Kobojunkie:

^^^ Did you yourself bother reading the other posts and maybe stepped back a bit to consider that since we now have 4 years of reports to show us a great deal of the results of what we have been working on, if continuing on the current path is in the best interest of ALL in the state, and not just the few that benefit?

Bawss1:

The path embarked by the Lagos state government is not going to yield immediate fruits the very next day but in the long term its their best bet. Would you rather that the government not embark on projects like this? People complain that attention is not being paid to the basic necessities with such projects but they are silent on how sustainable funds can be generated to cater for the said necessities.

Yeah I have taken a moment to consider and this still is the way to go if you ask me.

dplordx:


so you know, most of the neglected people in Kosofe where I stay are totally neglected by BRF administration during his first term. He did nothing here besides planting some flowers along our federal road. on election day, i had my entire family go vote for brf while my boss who live in Ajah felt I was insulting him when I asked whether hes voting or not. Same with his partners. Re-electing BRF in was accomplished by the poor, and not these Lekki denizens. BRF needs to focus more on the poor, and respect those who despite not benefiting nothing from his four years rule still have so much faith in him. I hope he's not another river who forgets his origin. Eko oni baje o.

dplordx:

[b]@Kobojunkie

we dont need to be more divisive about this. the airport project has gotta stay, as much as I think BRF is a confused soul who overwhelms himself with projects that doesnt actually hit it with the voters. but a true leader has gotta make some vital sacrifice and get the critics to have a field day once a while.

ekt_bear:

Kobojunkie would have opposed Jakande's metroline too In fact, for all we know she was one of Buhari's loyalists who rooted for it be canceled 

Imagine what Lagos would look like today if that project had happened? How much stronger would Lagos be?

I am glad Lagos State's government doesn't lack foresight.

opalu:

The airport is very critical to Nigeria's development
For all I care, doing Intra-national business (between ourselves) is not going to increase our National networth.
For instance a family doesnt get richer by selling things to each other within the family. But when they engage outsiders, money comes to them.
The kind of Airport Fashola is envisaging will be the take-off point for all International transactions.

opalu:

The airport is very critical to Nigeria's development
For all I care, doing Intra-national business (between ourselves) is not going to increase our National networth.
For instance a family doesnt get richer by selling things to each other within the family. But when they engage outsiders, money comes to them.
The kind of Airport Fashola is envisaging will be the take-off point for all International transactions.

Kobojunkie:

I disagree with the statement in bold. As it is, we import almost 98% of what we consume in the country. If we instead did business with other states, invested in IMPROVING OUR LOCAL LABOR FORCE, we would probably import less and increase export value, and in the end net worth. But since we seem to want the investments but spend little resources actually improving local labor and system, we end up exporting so much of our worth at the end of the day.

We need to take a toke from such countries like china that spent so much of its early developmental years educating and equipping its work force with skills to compete on the global level. Today that country ranks really high in the area of skills acquisition, education, and also manufacturing. None of that AUTOMAGICALLY happens.

father ab:

Koboj, you are right except that Lagos is not just building the airport for feeding the other parts of Nigeria with consumer goods and products.

father ab:

On the issue of equipping the local labour force, that itself does not take place in isolation. On-job trainings gave chineses workers the skills you refered to.

liquid7:

Same goes for electricity.Ever heard of a Ford plant running generators?No its way too expensive .If anything they try find a country which has cheaper electricity cost ,talk less of a country with regular  electricity outrage and forced to use generators.

To further underline its strong commitment to Nigerian economy, Osunkeye said since 2009, Nestle has invested N42 billion in massive infrastructural upgrades at Agbara factory, adding that one of the significant infrastructural upgrades in the actory was the Tri-generation Power Plant.

The new facility would ensure efficient use of energy in the firm’s manufacturing operations.

The new plant will generate power, produce chilled water and hot water, increase energy efficiency from 42 to 74 per cent and reduce Co2 emissions by 5,000 tonnes per year.

ekt_bear:

I don't think any of these new major guys investing in manufacturing in Lagos/Ogun area are using diesel to generate electricity.

Take a look at how Nestle is doing it for example:
http://www.compassnewspaper.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5127:-nestle-records-n827b-turnover-opens-n36b-tri-generation-plant&catid=37:general-news&Itemid=607

Manufacturing firms are just generating their own electricity from natural gas. This is cheaper than diesel. . . and cheap enough to compete with anyone in the world.

liquid7:

You are actually making my point.Which international multi billion $$ company will bother to come to nigeria when they have to invest in their own power generating plants  when they can simply do it in Ghana and such and get their power supply directly from the grid?
Those that are in nigeria have mostly been there since the 70s and 80s .New investment money will look for a country that has infrastructures already in place for them espically in this current recession.

liquid7:

And how is building your own power plant cheap enough to compete with anyone in the world?Cheaper then getting off the grid?please.if it was all companies around the world would have build their own power generators or you think they been silly for all this years.Russia even offered some companies free electricity for 2 years for building factories in their country .They can do that because they got abundant energy sources and good distrubution.

Bawss1:

The concern of many people here is that by embarking on this type of project means that no attention is paid to fixing roads, improving education and healthcare but that is not the case. Those other project are ongoing as stated but this is a move to ensure that the future is also taken care of as well as the present.

Lekki Airport under the chairmanship of the Honorable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice through it secretariat in the Governor’s Office is the body mandated to implement this project.

ekt_bear:

Gas prices in Nigeria are pretty cheap. I think the guy at Shell I spoke to on the phone said like $5.66 per 1000 Scf. 200 Scf per day is enough to power a 1MW natural gas generator like the one I linked to (according to him.) That is under 5 cents per kWh (roughly 4.7 cents, if my math is correct.) This is enough to compete with most people in the world.

Anyway, it isn't as bad as you make it out, for wealthy businessmen/investors. Nigeria is a ripe market.