Ezenwammadu:
1. The Benin-Ore road
2. East- west road
3. Abuja-Lokoja Abaji Dualisation
4. Kano-Maiduguri Dualisation
5. Onitsha head-bridge
6. Onitsha Owerri expressway
7. Von-Machok RD
8. Katsina Daura rd
9. The east-west RD
10. IJEBU IGBO-SEKONA (OGUN STATE)
11. GOMBE BYPASS ROAD (GOMBE STATE)

echomog1:
The question is.....did you allow him to complete his 8yrs in office?

Ezenwammadu:
1. The Benin-Ore road
2. East- west road
3. Abuja-Lokoja Abaji Dualisation
4. Kano-Maiduguri Dualisation
5. Onitsha head-bridge
6. Onitsha Owerri expressway
7. Von-Machok RD
8. Katsina Daura rd
9. The east-west RD
10. IJEBU IGBO-SEKONA (OGUN STATE)
11. GOMBE BYPASS ROAD (GOMBE STATE)

babafirst:
I dey Ore now,I dey ask agberos whether another new road dey from Ore to Benin apart from the one wey dem renovate and the agberos dey look me like kidnapper.

LadyExcellency:



Construction of Kankara Gurbi road

Construction of the Loko – Oweto Bridge linking Nasarawa and Benue States

Construction of Bida – Sacci – Nupeko Road

Construction of Oju – Obussa – Ainu Road

Construction of Jarmai – Bashar road

Construction of Jalingo – Kuna Lau Road (Section II)

Construction of Gombe – By Pass Road

Reconstruction of Benin – Abraka phase I

Ezenwammadu:
1. The Benin-Ore road
2. East- west road
3. Abuja-Lokoja Abaji Dualisation
4. Kano-Maiduguri Dualisation
5. Onitsha head-bridge
6. Onitsha Owerri expressway
7. Von-Machok RD
8. Katsina Daura rd
9. The east-west RD
10. IJEBU IGBO-SEKONA (OGUN STATE)
11. GOMBE BYPASS ROAD (GOMBE STATE)

Ikology:
http://www.thetidenewsonline.com/2010/11/08/ekweremadu-flags-off-n15bn-road-project/

Ekweremadu Flags Off N15bn Road Project

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A N15 billion road project has been flagged –off at Mpu, in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State, by the Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, with a call on his fellow lawmakers from the state in the National Assembly to come together and work as a team in order to serve the people better than what is obtainable at the moment.

Chief Ekweremadu said that the call had become necessary in order to better the lots of the people of the state adding that “I believe all of us working together as members of one family we will continue to serve our people much better”.

The Road Project , Oji – Achi –Obeagu – Mmaku – Awgu – Ndeaboh – Mpu – Okpanku – Ogidi, is being executed by SETRACO Nig. Ltd, while the contract was awarded by the Federal Ministry of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Abuja , and it is expected to be completed in 24 Months.

The road which has 5 bridges which were destroyed during the Nigerian Civil War, 42 years ago, also leads to Akaeze in Ebonyi state, and when completed would go a long way in helping the people of the area who are predominantly farmers to evacuate their farm produce not only to the urban areas of the state, but to neighbouring sister states like Abia and Ebonyi .

According to Chief Ekweremadu, presidential candidates, senators, local government chairmen, governorship aspirants, House of Assembly members , among others had at one time or another in the past promised to do the road and the bridges, but never did. He expressed happiness that “ today we are opportune to be part of the generation that have this accomplished”.

Senator Ekweremadu further said: “As a young man growing up, I have had cause to attend political rallies where promises were made that they would do this road and the bridges, but all the hopes were dashed . Budget after budget since 1970, the government of the then Anambra state had included this road in their various budgets and appropriation act . But like other promises they never came through”, he also stressed.

He, therefore, used the occasion to thank the Federal Government , especially “Mr. President , Dr Goodluck Jonathan , who had made this possible. So on behalf of the communities and all other people that will use this road , I want to appreciate Mr. President for harkening our voice by making this possible”.

While thanking friends of his community in the Senate and House of Representatives, and all those who offered all kinds of prayers to make the award of the road contract possible, Chief Ekweremadu , equally praised his people for waiting patiently for 42 years, adding “I think there is a new dawn. We are witnessing something new and it will be sustained in Jesus name”, he further prayed.

Chief Ekweremadu, however, urged the contractors handling the project to endeavour to complete the job earlier than the scheduled time.

The high point of the occasion which attracted many important personalities including some members of the Enugu and Ebonyi states Houses of Assembly, religious leaders, traditional rulers, among others, was the driving by senator Ekweremadu,to the admiration of the large crowd of people present, of one of the heavy earth-moving equipment already assembled in their numbers by the contractor handling the job.

dokiOloye:
Enugu to Abakaliki in Ebonyi road.
Abakaliki to Ogoja in Cross River state road.
D only section that remains uncompleted in d Enugu to Abakaliki road is a short section near Abakaliki town where d state govt demanded should be left cos they want to dualise d road.
Abakaliki to Ogoja is 100% completed.
So also is Onitsha to Owerri road.

gunuvi:

I will only respond to you because you are polite with your response too. New roads is not something anyone should speak of but how to improve on existing roads. Federal governments everywhere hardly construct new roads, it is the state and local governments that identifies new roads and construct such but not the central government. What the vice president said was uncalled for and should not be celebrated by anyone. This is 2016 and people needs better directions and wants to have evidence for it. Shalom

goodguygonebad:
No be GEJ fault say the road spoil na. But for you to say the road wasn't completed is the highest level of irresponsibility to the out gone government.

nesta007:
Many Nigerians disagreed when Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said that the Federal government in the last 10 years have not constructed a single road in the last 10 years. His spokesperson, Laolu Akande, has asked Nigerians to name road projects completed by the past administrations in the last 10yrs.



https://twitter.com/akandeoj/status/704376128442658817?lang=en

Dee60:
It reminds me of the man who bought TOKUNBO range rover and covered the seats with nylon to try to prove to his uncle that the car was new. On getting to his uncle, he was shocked to realize it was his uncle's car that was stolen that the foolish young guy went to purchase in Cotonou! The car was only repainted and re-sold as Tokunbo!

Mr O, please help Nigerians to identify any NEW road that your bosses started and completed. And please dont mention again that you went to XYZ College if you cannot distinguish between OLD and NEW!

Dee60:
It reminds me of the man who bought TOKUNBO range rover and covered the seats with nylon to try to prove to his uncle that the car was new. On getting to his uncle, he was shocked to realize it was his uncle's car that was stolen that the foolish young guy went to purchase in Cotonou! The car was only repainted and re-sold as Tokunbo!

Mr O, please help Nigerians to identify any NEW road that your bosses started and completed. And please dont mention again that you went to XYZ College if you cannot distinguish between OLD and NEW!

erico2k2:

the house you live now if you demolish it and build another one, would you call it new one or renovated one?
@nusirat same question for you as well,
My take leaves these politicians, they are all the same APC+PDP nothing new

codedguy1:


Why start building new roads when the ones available that can practically link 80- 90% of comunities, towns and cities need rehabilitation.

So govt should start bulldozing trees and constructing new bridges from lagos to ibadan when the existing road can be expanded.

If Osinbajo was querrying the amount of rehabiltated roads and claims that they were not enough compared with the 10yr span, I can understand, but he knew he would not get anywhere with that accusation especially when fashola has a contrary view.

Let Osinbajo name where we need a new road and let's see if venturing into that will make sense.

Most places are usually connected and just need rehabilitation, expansion of the road and where necessary divert the road or build a bridge to connect two communities.

erico2k2:

You are still following these thieves thinking the mean any good right? Cant you see they have changed stance? moved the goal post in the middle of the game?
Now with his statement he is tell us rds where built but not completed.
was that the stance of the VP few days ago??
VP says no new rd was built
VP's spoke person says No built rds where completed
So who is fooling who?

tsephanyah:
can u tell us one promise Apc sayed during election and was started talkless of completing,, I will go to Twitter and challenge that,,,, #lies is Apc and there motives is propaganda and conspiracy.

goodguygonebad:
All the people asking for NEW road to be built. I ask a simple question. Why would I build a new road leading to nowhere? Is there any road/surface linking two locations falling under the purview of the federal government that doesn't have an existing road linking them? If yes, then we can castigate them saying they never built any road.

I will ask all those asking for new roads to answer this question once again. Will you just begin to build new roads that lead to nowhere? Seriously?

erico2k2:

Have you traveled from sapele to Ughelli? or from Benin bypass to Bayelsa

Malita156:



Well said!

Existing roads are sufficient and would serve if rehabilitated or expanded and the money which would have been used for new roads channelled to other sectors, power, health, agriculture, tourism. That is a more economical and wise approach. There are many road in need of rehabilitation, fix them!

Its like a man with a faulty generator spending 100,000 Naira to buy a brand new generator when 5,000 Naira can fix his existing generator and make it serve perfectly.

They should get to work and stop playing the blame game, at the end of the day, its still the poor masses that suffer it.

erico2k2:

Well said,These politicians know the youths and some Nigerians will swallow this hook line and sinker,where did they expect the new rds to come from regards Federal rds?.here people are arguing about waht is new or rebuilt or resurfaced etc.The APC leadership should stop being Opposition party and realize they are in government and get on with the Job at hand, this is what all APC supporters should be telling them not wail with them, they should leave the wailing to PDP supporters they are better at it.

obailala:
You call the VP a liar when he makes a factual statement, now his spokesman has put forward a simple question to you and your ilk to expose your folly and this is the answer you can come up with? A question?

Answer the freeakin question put up by the VP's spokesman or cover your face in shame.

shaddoww:
I am not a member of APC neither do I av any affinity to President Buhari n my parents are just like every average Nigerian parent going abt their trade genuinely n transparently but my concern is dat since my parent's has not stolen or corruptly enriched themselves wit government money, then my only hope is to work hard which is wat I av bin doing but d only threat to dat now is d failure of dis government, so dis is why I keep hoping n praying dat it succeed cos should it fail, am afraid even u may find it difficult to call urself a Nigerian.

erico2k2:

the house you live now if you demolish it and build another one, would you call it new one or renovated one?

Ezenwammadu:
1. The Benin-Ore road 2. East- west road 3. Abuja-Lokoja Abaji Dualisation 4. Kano-Maiduguri Dualisation 5. Onitsha head-bridge 6. Onitsha Owerri expressway 7. Von-Machok RD 8. Katsina Daura rd 9. The east-west RD 10. IJEBU IGBO-SEKONA (OGUN STATE) 11. GOMBE BYPASS ROAD (GOMBE STATE)

Jorussia:
I am waiting for the wailers to name the federal road that was started and completed in the last ten years.

erico2k2:

Guy concentrate on JOB hunting, when you get more responsibility to pay rents and feed your family, the reality of how the Nigerian politicians manipulate its populace will hit you and I dare say you will be the wiser,keep living with ignorance.

doctokwus:
People are talking of 10yrs,u are talking of 9months. Are u ok at all?

obailala:


Whether they mean any good is not the issue here, the VP simply said no NEW FG roads were built in 10 years (a fact). GEJ supporters took it personal, labelled the VP a liar and rained countless insults at him. The VP has now responded through his spokesman by politely asking those labelling him a liar to kindly mention the names of the new roads.

FYI, the VP and his spokesman have said exactly the same thing, don't rely on the title of this thread or on comments you read online. Here's the direct tweet from the spokesman below.
www.nairaland.com/attachments/3452242_vp_png49928d4bb7aa374ea01de0ee0fcb2888

And yeah, just starting a project is clearly different from 'starting and progressing to significant level.' It is also different from completing, else the VP can be termed a liar because GEJ kick-started the construction of the 2nd Niger bridge and onitsha bypass road (which is obviously a 'NEW' road).