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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by obailala(m): 2:47pm On Feb 26, 2022
Omooba77:


Most of them know the truth, but use lies to deceive unsuspecting populace.....
What exactly is your version of the truth?

You rightly said in you previous post that you pay £52 from Edinburgh to London by train (only when you book well in advance) right?.... For that same journey using a bus (megabus or national express), say the truth to yourself and to the rest of Nigerians reading this, did it cost up to £10?

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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by loswhite(m): 2:51pm On Feb 26, 2022
Omooba77:
APC, wickedness and poverty inducing systems are triplets.
Ibadan to Lagos is 2600, how many can afford it...... When bus is like N1000......
Nigerian Citizens are the greatest problem of this country. Anything Subsidize is an Avenue for corruption in this country.
Please remove subsidy for the trains. Let the trains work and repay the loans...

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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by obailala(m): 3:01pm On Feb 26, 2022
loswhite:
Nigerian Citizens are the greatest problem of this country. Anything Subsidize is an Avenue for corruption in this country.
Please remove subsidy for the trains. Let the trains work and repay the loans...
When they first launched the Abuja to Kaduna trains in 2016 and Amaechi arbitrarily fixed the tickets at N900, that was the day I knew the railways for which billions of dollars were borrowed to build had become just another doomed to fail govt liability.

Those trains should have been concessioned to private operators from day 1 so the trails and tracks can be maintained properly. At the current ticket prices, the NRC cant even generate enough to cover mere diesel cost for the trains. After borrowing billion$ to build railways and buy trains, the FG still has to budget funds every year (of course from oil money) to pay train drivers, maintain the trains and tracks, buy diesel to run the trains and still pay back the loans from oil money? It's already obvious the railway system is doomed for failure.

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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by ClassicMG(m): 3:14pm On Feb 26, 2022
inoki247:
You people are mad...


Sole Bus to Ibadan na 500naira...

Follow Trailer or truck na 200naira....


Bus for park na 1k...


Sienna na 1500...


So which Subsidy are u talking abt u mean the Subsidy on Petrol...
this right here is the problem of we Nigerians we like everything free or cheap, in every develop nation trains are more expensive than road transport. And yes you have the option of taking bus its your choice

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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by sammhi(m): 4:34pm On Feb 26, 2022
post=110567876:
God bless Nigeria.
God bless our darling Daddy President Muhammadu Buhari and his amiable Vice president Prof Yemi Osinbajo for all they are doing to make this once battered and looted nation work again.
God bless all good, sane and sensible members of this forum.


Slow and steady, Nigeria will be great in our lifetime.


I HATE TRAINS.
I HATE BRIDGES.
I HATE RICE.
I HATE TALLEST BUILDING EAST OF THE NIGER



Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr Ben Gbenro: “Why are some people allergic to good news about Nigeria? You are angry about the test-run of Lagos-Ibadan rail, you are angry about the development in Onne Port, but will eagerly amplify any negative news even if it’s not true. Something is wrong with you and I am here to tell you.”

Of course, that comment generated responses, both positive and negative. But the one that caught my fancy specially was by Ayekooto, who declared: “We have got to a stage when GMB achievements can no longer be denied but hated. I hate trains. I hate bridges. I hate rice.”

Very profound. A lot of people can no longer deny the many achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari, particularly in the area of infrastructure, building a new Nigeria, and so, they have decided to hate it. Sad. Very sad.

Nobody can deny that there are very serious challenges in the country, particularly in the areas of security, the economy, and standard of living generally. But that is not all there is to Nigeria of today, and those challenges are being addressed very robustly. That hymn says “behind a frowning providence, He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour.” We will surely see an end to the challenges, if we all work together, and eschew hate speeches.

Why then do some people choose to see and amplify only negative things? Why do they choose to remain willfully blind and deaf to positive things? And surrounded and confronted by salutary developments, they keep repeating; what has the Buhari administration achieved? Show us.

You tell them that just last weekend, there was a test run of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, with brand new coaches that will begin commercial operation before the end of the year.That is happening in a country where we were told we couldn’t afford new coaches when our oil was selling at over 100 dollars per barrel. Now, at about 40 dollars per barrel, we are launching new coaches. Instead of giving credit to a prudent government, they just say; I hate trains.

Okay, if you hate trains, what of brand new airports in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, Enugu, and others in the works? There was a time we were said to parade the worst airports in the world. But not any longer. Buhari reversed it in his four years. What do they say about that? They look up, look down, scratch their heads, and say; I hate airports. I’ve never even boarded a plane in my life, and I don’t want to board. Will I ever enter a plane if I’d been killed by bandits?

Okay. You hate airports and planes. What of bridges being built over rivers in different parts of the country, most especially the Second River Niger Bridge, which the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) built with mouth for 16 years. You tell them that the bridge is almost 50% done, and should be completed in the first quarter of 2022. There’s also the Loko-Oweto Bridge, linking Benue and Nasarawa States. It was started by a previous administration, but almost completed now. Like a cornered rat, their eyes dart furtively from corner to corner, seeking a hole to enter. Finding none, they tell you deadpan: I hate bridges.

Okay. All those are physical structures. So they want stomach infrastructure. You then tell them of the rice revolution, which has freed us from being a net importer of the product in the world. You point out that if Buhari hadn’t put his money where his mouth was, and encouraged us to go back to the land, causing rice farmers to rise from six to 12 million, we would have been in serious trouble when COVID-19 struck. How would we have imported rice, with all international borders closed, and no foreign exchange to even place orders? They pat their tummies gingerly, belch after a hearty meal, and then declare: I hate rice.

A Cancer Centre has been built and commissioned by President Buhari at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). An ultra-modern diagnostic center also built and commissioned in Kano. And just this week, another diagnostic centre built at a cost of $5.5 million, was commissioned at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, in Abia State. What do they say of all these? “I hate hospitals. May I never need to use any diagnostic centre. It is not my portion.”

You join them to say amen, since you don’t have a hateful heart. And you remind them that the largest ever vessel in the country, Maerskline Stadelhorn, with a length of 300 meters and width of 48 meters, berthed few days ago at Onne Port, in Rivers State. That is the biggest ever container vessel to berth in any part of Nigeria. Onne people were delirious with joy, and praised the government to high heavens, because no vessel had come to their port for 12 years, till August last year, under Buhari. You tell the naysayers the positive economic implications, but they refuse to listen. They dive under water, shouting as they go: We hate container vessels.

You then take them to Yenagoa, in Bayelsa State. Just last week, the skyline of South-south and South-East was transformed, as President Buhari commissioned the tallest Federal Government structure in the region, the 17-story Nigerian Content Tower, Headquarters of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

The architectural masterpiece occupies an area equivalent to four football fields, and has a 1,000 seater conference centre plus a 10 MW power plant. Started in late 2015, now completed, all under Buhari. Engineer Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of the agency paid tribute to the resolve, determination and encouragement of the President, that saw the structure to completion in record time. And Wabote, third E.S of NCDMB in its 10 years history, has written his name in gold. Just because he has a supportive President.

Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylvia, under whose tenure as Bayelsa State Governor the land was allocated for the project, declared: “The commissioning of this building is symbolic in many ways. It shows that Mr President is keen to see infrastructural development in every part of the country...It shows that skyscrapers and other laudable infrastructure can be built in the Niger Delta.”

But they say Buhari hasn’t achieved anything. You show them the 17-story building, and as they gaze skyward, their caps and headgear fall off. You pick the cap and headgear, dust and hand them back. And you ask, brothers and sisters, how now? Rather than admit defeat, they pull the caps and headgear over their eyes, and grumbled: We hate skyscrapers. They make us dizzy.

At that point, you pity them.
You realize that they need prayers.
They hate everything good.
They hate anything uplifting.
They hate development.
They hate their country.
They even hate themselves.


To the enemies of the country,
AKA : Children of hate, Frustrations and perdition,
The anointing wey all of us @[/color] carry,
No be una @$@^# mate!

No Cap!

MAY BUHARI SUCCEED.
GOD BLESS [color=#006600]NIGERIA


Ode
Lemme say prayers for you
May God run your life the way APC and Buhari have run Nigeria for the last 7 years
Pls say amen to this prayer
And
For the benefit of others ..there are indices to judge a government if doing well or not
1. Security
2.GDP
3. Inflation rate
4. Unemployment rate
5. Healthcare indices
6. Education
7. Environment
8. Infrastructure
9. FDI
10 . Per capital income
So to your hero score them on each of these items
And compare it to the 2014 indices . It will show if you have done well or not .

Now to his campaign promise
Buhari and APC promised 3 cardinal things
1. Corruption
2.Security
3. Economy
So these 3 campaign promise , have they fulfilled it or not ?
If they haven't then they have failed ! U know the answer. They didn't !
Stop using a 100 km rail and a 7 km long bridge as yardstick of achievement. IT IS NOT! For the amount of loans they took , it is highly unjustified.
Lastly ,
Building a 100 km train which have little no Economic importance and is even a drain on th economy is not wise at this time

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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by NwokoloOwa: 4:41pm On Feb 26, 2022
Liar.

Our fares are competitive enough, cos what we are currently paying is comparable with the fare per mile in China non bullet or even the hi-speed. The enphasis should be on per mile or per km basis. Most of our trips of 5000 or 3000 as the case maybe are typically less than 200km
Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by Aaaoo: 6:28pm On Feb 26, 2022
How
Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by NLPoliceWoman: 6:52pm On Feb 26, 2022
sammhi:

Ode
Seun Mynd44 Justwise Dominique.
Rule 2.

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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by kay29000(m): 8:29pm On Feb 26, 2022
Omooba77:
APC, wickedness and poverty inducing systems are triplets.
Ibadan to Lagos is 2600, how many can afford it...... When bus is like N1000......

Where did you see 1k bus? Please tell me so I can enter. Don't say what you know nothing about. I travel between lagos and Ibadan/Ibadan to Lagos every week... Bus is 1k5-2k5, depending on what part of lagos/Ibadan you are going.

By the way, I feel the train fare is expe expensive, I am not in support of this government... I just don't like peopl speaking on what they don't know about.

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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by CoolAmbience(m): 9:19pm On Feb 26, 2022
Omooba77:
APC, wickedness and poverty inducing systems are triplets.
Ibadan to Lagos is 2600, how many can afford it...... When bus is like N1000......


No be by force....

Who no fit afford am make e sidon for one place...

When PDP dey there....you see train enter?

Abeg, go rest...you no get talk at all.

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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by CoolAmbience(m): 9:24pm On Feb 26, 2022
flokii:
Yet Lagos to Ibadan by road is far cheaper than train this govt. took Chinese loans to build.. I doubt if these people go outside to see things for themselves other than just churning out rubbish to the press.


Then use road na...who force you?

No only you use your mouth talk say na loan from China dem take build am, yet you want make e be one naira....

Una matter sef...

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Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by specialmati(m): 11:50pm On Feb 26, 2022
post=110567876:
God bless Nigeria.
God bless our darling Daddy President Muhammadu Buhari and his amiable Vice president Prof Yemi Osinbajo for all they are doing to make this once battered and looted nation work again.
God bless all good, sane and sensible members of this forum.


Slow and steady, Nigeria will be great in our lifetime.


I HATE TRAINS.
I HATE BRIDGES.
I HATE RICE.
I HATE TALLEST BUILDING EAST OF THE NIGER



Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr Ben Gbenro: “Why are some people allergic to good news about Nigeria? You are angry about the test-run of Lagos-Ibadan rail, you are angry about the development in Onne Port, but will eagerly amplify any negative news even if it’s not true. Something is wrong with you and I am here to tell you.”

Of course, that comment generated responses, both positive and negative. But the one that caught my fancy specially was by Ayekooto, who declared: “We have got to a stage when GMB achievements can no longer be denied but hated. I hate trains. I hate bridges. I hate rice.”

Very profound. A lot of people can no longer deny the many achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari, particularly in the area of infrastructure, building a new Nigeria, and so, they have decided to hate it. Sad. Very sad.

Nobody can deny that there are very serious challenges in the country, particularly in the areas of security, the economy, and standard of living generally. But that is not all there is to Nigeria of today, and those challenges are being addressed very robustly. That hymn says “behind a frowning providence, He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour.” We will surely see an end to the challenges, if we all work together, and eschew hate speeches.

Why then do some people choose to see and amplify only negative things? Why do they choose to remain willfully blind and deaf to positive things? And surrounded and confronted by salutary developments, they keep repeating; what has the Buhari administration achieved? Show us.

You tell them that just last weekend, there was a test run of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, with brand new coaches that will begin commercial operation before the end of the year.That is happening in a country where we were told we couldn’t afford new coaches when our oil was selling at over 100 dollars per barrel. Now, at about 40 dollars per barrel, we are launching new coaches. Instead of giving credit to a prudent government, they just say; I hate trains.

Okay, if you hate trains, what of brand new airports in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, Enugu, and others in the works? There was a time we were said to parade the worst airports in the world. But not any longer. Buhari reversed it in his four years. What do they say about that? They look up, look down, scratch their heads, and say; I hate airports. I’ve never even boarded a plane in my life, and I don’t want to board. Will I ever enter a plane if I’d been killed by bandits?

Okay. You hate airports and planes. What of bridges being built over rivers in different parts of the country, most especially the Second River Niger Bridge, which the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) built with mouth for 16 years. You tell them that the bridge is almost 50% done, and should be completed in the first quarter of 2022. There’s also the Loko-Oweto Bridge, linking Benue and Nasarawa States. It was started by a previous administration, but almost completed now. Like a cornered rat, their eyes dart furtively from corner to corner, seeking a hole to enter. Finding none, they tell you deadpan: I hate bridges.

Okay. All those are physical structures. So they want stomach infrastructure. You then tell them of the rice revolution, which has freed us from being a net importer of the product in the world. You point out that if Buhari hadn’t put his money where his mouth was, and encouraged us to go back to the land, causing rice farmers to rise from six to 12 million, we would have been in serious trouble when COVID-19 struck. How would we have imported rice, with all international borders closed, and no foreign exchange to even place orders? They pat their tummies gingerly, belch after a hearty meal, and then declare: I hate rice.

A Cancer Centre has been built and commissioned by President Buhari at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). An ultra-modern diagnostic center also built and commissioned in Kano. And just this week, another diagnostic centre built at a cost of $5.5 million, was commissioned at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, in Abia State. What do they say of all these? “I hate hospitals. May I never need to use any diagnostic centre. It is not my portion.”

You join them to say amen, since you don’t have a hateful heart. And you remind them that the largest ever vessel in the country, Maerskline Stadelhorn, with a length of 300 meters and width of 48 meters, berthed few days ago at Onne Port, in Rivers State. That is the biggest ever container vessel to berth in any part of Nigeria. Onne people were delirious with joy, and praised the government to high heavens, because no vessel had come to their port for 12 years, till August last year, under Buhari. You tell the naysayers the positive economic implications, but they refuse to listen. They dive under water, shouting as they go: We hate container vessels.

You then take them to Yenagoa, in Bayelsa State. Just last week, the skyline of South-south and South-East was transformed, as President Buhari commissioned the tallest Federal Government structure in the region, the 17-story Nigerian Content Tower, Headquarters of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

The architectural masterpiece occupies an area equivalent to four football fields, and has a 1,000 seater conference centre plus a 10 MW power plant. Started in late 2015, now completed, all under Buhari. Engineer Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of the agency paid tribute to the resolve, determination and encouragement of the President, that saw the structure to completion in record time. And Wabote, third E.S of NCDMB in its 10 years history, has written his name in gold. Just because he has a supportive President.

Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylvia, under whose tenure as Bayelsa State Governor the land was allocated for the project, declared: “The commissioning of this building is symbolic in many ways. It shows that Mr President is keen to see infrastructural development in every part of the country...It shows that skyscrapers and other laudable infrastructure can be built in the Niger Delta.”

But they say Buhari hasn’t achieved anything. You show them the 17-story building, and as they gaze skyward, their caps and headgear fall off. You pick the cap and headgear, dust and hand them back. And you ask, brothers and sisters, how now? Rather than admit defeat, they pull the caps and headgear over their eyes, and grumbled: We hate skyscrapers. They make us dizzy.

At that point, you pity them.
You realize that they need prayers.
They hate everything good.
They hate anything uplifting.
They hate development.
They hate their country.
They even hate themselves.


To the enemies of the country,
AKA : Children of hate, Frustrations and perdition,
The anointing wey all of us @[/color] carry,
No be una @$@^# mate!

No Cap!

MAY BUHARI SUCCEED.
GOD BLESS [color=#006600]NIGERIA


you have started again with this madness of using all front page to post rubbish stop it.now limiting others with reasonable point to make their space.everything you see about this government is good even when the country is in a mess.make you point concise
Re: Fidet Okhiria: Train Services In Nigeria Cheap, Heavily Subsidised by KingDamzzy(m): 12:43pm On Feb 27, 2022
There are a lot of IPOB/PDP cry cry babies on this thread. All they do is wail and wail. Their speciality is to find fault in everything good about the country.

Nobody is forcing you to enter train, there are other means of transportation for you. Let those that can afford it and know its worth, use it.

Nobody is even factoring the comfortability and the safety of the train ride in the price. You want to enjoy services but you don't want to pay for it. O wrong now.

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