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Who is taking us backward when the world is moving forward? Lokomotiv trains at this age? When China and other advanced countries are on high-tech?

We shouldn't be living 50 years behind time, because it will require enough diesel to power

it. Going for an electric train would've make some sense.

These chinese people are determined in keeping us in 17th century.


Is this not the same train in one of Jackie Chan's films, "Once upon a time in China produced in 1991?

This train was first manufactured in 1812.
It emits atmospheric pollution. Just when sane countries are talking of clean energy, we are doing nonsense.

It's unfortunate.

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post=93194125:
This is the kinda positive and good news that make the children of hate, frustration and perdition go mad and wail.
They are even doing that on the thread before we arrived, are we surprised?
Hell nooooo
Just like Peak milk : it's in them.
Daily bitterness and hatred for any good news about our darling country.

Make all of una pessimist take am.......

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.

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Aswear China get sense,them go use left hand give you something still use their right hand collect am!!

daddytime:
The people wey buy the huge real estate don dey move in with their properties small small.

I don kukuma dey learn Chinese/mandarin. I don chose my name already.

Tian Hiang

I don already dey save money to cut out. The people left behind will be used as slave labour.

Your Chinese name won't save you.

Bellowcy:
Who is taking us backward when the world is moving forward? Lokomotiv trains at this age? When China and other advanced countries are on high-tech?

We shouldn't be living 50 years behind time, because it will require enough diesel to power

it. Going for an electric train would've make some sense.

Is it now you realised your country is a dumping ground. They simply gathered some of their left over locomotives, worked on it, repainted it Nigerian colour and dumped it to Nigeria.

See whether it will even recoup 10% of the loan.

Chai. Amaechi see your life.

daddytime:
The people wey buy the huge real estate don dey move in with their properties small small.

I don kukuma dey learn Chinese/mandarin. I don chose my name already.

Tian Hiang

Ate they new

EVILFOREST:

How Please...?
There are such TRAINS in the United States, Russia and Many Parts of Europe.
IF you term it OLD, why not manufacture yours and stop patronizing the expertise of the WHITE MAN...
What stops you from making SPEED TRAINS and Bullet trains..?
What's stopping you from going to the MOON, after all it's right above your head.
...NIGERIA a Country of BEGGARS with CHOICE

You have a warped mind. Who is a beggar?

We are talking of million dollars of loan which you will pay back. So it has nothing to do with begging.


It wasn't dashed out.

daddytime:
The people wey buy the huge real estate don dey move in with their properties small small.

I don kukuma dey learn Chinese/mandarin. I don chose my name already.

Tian Hiang

.......
Igbole ni

Lol

Conceptsncontex:

Then after some years, we would decide to modernize. The whole world is going with natural clean energy. But my county still sees buying diesel locomotives as an achievement.

one third of the Uk train � fleets are DMU's. Name 5 countries that don't use diesel locomotives

See the flossed trains China abandoned. Somebody don scam us oh.

OLOMO KUIYA in this 21st century?

Locomotive in this modern era wen others are using bullet speed trains

I’ve seen better trains bt ok

QuotaSystem:
Well done Rotimi Amaechi and President Buhari.

Visible progress and development.

At what cost?

Conceptsncontex:

Then after some years we would decide to modernize. The whole world is going with natural clean energy. But my county still sees buying diesel locomotives as an achievement.

......
Then, suggest! Igbo. Hater

which kind of locomotives are these? they're just like the ones from lugard era, are we saying this is what we have been paying billions to operate

Conceptsncontex:

Then after some years we would decide to modernize. The whole world is going with natural clean energy. But my county still sees buying diesel locomotives as an achievement.

If it is not an achievement, I wonder what else it could be.

EVILFOREST:

How Please...?
There are such TRAINS in the United States, Russia and Many Parts of Europe.
IF you term it OLD, why not manufacture yours and stop patronizing the expertise of the WHITE MAN...
What stops you from making SPEED TRAINS and Bullet trains..?
What's stopping you from going to the MOON, after all it's right above your head.
...NIGERIA a Country of BEGGARS with CHOICE

Don't mind the slowpoke the train running from Manchester city center UK to Manchester international airport is exactly like this one, nonsense misdirected youths

EVILFOREST:

How Please...?
There are such TRAINS in the United States, Russia and Many Parts of Europe.
IF you term it OLD, why not manufacture yours and stop patronizing the expertise of the WHITE MAN...
What stops you from making SPEED TRAINS and Bullet trains..?
What's stopping you from going to the MOON, after all it's right above your head.
...NIGERIA a Country of BEGGARS with CHOICE

So you think Nigerians doesn't deserve the best.. You think a Man who bought a 1980 model of a Car doesn't want the latest model?..
Change your thinking... You are Probably the Beggar here, not the Guy you Quoted.... Cocoa house was built in the 1965 by a Regional Government.. That Region knew they deserve the best.. People like you would have settled for 2-storey building

If u ever criticize this great development, trust me u are allergic to positive developments. U keep ur silence if u hate d government but criticizing this only shows one thing. Every great country in the world has this kinda locomotives but u want bullet trains that its budget is bigger than Nigeria budget? Nigerians should stop living above their standards. Our aims should be ousting South Africa not countries that are centuries ahead of us. How many countries in d world could afford bullet trains? This is something we have never had, let's appreciate it first.

Alex9999:
Old old train. Nonsense!

Your spouse will find it hard to please you. You are a difficult person. You disgusting

The same China is building bullet trains for itself. Oh well, half bread is better than none.

Soulsymbol99:
Locomotive in this modern era wen others are using bullet speed trains

Bullet speed trains in a country that cannot boast of 24hrs electricity. You don't have a house, you were given a studio apartment so you can have shelter over your head but you rejected it because people are building mansions now. May God deliver you people from this evil spell of hatred for good things.

EVILFOREST:

How Please...?
There are such TRAINS in the United States, Russia and Many Parts of Europe.
IF you term it OLD, why not manufacture yours and stop patronizing the expertise of the WHITE MAN...
What stops you from making SPEED TRAINS and Bullet trains..?
What's stopping you from going to the MOON, after all it's right above your head.
...NIGERIA a Country of BEGGARS with CHOICE

Well said.

This government is embarrassing us with project upon project after project with project. President Bihari for third term. Let's us all drum it.

They are still importing locomotive train at this century.... Nigeria is a joke