Is the 300K per month or per annum? I hear tolling have started this morning, kindly update us on the status.

^^^ talk is cheap

Tolling has started, Plenty vituperations doesnt change the reality,

dayokanu:

Just like some people need the towing service and use the service.

The towing service is not only for the users benefit but for other road users.

A car breaks down in the middle of the road, if not cleared ASAP, might lead to more accidents and traffic build up behind.

huh? Some people need the towing service? You mean like some people need their cars towed, every week or month? Dude, Towing service is not a service GOVERNMENT ought to be involved in providing for the people .  . . . you have companies out there to provide, and already do provide the service. Getting people to pay toll so you can claim Government should then make it available to illogical at best.

Clearing of broken down cars off highways happens every day, even in the same Lagos. Cars are towed to impounds/shops, where owners can pick up and pay for cost of moving the car and what nots. Stop pretending there are already no common sense arrangements already in place even in Lagos to handle such circumstances. Forcing all motorists to now pay for towing costs is ridiculous and bothering on illegal.

reality is reality and talk is cheap.

In case anyone has forgotten, this is the history of the Eti-Osa LG Toll Project


THE FACTS

1.    The Lekki-Epe express road was initially constructed by the Jakande administration and completed by the Mudashiru and Mike Akhigbe military administrations in 1987.  The entire Lekki axis was then opened up for rapid development.  Between 1985 and now, the corridor has been experiencing rapid and unprecedented urban growth as hundreds of new communities, developments and estates have developed which drew large population of low and middle income Lagosians.

2.    The last administration realizing the urgent need to address the fast growing problem of road congestion conceived the idea of the expansion of the existing express road into a six-lane roadway, the construction of an alternate coastal road that will run from Ahmadu Bello way in Bar Beach, along the shores of the Atlantic ocean towards Ibeju-Lekki Local Government area. The third leg was the construction of a fourth mainland bridge, from Langbasa area near Ajah across the Lagos Lagoon to Ikorodu town and detouring somewhere to join the existing third mainland bridge thereby forming a circular road around Lagos.

3.    A committee was initially set up which recommended the adoption of the PPP concept to handle the project since it was thought then that because of the magnitude of the project, the state government might have to collaborate with the private sector under a Private-Public-Participation (PPP) model to handle the project.

4.    Thereafter, Tinubu’s greed took control.  He floated a company-Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to handle the project as a consortium and appointed a financial advisory company ARM as the financial adviser.

5.    LCC immediately asked for 1,000 hectares of prime land as the contribution of the state government to the project.  This was immediately granted by Tinubu and he released the c of o within weeks for 1,000 hectares of prime at Awoyaya, Abijo, Eputu and Sapati all in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area.  Part of the land is now being developed as ADIVA housing and golf course project by ARM

6.    The project was later jettisoned after obtaining the hectares of land and other payments from the state government and in its place; the rehabilitation of the existing Lekki expressway was adopted by the consortium.  There is no basis for a toll road and 30 year concession arrangement for a mere rehabilitation and expansion of an existing road which the government could afford on its own.

7.    Indeed, the Federal Government under President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote to Governor Tinubu in 2006, offering to construct the coastal road free of charge to Lagos and its people from the Lekki Free Trade Zone to Ahmadu Bello Way in VI.  He also sent a letter of commitment written by a Chinese construction firm to that effect.  Governor Tinubu firmly rejected this offer and instead opted to abandon the coastal road project which the concession was initially meant for and instead signed a 30 year concession for a toll road to his company.

8.    The rehabilitation work commenced in late 2006 with the expansion and rehabilitation of the Ozumba Mbadiwe end to Mobil building and the 49.4km main Lekki road rehabilitation started in 2007 shortly after Fashola became Governor

9.    By this time, Fashola’s crony-Dr Tunji Olowolafe was made chairman of LCC and the entire contract was awarded to HITECH.    HITECH is owned by both the Chagouris and former Gov Bola Tinubu who is the Chairman

10.  LCC was given a 30 year concession (note that all their concessions are usually 30 years) with no competitive bid, no competing quote and no professional evaluation.  The whole thing was packaged by Tinubu and executed by Fashola for their own selfish interest.

11.           To further confirm this, Tinubu has built a multi-billion naira state of the art hotel-the Oriental Hotel along the express road. Conveniently, the toll gate is located a few meters before the hotel coming from VI so that the hotel clients wouldn’t have to pay toll.  Even, special entry and exit points (including a roundabout) have been constructed for the hotel and the multi-level car park beside it (also owned by Tinubu) by the construction company using tax/toll payers’ money. Talk about creating a personal empire. One man owning an express road and a multi-billion naira hotel.

12.           The 49.4km two-phased project is to cost an outrageous N50 billion which the innocent citizens and particularly the residents and indigenous communities of Lekki, Ajah, Epe and Ibeju areas will cough out over the next 30 years while  Tinubu, Fashola, Olowolafe, the Chagouris and their other collaborators and their unborn generations will be smiling to the banks.  A simple arithmetic shows that cost of construction averages N1billion per 1km.  This did not include the 1,000 hectares of land and other costs already incurred by the Lagos state government. This must be the most expensive road anywhere in the world! Meanwhile, there will be 3 toll plazas in a 50km stretch!

13.           Already, the rehabilitation work which started in 2006 has only achieved less than 2km in over 3 years; meanwhile, the consortium has only concentrated on building the toll plazas rather than first completing the two phases for the convenience of residents. Residents in these areas spend more than 6 hours daily on the road while the situation will get worse during the coming rains.  This has disrupted the lives of the citizens and no proper alternate road was constructed by the consortium.

14.           The entire Lekki axis hosts millions of indigenous people who are fishermen and farmers and have occupied their lands for centuries.  They are largely poor and agrarian from villages like Ajah, Badore, Elegushi, Ajiran, Sangotedo, Abijo, Ibeju, and all communities in Eti-osa, Epe and Ibeju-Lekki Local Government areas. These indigenous people along with others living in the area are now being forced to pay toll to enter and exit their fatherland.

15.           These people who have been subjected to economic misfortune occasioned by seizure of their lands by this government are now been economically drained by the imposition of toll gates within their communities.  There has never been any consultations with the people neither was there any environmental impact assessment before the commencement of the project.

16.           THE BIG FRAUD

This is the biggest fraud ever conceived!

(a)     A road that was initially constructed by two previous administration and that belong to the Lagos State Government is now being jointly owned by Tinubu-the former governor and Fashola-the present governor through his crony-Dr Tunji Olowolafe under the consortium LCC

(b)     LCC was appointed without conforming to the Public Procurement Act of 2007. There was no public bidding process, no competing bids from other consortium and the fact that the former Governor and the present Governor have personal interest is criminal in nature.

(c)     LCC will collect toll from the taxpayers of Lagos over the next 30years.  The amount to be collected was not subject to any negotiation or law by any regulatory agency.  Which means it is arbitrary and could be changed without notice anytime through the duration of the 30 year lease.  

(d)     In addition, landowners and prospective builders of homes are being charged heavily as infrastructural charge, land use charge and personal income tax and are now required to pay road tax or toll. This is multiple taxation in its worst form.

(e)     The people’s livelihoods have been disrupted for the past 3 years without compensation and there is no alternate road anywhere as it is in practice in other parts of the world where there are toll roads.

(f)      A concession that was granted for the building of a coastal road, 4th mainland bridge and expansion of Lekki road has now been turned into mere rehabilitation of an existing road for the same 30-year concession. This is fraud

(g)     Fences are being built around the toll areas to box residents within the area. This has security and safety implications.  If there is a major emergency like major armed robbery operations, civil crisis, major floods, fire incidents etc and residents need to be evacuated in a hurry; there will be major massive bottleneck at the toll plaza as there is no other escape route except through the lagoon or Atlantic Ocean. Remember the Oke-Afa mass drowning incident of 2002.   God forbid!

(h)     The owners of LCC have also received cash payments and land grants from Lagos state government in addition to the 30 year toll.  These payments and land grants were initially made under the agreement that the 4th mainland bridge-Lekki road-coastal road would be built.  It is therefore criminal to obtain compensation for a project only to turn around and reduce the scope.

(i)       Several prominent Baales, residents and associations have voiced their objections over the years but were arrogantly ignored by government and LCC.  The Eti-Osa Heritage Group, Concerned Residents of Lekki-Ajah (COROLA) and other Indigenous groups have expressed reservations and berated LCC for what they considered inequitable for the residents.

(j)       We indeed wonder what the Lagos State House of Assembly is there for if it cannot raise its voice to protect its citizens.  The House is indeed culpable as it remains ineffective when this entire charade is going on under its watch or is the House of Assembly another conquered territory of both Tinubu and Fashola?

I hope the protesters are not deterred by the toll stations going online 12 am. Arab Spring would not be if the people had stopped to consider "reality". Here's hoping people come out in large numbers to protest and more and more people start thinking more seriously of the effect of policies on themselves and those around them.

Nice one by lukkie; fraud smells all over the facts, why does not one of them Lagos lawyers take the matter to a federal court? Kobojunkie please lead the way in the protest with your entire family and village in front.

Na wah oh. . . . . .to own car na luxury!!!?

There was stakeholders' meeting involving all parties - so why the hullabaloo!

What we need do is to approach the state govt for certain compromise (reduction) on the levies, but to even think that this awesome PPP initiative shld not see the light of day, is per se, brutish.

Govt is not run by protests and the good work u hv seen shld not be discouraged - in fact that Lekki road upgrade, denied other parts of lagos, some form of development and that the govt delayed collection of tolls, is understandable, but to say emphatic 'no' to getting their refund, is crass stupidity.

Sometimes, when u think like a sucking baby, also think like a breastfeeding mother!

U're free to protest, but rem u can't eat ur cake and hv it back!

otokx:

Nice one by lukkie; fraud smells all over the facts, why does not one of them Lagos lawyers take the matter to a federal court? Kobojunkie please lead the way in the protest with your entire family and village in front.

Ok, so you don't know that the case is in court? http://www.propertygateplc.com/News/uncertainty-trails-lekki-toll-collection-as-battle-shifts-to-appeal-court.html

But your buffon SAN chose to go ahead to collect feeding allowance for his father, Tinubu even though the court has not set a hearing date.

is it his fault that the court has not set a hearing date?

lukkie:
Quote from: otokx on Today at 08:18:44 AM

Nice one by lukkie; fraud smells all over the facts, why does not one of them Lagos lawyers take the matter to a federal court? Kobojunkie please lead the way in the protest with your entire family and village in front.


Ok, so you don't know that the case is in court? http://www.propertygateplc.com/News/uncertainty-trails-lekki-toll-collection-as-battle-shifts-to-appeal-court.html


So otox or whatever Ʊ don't knw the case is in court that is how ignorant Ʊ are about the matter,

Another ignorant comment the court asked Lcc to maintain the status quo until case is resolved

If you want to protest, go ahead but please dont cause confusion and panic and dont infringe on the rights of other law abiding Nigerians.

When some of the protesters were arrested with cutlasses, what do you expect the police to do? Watch them and cause chaos?

If Fashola failed to ensure security, critics will say that he has failed in providing and ensuring security,

Reality on ground is that the Toll collection has commenced, we have two options, PAY THE TOLL or USE the "ALTERNATIVE ROUTE" as I've seen in adverts.

The capacity of the alternative routes is what is in doubt.

I also see an alternative route from Lekki phase 1 admiralty road that was constructed to bypass the toll gate and link the expressway at ADDAX but it seems it wasnt completed because I see a white building standing in between the stretch of the road.

May be we need to plead to such 'well meaning' Nigerians to please accede and allow the government complete the alternative route for the public who cannot afford the tolls,

Pay up guys, its judgment day this beautiful Sunday morning.

otokx:

Is the 300K per month or per annum? I hear tolling have started this morning, kindly update us on the status.

@otokx, 300k/month and you have to provide your own water, electricity, school for your wards, healthcare and security. Now, tell me what you get in return as a taxpayer in lagos. Even though I don't live in lekki but I feel the pain of lagosians living there, the street lights along Bourdillon - Alexandra - Gerlad stretch work well at night and the roads are well maintained yet residents of Ikoyi don't get to pay for having that luxury (in Nigerian terms). Let us stand up for fairness, equity and justice. BTW, I live in Ikoyi and only go to lekki once in a while.

and tinubu lives along bourdillon, they should have led by example from there

The way Fashola and Tinubu have handled this will lead to a response, however long it takes, that may ultimately lead to a breakout of war in Lagos. I'm not talking small scuffles here. WAR!!

Since their response to peaceful protests is this brutal and tyrannical, they should never expect such protests anymore. They've succeeded in removing the veil from the eyes of formerly gullible Lagosians, even some of their former friends. There will no longer be a protest of any kind.

I hope they're ready for what is coming.

djustice:

The way Fashola and Tinubu have handled this will lead to a response, however long it takes, that may ultimately lead to a breakout of war in Lagos. I'm not talking small scuffles here. WAR!!

Since their response to peaceful protests is this brutal and tyrannical, they should never expect such protests anymore. They've succeeded in removing the veil from the eyes of formerly gullible Lagosians, even some of their former friends. There will no longer be a protest of any kind.

I hope they're ready for what is coming.

Mr man go and sit down jor, what do u know about war? Nigerians and their screams for war every time and the moment they see an agbero with ordinary machete, you'll see them running for their mothers covers.

Goodyness:

@otokx, 300k/month and you have to provide your own water, electricity, school for your wards, healthcare and security. Now, tell me what you get in return as a taxpayer in lagos. Even though I don't live in lekki but I feel the pain of lagosians living there, the street lights along Bourdillon - Alexandra - Gerlad stretch work well at night and the roads are well maintained yet residents of Ikoyi don't get to pay for having that luxury (in Nigerian terms). Let us stand up for fairness, equity and justice. BTW, I live in Ikoyi and only go to lekki once in a while.

Kinikini:


This is a concoction of lies to that only those who don't live on this axis will believe.

Truth be told, traffic have not improved on the road. Compare off peak traffic to peak traffic as evidence of dicongestion is cheap lies. Between Lekki R/about and Ozumba link bridge, it still takes average one hour during peak traffic for a distance of one kilometer orthereabout.

The so called elite you accuse of wanting free service actually pay heavy taxes for no service. My family along pays N300K per month and we would be making nothing less than N50,000 monthly to go to that work that generate N300K to LASG. Is this fair?


AKAINZO please note
Only those who collude with the ACN thieves will endorse the day light robbery called tolling.

Attached are pictures of ACN thugs departing after beating us up at the protest yesterday.

Good government you will say.

Who pays 300k/month in taxes? Haba make una dey lie small small na, the only way that is remotely possible is if you earn over N5m/month and if thats the case, pple like you should be taxed more to accelerate development.

djustice what happened yesterday? You promised to bring Fashola's government down.  

What's going to happen next?

baksonlee:

djustice what happened yesterday? You promised to bring Fashola's government down.  

What's going to happen next?

Soon, the laughter will be wiped off the faces of Fashola, Tinubu and their acolytes, as a slow realisation of what they've unleashed begins to dawn on them.

gidiMonsta:




Who pays 300k/month in taxes? Haba make una dey lie small small na, the only way that is remotely possible is if you earn over N5m/month and if thats the case, pple like you should be taxed more to accelerate development.

so quick to attack, you failed to notice he said his family alone. Do a good job next time.

Who pays 300k/month in taxes? Haba make una dey lie small small na, the only way that is remotely possible is if you earn over N5m/month and if thats the case, pple like you should be taxed more to accelerate development.

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300k/month is for husband and wife. Do you live and work in lagos? if yes what is the tax rate in lagos state.

@gidimonster, don't be quick to talk, it makes you sound ignorant. You only need to earn 1.5 million monthly to pay 300,000 in taxes. The guy and his wife can easily earn that.

I personally have paid more than 8 million naira in taxes thisyear. My question is, will Fashola alllow me claim my toll expenses as tax rebate? If not, what exactly is the use of all that tax?

Forget all the shenanigans and rigmaroling discussions, this is the funamental question people are asking. Does my huge tax not qualify me for amenities? If the govt feel they cannot do it and outsource it, is it not then morally right that I also withold some of my taxes to cover for this?

This is the fundamental issue

lukkie:

Akainzo's response just shows that he has accepted his fate that he is a slave to the govt and does not know his rights. If Fashola/Tinubu asks for his wife he'll dash them and then write,

Before (With wife )
Feeding allowance - N40,000

After (Without wife)
Feeding allowance - N25,000    I am a winner.

Sorry, some of us know our rights.

Ah hah ha, what this shows is that you do have a sense of humour but lack an ability for critical reasoning.
Supposisng the reason my wife left me was because I lost my job and thus I earn less? Would that scenario not be true regardless of any chnages by government?
Like I said, there is more emotion that reasoning going on.

Diligence:

There was stakeholders' meeting involving all parties - so why the hullabaloo!

What we need do is to approach the state govt for certain compromise (reduction) on the levies, but to even think that this awesome PPP initiative shld not see the light of day, is per se, brutish.

Govt is not run by protests and the good work u hv seen shld not be discouraged - in fact that Lekki road upgrade, denied other parts of lagos, some form of development and that the govt delayed collection of tolls, is understandable, but to say emphatic 'no' to getting their refund, is crass stupidity.

Sometimes, when u think like a sucking baby, also think like a breastfeeding mother!

U're free to protest, but rem u can't eat your cake and hv it back!

u're right!
Tolling don start be say e don start. Take the alternative route if u no wan pay, Simple!

There would not be any war, just more complaints. People will pay, share cars and use the "alternate route".

ACN may just give PDP a way back into Lagos if they continue with this approach.

VoodooDoll:

There would not be any war, just more complaints. People will pay, share cars and use the "alternate route".

ACN may just give PDP a way back into Lagos if they continue with this approach.

Nothing is impossible, ACN is already struggling in alimosho and ikorodu, with this move, lekki axis may join the list.

I can see that all the ACN- apologists are conveniently ignoring my question

Kobojunkie:

A journey of 3 hours(not even measured) now takes 30 minutes(again not measured) ON THE SAME EXACT ROAD by just adding one more lane. . . . . . . Wow . . . the world must know of this . , . .

There is a thin one lane alternative route --- essentially, take 1-94 from the people, and give them a backyard road, not even Lakeshore drive. And call it an alternative route, right?? . . . . . WOW. . . For one who claims to live in America, you have really low standards for those in ESPECIALLY LAGOS, or any ACN state, don't you. . . . .


BRT buses ply the highway so ALL poor must take the bus . . . . WOW . . . . . . WOW . . . . .

So low . . . . . so very low . . . . Why do I suddenly feel fuel subsidy removal is also right, if we consider all you have above? I mean we can as well say the Poor can take the bus in that too . . . .

Now you are asking about measurements, have you heard about AVERAGE? Show some intelligence when having discussions, it'd make you a better person.

Yes BRT buses are provided for public transport just like in every other country, and I can bet that you do use the one in the country you presently reside. Well, if the poor do not use the public transport, are you expecting them to ride in Hummers? Oh, you'd rather that some of the poor take BRT buses while some walk to wherever?

The fuel subsidy removal has nothing to do with paying toll, with or wothout the fuel subsidy, people are still expected to pay toll.