When they are doing the same thing for decades expecting different results, when it's hard for them to enter brand new commercial buses to their destinations just like easterners, how can they afford modern train,see the reason why no commercial transporter succeed in the north or west same with airline owners , that's why the new railway lines in the north and west are not making profit just to buy diesel not to talk of generate money to be able to pay back the loan collected for the project

Wasted fund

They should go and learn from igbos.

The rail project was just a repeat of the failed, bungled steel project of the 70s, rail projects has worked all over Africa, Including countries like Ethiopia, Kenya. Tanzania, South Africa but failed in Nigeria, because Nigerians don't and never build to boost the economy rather they build to favor their zones

Another Igbo wailing thread

Don’t forget to tell us u feed us n even feed d whole world

By the time apc finish with Nigeria, Nigeria would bag another world record for failed, white elephant projects in the world. They will beat old Egyptian record of wasting resources on pyramids and body embalming technologies. While Egyptian failed projects are yielding revenue from tourism and the western world failed projects like the titanic has been turned into a big under water tourism industry, who will turn the Ajaokuta steel project that has gulped more than $40b and now the failed railway project into a tourism business

How is it that the southeast is not connected by rail? And when the people complain of marginalization, some set of people will shout them down saying they are always playing the victim.

Igbos during Yuletide season even if the transportation is 30k you will see them traveling in large numbers in modern commercial buses to their destinations

Reality3080:
Another Igbo wailing thread

Don’t forget to tell us u feed us n even feed d whole world

This is the problems the poster is talking ABOUT, first what proof do you have that the poster is IGBO? Most important what he is saying practically is that THOSE rail lines, if they were constructed fro IGBO land to any other destination in nigeria, that they will be making profit which is exactly why they should be built in the first place, what you needed to do is to disprove him, and not resorting to your usual trolling,
Why do you always think that the best way to get likes on nairaland is to be against anything IGBOS or to drop IGBO name? In every society or business, you channel your attention to the place where you make bigger gains, tribalism and hypocrisy and bigotry is the why nigeria will never move to forward

But during Christmas, price of buses will double yet Igbos pay easily. FG is clueless, the revenue they are missing in the East is huge

Unserious government

LamboWeezy:
Another chestbeating thread... I'm tired of you people...

Cc Seun
Mynd44
Dominique

I think the what you should do is disprove the poster, he said that if THOSE rail lines were from IGBO land to any other destination, that they will be making profits, that ls the only thing you need to disprove, name dropping and profiling won't change the problems of the shit hole, we all need to look for solutions that will work or do the needful, we all know that the IGBO is not wanted in nigeria which I believe is perfectly okay with them, why not separate in peace, every one is saying they don't care but the moment IGBOS make the move and talk about it every one will rise against them, how about all THOSE that don't care support IGBOS to leave nigeria but starting to bring out posts that support it and not trying to shouting IGBOS down when they discuss it. When you are tired of people you do everything possible to aid their leaving you which none of you are doing. We need everyone's help here to leave nigeria

The major reason there was a drastic reduction from 900,000 passengers in the 4th quarter of last year to 400,000 in the 1st quarter of 2023 was due to insecurity. At some point, force majeure was declared and services was completely shut down for a few months.
These Igbos are a bunch of illiterates

femisplash:
The major reason there was a drastic reduction from 900,000 passengers in the 4th quarter of last year to 400,000 in the 1st quarter of 2023 was due to insecurity. At some point, force majeure was declared and services was completely shut down for a few months.
These Igbos are a bunch of illiterates

It reduced immediately they increased the price

post=124150506:

It reduced immediately they increased the price

Because of too much poverty from that axis

Jumping gwongworo(trailer) is safer than railway transport ?
Most supposed railway passengers are shifting to trailers and you talking nonsense
The Igbo's you are busy hating are cashing out on a daily basis

femisplash:
The major reason there was a drastic reduction from 900,000 passengers in the 4th quarter of last year to 400,000 in the 1st quarter of 2023 was due to insecurity. At some point, force majeure was declared and services was completely shut down for a few months.
These Igbos are a bunch of illiterates

So this means all Yoruba are now traveling by trailer? This OP is definitely suffering from a high level of lunacy. Why not go and check the railway stats The situation of the economy most people are not even traveling.

Those who couldn't travel back home last december due to unknown gunmen terrorism are here running their mouths. Who would board a train to go meet ipob terrorists in alaigbo?

femisplash:
The major reason there was a drastic reduction from 900,000 passengers in the 4th quarter of last year to 400,000 in the 1st quarter of 2023 was due to insecurity. At some point, force majeure was declared and services was completely shut down for a few months.
These Igbos are a bunch of illiterates

AfganWestern and AfganNorthern Lol. You can see how your regions are insecure. SE remains the most secured region

femisplash:
Those who couldn't travel back home last december due to unknown gunmen terrorism are here running their mouths. Who would board a train to go meet ipob terrorists in alaigbo?

You still get mouth to talk? Go and climb trailers, almajiri of the south

post=124150506:

It reduced immediately they increased the price

When was the price reduced? before the attacks or after?

If FG like put olosho and Jedi inside the train they will still prefer to trek and use trailer to travel. Their problem is Igbo spend too much, Igbo inflect price. Must everyone be Arsenal Winger.

2mch:
So this means all Yoruba are now traveling by trailer? This OP is definitely suffering from a high level of lunacy. Why not go and check the railway stats The situation of the economy most people are not even traveling.

Another revelation. Ronu terrorists are getting poorer in Tinubu's government

post=124149340:
When they are doing the same thing for decades expecting different results, when it's hard for them to enter brand news commercial buses to their destinations just like easterners, how can they afford modern train,see the reason why no commercial transporter succeed in the north or west same with airline owners , that's why the new railway lines in the north and west are not making profit just to buy diesel not to talk of generate money to be able to pay back the loan collected for the project

Don't worry .

When you get your Biafra,all your modern luxury buses can ply within it.

femisplash:

When was the price reduced? before the attacks or after?

Lagos Ibadan railway line wasn't attack

Alexxxi:
How is it that the southeast is not connected by rail? And when the people complain of marginalization, some set of people will shout them down saying they are always playing the victim.

I have been thinking of this but who looses last last , the rail project is on its way to becoming the world worst white elephant project , if the rail project had covered the east , some igbos would prever to convey whole families, villages to and from east for Xmas, Easter, weddings ,traditions ceremonies etc .
Nigeria lost big time on this, any time they marginalise the east they set Nigeria back by 50 years. they refused to build a steel project in the east and Ajaokuta and other rolling mills never worked, again they built only 1 Airport in Enugu and the Airports they built all over the country are now being used by rodents and Animals. They starved the east of Sea ports and the ports they funded have turned to dead spots with clogged up roads, These people never learn , they starved eastners during the war and today there are IDPs camps in all the Nigeria Geo political zones that conspired against the East. Even now Soviet Union is fighting among them selves (Russia vs Ukraine )and Britain is in big economic decline

femisplash:

When was the price reduced? before the attacks or after?

You are too poor, with very low purchasing power

It was not meant to generate profit, if not they would have considered linking South East and South South

Even with east it would still be hard to make profit

Any sensible business man knows the best place do build rail to in Nigeria is

Lagos to Abuja
Lagos to east ( Onitsha and aba)

Those are the viable place
Lagos to east should even be locomotive rail for goods transport mainly

$26 billion dollars waste

Do you know how many rice fields we could have constructed? I mean dedicated rice fields that can plan 3 times a year

2 billion dollars can create 500,000 hectares in 10 states... With improved specie that's 6 tons per hectare minimum multiple by 3 ... 18 tons x 500,000 . .. That's 9 million tons

Even if waste say 7 million tons of rice yearly for life

Tax them 50,000 per hectare . .. In 5 years loan is paid back

This is what obi told osibanjo but they refused built unviable infrastructure

Firstorderwizard:
Jumping gwongworo(trailer) is safer than railway transport ?
Most supposed railway passengers are shifting to trailers and you talking nonsense
The Igbo's you are busy hating are cashing out on a daily basis

Boarding a train is much safer than living in the terror-ridden alaigbo. Billionaires that couldn't generate 2 billion naira IGR in a month due to terrorism and agberoism, little wonder Soludo is almost begging for a gofund me.