plaque, cry over that.

naijapips04:


The facts are there in black and white. Buhari commissioned a project that was all but completed by the last administration without giving even half a credit to them. Everything for the completion of this project had been provided before hand yet it took him 3 years to commission something that was due in 3 months.

U just dey jump up n down. It took PDP, 11yrs yet, they couldn't bring it online! For GEJ's tenure of 6yrs! He couldn't bring up 41km in 6yrs! U're shameless!

vedaxcool:
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Mull over your pains, child please, PMB's name is on the plaque, cry over that.

Buhari the vulture...he must be so proud of himself as a man...seeing that he's never being able to start and finish anything in his lifetime.

ashjay001:



U just dey jump up n down. It took PDP, 11yrs yet, they couldn't bring it online! For GEJ's tenure of 6yrs! He couldn't bring up 41km in 6yrs! U're shameless!

A riddle for your rants....How many KM did buhari add to it in 3 and half years?

naijapips04:


A riddle for your rants....How many KM did buhari add to it in 3 and half years?

He completed it! How abt that?

Ibere ko lo ni se( it's never abt d beginning)

ashjay001:


He completed it! How abt that?

Ibere ko lo ni se( it's never abt d beginning)

completed it by adding how many kilometers to the rail??

naijapips04:


completed it by adding how many kilometers to the rail??

If ur guy did all d job, why didn't he hand over a working rail? Even kaduna rail, that has been delivered, didn't take ds long.

ashjay001:



If ur guy did all d job, why didn't he hand over a working rail? Even kaduna rail, that has been delivered, didn't take ds long.

dude stop going round and round in circles. How many kilometers did buhari add to the rail project?

A fully completed house without one window is still not completed. What I want to know is the level of completedness buhari brought to the project.

naijapips04:


it took Buhari 3 years to complete a project that was due in 3months. Mind you, all equipment for the project had been shipped. The financing secured....the contractor already committed.

Go mull over that.

If everything was already in place as you claimed, what stopped the contractor from finishing the project in the 3 month you are stating?

SweetSoup:
If everything was already in place as you claimed, what stopped the contractor from finishing the project in the 3 month you are stating?

maybe because it took buhari 6 months first to appoint a minister.

all pmb had to do was acknowledge the efforts of others.


all these efforts to erase the efforts of past administrations is counter productive. if you want people to appreciate your good works, you should learn to appreciate the good works of others.

how will pmb feel if when he is booted out in 2019, another government comes in, adds 3 schools to the school feeding programme, then announces that it has delivered on its school feeding programme?

naijapips04:


maybe because it took buhari 6 months first to appoint a minister.

So a contractor that has been fully paid with all necessary equipment in place (according to you), decided to stop work because Buhari did not appoint minister on till after 6 month? So why didn't they complete it 3 months after the ministers were appointed?

SweetSoup:
So a contractor that has been fully paid with all necessary equipment in place (according to you), decided to stop work because Buhari did not appoint minister on till after 6 month? So why didn't they complete it 3 months after the ministers were appointed?

My brother too much brain dead people in this country...thumbs up to PMB jareee!!!!

naijapips04:


dude stop going round and round in circles. How many kilometers did buhari add to the rail project?

A fully completed house without one window is still not completed. What I want to know is the level of completedness buhari brought to the project.

U're masturbating, over a project, that was supposed to be completed in 2014 Ur "hero" had a good five years to do d needful, but lacked everything needed, to see to it's completion, in his tenure!

ashjay001:


U're masturbating, over a project, that was supposed to be completed in 2014 Ur "hero" had a good five years to do d needful, but lacked everything needed, to see to it's completion, in his tenure!

where in that article says the project was supposed to be completed i 2014 olodo.

SweetSoup:
So a contractor that has been fully paid with all necessary equipment in place (according to you), decided to stop work because Buhari did not appoint minister on till after 6 month? So why didn't they complete it 3 months after the ministers were appointed?

Dude it's like you don't know how government projects work. All projects are stopped once there is a new government...ALL. Its only left for the new government to give a go ahead or not. Same way Yaradua refused to clear turbines imported by Obasanjo and allowed them go to waste....Think about it, just clearing equipment that had been imported already.

For your second question, maybe Buhari Looted the money meant for the project or probably took another 2 years to ascertain the 'corruption' in the project. That question is for incompetent buhari to answer