An0nimus:
See as e dey like American film

Na so e dey easy to wayo us by these leaders looters
Are we really the 200 million mumus that Lagbaja sang about?
Abi you fit tell us whether for America a man who steals $1 billion World Bank loan for light rail that he cannot complete gets promoted from state governor to super minister with three portfolios

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.
AUGUST 10, 2011

The Lagos deal would be the first of its kind for the TTC. Decommissioned cars are usually sold for scrap metal and can fetch up to $1,500 dollar each. While Ross declined to discuss specific figures, he says the sticker price for Lagos is "significantly more" than scrap prices, putting the potential profits to the TTC in the millions of dollars.

It is not unusual for technology from western nations to end up in poorer countries. Marketplaces in Africa and Asia are flooded with North American clothes, computers, and even cars, but the purchase of larger technology like trains is rarer.

The cars will have to be significantly refurbished to fit existing infrastructure in Lagos, and some Nigerian media reports have lamented that the government appears to have settled on "tokundo," or used, trains instead of brand new vehicles.

Although half the cars are more than 30 years old, Ross is adamant they are perfectly safe and are only being decommissioned for capacity reasons. But he also admitted the TTC is not required to make sure the cars meet any safety standards before selling them.

"Once sold, it's up to the new operator to ensure they are in good working order," he said. "They do need to be maintained much more frequently than the new trains, simply because of their age. At some point they will run out their useful life."

Murtaza Haider, director of the Institute of Housing and Mobility at Ryerson University, said the age of the cars is definitely a cause for concern.

"We should be ensuring that there is some service life left in these vehicles and we're not going to be playing havoc with the lives of those who would ride these vehicles," Haider said. "There's metal fatigue, and that metal fatigue could result in dangerous conditions. I would be paying a close watch on this for the next ten years to see how many accidents do happen in Lagos."

More from: https://nowtoronto.com/news/next-stop-nigeria/

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* In January 2013, i.e. some two years after the Toronto visit, our excellent governor said the trains will be ready by June, i.e. five months after the unsolicited statement, based on his inspection & assessment of work done so far at the time =>

Lagos light rail’ll be ready in June – Fashola
JANUARY 9, 2013

The Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday said the first phase of the state Blue Light Rail project would be completed by June this year(2013).

He expressed confidence that Lagosians would start enjoying the services of the lrail project immediately.

The first phase would run from Marina and terminated at Okokomaiko area in Ojo Local Government.

Fashola spoke during an inspection of ongoing projects in the state which took him and his cabinet members to Orile-Iganmu, Alimosho and Ejigbo areas among others to assess the level of works being done by contractors.

The governor, who inaugurated the trackwork of the blue light rail at Alaba Suru, Coker-Agunda Local Council Development Area, said the level of work on the road and those of the National Theatre and Alaba-Mile 2 rail stations, would ensure early completion

He said, “In order to finish the project, the contractor did not go on vacation during the festive period. This will ensure that the project is delivered on time for the use of Lagosians.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-light-railll-be-ready-in-june-fashola/

* Last year, our fine-boy-no-pimples Misita Gomina confessed he had already spent a whopping sum of N160 billion on the light rail that was supposed to be in use since June 2013. Depending on the exchange rate he used that could be $1 billion to $1.2 billion spent

How We Spent N160bn World Bank Loan on Light Rail Project
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He, therefore, explained that the state government already “has in place, strategies to repay the loan. The federal government was in the know of the state’s decision to take the bond and it approved it.”

He added that the truth “is that what they do not also say is that no state in Nigeria can borrow money outside, from any multilateral agencies without the approval of the federal government.

“What they did not say is that they approved it. No state can raise money by bond the way we have done without the federal government’s approval. Both SEC and NSE are all federal regulatory agencies through which we must pass. If they said okay, it means there must be something good about the debt.

More from: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/lagos-how-we-spent-n160bn-world-bank-loan-on-light-rail-project/188736/

Hmmm... what is the present response time...and did this exercise improve on it?

anonimi:


Wonders of bad governance whereby ordinary tap water is not available all over the state of excellence despite 17 years plus of progreTHIEF administration by Tinubu/Fashola/Ambode.
Even Kenya people dey yab us anyhow over the matter.



See correct yabis.

Abeg na who curse us if nor be ourselves
Yet we go dey swagger sey na we smart pass!
We too foolish nor be lie.





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stop wailing bro, go to Alausa to collect your own five thousand and use the next bus out of Lagos.

If Tinubu is a thief, his own stealing is meaningful and we can see the result of his boys.

tell your state governor to get a mentor like Jagaban and your state would never remain the same.

anonimi:


What do you mean by this your response to his post since the Association of ProgreTHIEF Criminals, APC is the party in charge at the Lagos state and federal levels

You this man, fact is APC have been a failure but you just cannot fault Ambode. Aa a collective party APC has failed, but in Lagos they rock

anonimi:



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The fact that all you do is criticize (Which is the easiest thing in the world to do), never profer solutions (Which is the true test of intelligence) and your "better" option is PDP nullifies all your points.

so nice and why the guns like war? lagos is going places trust me

Not a drill.

https://mobile.twitter.com/afolabitunde/status/792017971287842816

ImperialYoruba:



I have one issue with their nomenclature for agencies. LAWMA, LASERMA, LAWSEMA....please! We already know its Lagos State,no need to put LA. The state logo speaks for itself.

People are now following their example and forming names. LACASERA, LALASTICA...

Well, it is a Nigerian thing. If you look at our acts, the ones that start with letter N are the largest. National, Nigerian etc, there must always be a 'NA'. The use of LA is to distinguish it from other state.

Lagos is 'lucky' because they are the only state with letter L. States like Niger vs Nassarawa; Oduduwa States, Kano vs Kaduna and the likes usually put the first three letters of the state. Once there is a national agency (in this case, FERMA), states use up to the first four letters of their names to set up theirs. Basically just an identity thing.