The President who disclosed that that the Lagos/Ibadan expressway would be concessioned next week with plans by the government, said the government was also working on other federal highways including Benin/Shagamu expressway and Kano/Abuja, adding, “within the next one week, we will announce the concessioning of Ibadan- Lagos Highway. We are working on the concessioning of major highways like Benin-Shagamu, Kano-Abuja and we have take strategic roads for rehabilitation – eight of them. The contracts will be awarded next week in the next Federal Executive Council meeting. The other strategic ones, which we have worked with the National Assembly, the contracts will be awarded before end of April”.


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This is Idiocracy when you look at this in a critical sense. I am not against construction of all these highways are they make nigeria better and travel safe. But not to everyones suprise, the busiest highways in Nigeria and west Africa(Enugu-onitsha- Lagos Highway) is still in shambles and not dualized yet and with the highest accident rate in the country have not been worked-on for decades and these guys are commissioning other stupid project in the country. The Niger Bridge is on the Verge of collaspe but these idiots have money to spend on Multimillion dollar stadiums and houses. Nigeria's Priority is a mess and all these have tribalism written all over it. Even Enugu-porharcout highway, Onitsah Owerri High Highway, all which are the top busiest highways in the country are stil in a state of Neglect. Our leaders are just ignorant fools who put tribalistic interest over real issues. When the governors in these states tried to work on those federal highways using state money because it was paralysing business, the federal government opposed it but at the same time will not allocate money for it. What a shame on Nigerian leadership. These are the reasons why groups like MASSOB emerge with the backing of the people as the people can see injustice perpetrated in their eyes. I just hope those governors ignore the Feds and continue working on those important roads needed for the whole economy of nigeria not just the southeast.

i don't understand the craze about 'concessioning' within the govt (state and federal).
We need to see the details of these contracts. They govt shouldn't just be selling our souls away to the private sector.
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Una dey craze too much - nothing wey una understand, you just need to shut up and keep quiet instead of criticising every step the government takes, una hear?