What happened to the one bubu launched at Ikeja before it was half-completed

Joshcoli:


Everybody is entitled to their own experienced
But to me, this is a wonderful development. It has reduced stress for me like 90% on Lagos roads. I no longer spends hours in Lagos traffic. I close 5pm and gets home 7:30 sometimes 9 but now I spend less than 45 minutes

But from what the op said, there's no free wifi only charging points in the buses

All thanks to Gov Ambode
History will never forget you

Not the buses, but the terminal, I enjoyed the charging on the bus but sadly they didn't turn on the ac. The ride on the bus was also comfortable.

Nastydroid:
Lagos is better than Nigeria

No lie!

Unfortunately, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link...
And the rest of Nigeria (particularly the North) is dragging Lagos (and Abuja) downwards.
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seguno2:


Before or after holding the politicians who destroy public treasury?
Which one should come first please

Start with the morons at the top.

thebosstrevor1:
So this interchange was created because of buses.

So you spend millions of dollars to build a bus station....this is hilarious

I give that place 4 years, it will turn to waste site, the toilets will be filled with feaces, urine smell will be over the place, people trying to sell things will occupy everwhere.

Reminder of what this part of Oshodi used to look like...



When I posted this picture previously, some Nairalanders like you may inadvertently and mistakenly be led to think that the Oshodi Transport Interchange project is just about “beautification” and/or aesthetics. It is much more than that.

The “old” Oshodi used to a nightmare, populated by all manner of Agbero, thugs, touts, pickpockets, thieves, sexual harassers and molesters, etc. It was almost always one of the most unpleasant places and experiences in all of Lagos, but was almost unavoidable for a large segment of the population because it was a bus transportation hub, not only to different parts of the city but also further afield to different parts of the region and the country (as well as the West African subregion).

What the Oshodi Transport Interchange project had done has been to take THIRTEEN (13) different, disparate and chaotic “motor parks” run by all manner of self-anointed transport ‘unions’ and EXTORTIVE motor park touts and thugs, and consolidated them into these 3 well-organized and well-delineated terminals, while eliminating the touts and rogue elements in the process. Accordingly, the Oshodi Transport Interchange project has a social, economic, security, physical and (yes) aesthetic impact.

Finally, it’s NOT just “a bus station”. The Oshodi Transport Interchange, together with the now-completed Oshodi-Abule Egba BRT route and the Red Line Light Rail project (whenever that one finally comes to fruition), effectively anchors a district regeneration program.

EKO ONI BAJE!
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And you want to use restroom they ask you to pay? Is that supposed to be so? Besides the buses no longer put on ACs, especially Ajah routes most times we ride without ac plus no WiFi in the buses like the op stated.

FILEBE:


Oga. Abeg go sit down. This isnt one to be tribalistic about. Infact ,you shouldn't be trbalistic about it. For a fact, i will tell you that the interstate parks are being run by Yorubas and it is dirty. So, stop trying to be tribalistic. Take your Yoruba lordship elsewhere.

I dislike tribalism.

You shouldn't let all the rubbish you see on nairaland get to you. You don't even know if it's one kid behind the moniker

ableguy:
And you want to use restroom they ask you to pay? Is that supposed to be so? Besides the buses no longer put on ACs, especially Ajah routes most times we ride without ac plus no WiFi in the buses like the op stated.

It’s unfortunate that they have to ask for payment for use of the WC facilities....
But without it those toilets will not be well-maintained and will become a cesspool in no time at all - checkout all the free public toilets in Lagos!
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Doing BETTER is always a GOOD thing...
And perfection should NEVER be an enemy of doing better.

This project (and the Lagos Bus Reform Initiative) is a MASSIVE IMPROVEMENT!
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olumzzz:
Good, we all need to think outside the box.
We don't need buses sitting in bus terminals. What we need is to have buses available and timely at bus stops. The buses wouldn't wait more than 5 mins at each stop, you can expect people to ditch their cars at home and goto oshodi first before taking a bus to their destination.
They should be able to take a bus to their destination from their nearest bus stop.

Perfection should never be the enemy of improvement...
Even in NYC, Paris or London, you often have to wait more than 5 mins for your bus.

Folks can either remain stuck in their personal cars for hours on end...
Or suffer the small “inconvenience” of going to Oshodi for a comfortable and relatively quick commute.
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BrickDevo:
Well I have been there, looks good in picture than in real life, so many unneeded and unused spaces, i still ask myself what for, walking around that park is confusing and tiring, is so huge that I can't understand why. To be sincere this complex never reduced lagos traffic. Even around the complex there's so much congestion. I have seen so many abdoned terminals or checkpoints in lagos that ain't functioning or in use so why build another one. This is not what we need and it will never reduce the stressful Lagos life.

Planning for the future is a concept that so many Nigerians still seem to struggle with...
Usage at the Interchange is not yet at full capacity (even though it’s already processed over 2 million commuters).
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travelwaka:
And More pictures

OP, is this a boy, a man or an alien?

hatakekakashi:

You shouldn't let all the rubbish you see on nairaland get to you. You don't even know if it's one kid behind the moniker

We need to put them in their place. Some of us don't let it get to us . Some people, it gets to them . A first timer, guest or even foreigners that visits will assume it is true

9jaRealist:


Perfection should never be the enemy of improvement...
Even in NYC, Paris or London, you often have to wait more than 5 mins for your bus.

Folks can either remain stuck in their personal cars for hours on end...
Or suffer the small “inconvenience” of going to Oshodi for a comfortable and relatively quick commute.
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It shouldn't have to be one or the other.
We don't have buses, boats, trains, etc.
But we're building bus terminals, where is the sense in that?
Such funds could have been used to complete the badagry expressway with a rail line and BRT lane.
There's an existing BRT corridor on ikorodu road from Ikorodu to TBS with no extravagant bus terminal. This BRT corridor has been running for more than 8 years.
Point is, such funds could have been better utilized for projects with immediate impact in the economy.
Oshodi bus terminal has been completed for the second year running with no economic impact.
Ikeja bus terminal has been completed for over 4 years with no economic impact, infact it has been converted to a mall.

Bouz:
You are praising debt, lagos state borrowed money to build a terminal it could afford if, funds were judiciously spent.

The US is the world’s most indebted nation (not to compare Lagos with the US)...
There’s NOTHING WRONG with debt if used for infrastructure that is a catalyst for economic growth.
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olumzzz:
It shouldn't have to be one or the other.
We don't have buses, boats, trains, etc.
But we're building bus terminals, where is the sense in that?
Such funds could have been used to complete the badagry expressway with a rail line and BRT lane.
There's an existing BRT corridor on ikorodu road from Ikorodu to TBS with no extravagant bus terminal. This BRT corridor has been running for more than 8 years.
Point is, such funds could have been better utilized for projects with immediate impact in the economy.
Oshodi bus terminal has been completed for the second year running with no economic impact.
Ikeja bus terminal has been completed for over 4 years with no economic impact, infact it has been converted to a mall.

But we have ferries in Lagos...
Or haven’t you heard of LAGFERRY (as well as private ferry services).

Lagos has substantially invested in dredging and developing waterways...
And building ferry terminals (at Falomo, Bariga, Ikorodu, Osborne, Badagry, etc.).

This was AFTER having to fight the federal government for YEARS in the courts...
Because in Nigeria’s weird (centrist) “federation”, NIWA controls all the inland waterways.
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FILEBE:


We need to put them in their place. Some of us don't let it get to us . Some people, it gets to them . A first timer, guest or even foreigners that visits will assume it is true

Well that's true but the thing is those guys are long gone. Nothing you tell them will make them stop tribalism

travelwaka:
Oshodi Bus terminal is the first of its kind in Africa
It has three different terminals namely terminal 1, terminal 2 and terminal 3
It is the biggest bus terminal in West Africa
The skywalk is the longest skywalk suspension bridge in Africa
The complex host the first skywalk bridge in Nigeria
The Oshodi transport interchange has three different terminals which are terminal 1, terminal 2, terminal 3
It is located in Oshodi, Lagos State, Nigeria.
The bus terminal was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari
The Oshodi Transport Interchange was commissioned on 24th April 2019

Read the comments section very well...
Igbos n PDPee will not like this..
Infact they will liter that place with their shithole

Anyways in other news

9jaRealist:


But we have ferries in Lagos...
Or haven’t you heard of LAGFERRY (as well as private ferry services).

Lagos has substantially invested in dredging developing waterways...
And building ferry terminals (at Falomo, Bariga, Ikorodu, Osborne, Badagry, etc.).

This was AFTER having to fight the federal government for YEARS in the courts...
Because in Nigeria’s weird (centrist) “federation”, NIWA control all the inland waterways.
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All that's what was published in the news.
In reality, there are ferries but mostly substandard and overpriced.
A trip from ikorodu to vi is 900 naira. That isn't affordable to the low and middle class which are 80% of Lagos' population.
Government can better regulate the waterways by providing ferries with higher passenger capacity to crash the prices to about 200 or 300.
These are better initiatives that would have immediate impact in the economy instead of spending billions with no impact.

Royaldave200:


The fare is quite impressive and fixed. Most interesting part is the usage of the cowries card in form of cash, you simply load your card with as much value as you can afford, board a bus, swipe your card and value is automatically deducted. The major problem now is the cowries card, not everyone has access to this yet, but a recent development has it that the lagos state government is making plans of giving out over 20,000 cards which is a very big welcome development for residents and visitors of lagos state. Eko o ni baje oo

Nice

olumzzz:

It shouldn't have to be one or the other.
We don't have buses, boats, trains, etc.
But we're building bus terminals, where is the sense in that?
Such funds could have been used to complete the badagry expressway with a rail line and BRT lane.
There's an existing BRT corridor on ikorodu road from Ikorodu to TBS with no extravagant bus terminal. This BRT corridor has been running for more than 8 years.
Point is, such funds could have been better utilized for projects with immediate impact in the economy.
Oshodi bus terminal has been completed for the second year running with no economic impact.
Ikeja bus terminal has been completed for over 4 years with no economic impact, infact it has been converted to a mall.

Lagos has a Transportation Masterplan...

That masterplan is anchored on INTERMODAL transportation, encompassing road, rail and waterways.
Even the recently-introduced Cowry Card for BRT buses will be usable on ferries and trains (when the latter is operational).

Nonetheless, development is not necessarily piecemeal...
You cannot wait to finish every aspect of one mode of transportation before you begin the next.

Personally, I think the Lagos Light Rail project (particularly the initial Blue Line) should be much further ahead, but complex and capital-intensive infrastructure projects are not always easy (nor straightforward) to execute. Even in the world’s richest and arguably most technologically-advanced nation, the US, it took 25 years to complete the 1.5km Boston tunnel (the so-called “Big Dig”) and several decades to finally complete the Second Avenue subway line in New York City. Nonetheless, we can see that work continues on the Lagos Light Rail project (the Marina Bridge seems to be nearing completion), and hopefully the revised schedule of end of 2022 (for both the Blue and Red lines) comes to fruition.
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May Nigeria succeed, Ameen.

olumzzz:
All that's what was published in the news.
In reality, there are ferries but mostly substandard and overpriced.
A trip from ikorodu to vi is 900 naira. That isn't affordable to the low and middle class which are 80% of Lagos' population.
Government can better regulate the waterways by providing ferries with higher passenger capacity to crash the prices to about 200 or 300.
These are better initiatives that would have immediate impact in the economy instead of spending billions with no impact.

Even though there is LAGFERRY Government should NOT be in the business of operating ferries...
Unless we want them run as a SUBSTANDARD social service, as with most things in the public sector.

The government has expended substantial capital in dredging and maintaining waterways...
That’s akin to building and maintaining roads and highways, and the private sector should step in from there.

PS: Btw, as far as I am aware, Ikorodu to VI on LAGFERRY (public) and Texas (private) is N500.
Nonetheless, Lagos slashed ferry fares by 40% last September: https://shipsandports.com.ng/lagos-slashes-ferry-fares-by-40/
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9jaRealist:


The US is the world’s most indebted nation (not to compare Lagos with the US)...
There’s NOTHING WRONG with debt if used for infrastructure that is a catalyst for economic growth.
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Are you comparing u.s with nigeria, like seriously sir? . a dollar is 480 oh. atleast their debt yielded a positive change. Am just giving that terminal ten year's Oga you won't be able to use that terminal.

9jaRealist:


It’s unfortunate that they have to ask for payment for use of the WC facilities....
But without it those toilets will not be well-maintained and will become a cesspool in no time at all - checkout all the free public toilets in Lagos!
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My problem is they won't still keep the toilets in prestine conditions even if we pay to use it, after some time it will go from white to brown then you start seeing funny colours on it.
It's always like that in every public toilets except the ones at the airports.

Bouz:
Are you comparing u.s with nigeria, like seriously sir? . a dollar is 480 oh. atleast their debt yielded a positive change. Am just giving that terminal ten year's Oga you won't be able to use that terminal.

What part of the explicit preface “not to compare Lagos with the US” was so difficult to understand?

But even if we do so, the ONLY difference is one of degree and scale...
The underlying concept of using debt to finance infrastructure remains the SAME!
Sadly, many Nigerians think growth is by sharing money, rather than infrastructural investment.

Meanwhile, you sound like one of those who confuse exchange rate for economic viability...
FYI, Kuwait has the world’s strongest currency (3x stronger the US dollar), but a relatively weak economy...
Meanwhile, one dollar is over 110 Japanese Yen, but Japan has the 3d biggest economy in the world.

Btw, not sure why you believe the terminal would be unusable in 10 years...
The state secretariat (for example) was built by Jakande in the 1980s and still fit for purpose...
Thing run down in Lagos (eg, housing estates) are usually run down by residents, not the government.
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feather7:
REMINDER: This was not built by the handpicked governor

Wasn't Ambode also handpicked?

ableguy:
My problem is they won't still keep the toilets in prestine conditions even if we pay to use it, after some time it will go from white to brown then you start seeing funny colours on it.
It's always like that in every public toilets except the ones at the airports.

Perhaps the state should use a private Facilities Management company to run and maintain the terminal...
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thebosstrevor1:
So this interchange was created because of buses.

So you spend millions of dollars to build a bus station....this is hilarious

I give that place 4 years, it will turn to waste site, the toilets will be filled with feaces, urine smell will be over the place, people trying to sell things will occupy everwhere.

na your likes wey no dey progress

sulaak:
When will they finish the Blue and Red light rail network?

2022 4th quarter

You don't need any four years. The structure is already looking ragged. They used inferior materials. If you get there now you'll think its one 70years old project.

thebosstrevor1:
So this interchange was created because of buses.

So you spend millions of dollars to build a bus station....this is hilarious

I give that place 4 years, it will turn to waste site, the toilets will be filled with feaces, urine smell will be over the place, people trying to sell things will occupy everwhere.