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Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Biodun556(m): 8:48am On Mar 06
VANGUARD NEWS


October 25, 2023

Port Harcourt Road and socio-economic costs of its completion

Abia state governor Alex Otti
Gov. Alex Otti

By John Okiyi Kalu

ON Thursday, October 12, 2023, the government of Abia State, led by Mr. Alex Otti, gathered members and supporters of the Labour Party in the state to celebrate what they tagged the “Flag-off of the Reconstruction of Port Harcourt Road Aba by Julius Berger Construction Company, JB,” even though in reality, it was the recommencement of work along that stretch of road that was started by the Ikpeazu administration.


While Governor Otti, in his elaborate written address during the occasion, did not mention the cost of the work, which he stated would be completed in 18 months, his spokesman, during a preceding radio programme monitored in Umuahia the same day, confirmed that the job was re-awarded to JB at more than N30 billion for what the governor stated was a 6.7km urban road. For the avoidance of doubt, it was not the Abia State government that voluntarily revealed the over N30 billion cost of the Port Harcourt road, Aba, project; instead, the independent review of the PDP-led opposition in the state forced the government to admit on record that they actually awarded the project for at least N30 billion.


Geography: Contrary to what bloggers and skit makers have been fed, Port Harcourt road, Aba, is not the same as the federal road from Port Harcourt to Aba. The Port Harcourt road, Aba, under focus starts from Ngwa Road by Asa, inside Aba, and ends at Asa Nnentu spare part market, Aba. It was previously awarded in 2017 by the Ikpeazu administration for reconstruction as a six-lane road with two wide gutters that will discharge drainage waters at Umuagbai Pond and a total length of 5.9 kilometres.

I have read materials published by the administration to the effect that the total length is 6.7 kilometres. Maybe we take six kilometres as an average for the purposes of this review, but suffice it to state that about two years ago, representatives of the African Development Bank, AfDB, also measured the same road as being 5.9 kilometres, and it is in their book as such.

If we apply the same pricing template used for JB, the difference in length of almost one kilometre may have cost the state an additional N5 billion. On the other hand, Aba-Port Harcourt Express Road is a segment of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway that starts from Asa Nnentu in Aba to Oyigbo in Rivers State at the Imo River boundary. It is a federal highway of about 33.7 kilometres.

For emphasis, the Abia State Government is not completing or reconstructing the Aba-Port Harcourt express road. That road is a federal road that was previously awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, by the Goodluck Jonathan government in 2015, but the contract failed as far as the Aba segment is concerned. Minister David Umahi, who visited Abia, recently promised on record to get the work recommenced within record time, and we are trusting in his promise.

Mathematics of the project: Before I go into the mathematics of the project, please permit me to share some fun facts to guide you. Hartland Construction Company, which the Ikpeazu administration hired for the Port Harcourt Road Aba project in 2017, delivered the Okigwe to Umuahia segment of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Express road for the Federal Government. They are currently contracted by the same government to deliver the Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal road.

Similarly, Julius Berger is working for the Federal Government at different locations in Nigeria but without any presence in Abia State as of May 2023. They have now been hired by Governor Otti to complete the project started by Hartland along Port Harcourt road, Aba. But the government has yet to inform citizens of any exit arrangement between the state government and Hartland that enabled the legal takeover of the project by JB. In Nigeria, it is estimated that 60 per cent of the cost of road construction comes from materials, while the remaining 40 per cent is labour-related.

The major materials required for road construction in a state like Abia should include asphalt, cement, iron rods for gutters, laterite, granite, and sharp sand. Of course, bitumen in asphalt is mostly imported and remains the one material that will be most affected by fluctuations in forex; hence, the price of asphalt materials is subject to the international price of crude oil. It is instructive to note that some local companies in Nigeria and Abia State also have asphalt plants. Cement is locally manufactured by companies like Dangote, BUA, and Ibeto, while sand, stones, and laterite are mined locally within Abia or neighbouring states.


Analysis A. As of 2017, the Ikpeazu administration had awarded the reconstruction of the Port Harcourt road Aba project to Hartland Nig Ltd. at a cost of N9,882,752,246.4 only for a six-lane road with BRT and drains (gutters) with a discharge pipe to Umuagbai pond.


Therefore, N9.88bn in 2017 was equivalent to USD 29.6m.

Analysis B. Between April and October 2023, Alex Otti hired Julius Berger to complete the reconstruction of Port Harcourt road, Aba, with the drains already established and valued at 40 per cent of the total project, at a cost of N30 billion. Note that while the government has admitted that the opposition was right about the amount, they did not release any actual figures; hence, we have to work with N30 billion. The details given by Governor Otti on record are that the project is a six-lane road with drains on both sides. That is similar to the Ikpeazu design but without information on storm water channelling or BRT. As of the time of doing this analysis, I do not know if the existing drainage will be completely destroyed and redone or if any other addition or subtraction will affect the original design approved by the Abia State Ministry of Works in 2017.

I. According to exchange-rates.org, the average USD exchange rate to Naira in 2023 will be 588.89.

II. Using that average rate, N30bn amounts to USD50.9m.


III. The difference in dollars between the awards is therefore $21.3 million.

For those who love to denominate contracts in dollars, the 2017 contract was valued at USD 31,624,807.19 if one applied the May 2017 spot exchange rate, while the 2023 contract was valued at USD 38,684,719.54 using the October 12th spot exchange rate. The difference is USD 7,059,912.3, or N5.5b.

Socio-economics of the project: Before awarding this project to Julius Berger, the Otti government admitted that there was no competitive bidding or advertisement and that they had to source funds through virement because there was no equivalent budgetary provision for the project in 2023. The question the mathematics of the project raises is: If there was competitive bidding, would this project have cost Abians N30bn?

Whatever led to the difference in measurements of the same road from 5.9km to 6.7km may also have cost the state an additional USD 6,446,987.69 using the costing template of 6km for N30b or N5b per km. It is interesting to note that Setraco, Hartland, or any other Nigerian grade A construction company would spend at least 40 percent of the project amount to pay our local labour in Abia, including carpenters, iron benders, etc., but JB will remit funds abroad.

For a government that made heavy media noise around buying some Innoson vehicles, the question is: why use Innoson vehicles to conserve forex and, in the same breath, starve our artisans and local economy in Abia State by using JB to export forex? The hard work on the Port Harcourt road project is design, flood control, and drains, which were already done before the emergence of Otti’s administration. On Governor Otti’s claim of shoddy work done by the previous administration, I need to remind him that Ukaegbu, Umuola, Kamalu roads, etc., are eight years old and still standing. Aba road and Osaah-Umuagu Isingwu road, both in Umuahia; Azikiwe and Ngwa roads, in Aba, etc., cannot be said to be shoddy jobs.

Whereas the ongoing work by the Otti administration along College Road, Aba, where landlords have already threatened to sue the contractor, is what should be called shoddy, along with the 200-metre Cemetery Market Road, Aba, that failed one week after Otti commissioned the project with fanfare. In any case, a man who does not have any road project that has survived up to a year should be careful when talking about shoddiness while speaking to projects done by the same Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, that brought back an Abia-born engineer from the United States of America to innovate and start the use of rigid pavement (cement) technology in road construction in the state and the region. Unlike Dave Umahi and others, Otti has not considered borrowing from this technology in any of his awarded projects.

Let me also address those who base their argument on opposition lacking the moral right to scrutinise this road project on the basis that the previous administration did not complete that particular road project. Truth be told, the road is important to Aba people, but there are other equally important roads within the city, such as Aba-Owerri Road, Ngwa Road, Faulks Road, etc., that were reconstructed by the previous administration.

If resources were available, the same administration would have evidentially completed the same Port Harcourt road because it obviously considered it important enough to award the contract and partially funded the project up to 40% of its execution, including establishing gutters and waterways. The work was also awarded to a Nigerian wholly owned grade A construction company, Hartland, the same construction company the Federal Government is using to reconstruct a segment of the Enugu-Port Harcourt federal highway as well as the Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal road.

If a government awards a contract, funds take off, and implementation of the project reaches the 40 per cent stage, it is a clear indication that it intends to fully execute the work but is limited by the non-availability of funds. Even the contract awarded to Julius Berger might also suffer cash flow challenges, usually occasioned by unforeseen economic adversity, unless the state government has fully paid for it. That will not mean that the government does not intend to complete the project. Every resident of Aba, including me, wants this road completed. So, we pray that the fortunes of the state and the nation will continue to improve. However, the question must be asked: if you are hungry and decide to patronize a restaurant where you are served a very delicious meal but afterwards slammed with a bankrupting bill of N100m for the food, won’t you at least ask questions?

We need an explanation for why we are paying $25 million above what the original cost of the project was in 2017, even after more than 40% of the work has been done.

Assuming the same contract was advertised by the Otti administration and possibly awarded to a good local contractor at N400m/km, the six lanes of the 6km road will amount to N14.4bn, and if the ministry of works is allowed to subtract the value of work already done, Abia State under Otti would most likely have spent less than N10bn to complete the project and use the remaining N20bn or $25.8m to do much more for Ndi Abia. I don’t know if you see me as a troublemaker or simply as someone reminding Governor Alex Otti of his commitment to the people, but suffice it to drop a quote from him during his inaugural address: “We appreciate everyone’s right to hold and express an opinion, but you must also accord other citizens the right to do the same. No one should stand in the way of the legitimate aspirations of others. Ours shall be a government of law and order.”

Speaking further. Governor Otti said: “Transparency, accountability, and public trust shall be at the centre of everything we do. We will run a responsible and honest government and lead by example. We will not tolerate any form of corruption or theft of public property. Gratification and kickbacks are totally forbidden in this government.” We are asking questions, and nobody or group can intimidate us.



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/port-harcourt-road-and-socio-economic-costs-of-its-completion/amp/

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Biodun556(m): 8:48am On Mar 06
Tinubu and Dave Umahi are known for high quality job. The price quoted for Lagos calabar coastal high way is normal.

One of the legacies of Tinubu as governor of Lagos was kudirat Abiola way, oregun. For over 20 years now, no single port hole on that road.

People of Ebonyi can also testify to good quality jobs done by Dave Umahi in that state

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Biodun556(m): 4:50pm On Apr 12
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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by socialmediaman: 4:52pm On Apr 12
Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Chinjo2: 4:57pm On Apr 12
Looking for ways to bring down a good man. Please look for another thing to use this formula is stale.

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Biodun556(m): 5:07pm On Apr 12
Chinjo2:
Looking for ways to bring down a good man. Please look for another thing to use this formula is stale.

But you people are saying 4 billion naira per kilometer is too much for Lagos calabar coastal high way that even has rail line

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by paramakina202: 5:10pm On Apr 12
Biodun556:
VANGUARD NEWS


October 25, 2023

Port Harcourt Road and socio-economic costs of its completion

Abia state governor Alex Otti
Gov. Alex Otti

By John Okiyi Kalu

ON Thursday, October 12, 2023, the government of Abia State, led by Mr. Alex Otti, gathered members and supporters of the Labour Party in the state to celebrate what they tagged the “Flag-off of the Reconstruction of Port Harcourt Road Aba by Julius Berger Construction Company, JB,” even though in reality, it was the recommencement of work along that stretch of road that was started by the Ikpeazu administration.


While Governor Otti, in his elaborate written address during the occasion, did not mention the cost of the work, which he stated would be completed in 18 months, his spokesman, during a preceding radio programme monitored in Umuahia the same day, confirmed that the job was re-awarded to JB at more than N30 billion for what the governor stated was a 6.7km urban road. For the avoidance of doubt, it was not the Abia State government that voluntarily revealed the over N30 billion cost of the Port Harcourt road, Aba, project; instead, the independent review of the PDP-led opposition in the state forced the government to admit on record that they actually awarded the project for at least N30 billion.


Geography: Contrary to what bloggers and skit makers have been fed, Port Harcourt road, Aba, is not the same as the federal road from Port Harcourt to Aba. The Port Harcourt road, Aba, under focus starts from Ngwa Road by Asa, inside Aba, and ends at Asa Nnentu spare part market, Aba. It was previously awarded in 2017 by the Ikpeazu administration for reconstruction as a six-lane road with two wide gutters that will discharge drainage waters at Umuagbai Pond and a total length of 5.9 kilometres.

I have read materials published by the administration to the effect that the total length is 6.7 kilometres. Maybe we take six kilometres as an average for the purposes of this review, but suffice it to state that about two years ago, representatives of the African Development Bank, AfDB, also measured the same road as being 5.9 kilometres, and it is in their book as such.

If we apply the same pricing template used for JB, the difference in length of almost one kilometre may have cost the state an additional N5 billion. On the other hand, Aba-Port Harcourt Express Road is a segment of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway that starts from Asa Nnentu in Aba to Oyigbo in Rivers State at the Imo River boundary. It is a federal highway of about 33.7 kilometres.

For emphasis, the Abia State Government is not completing or reconstructing the Aba-Port Harcourt express road. That road is a federal road that was previously awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, by the Goodluck Jonathan government in 2015, but the contract failed as far as the Aba segment is concerned. Minister David Umahi, who visited Abia, recently promised on record to get the work recommenced within record time, and we are trusting in his promise.

Mathematics of the project: Before I go into the mathematics of the project, please permit me to share some fun facts to guide you. Hartland Construction Company, which the Ikpeazu administration hired for the Port Harcourt Road Aba project in 2017, delivered the Okigwe to Umuahia segment of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Express road for the Federal Government. They are currently contracted by the same government to deliver the Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal road.

Similarly, Julius Berger is working for the Federal Government at different locations in Nigeria but without any presence in Abia State as of May 2023. They have now been hired by Governor Otti to complete the project started by Hartland along Port Harcourt road, Aba. But the government has yet to inform citizens of any exit arrangement between the state government and Hartland that enabled the legal takeover of the project by JB. In Nigeria, it is estimated that 60 per cent of the cost of road construction comes from materials, while the remaining 40 per cent is labour-related.

The major materials required for road construction in a state like Abia should include asphalt, cement, iron rods for gutters, laterite, granite, and sharp sand. Of course, bitumen in asphalt is mostly imported and remains the one material that will be most affected by fluctuations in forex; hence, the price of asphalt materials is subject to the international price of crude oil. It is instructive to note that some local companies in Nigeria and Abia State also have asphalt plants. Cement is locally manufactured by companies like Dangote, BUA, and Ibeto, while sand, stones, and laterite are mined locally within Abia or neighbouring states.


Analysis A. As of 2017, the Ikpeazu administration had awarded the reconstruction of the Port Harcourt road Aba project to Hartland Nig Ltd. at a cost of N9,882,752,246.4 only for a six-lane road with BRT and drains (gutters) with a discharge pipe to Umuagbai pond.


Therefore, N9.88bn in 2017 was equivalent to USD 29.6m.

Analysis B. Between April and October 2023, Alex Otti hired Julius Berger to complete the reconstruction of Port Harcourt road, Aba, with the drains already established and valued at 40 per cent of the total project, at a cost of N30 billion. Note that while the government has admitted that the opposition was right about the amount, they did not release any actual figures; hence, we have to work with N30 billion. The details given by Governor Otti on record are that the project is a six-lane road with drains on both sides. That is similar to the Ikpeazu design but without information on storm water channelling or BRT. As of the time of doing this analysis, I do not know if the existing drainage will be completely destroyed and redone or if any other addition or subtraction will affect the original design approved by the Abia State Ministry of Works in 2017.

I. According to exchange-rates.org, the average USD exchange rate to Naira in 2023 will be 588.89.

II. Using that average rate, N30bn amounts to USD50.9m.


III. The difference in dollars between the awards is therefore $21.3 million.

For those who love to denominate contracts in dollars, the 2017 contract was valued at USD 31,624,807.19 if one applied the May 2017 spot exchange rate, while the 2023 contract was valued at USD 38,684,719.54 using the October 12th spot exchange rate. The difference is USD 7,059,912.3, or N5.5b.

Socio-economics of the project: Before awarding this project to Julius Berger, the Otti government admitted that there was no competitive bidding or advertisement and that they had to source funds through virement because there was no equivalent budgetary provision for the project in 2023. The question the mathematics of the project raises is: If there was competitive bidding, would this project have cost Abians N30bn?

Whatever led to the difference in measurements of the same road from 5.9km to 6.7km may also have cost the state an additional USD 6,446,987.69 using the costing template of 6km for N30b or N5b per km. It is interesting to note that Setraco, Hartland, or any other Nigerian grade A construction company would spend at least 40 percent of the project amount to pay our local labour in Abia, including carpenters, iron benders, etc., but JB will remit funds abroad.

For a government that made heavy media noise around buying some Innoson vehicles, the question is: why use Innoson vehicles to conserve forex and, in the same breath, starve our artisans and local economy in Abia State by using JB to export forex? The hard work on the Port Harcourt road project is design, flood control, and drains, which were already done before the emergence of Otti’s administration. On Governor Otti’s claim of shoddy work done by the previous administration, I need to remind him that Ukaegbu, Umuola, Kamalu roads, etc., are eight years old and still standing. Aba road and Osaah-Umuagu Isingwu road, both in Umuahia; Azikiwe and Ngwa roads, in Aba, etc., cannot be said to be shoddy jobs.

Whereas the ongoing work by the Otti administration along College Road, Aba, where landlords have already threatened to sue the contractor, is what should be called shoddy, along with the 200-metre Cemetery Market Road, Aba, that failed one week after Otti commissioned the project with fanfare. In any case, a man who does not have any road project that has survived up to a year should be careful when talking about shoddiness while speaking to projects done by the same Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, that brought back an Abia-born engineer from the United States of America to innovate and start the use of rigid pavement (cement) technology in road construction in the state and the region. Unlike Dave Umahi and others, Otti has not considered borrowing from this technology in any of his awarded projects.

Let me also address those who base their argument on opposition lacking the moral right to scrutinise this road project on the basis that the previous administration did not complete that particular road project. Truth be told, the road is important to Aba people, but there are other equally important roads within the city, such as Aba-Owerri Road, Ngwa Road, Faulks Road, etc., that were reconstructed by the previous administration.

If resources were available, the same administration would have evidentially completed the same Port Harcourt road because it obviously considered it important enough to award the contract and partially funded the project up to 40% of its execution, including establishing gutters and waterways. The work was also awarded to a Nigerian wholly owned grade A construction company, Hartland, the same construction company the Federal Government is using to reconstruct a segment of the Enugu-Port Harcourt federal highway as well as the Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene federal road.

If a government awards a contract, funds take off, and implementation of the project reaches the 40 per cent stage, it is a clear indication that it intends to fully execute the work but is limited by the non-availability of funds. Even the contract awarded to Julius Berger might also suffer cash flow challenges, usually occasioned by unforeseen economic adversity, unless the state government has fully paid for it. That will not mean that the government does not intend to complete the project. Every resident of Aba, including me, wants this road completed. So, we pray that the fortunes of the state and the nation will continue to improve. However, the question must be asked: if you are hungry and decide to patronize a restaurant where you are served a very delicious meal but afterwards slammed with a bankrupting bill of N100m for the food, won’t you at least ask questions?

We need an explanation for why we are paying $25 million above what the original cost of the project was in 2017, even after more than 40% of the work has been done.

Assuming the same contract was advertised by the Otti administration and possibly awarded to a good local contractor at N400m/km, the six lanes of the 6km road will amount to N14.4bn, and if the ministry of works is allowed to subtract the value of work already done, Abia State under Otti would most likely have spent less than N10bn to complete the project and use the remaining N20bn or $25.8m to do much more for Ndi Abia. I don’t know if you see me as a troublemaker or simply as someone reminding Governor Alex Otti of his commitment to the people, but suffice it to drop a quote from him during his inaugural address: “We appreciate everyone’s right to hold and express an opinion, but you must also accord other citizens the right to do the same. No one should stand in the way of the legitimate aspirations of others. Ours shall be a government of law and order.”

Speaking further. Governor Otti said: “Transparency, accountability, and public trust shall be at the centre of everything we do. We will run a responsible and honest government and lead by example. We will not tolerate any form of corruption or theft of public property. Gratification and kickbacks are totally forbidden in this government.” We are asking questions, and nobody or group can intimidate us.



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/10/port-harcourt-road-and-socio-economic-costs-of-its-completion/amp/

Why did Ikpeazu abandon the project after taking billions of loan?
Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by LibertyRep: 5:14pm On Apr 12
No goalpost shifting is allowed.

All leaders must be held accountable, with the same standard.

No hypocrisy.

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by nedu666: 5:14pm On Apr 12
Abeg any jobless folk in the house should kindly summarise this bull shit op posted. No time to read rubbish

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Biodun556(m): 5:15pm On Apr 12
nedu666:
Abeg any jobless folk in the house should kindly summarise this bull shit op posted. No time to read rubbish

If it is against Tinubu you will have enough time

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by yarimo(m): 5:16pm On Apr 12
ALEX OTTI is out to defraud Abia state, 1km of road for #5 billions otti is a thief . undecided undecided

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Biodun556(m): 5:18pm On Apr 12
paramakina202:


Why did Ikpeazu abandon the project after taking billions of loan?

Obidients will not see their people acts of corruption, they prever to criticize other regions

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by muykem: 5:28pm On Apr 12
Hypocrites Obidients will defend this fraud because Alex Otti is involved. They believe we are so sentimental hence our support for Tinubu but their blind support for Peter Obi and Alex Otti is out of patriotism. What a people?

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Justnation: 5:37pm On Apr 12
All long jargon for what purpose, please leave Governor Otti alone he is the best performing governor in Nigeria today

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by nedu666: 5:37pm On Apr 12
Biodun556:


If it is against Tinubu you will have enough time

Na u post that rubbish. Abeg kindly summarise. Remember I added abeg and kindly. No time to read rubbish

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Iykopee(m): 5:52pm On Apr 12
That Port Harcourt Road in Aba was in deplorable state for many years. Infact, it was the criminal named Ikpeazu whom decided to expand that road by demolishing peoples houses without paying compensation. My uncle's house was affected and he got no dime as compensation.

Guess what? That road was abandoned without Ikpeazu starting any work on it until he left office. But while Ikpeazu was in govt house, that road became death trap for commuters. The entire environment was absolutely mess up because it was not motorable anymore, garbages dumped by the road side, flooded gutters and the entire stretch of that road became abandoned project.

No more movement in and out of Aba through Port Harcourt Road which serves as the easiest route into Aba from Port Harcourt-Aba expressway.

For Alexander Otti to re-award that road project to JB is to ensure the standard of that road is topnotch, and to make the people of that area and businesses have a sigh of relief.

PDP goons and stalwarts can keep crying.
After messing up Abia State for 24yrs, they have the effrontery to attack a man whom in less than one year is reconstructing Abia State that was neglected by Orji Uzor Kalu, TA Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu combined.

They are mad.

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by paramakina202: 5:52pm On Apr 12
Biodun556:


Obidients will not see their people acts of corruption, they prever to criticize other regions

We Abians never spared our leaders, in fact Ikpeazu was the most criticized governor in Nigeria and same treatmemt was given to TA Orji. If Alex Otti is not doing Fine we Abian will call him out.
Since this week Alex Otti is offering free surgery to Every one who resides in Abia nor matter what the nature of the person's illness is and thousands of poor people are benefiting from it already.
No body can talk ill of Alex Otti in Abia state because Abians are very happy with him even PDP people are confessing that Jesus is Lord indeed forget politics.
When we dey see shege in the hands of PDP governors you all was happy about it and now Abians are happy while our enemies became angry grin

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by MICHEALADEX(m): 5:53pm On Apr 12
So long he Elupeee

He's a saint

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by MICHEALADEX(m): 5:53pm On Apr 12
So long he's Elupeee

He's a saint

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by bmaster2000: 5:58pm On Apr 12
Chinjo2:
Looking for ways to bring down a good man. Please look for another thing to use this formula is stale.

Ass licker crew spotted

Even if the Alex Otti has made up to 7 billion ...you type will still come to social media to defend him...

Ibo governors are the luckiest governors about all other governors in the Nigeria . Because these are the governors that will spend and embezzle their federal government monthly allocations and practice performance below exception...however , the citizens or indigenous people that suppose to question things ...are busy supporting them on social media...just to make everything about their tribe look good but the reality is far from the truth...people are really suffering in the southeast but they kept on painting an opulence picture for other region.....

Who cares about your well beings....?

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Slytiger: 5:59pm On Apr 12
Hahahaha. God is wonderful.

The headless mob will tell you that Otti is using ashpalt made from gold dust. grin

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Slytiger: 6:03pm On Apr 12
Biodun556:


Obidients will not see their people acts of corruption, they prever to criticize other regions
You know them too well.

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Biodun556(m): 6:09pm On Apr 12
Slytiger:
Hahahaha. God is wonderful.

The headless mob will tell you that Otti is using ashpalt made from gold dust. grin

One of the Obi supporters have said something similar

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by article1: 6:29pm On Apr 12
Nothing's new. Umahi is about to spend N6. 3trn on 700km road. After which a minimum of N3000 will be paid by motorists on toll gate.
Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by opamoses1: 6:51pm On Apr 12
As expected, all those Obidient warriors on Nairaland have gone deaf and mute. cheesy

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by blancsn1: 7:00pm On Apr 12
Alex Otti will mercilessly cash out on foolish obidient head as una talk say una no one wise. The other day it was 2.7 billion to but pick up van. Even if the pick up is bomb prove make he pass bullet prove he no fit reach that amount. Now imagine buying two of such as Alex Otti did, make we no talk about the billions he budgeted for food n now this.

Make I jejely shut my mouth.

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by vengertime: 7:04pm On Apr 12
Biodun556:
Tinubu and Dave Umahi are known for high quality job. The price quoted for Lagos calabar coastal high way is normal.

One of the legacies of Tinubu as governor of Lagos was kudirat Abiola way, oregun. For over 20 years now, no single port hole under road.

People of Ebonyi can also testify to good quality jobs done by Dave Umahi in that state

Only you post long nonsense no one will read, the same you want to be the first to comment and second to comment.

I know things are very hard for you, and I thank God for that
Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by BlackhatMentor: 7:07pm On Apr 12
Biodun556:


But you people are saying 4 billion naira per kilometer is too much for Lagos calabar coastal high way that even has rail line

So anyone that complains about this government is automatically an Obi or LP supporter?
Is Atiku or PDP still in business like this?

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by YorubaDemonswag: 10:11pm On Apr 12
Obii.diot will say this is good

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Re: Alex Otti spends 5 billion naira on 1 kilometer road by Artscollection: 11:03pm On Apr 12
Nde iberibe!!! I wonder if it is only agbado that they are feeding these idiots or mixed with some crack shit.

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