Lagos Ibadan Railway is taking Nigeria by storm, even PMB critics cannot avoid this wonderful piece of infrastructure.

God Bless Nigeria.

Wole Soyinka enjoying his ride from Lagos to Abeokuta. The Lagos-Ibadan Railway will help transfer commercial activities and urban development to other states in the Southwest.

https://mobile.twitter.com/OvieSheikh/status/1343846357262610434

Nigerians can not get enough of this revolutionary event in the history of Nigeria.

Respect to wole soyinka

I'm happy the south west is reaping the fruit of their labour but Omorr make I no lie na South East need that train pass
They are "Travellers" both business and leisure wise

Nice one

Respect Prof.

The train make sense from what I’ve heard from people that rode in it.

BIGPREEQ:
I'm happy the south west is reaping the fruit of their labour but Omorr make I no lie na South East need that train pass
They are "Travellers" both business and leisure wise

They should get their own trains and railway from Goatluck Jonaddaft. He has paid for everything

BIGPREEQ:
I'm happy the south west is reaping the fruit of their labour but Omorr make I no lie na South East need that train pass
They are "Travellers" both business and leisure wise

Every region in Nigeria must be connected by rail including the SE, but no region in Nigeria need that train pass Lagos/Ibadan because tha expressway which is the most important, most used and the most critical road in Nigeria, the railway lessens the pressure on the expressway, reduce accidents, easy movement of goods and services into and out of Lagos.

This to me is the best investment in the history of Nigeria and the fact that we built this 156km railway in less than 4 years is another great achievement.

Great

BIGPREEQ:
I'm happy the south west is reaping the fruit of their labour but Omorr make I no lie na South East need that train pass
They are "Travellers" both business and leisure wise

Probably that’s because the SE’ners are economic refugees in the SW. Some of them have travelled SW to the SE more than they have travelled within their communities in the SE.

Moreso, maybe the government knew trains cannot be built in the erosion prone region because the vibration alone could cause a disaster and turn the whole city to another Syria.

By the way, I thought Goodluck Azikwe gave you guys the second Niger bridge so what do you need trains for?

Finally, Lagos-Ibadan is actually the destination that needs that rail service more than any where in Nigeria because it has the highest volume of to and fro in Nigeria.

Sehu Sani and Aisha Yesufu plus all the rest of the PDP Dundees will not see good things like this to post. The moment bandits or Boko haram kill someone, boom, they spread it on their social media handles. Awon Werey!!!

This is happening in our lifetime.

We can achieve anything and nothing is impossible with good, dedicated and right thinking leaders.

Amaechi go don give prof small yam again

Prior yam: https://www.nairaland.com/2846159/amaechi-prof-soyinka-n82million-dinner

1. Soyinka and every other Nigerians are paying for the loan, therefore, PMB is not doing us a favour.

2. In 1984, Buhari, as Head of State, cancelled the Metro rail line initiated by PA Jakande. Therefore, I will not celebrate the recklessness of 84 which he has come back to rectify even at a much higher human and capital costs. SW would have been better linked and developed via several rail networks.

3. Buhari is only paying back the debt he owed Lagos.

-Osu amaka

BIGPREEQ:
I'm happy the south west is reaping the fruit of their labour but Omorr make I no lie na South East need that train pass
They are "Travellers" both business and leisure wise

With night buses, an estimation of 7,000 ibos are ferried to Lagos, and 10,000 to other parts of SW on a daily.
With train, half the population of SE would most likely overcrowd the entire SW region.

I therefore suggest that the State's houses of Assembly propose an immigration law with a strong provision to possess and rename two of any SE states as an Annex to SW as a relief for both economic and infrastructure overburden on the SW region.

-Osu amaka

God bless you Prof, at least in your life time you see Yoruba land having this, even though it too late you are still alive to even ride on a train from one part of Yoruba land to another, may your days be long to see more and more development in Yorubaland Amin.

*I AM NOT IN THE MOOD
*I AM ON MY PERIOD
*I MISS MY PERIOD
*I CAN'T MAKE IT AGAIN

You see this four sentences. No matter how educated a man is. He can never understand it immediately. He will still ask you.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN"?
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Indeed enjoying.

Ok

Good that our social critics are enjoying & making good use of PMB's infrastructure development.

Sai Baba!

One of the few men I respect
Kudos to you Sir

I go show you my pics when enta next year....
Memorial photo video effect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr816WyIzBM

Kudos to our darling Daddy for all the good works he and his Vice president have been doing all over our darling nation.

Slow and steady, Nigeria will be great in our lifetime.

Exc2000:

For Lagos -Ibadan - Abeokuta standard guage Rail way

Happy birthday Buhari and God bless Rotimi Amaechi as well

Correct.

More sad news to the eyes of wailing zombies.........

I HATE TRAINS.
I HATE BRIDGES.
I HATE RICE.
I HATE TALLEST BUILDING EAST OF THE NIGER


Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr Ben Gbenro: “Why are some people allergic to good news about Nigeria? You are angry about the test-run of Lagos-Ibadan rail, you are angry about the development in Onne Port, but will eagerly amplify any negative news even if it’s not true. Something is wrong with you and I am here to tell you.”

Of course, that comment generated responses, both positive and negative. But the one that caught my fancy specially was by Ayekooto, who declared: “We have got to a stage when GMB achievements can no longer be denied but hated. I hate trains. I hate bridges. I hate rice.”

Very profound. A lot of people can no longer deny the many achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari, particularly in the area of infrastructure, building a new Nigeria, and so, they have decided to hate it. Sad. Very sad.

Nobody can deny that there are very serious challenges in the country, particularly in the areas of security, the economy, and standard of living generally. But that is not all there is to Nigeria of today, and those challenges are being addressed very robustly. That hymn says “behind a frowning providence, He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour.” We will surely see an end to the challenges, if we all work together, and eschew hate speeches.

Why then do some people choose to see and amplify only negative things? Why do they choose to remain willfully blind and deaf to positive things? And surrounded and confronted by salutary developments, they keep repeating; what has the Buhari administration achieved? Show us.

You tell them that just last weekend, there was a test run of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, with brand new coaches that will begin commercial operation before the end of the year.That is happening in a country where we were told we couldn’t afford new coaches when our oil was selling at over 100 dollars per barrel. Now, at about 40 dollars per barrel, we are launching new coaches. Instead of giving credit to a prudent government, they just say; I hate trains.

Okay, if you hate trains, what of brand new airports in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, Enugu, and others in the works? There was a time we were said to parade the worst airports in the world. But not any longer. Buhari reversed it in his four years. What do they say about that? They look up, look down, scratch their heads, and say; I hate airports. I’ve never even boarded a plane in my life, and I don’t want to board. Will I ever enter a plane if I’d been killed by bandits?

Okay. You hate airports and planes. What of bridges being built over rivers in different parts of the country, most especially the Second River Niger Bridge, which the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) built with mouth for 16 years. You tell them that the bridge is almost 50% done, and should be completed in the first quarter of 2022. There’s also the Loko-Oweto Bridge, linking Benue and Nasarawa States. It was started by a previous administration, but almost completed now. Like a cornered rat, their eyes dart furtively from corner to corner, seeking a hole to enter. Finding none, they tell you deadpan: I hate bridges.

Okay. All those are physical structures. So they want stomach infrastructure. You then tell them of the rice revolution, which has freed us from being a net importer of the product in the world. You point out that if Buhari hadn’t put his money where his mouth was, and encouraged us to go back to the land, causing rice farmers to rise from six to 12 million, we would have been in serious trouble when COVID-19 struck. How would we have imported rice, with all international borders closed, and no foreign exchange to even place orders? They pat their tummies gingerly, belch after a hearty meal, and then declare: I hate rice.

A Cancer Centre has been built and commissioned by President Buhari at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). An ultra-modern diagnostic center also built and commissioned in Kano. And just this week, another diagnostic centre built at a cost of $5.5 million, was commissioned at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, in Abia State. What do they say of all these? “I hate hospitals. May I never need to use any diagnostic centre. It is not my portion.”

You join them to say amen, since you don’t have a hateful heart. And you remind them that the largest ever vessel in the country, Maerskline Stadelhorn, with a length of 300 meters and width of 48 meters, berthed few days ago at Onne Port, in Rivers State. That is the biggest ever container vessel to berth in any part of Nigeria. Onne people were delirious with joy, and praised the government to high heavens, because no vessel had come to their port for 12 years, till August last year, under Buhari. You tell the naysayers the positive economic implications, but they refuse to listen. They dive under water, shouting as they go: We hate container vessels.

You then take them to Yenagoa, in Bayelsa State. Just last week, the skyline of South-south and South-East was transformed, as President Buhari commissioned the tallest Federal Government structure in the region, the 17-story Nigerian Content Tower, Headquarters of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

The architectural masterpiece occupies an area equivalent to four football fields, and has a 1,000 seater conference centre plus a 10 MW power plant. Started in late 2015, now completed, all under Buhari. Engineer Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of the agency paid tribute to the resolve, determination and encouragement of the President, that saw the structure to completion in record time. And Wabote, third E.S of NCDMB in its 10 years history, has written his name in gold. Just because he has a supportive President.

Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylvia, under whose tenure as Bayelsa State Governor the land was allocated for the project, declared: “The commissioning of this building is symbolic in many ways. It shows that Mr President is keen to see infrastructural development in every part of the country...It shows that skyscrapers and other laudable infrastructure can be built in the Niger Delta.”

But they say Buhari hasn’t achieved anything. You show them the 17-story building, and as they gaze skyward, their caps and headgear fall off. You pick the cap and headgear, dust and hand them back. And you ask, brothers and sisters, how now? Rather than admit defeat, they pull the caps and headgear over their eyes, and grumbled: We hate skyscrapers. They make us dizzy.

At that point, you pity them.
You realize that they need prayers.
They hate everything good.
They hate anything uplifting.
They hate development.
They hate their country.
They even hate themselves.


Once Again,,
Happy Birthday to our handsome darling Daddy.

To the enemies of the country,
Children of hate, Frustrations and perdition,
Lovers of bad news,
The anointing wey all of us @[color=#006600][/color] carry,
No be una Papa mate!
No Cap!

MAY BUHARI SUCCEED.

We moveeeee.....

Fheelzz:
One of the few men I respect

Kudos to you Sir

#RESPECT to the Professor.

FarahAideed:
Nonsense

Na dem....
No good news will ever make them happy...
Merry New Year to una o.

ofiko123:
Is this supposed to be news??

No, since the only news you want to read and see 24/7 is about the killings of the Boko haram that the evil and corrupt party you support brought upon us as a nation.
Good news always give una diarrhea.
Una just dey start.
You ain't seen nothing yet

At this point, we pity you.
You realize that they need prayers.
They hate everything good.
They hate anything uplifting.
They hate development.
They hate their country.
They even hate themselves.

See dem wailers looking at the thread like........

Nonsense!!! Wole Soyinkas generation were handed a working country by the colonialist and all people like him could pass down to his descendants was cultism Terrorism and the ideology of self-centered greed and to make matters worse they have no remorse .. if you look well you will find out he was paid by the draconian APC govt to carry out the staging and photoshoot just for propaganda

Omo this man don old o. Almost 90 years. He has lived a fulfilled and purposeful life. He will die a legend and his name will remain on the lips of men till eternity