This is clueless coming fro. the minister! It is only proper for the state governors to be proactive rather than wait for a sluggish federal Government.

But BRF did same..........

Instead of this fool to encourage them.
Who in their right mind believe a nepotistic govt have their wellbeing at heart?
Just look at what amaechi is doing?

Please, governors in akwaibom,Rivers and Delta should keep repairing federal roads for the sake of their people

This federal govt of winner takes all cannot be depended on.

This is bad;!!!


Most Federal roads are bad. So those Governors that wants to repair them won't do that any more.

Ceegar01:
I think fashola is making a great point there imagine the amount of money states like Ogun, Delta and Rivers State are claiming to have spent on federal roads which i know they didn't.

which we know bro not you alone

We don't have federal lands but we have federal roads..... How ironic.

Ceegar01:
I think fashola is making a great point there imagine the amount of money states like Ogun, Delta and Rivers State are claiming to have spent on federal roads which i know they didn't.

Why can't Federal Ministry of works award the contract and States pay. The FG can reimburse the States later

Its long overdue. Haba, how can a governor repair a road with less than 3km stretch and start billing 45billion. Its been the norm and its not acceptable. Let federal handle their roads while states focus on theirs. If it becomes imperative, erect huge billboard on the road stating clearly: " THIS IS A FEDERAL ROAD, PLEASE BEAR WITH FG!"
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Teacher1776:
"Drive away the hawk before coming back to query your chicks for wandering far away from home."
Faahola is asking state governments hoping to get repayments for maintaining Fed roads to stay away?This shows that the federal government refusal to repair failed portions of our highways are deliberate.
Would state governors who have plenty of other works to do be going to repair federal roads if the federal government is heeding to calls to get them maintained.
Activities of FERMA is non existent in the south south and south east. How else do you explain the poor state of federal roads in this region? If u imagine the suffering people pass thru on the highway. u will wonder if there is even a government in Nigeria.
Let me ask this loud and clear.

DO WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA?

You don't understand, the state governor's rather than fix state road jump at every opportunity to fix federal roads should they can quote and overbloated amount when asking for refunds. It's just the way they scam the FG.

If federal roads in your state is bad, it's the duty of your representatives, senators, governors and those with the necessary reach to draw the attention of the FG to fix it.

Fed govt of buhari administration is doing his posibu best to fix all d fed RDS, I am a witness, ongoing work at Enugu-onitsha which started from 9th mile, ongoing Lagos Ibadan rd, Benin-Ore-Ajebandele-Ofosu rd, Oyo ogbomoso rd among others. The truth is we can't use all d fed govt money to fix all d fed RDS at a start, it has to be gradual, cos we have other ministry too in a nation. All what we seek from d citizen is to encourage Mr president and the minister of work to kip d good work going. No sentiment no tribalism, this govt is trying and working.

naijadrivablog:


Why can't Federal Ministry of works award the contract and States pay. The FG can reimburse the States later

You actually believe they want to?
Fashola keep plunging Nigeria into more debt in the name of infrastructure.

If those infrastructure were built by the states, it automatically means the federal govt has to reimburse them, which means more pressure to use the borrowed monies appropriately, less unallocated funds, less chance for corruption, inefficiency, Bureaucracy and even less nepotism.

We are just surviving in Nigeria. Nonsense!!

obailala:
There's this widespread notion that the FG is fixing roads in the north and abandoning the south, especially the SE and SS due to ethnocentric reasons. In a moment of truth and honesty devoid of political emotions, can you substantiate this your claim that the ministry of works is currently fixing more roads in the north than elsewhere?... Saying something over and over again, and believing it as fact, doesnt necessarily make it true. How long are we going to keep believing and propagating this false notion?

Meanwhile, regarding the directive by Buhari to governors, you cant really blame the FG and neither can you blame the governors. This is like a husband who while still thinking of a birthday gift he can afford for his wife, the wife goes ahead and buys a brand new Ferrarri as her gift, and then asks the husband to refund her the gift money. If you were the husband, what would be your reaction?

RUBBISH

Really? But y'all blame your state government for bad roads within your state axis. FERMA is shitty and don't maintain sh*t. These roads, esp in the south west wouldn't have eased transportation if not for the intervention of some state government. Nevertheless, some state government see this as an avenue to loot resources

Ceegar01:
I think fashola is making a great point there imagine the amount of money states like Ogun, Delta and Rivers State are claiming to have spent on federal roads which i know they didn't.

And how many of these drawn attention has the federal government finessed?

patrickmuf:
You don't understand, the state governor's rather than fix state road jump at every opportunity to fix federal roads should they can quote and overbloated amount when asking for refunds. It's just the way they scam the FG.

If federal roads in your state is bad, it's the duty of your representatives, senators, governors and those with the necessary reach to draw the attention of the FG to fix it.

They still find excuses to put blames on previous administrations.
And the blame game continues

Ceegar01:
I think fashola is making a great point there imagine the amount of money states like Ogun, Delta and Rivers State are claiming to have spent on federal roads which i know they didn't.

Cost of road repair is higher in the South regardless. The terrain is different.
All Nigerian governors are thieves.

b4nks:
And how many of these drawn attention has the federal government finessed?

I only pointed out the reason why state governor's rather fix federal roads. I am not ready for any back and forth argument with you. Enjoy your day.

mushystuff:
Hehehe..next level directive. Seriously though, ths is wrong on all counts because FG is clearly too ethnocentric to want to pay equal attention to all regions. It is mostly Southern governors that are forced to intervene on federal roads. Northern governors don't have to because the president is their brother!

Now if the state governors are asked to steer clear or repair those roads at their expense, what then is the FG doing? If they were doing their jobs will governors have to? Why not look at how to agree on payment modalities and review claims made by the state governments? These idiots in power are fond of either forcing stuff down the throats of Nigerians or absolutely throwing out the baby with the bathwater! They never apply critical thoughts to their policies and decisions!

Those Governors should heal themselves before attempting to heal any other entity. And they have a lot to account for in their various domains. How many of their people they should be serving, travel across states or use Federal roads and pay taxes, anyways? And wetin concyn agbero wit overload sef?

So, Governor-physicians, heal thy-selves!

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obailala:
There's this widespread notion that the FG is fixing roads in the north and abandoning the south, especially the SE and SS due to ethnocentric reasons. In a moment of truth and honesty devoid of political emotions, can you substantiate this your claim that the ministry of works is currently fixing more roads in the north than elsewhere?... Saying something over and over again, and believing it as fact, doesnt necessarily make it true. How long are we going to keep believing and propagating this false notion?

Meanwhile, regarding the directive by Buhari to governors, you cant really blame the FG and neither can you blame the governors. This is like a husband who while still thinking of a birthday gift he can afford for his wife, the wife goes ahead and buys a brand new Ferrarri as her gift, and then asks the husband to refund her the gift money. If you were the husband, what would be your reaction?

Get lost.

President Buhari is so ethnocentric that he instructed the World Bank and IMF to concentrate development in Northern Nigeria.

Have you imagine such a bigot as the President

Its very simple, there should be an agreement &modalities like real cost required &being acknowledged by both state & federal govt. So as to speed up rehabilitation of roads across the country.

KingTom:

Calabar to Uyo road is another good way to meet your maker, damn that road is terrible

I can imagine. I have stopped traveling sef.

Before, people used to travel around Nigeria
for fun. No longer possible now.

LadyExcellency:


Get lost.

President Buhari is so ethnocentric that he instructed the World Bank and IMF to concentrate development in Northern Nigeria.

Have you imagine such a bigot as the President

You can imagine. And they have all the best roads up north while PH and Akwa Ibom that produce oil money have no roads.

People use rope to tie exhausts pipe before they can complete a PH to and fro trip.

revolt:
its simple handover the roads to the stare.....let them have jurisdiction there.

In similar vein, State Governments should handover to the Federal Government whatever they're unable to fix in their various states - and that's virtually everything.

Better still, State Governments should simply also handover to the next tier of government - the LGAs - whatever State Governments are unable to fix. Simple. Who's a fool?

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LadyExcellency:


[s]Get lost.

President Buhari is so ethnocentric that he instructed the World Bank and IMF to concentrate development in Northern Nigeria.

Have you imagine such a bigot as the President[/s]

He said North East, a place devastated by insurgency.

Hope you don't complain about the new rail lines in the 'South' of Nigeria.

duwdu:


Those Governors should heal themselves before attempting to heal any other entity. And they have a lot to account for in their various domains. How many of their people they should be serving, travel across states or use Federal roads and pay taxes, anyways? And wetin concyn agbero wit overload sef?

So, Governor-physicians, heal thy-selves!

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This is a slightly ignorant and myopic statement. Do you think those roads linking states are only on the outskirts? Some of them are major roads in busy towns that lead to other states so everyone in that city or town is affected when the roads are bad!

Secondly, there are large multitudes of Nigerians who depend on daily movement/transport whether from farms to markets or to deliver goods or even our petroleum products that tankers must haul across state lines! Why do you think there's always news of tankers falling over and causing explosions? When this critical infrastructure is bad, it affects the residents and citizens generally.