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The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra has criticised the Federal Government over its resolution to cancel the reconstruction of the eastern railway project.

MASSOB, in a statement in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Friday, by its leader, Uchenna Madu, accused the FG of deliberately marginalising the people of the South-East in infrastructural development.

The Federal Government had on Wednesday said it would not be able to complete the narrow-gauge eastern railway corridor before the end of the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) in May 2023, following the non-availability of the foreign loans required to fund the project.

In April 2022, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation commenced the construction of the 2044.1km Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge railway project, which the Minister of Transportation at the time, Rotimi Amaechi, said would stimulate economic activities in 14 states, including the five states in the South-East.

Amaechi had added that the laying of rail tracks might reach the Enugu State capital in September 2022, with the hope of completing the project before May 2023.

But while inspecting the progress of work in September, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, disclosed that the contractor in charge of the project, China Civil Engineering and Construction Company, complained of incessant attacks on its workers around the Abia State axis of the rail corridor.

However, MASSOB said the FG had continued to use proceeds from oil deposits from the South-East to develop northern states to the detriment of the Igbo region.


“President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government is not ashamed of the impunities they have committed and are still committing through various sectors of his corrupt administration. Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government speedily and rigorously developed the core northern states, and built and promoted modern railway transportation across northern states and Lagos State, including constructing a highway with money from crude oils from southeastern states.

“MASSOB also disagrees and rejects the report by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government that the China Civil Engineering and Construction Company workers are incessantly harassed by youths in Abia State. This Chinese construction company has not started its work in Abia State; even their workers are not in Abia State.”

Source: https://punchng.com/MASSOB-knocks-FG-over-eastern-railway-project-cancellation

Typical! You make a project near impossible to do and turn around to complain about its cancellation!! Typical!!

South east no get oil.

They should name the state in the South East that produces oil.

Golan007:
South east no get oil.

They should name the state in the South East that produces oil.

IMO.

zoedew:
IMO.

Imo produces 1.06% of Nigeria's oil.

Abia 0.68%.

Negligible.

Golan007:
Imo produces 1.06% of Nigeria's oil.

Abia 0.68%.

Negligible.

Now, that’s a different matter!

Rotimi Amaechi how far ?

Morale of the lesson: Stop betraying your kins men southerners. The north will not have a second look to betray you. Tinubu 's breakfast is around the corner.

zoedew:
Now, that’s a different matter!

It is not a different matter.

Of course I exaggerated.

But I was bringing to focus, the import of the claim by MASSOB.

Southeast is inconsequential in the oil producing ranking in Nigeria and should never have used that as their reason for their agitation.

Then they should support and vote a finance expert with wizardry skills that can complement Buhari's infrastructure centered growth.
Coz Tinubu is promising to continue from where Buhari stops.
Not the one that thinks and says infrastructures doesn't bring growth or the other whose only economic mantra is " sell sell " smh
Isn't it ironic that we are talking of train services coming back to life in full gear in Nigeria yet championed by the man they love to hate.

They need to ditch the ethnic sentiments if they truly want the trains working for real and follow the man and party that knows the road. The sabotage is the excuse of the federal government for not being able to fund the project, so who is to be blamed?

BAT23

obi58:
You're talking beautiful nonsense....


How much is bag of rice in your area?

How much is a litre of fuel?

na bag of rice be your problem instead of mechanized agriculture. You wan eat away your future ? We need to start facing the problems now and growing the rice ourselves.
In order for your kids to be able to afford cheaper rice in the future " the farmers must make more money " now, farming has to be lucrative and attractive.

"But while inspecting the progress of work in September, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, disclosed that the contractor in charge of the project, China Civil Engineering and Construction Company, complained of incessant attacks on its workers around the Abia State axis of the rail corridor."


Make Una continue to dey chase development away from your region...na una headache

This is why the SE and SS should support Peter Obi. Atiku is a northerner and would continue the northern agenda if he wins. Tinubu though a Southerner, his first pirority would be the north because he would want reward them for supporting him.

Nonsense.

If Buhari finish building it, the same terrorists will say Jonathan started it.

Good that Buhari cancelled it eventually.

MASSOB is better than IPOB
Uwazurike did not incite murder unlike Nnamdi Kanu

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/MASSOB-knocks-FG-over-eastern-railway-project-cancellation

Abeg wetin dey worry Igbo people and marginalization talk

FG needs to learn the concept of federal character in the Constitution. But it is what it is. Buhari has never hidden his disdain for the people of the south east

MASSOB wants to sob.

Criminal uwazuruike is an enemy of the Igbo using MASSOB to enrich himself

Yeah! Bandits and BH terrorists are disturbing in the north but the government is even borrowing monies to finance railway contracts there.

The useless, senseless and unprofitable Daura - Maradi( Niger Republic) or any other railway corridor will never be cancelled but the Eastern corridor. Continue the ethno-religious supremacist agenda. It is just a matter of time. Wicked souls.

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/MASSOB-knocks-FG-over-eastern-railway-project-cancellation

A most shameless regime that lives on ethno-religious bigotry.
Even telling bare-faced lies to the people that Chinese construction company said it was incessantly attacked in Abia state.

adioolayi:
"But while inspecting the progress of work in September, the Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, disclosed that the contractor in charge of the project, China Civil Engineering and Construction Company, complained of incessant attacks on its workers around the Abia State axis of the rail corridor."


Make Una continue to dey chase development away from your region...na una headache

Food for SW MURIC people has landed here.
Fools who don't understand that if one part of Nigeria is denied development infrastructures, it affects the rest of the country.

typical zoo excuse
If we attack then you attack back

Mazi Simon Ekpa

Hmm

kollinz1234:
FG needs to learn the concept of federal capital in the Constitution. But it is what it is. Buhari has never hidden his disdain for the people of the south east

Your just a dumb fellow!
And he gave you a 2nd niger bridge that your azikiwe Jonathan promised and never achieved

Racoon:
Yeah! Bandits and BH terrorists are disturbing in the north but the government is even borrowing monies to finance railway contracts there.

The useless, senseless and unprofitable Daura - Maradi( Niger Republic) or any other railway corridor will never be cancelled but the Eastern corridor. Continue the ethno-religious supremacist agenda. It is just a matter of time. Wicked souls.

Just shut your daft brain and mouth up!

The railway wasn’t for southeast alone it also affected other parts of the country did you hear anyone say something ?

onuman:
A most shameless regime that lives on ethno-religious bigotry.
Even telling bare-faced lies to the people that Chinese construction company said it was incessantly attacked in Abia state.

Shut your daft brain n mouth up

Well, Nigeria can't afford to waste money... Ip0bs massobs and their gunmen are already vandalising the railway tracks.. So there is no reason to do more...

We just pray Ip0bs will not blow the 2nd Niger bridge like they did b4..

wow

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