obailala:
The planned rail is a standard gauge rail line which can accommodate modern high speed trains; not the refurbished pre-1960 narrow gauge line which you are presently riding on now which can only support slow trains.

If the present government can achieve just this, then it will be a nice achievement.

quemod:
I can beat my chest anywhere and say this is another Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Nnasari Jonathan initiative.

maupe:



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/lagos-ibadan-rail-line-ready-in-2-years-amaechi-assures/

jaymejate:
Wait o, LAGOS to IBADAN as how. Are they planning to Renovate the existing track or construct another one? Cos i travel by train a lot and the line is from KANO to IBADAN, the same line goes from IBADAN to ABEOKUTA to LAGOS.

Probably that would be for UP TRAIN , LAGOS - IBADAN - KANO. But serious it won't make any difference, train time would still remain.

Wildrage:
Amaechi should just deliver without making stupid promises of deadlines. How can someone who could not deliver 3km of rail in 8yrs be shamelessly giving deadline of 2yrs for 100km rail

OneManLegion:
The first two years of Lincoln's leadership were extremely hard times; the US was being routed by the confederates and the US fell from one economic woe to another.

But Lincoln had nothing if he didn't have resolve. He rose above the challenges and today, he's known as the greatest president US has ever produced.

He was also mocked when his administration was yet in its nascence.




Do you see the similarities between Lincoln and Buhari and the US of then and the Nigeria of now?

wayodude:
I am not usually pessimistic but I am willing to wager £50 with someone that this will not happen as stated.

jaymejate:
Wait o, LAGOS to IBADAN as how. Are they planning to Renovate the existing track or construct another one? Cos i travel by train a lot and the line is from KANO to IBADAN, the same line goes from IBADAN to ABEOKUTA to LAGOS.

Probably that would be for UP TRAIN , LAGOS - IBADAN - KANO. But serious it won't make any difference, train time would still remain.

Iko5000:
Answer -- BIG FAT NO

obailala:
The planned rail is a standard gauge rail line which can accommodate modern high speed trains; not the refurbished pre-1960 narrow gauge line which you are presently riding on now which can only support slow trains.

If the present government can achieve just this, then it will be a nice achievement.

Google63:
Your sense of humour and sarcasm is out of this world.

Iamdipo:


Yes! it is a standard guage, but this project was handed over to the Buhari administration by GEJ, including the Lagos-Calabar standard guage line... this government is building on past administration effort. No big deal

favourmic:
Let wait and see

aminho:
madam with due respect i always like what you are writing but the characters are really irritating.the fact is its childish

wolex81:





She once boasted 'my mom has supermarket' when she was in web of argument with someone. Since then I concluded that anything she writes on here is out of her youthful exuberance. So irritating and nauseating with the way she descends on anything has progressive name on it. Plus she criticizes as if government is her mom's supermarket.

Wildrage:
Amaechi should just deliver without making stupid promises of deadlines. How can someone who could not deliver 3km of rail in 8yrs be shamelessly giving deadline of 2yrs for 100km rail

obailala:
...and you are obviously not aware of the fact that the project was handed over to UMY/GEJ by OBJ?

Wake up from your slumber bro and quit these childish "it is GEJ's idea" rants; GEJ is long gone and is no longer the president. What matters is not who 'thinks' about a project, it is he who executes it that matters. By the way, Abacha thought about introducing GSM technology to Nigeria and even made moves in that regard. But do you think it would be sensible to claim that GSM was introduced into Nigeria by Abacha?

Just for your info, the Nigerian rail modernisation masterplan has been in existence even before GEJ ever thought of joining PDP. The masterplan was eventually agreed and drawn under OBJ and Julius Berger was awarded a contract in OBJs first tenure to build the first Nigerian standard gauge rail (Warri to Ajaokuta), a project which was completed to 99% before OBJ left office. Furthermore, contracts were also signed by OBJ with the Chinese (CCECC) for the building of the Kaduna to Abuja and Lagos to Kano standard gauge rail lines just before OBJ handed over to UMY; these contracts were cancelled by UMY due to irregularities but GEJ came in and re-awarded the Abuja to Kaduna line which was built to 99% completion before he handed over to PMB.

I wonder where you got your own "it is GEJ's idea from," just like most other achievements by GEJ which were purely completion of projects initiatives by his predecessor, governance is all about continuity and what matters most is who executes and not who 'thinks' about an idea. Next time you should do well to do your homework before going public.

greenpasture: