DMerciful:
The SE has been marginalized for long and the only project the fg is doing in the SE will be paid by the Easterners while other fg projects built in other regions are toll free.

You brought a policy in 2021 to cheat the people already cheated. Why are there no fg tolls anywhere else currently? Dont we have roads already built by Bubu that needs tolling?

DMerciful:
Where are the tollgates on Lagos-Ibadan road, Abuja kaduna kano roads?

aribisala0:
Well it is clear you have chosen to ferment is a stew of victimhood
First I did not bring the policy . I am not the government


Second What s "Easterner" I do not know what that means all Nigerians use all roads

This road is not yet operational and tolling has not started.
The FG plans to toll several roads not just this one and this is unlikely to be the first toll gate to start collection

Once again what is your proposal ? That the FG should not collect tolls across the country or exempt just this road?

You folk are not capable of logical or rational discourse because you are always emotional and sentimental

Tell us which road the FG has done in the SS or the SW ? Every one is marginalized

Rugaria:
No nation built on nepotism and sectionalism archives her full potential. Infact most promising states around the globe have imploded in the past, under the enermous weight of their iniquitous history full of tribalism, favouritism and grand injustices. This is so, because for the people of any given country to come together and galvanize their collective abilities towards modernizing their state, there must exist a sense of nationalism, patriotism and a common purpose. This can't happen when it has become a government policy to marginalize, antagonize and deprive a certain section that contributes immensely towards the economic growth of the country, her fare share of national projects and recognitions..

A case in point here is the over dramatized Second Niger bridge. In the history of this eternally convulsing amalgam, no project has been so dramatized, so politicized and so unashamedly utilized as a political football by the close minded political class in Abuja, at the detriment of the welfare and greater economic activities in the South East and the South South regions. The drama started way back during the military era, when the aging bridge built by the then Eastern government in the 50s, started to show signs of wear and tear. This bridge was bombed during the Nigeria - Biafra war and was extensively damaged as a result of the endless skirmishes there. For a long time, the bridge has been the only shaky link between the former Eastern Nigeria and the rest of the country. With the economic activities going on in such wonderful places like Onitsha, Aba, Port Harcourt, Owerri and the rest, the enermous economic importance/impact of this bridge can not be over emphasized..

It's against this backdrop, that one is overwhelmingly alarmed at the disdain with which the federal government has carried on with this project over the years. Firstly, under Babangidas administration, a drawing of the bridge was made with plans for a rail crossing. But nothing happened as it rgards construction proper. Obasanjo came in and only laid the foundation stones few hours to his abdication of office in 2007, which was basically nothing but a taunt" to those who considered the bridge an essential project to them! The plan for the rail lines over the bridge was also shelved. Jonathan did start the project but suggested a partnership between the construction companies, the state government and the federal government as it regards the funding. Then came Buhari, whose administration saw the second Niger bridge as the most convenient project to use as a balancing act for his brazen but shameful display of bigotry and classic igbophobia.

The bridge will now have almost a dozen Toll Gates!! This will be the first and only project built under any administration since the coming of civilian rule in 1999, that will demand that those using it will pay for all bills incurred during construction! Ofcourse, it's mainly the people of the South East. There are many projects in the North being handled as we speak, by the federal government that have bigger cost outlays when compared to the second Niger bridge but whose total cost are shouldered entirely by the federal government, even if it means borrowing! A good example is the nearly One trillion Naira Abuja - Zaria - Kano road. Infact, Nigeria has gone on to borrow billions of dollars to erect highways and railways and pipelines to Niger republic, another country! Nigerians as a people will collectively pay for these projects in another country, while the South Easterners, who are going to be the main users of The second Niger bridge, will pay through their noses for EVERY cent used to build that bridge!

"Fellow Nigerians", Is this fair??


Below is The Muhammadu Buhari Toll gates at the yet to be commissioned second Niger bridge:

DMerciful:
Why are there no other fg bridge being tolled? Why start with the East?

aribisala0:
The only FG tollgates that we have ever known have been in the SW . In the 80s till Obasanjo ended it.

At that time there was PH to Enugu Road which was not tolled in fact no other roads were tolled .

No one played victim

The FG has immediate plans to toll 12 roads .That has been shared on this thread so clearly you are being mischievous

christistruth01:




Lekki Toll gate on Lekki Expressway and Bridge in Lagos is FG Property

DMerciful:
I thought you guys said Bubu has built roads across the country, why are there no tolls running currently?

Lagos-Ibadan will be tolled? Where are the tollgates?

Tolling is not the problem, every fg road should be tolled even the ones previously built insofar they'd require maintenance in the future.

You're trying to justify Eastern marginalization but failing to do so

DMerciful:
Olodo. Those are Lagos state govt projects

SpecialAdviser:

So your problem is that we didn't cry earlier? I see. Until I see them toll every Federal roads, this is evil.

christistruth01:



Lekki Expressway and Bridge is a Federal Highway

aribisala0:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBw_JOE0Ktk

Which guys? Guy stop talking like a tout.

Address me directly and do not put words in my mouth.

I am neither part of nor a spokesman for the government

On this thread someone has shared the FG plans to toll several roads
You deliberately ignored that because it does not fit into your victimhood narrative.
The FG has plans to collect toll from several roads that are already existing

Therefore I can only tell you the bitter truth: YOU are a liar and deliberately trying to push a dishonest agenda.

Where are the tollgates on the Lagos Ibadan expressway ? That is a childish question borne out of dishonesty

ednut1:
there is nothing evil in tolls. In canada where i stay they have tolls too. Its optional to use just like this second bridge. The first bridge still dey there for free

DMerciful:
Answer the question. Where are the tollgates on Lagos-Ibadan road? Where are the toll gates in Abuja, Kaduna kano roads?

BabalawoPikin:
nothing will happen. The elections will come and go.. BAT will be sworn in. And voila! Everything will become new... We are going lasigidi way

Taiggarr:


Disappoint me

Your father is WRETCHED!!!

Son of a semi literate Peasant..

Look at this Urchin kid...

christistruth01:



Lekki Expressway and Bridge is a Federal Highway rehabilitated by the State the effect is the same as using loans the money needs to be recovered so that other new roads and bridges can be Built

ednut1:
false. Its a state road originally built by jakande.

DMerciful:
Oga, they've built tolls on 2nd NigerBridge before completion so why not build tolls on those ones? Or are they going to build the tolls after commissioning?

DMerciful:
When you've been cornered, you start insulting.

You guys have gone to town to shout how Bubu has been completing roads across the country. I asked for toll gates on these roads and you start running from pillar to post.

The second niger bridge is being built by Easterners because they'd pay for it, deal with it!

ednut1:
there is nothing evil in tolls. In canada where i stay they have tolls too. Its optional to use just like this second bridge. The first bridge still dey there for free

christistruth01:





Lekki Expressway and Bridgeis a Federal Road

How many Expressways belong to the State ?

It was the FG that gave Lagos state permission to use the Lekki Toll gate to recover it's investment on rebuilding the Federal Road

Miracle2022:
Is lekki not toll? Even the so called railway in Niger will be toll. No matter what buhari do to you people you will continue to hate him. Tafawa Balewa build the first Niger bridge but what did you do to him. You killed him! There is nothing they will do to you that you will not wail.
Mr man, you are free to wail till you die like Ojukwu. Who cares?

Atiwaye:
Idiot useless boy you reported me last time the bastardbanned indeed report me again I don't care useless boy go and get job.

aribisala0:
They will arrive in due course. The road is not complete yet is it?
Fashola said in the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBw_JOE0Ktk
that toll collection will not start till the road is motorable


So to talk of marginalization we should wait till construction is complete and toll collection starts
It is legitimate to be watchful if you are fearful of discrimination but talking prematurely just reveals your lack of "sophistication" .

Toll collection has not started so wait till that starts before whining

DMerciful:
When you've been cornered, you start insulting.

You guys have gone to town to shout how Bubu has been completing roads across the country. I asked for toll gates on these roads and you start running from pillar to post.

The second niger bridge is being built by Easterners because they'd pay for it, deal with it!

DMerciful:
In Canada, they'll not toll one section of the country.

Where in Canada do you stay because in British Columbia, i have never seen any tolls, not even on transcanada highways

aribisala0:

https://guardian.ng/news/streetlights-four-tollgates-underway-for-lagos-ibadan-expressway/

DMerciful:
Tolls have not been built, is it after commissioning they'd put tolls? You're not making sense!

ednut1:
highway 407 in GTA ontario is tolled. Was charged twice for using it, i now set my google maps to avoid tolls. The fg have said they are bringing back toll. When the bridge is completed and other are not tolled then you can scream and complain. For now mechunu.

DMerciful:
Will? SMH.

Where are the tolls being built?

aribisala0:
Who told you tolls have not been built
https://punchng.com/man-lcci-warn-as-fg-tolls-lagos-ibadan-abuja-lokoja-enugu-pharcourt-roads-others/

Stop the propaganda