VolvoS60:




^^^
Do you have documented proof of this?

mikeansy:
For those that did not notice this road is in a certain utopia/eldorado called LAGOS!!!!!!

This is a combined failure by our political class. By this I mean all our leaders from state level to federal level, and not just from this era but also from previous era!

To pretend it's GEJ's alone is simply living in denial.

Fashola and Tinubu also have responsibility here!

You can't praise APC/Fashola for all that is right about Lagos and then turn around to blame GEJ when it is bad news!

That's just double standards!

Litmus:
Hmmm, I thought the Chinese, Indians and others are smarter than the black man, i wonder why none of these smarty pants thought of shaming their Nation into doing better by plastering all their ills online for the entire world to pass judgment on them.

The Chinese are the stupidest they hide everything.

atlwireles:


My eyes and car are proof enough

charix:
This is a welcomed course of action but unfortunately our leaders do not care.

Litmus:
Hmmm, I thought the Chinese, Indians and others are smarter than the black man, i wonder why none of these smarty pants thought of shaming their Nation into doing better by plastering all their ills online for the entire world to pass judgment on them.

The Chinese are the stupidest they hide everything.

VolvoS60:



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The info I have requested for is critical to holding government accountable. I have stated this several times on this thread. But the FG and those who defend it have refused to make the info available to all Nigerians in a clear and unambiguous format. Is this for sinister reasons? Is it because most Nigerian roads that are in a poor or bad state are federal roads? Is that the reason?

VolvoS60:



^^^^
The info I have requested for is critical to holding government accountable. I have stated this several times on this thread. But the FG and those who defend it have refused to make the info available to all Nigerians in a clear and unambiguous format. Is this for sinister reasons? Is it because most Nigerian roads that are in a poor or bad state are federal roads? Is that the reason?

atlwireles:


I can boldly tell you the federal roads in my state, benin-warri, warri-asaba, npa expressway, east-west road. Are the best roads in my area of the state. We don't have that many federal roads, most of our village and small town roads are state and local wahala. NNDC helping many local governments improve their roads, does not make them federal. This is my personal experience.

pendy79:


The highest percentage of bad roads in Nigeria are the so called Trunk C roads that fall under the purview of the local government area councils.

The reason is that they are mostly made up of closes, streets and cresents that don't really carry much vehicular movements. Also budgetary constraints makes the local government not to meetup the demand of fixing them.

pendy79:
Lagos (AFP) - The dismal state of Nigeria's roads is a constant source of exasperation for the long-suffering population but a tongue-in-cheek campaign on social media is trying to shame the authorities into action.

Posting under the hashtag #MyRoadIsWorseThanYours, Nigerians have been sharing examples of the country's worst highways.


Bomb crater-sized potholes, roads resembling muddy rivers in the annual rainy season and some unrecognisable even as public thoroughfares have been posted online.

The tweets have an underlying seriousness: when Africa's leading economy and oil producer claims to have pumped 1.4 trillion naira ($8.5 billion, 6.75 billion euros) into infrastructure improvements since 1999, why are the roads so bad?

They have also helped balance out the pages of self-congratulatory newspaper advertisements taken out by state governments, proudly displaying the smooth tarmac of upgraded, traffic-free roads.

- Deaths, strikes, responsibility -

Olanrewaju Adenekan is a clearing agent at Lagos' main port of Apapa. He is 51 but looks two decades older and is in poor health. Both he and his doctor blame it on his daily commute.

Adenakan leaves his house in Sango-Ota, north of Lagos, before 4:30 am every day to reach Apapa at around 9:00 am. The distance door-to-door is just 37 kilometres (23 miles).

"The traffic situation is bad. I spend between four and five hours for a journey that should take less than one hour," he told AFP.

Adenekan owns two cars but prefers to take public transport because it is cheaper -- and also because the badly maintained roads take a debilitating toll on his vehicles.

"Nigerians spend a lot of money on maintaining their vehicles because of potholes, which damage tyres, wheel rims, shock absorbers and other components," said quantity surveyor Alani Amusa.

Time spent in traffic jams is also dead time, robbing businesses of productivity and effective workers. When they eventually arrive, they are often exhausted.

Motorists stuck for hours in jams are sitting ducks for armed robbers.

And bad roads mean more accidents. Nigeria had the highest road fatality rates in Africa in 2010 at 33.7 deaths per 100,000, the World Health Organization said in a report published last year.

Recently, petrol tanker drivers threatened to go on strike if the bad roads were not fixed, blaming potholes and gullies for causing accidents.

Nigerian states and the federal authorities have been in dispute about who is responsible for maintaining and improving the roads -- meaning nothing gets done.

The Lagos State government for example has been at loggerheads with Abuja over reimbursements for repairs to federal-owned roads dating back to when Lagos was the country's capital.

- Corruption, under-funding -

As in so many walks of Nigerian life, corruption is also part of the problem.

"Contractors like to cut corners by not working to specification," said Amusa, who is involved in a number of road projects in Lagos state.

"They connive with corrupt officials to use sub-standard materials in order to maximise their profits.

Many roads lack proper drainage, turning them into swimming pools within minutes of a downpour; roadside culverts overflow; tarmac disintegrates; traffic lights and road signs are often absent.

Project costs can also be grossly inflated.

The 338-kilometre (212-mile) dual carriageway linking southern oil-producing states was awarded at a cost of 138.9 billion naira ($835 million, 670 million euros) in 2006 under former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

Eight years later, the cost has increased nearly three-fold to 347 billion naira -- and the road is not yet finished.

Questions have been asked too about the cost of reconstruction of the 127.8-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan expressway -- the busiest road in west Africa, carrying an average of 250,000 vehicles per day.

The contract was awarded for 167.9 billion naira but some experts believe it could have been revamped for a lot less.

Most people, though, just want their own muddy, potholed streets paved and well-maintained to make the journey from their front doors to the main road less of a bone-shaking obstacle course.

Works Minister Mike Onolememen blamed chronic under-funding from the federal government, which has led to contractors revising up their project costs to accommodate rising prices of materials.

"About 500 billion naira was needed every year for the next four years to pave bad roads," he said. So far, he said the treasury has released just a quarter of the sum for the coming year.

http://news.yahoo.com/nigerias-road-shame-goes-online-hope-better-days-035920087.html;_ylt=A0LEVy1h11tUvKkA5iRx.9w4;_ylu=X3oDMTByMG04Z2o2BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--?.tsrc=lgwnaww

VolvoS60:



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You chose to avoid responding to my post on the other thread on this topic. Quit with the pseudo-patriotism and false Afrocentrism.

Muscomide:


What a dumb analogy

Litmus:



You seem very earnest, and it's likely that your support or participation in the campaign is with the best of intentions, but from my perspective the campaign is naive . And, as for not responding to your other post , with all due respect, i rarely do so. This is not meant disrespectfully. Finlay, you're wrong, i am passionately pro Nigerian although not at all Afrocentric.

Lakeshizu:
just saw the ash tag.......

www.nairaland.com/attachments/1843900_b1rh1qiyaeesyn_jpeg8eaddee2876d2094cf3b9cc27466dde0

pendy79:
God will heal nigeria after we sweep out the years of the locust of the PDP next year.

It has been 15years of wastefulness, cluelessness and corruption o lord .

Come heal and restore our land O Lord.

The journey to rejuvenate this country starts with me and you. Every sane Nigerian need to be part of the atmosphere and desire for change.

pendy79:


Read well where you quoted me from. You will see it was a response to an insult.

You won't see an intra state road as worst as the you will see in Aba in any part of SW. I lived and worked in Akwa-ibom for over 11years. I passed through virtually all the states and I've had course to visit every part of the south south to the south east. All the states and their capitals before I relocated out of the country. So I know what I'm talking about. Lagos is not eldorado likewise newyork is not.

But you will see a strong desire to change the landscape and purposedriven leadership in the places I mentioned.

pendy79:
God will heal nigeria after we sweep out the years of the locust of the PDP next year.

It has been 15years of wastefulness, cluelessness and corruption o lord .

Come heal and restore our land O Lord.

The journey to rejuvenate this country starts with me and you. Every sane Nigerian need to be part of the atmosphere and desire for change.

chucky234:
This once great nation is lost, no hope in sight because APC is just as satanic as the much dreaded demon called PDP. I have nothing but pity for Nigeria, the masses are too gullible to champion the call for a better govt.

chucky234:
This once great nation is lost, no hope in sight because APC is just as satanic as the much dreaded demon called PDP. I have nothing but pity for Nigeria, the masses are too gullible to champion the call for a better govt.

hercules07:
Nigerian roads are bad, both at the state and federal levels, but, the greater shame should go to the FG, I am sure the total distance of roads at the Federal level is far less than that of intra city roads of 2 or 3 states combined, the FG gets the bulk of revenue in the country 56% compared to 44% for all other organs, there is no single justifiable reason for the FG not to over perform, those who are comparing a state to the FG are diminishing their arguments, FG has far less responsibility and more revenue than the states and its infrastructure should be top class.