rusher14:


At least you have Hero beer to drink in Anambra state.

Maybe that is what is even inspiring your writing.

Invest4growth:
The project just like others is pure rip off on the resources of Lagos State. How did we get to this despicable status. All political leaders will surely account for their massive looting. We came here empty and we go back empty!

anonimi:

TTC in talks to sell old trains to Lagos. Are they safe enough?
AUGUST 10, 2011

As Toronto trainspotters gleefully take maiden rides on the TTC's Rocket, commuters in Lagos, Nigeria may be about to get some new trains of their own. Our old ones.

A TTC spokesperson has confirmed that the commission is negotiating with a private group to sell up to 260 used train cars to the West African megacity's new transit project.

"I can confirm that the TTC is in discussion with a third party that wants to purchase trains for Lagos," said commission spokesperson Brad Ross. "Over a period of time, they will be taken out of service and then transported over to Nigeria."

The cars being considered for sale are the TTC's old H-5 and H-6 models, which will be decommissioned as the TTC rolls out its new fleet of Rockets. Ross predicts the earliest they could be shipped to Nigeria is sometime in 2012.

Traffic snarls are already a major economic problem in the Nigerian capital, a booming city that will reach an estimated population of 25 million by 2015. A new above-ground rail system designed to carry 1.5 million people a day has already broken ground, and Lagos Governor Babtunde Fashola has said it "will be the most multi-dimensional and most impactful" of the government's efforts to reduce traffic congestion.

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.

The Lagos deal would be the first of its kind for the TTC. Decommissioned cars are usually sold for scrap metal and can fetch up to $1,500 dollar each. While Ross declined to discuss specific figures, he says the sticker price for Lagos is "significantly more" than scrap prices, putting the potential profits to the TTC in the millions of dollars.

It is not unusual for technology from western nations to end up in poorer countries. Marketplaces in Africa and Asia are flooded with North American clothes, computers, and even cars, but the purchase of larger technology like trains is rarer.

The cars will have to be significantly refurbished to fit existing infrastructure in Lagos, and some Nigerian media reports have lamented that the government appears to have settled on "tokundo," or used, trains instead of brand new vehicles.

Although half the cars are more than 30 years old, Ross is adamant they are perfectly safe and are only being decommissioned for capacity reasons. But he also admitted the TTC is not required to make sure the cars meet any safety standards before selling them.

"Once sold, it's up to the new operator to ensure they are in good working order," he said. "They do need to be maintained much more frequently than the new trains, simply because of their age. At some point they will run out their useful life."

Murtaza Haider, director of the Institute of Housing and Mobility at Ryerson University, said the age of the cars is definitely a cause for concern.

"We should be ensuring that there is some service life left in these vehicles and we're not going to be playing havoc with the lives of those who would ride these vehicles," Haider said. "There's metal fatigue, and that metal fatigue could result in dangerous conditions. I would be paying a close watch on this for the next ten years to see how many accidents do happen in Lagos."

He also warned that while rail systems are glamorous as far as transit infrastructure goes, they are not always as effective at reducing congestion as other options. Nevertheless, new rail systems are frequently preferred because governments can take advantage of kickbacks from large contracts.

According to media reports, the cost estimates for the Lagos rail project have varied wildly from $1.2 billion to $30 billion. In 2010, a Nigerian government watchdog accused Fashola's government of widespread corruption.

"More often than not, politicians favour rail transit because it is more expensive," Haider said. "It's almost useless in some cases, and less productive in most cases, than a bus system. But you can't buy busses for $30 billion. You can inflate prices and make a lot of money buying a rail system."

From: https://nowtoronto.com/news/next-stop-nigeria/

Goodoldays:
It beats me to understand the thinking that a rail,seaport and other development happening is Lagos is been attributed not to the present governor but someone that finished his tenor over fifteen years ago

Please why is that so,is Tinubu the only man that has governed Lagos State,why can’t they attribute it to the present governor,l?,if this is so,is it not now sensible that he own subtly governed Lagos state for more than twenty years,isn’t that “godfatherism”,isn’t that what the mother of corruption in Nigeria?.All the shortcomings,underdevelopment,endsar saga,cultism,corruption,”agberoism” and their monopoly in radicalism is something that should be attributed to him since his urchins wants to claim all the good for him.

nnamdi640:
Lol, creating jobs by setting up an industry is better than using a project to loot public fund

EmekaA125:
Half of the funds meant for this project is in Tinubu's account

Tinubu can only play god in SouthWest.

Emilokan .

Even as SAKPA dey wire everybody for here na agbado and corn you con promise to feed us with

Vote4ObiDatti:
This same project is one of the conduit pipes EscoBAT has been using to siphon Lagos money endlessly. Lagos State started building this so-called light rail before Addis Ababa, yet that Ethiopian city have long completed theirs at less than 10% of what has been spent in Lagos.

The wickedness of BAT knows no bounds. This same grandmaster of corruption who has been sitting on the neck of Lagosians now want to sit on the neck of Nigeria too.

God forbid BAT thing!

naptu2:
It appears that people are mixing up the Red and Blue lines. Construction of the Red Line only began last year (2021).

Totilopussylick:


I laugh each time people said Tinubu develops Lagos while is very clear he stole their future and feed them cassava agbado mixed with hard drugs .

rusher14:


No doubt he initiated many of these projects with documentary evidence available.

Some projects take years to actualise, either due to a paucity of funds, legal requirements and even negotiation.

If all the wrongs of Lagos are heaped on Tinubu, it is only right for all the rights to be laid on him.

Vote4ObiDatti:
This same project is one of the conduit pipes EscoBAT has been using to siphon Lagos money endlessly. Lagos State started building this so-called light rail before Addis Ababa, yet that Ethiopian city have long completed theirs at less than 10% of what has been spent in Lagos.

The wickedness of BAT knows no bounds. This same grandmaster of corruption who has been sitting on the neck of Lagosians now want to sit on the neck of Nigeria too.

God forbid BAT thing!

rusher14:


Which industry?

You mean that beer factory that people in Lagos wouldn’t even consider as a project worthy of mentioning?

I bet you, shoprite ikeja generates more money than that brewery.

Leun:


Could you please confirm if the blue was to reach okokomaiko or not

femisplash:

Which one have you built in your region?. Ordinary table bridge that Ikpeazu managed to complete, he still had to insult your parents saying " they don't have cars yet complaining about flyovers.
Resident doctors have been on strike in Abia for a year over payment of salaries Yet Tinubu is your problem in life. Anambra is the headquarters of gully erosion in Africa, yet Lagos must be pulled down for you to have sense.
Unknown gun men are killing and beheading you in your region, Cubana Chief Priest barely escaped death but Tinubu must be held responsible.
The leaders in your region have turned you into rags but you come to SW to demand for clothes. How shameless!

Vote4ObiDatti:
This same project is one of the conduit pipes EscoBAT has been using to siphon Lagos money endlessly. Lagos State started building this so-called light rail before Addis Ababa, yet that Ethiopian city have long completed theirs at less than 10% of what has been spent in Lagos.

The wickedness of BAT knows no bounds. This same grandmaster of corruption who has been sitting on the neck of Lagosians now want to sit on the neck of Nigeria too.

God forbid BAT thing!

Vote4ObiDatti:
This same project is one of the conduit pipes EscoBAT has been using to siphon Lagos money endlessly. Lagos State started building this so-called light rail before Addis Ababa, yet that Ethiopian city have long completed theirs at less than 10% of what has been spent in Lagos.

The wickedness of BAT knows no bounds. This same grandmaster of corruption who has been sitting on the neck of Lagosians now want to sit on the neck of Nigeria too.

God forbid BAT thing!

nnamdi640:
Continue wailing, that project has been going on since 10years back, yet no conclusion, all they do is to loot money using the project as a cover up. Beside, with the revenue Lagos is getting yearly, the state is meant to be competiting with Dubai.

Goodoldays:







And the paucity of funds,legal requirements and all the technicalities all happened to be rectified just when he is about to contest for the presidency,that’s interesting


I’m sorry to tell you that only the innocent souls killed in the endsars saga and his unfortunate statements to the the people whose loved ones were killed in the ugly incident just because they yearned for their rights to live be respected by the evil security outfit they called SARS has swallowed whatever “achievement” you think he has made.

manutdrichie:

Ebot, you are using more than 20yrs to build railway, when other Smaller economy are upgrading to electric trains

Tanzania's Works and Transport ministry last year signed an agreement with South Korea's Hyundai Rotem to deliver 42 electric trains. The trains cruise at a speed of 160 km/h and are running parallel to the old rail.

Intact Lagos started theirs long before Ethiopia that used 4yrs to complete their heavy rail project,

GeneralDae:

One of the most notorious SARS men was James Nwafor. He was not appointed by Tinubu but by a certain beloved messaiah today. Now imagine if Tinubu had appointed him, the likes of you would have brought down this forum in protest already .

seunmsg:
Obituarists: Lagos is a former FCT. Babangida paid for the railway since 1990 before moving FCT to Abuja. If there is Seaport and Airport in Anambra, Peter Obi would have constructed a railway from Onitsha to Okija shrine. Tinubu is siphoning Lagos money blablabla.

Vote4ObiDatti:
This same project is one of the conduit pipes EscoBAT has been using to siphon Lagos money endlessly. Lagos State started building this so-called light rail before Addis Ababa, yet that Ethiopian city have long completed theirs at less than 10% of what has been spent in Lagos.

The wickedness of BAT knows no bounds. This same grandmaster of corruption who has been sitting on the neck of Lagosians now want to sit on the neck of Nigeria too.

God forbid BAT thing!

femisplash:

Which one have you built in your region?. Ordinary table bridge that Ikpeazu managed to complete, he still had to insult your parents saying " they don't have cars yet complaining about flyovers.
Resident doctors have been on strike in Abia for a year over payment of salaries Yet Tinubu is your problem in life. Anambra is the headquarters of gully erosion in Africa, yet Lagos must be pulled down for you to have sense.
Unknown gun men are killing and beheading you in your region, Cubana Chief Priest barely escaped death but Tinubu must be held responsible.
The leaders in your region have turned you into rags but you come to SW to demand for clothes. How shameless!

Totilopussylick:


I laugh each time people said Tinubu develops Lagos while is very clear he stole their future and feed them cassava agbado mixed with hard drugs .

candidtalk:


Lol. Sadist East full of evil administrators who collect billions to deliver Shukwudi the illiterate bricklayer level of work.

Still, Tinubu and Lagos is their biggest headache in life.

Goodoldays:
It beats me to understand the thinking that all the infrastructures like rails,seaports and other development happening in Lagos is been attributed not to the present governor but someone that finished his tenure over fifteen years ago

Please why is that so,is Tinubu the only man that has governed Lagos State,why can’t they attribute it to the present governor,l?,if this is so,is it not now sensible that he has subtly governed Lagos state for more than twenty years without Lagisians knowing ,isn’t that “godfatherism”,isn’t that the mother of corruption in Nigeria?.All the shortcomings,underdevelopment,endsar saga,cultism,corruption,”agberoism” and their monopoly in radicalism is something that should be attributed to him since his urchins wants to claim all the good for him.