Orikinla:

The Lagos State Government explained the need and provided alternative routes for those who do not want to use the Lekki Toll Gate.

Those protesting are just noisemakers.

They spend more than that making unnecessary calls and sending useless text messages on their mobile phones.
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In that case bode Thomas road has been repaired I think they should toll it and the  orile - Badagry road too.

ogasir2011:

Na "Amebo" question be that nah. Next time ask professionally !!!


OVER AND OUT

MARK-REN:

To those of you who support this extortion in the name of concessionaire. It goes to show how short your memories are.

This road was built as a dual carrage lane almost 20 years ago by a democratically elected Govt (Lateff Jakande) along with the huge estate in order to ease housing problems in Lagos state. There has been no significant maintenance work on that road since then.

We are now meant to pay tolls for this road initially built by tax payers money. Anyone who understands how tolls work know that it  is usually levied on new roads, bridges or tunnels constructed from scratch, while the charges are minimal and adjusted for inflation since it is for a long time- 25-40 years.

All LCC did was to add one additional lane (not two or even 3 - This road is still smaller than Ikorodu road a major highway which has 5 Lanes and was built in the 70s) and some round abouts over a stretch that is less than 20KM.

How can anyone who lives in that area and provides him or herself with water, security, schools, inner streets & roads to access their houses, justify the exorbitant charge despite the other taxes & levies we are made to pay.

By my computation LCC will recover its investment in less than 5 years . How can they then justify the sums to be collected in the remaining 25 years,  

For those of you who support it because you can afford it (wheather legitimately or otherwise), I put it to you nothing lasts forever (IBB, Abacha & OBJ all thought they could rule Nigeria forever). Four years from now ACN will reap what it has sown here mark my words. Tinubu's rule/strangle hold on Lagos will cease when this time is up.

manny4life:

^^^

Using your own theory, if you can afford to work with your hands, and legs and earn millions of naira annually or over a period of time, the it's OK for the govt to charge you 50% of your income as taxes,
One of the options you have is to sit at home and wait for manner to fall fall heaven.

expert555:

Marked my words this tolling business in a residential area will not work, in other countries I have been is always a motor way that is tolled not a residential road. The trafic on that road will be such a mess eventually the tolling tariff will be a abandone
Where have you travelled to and seen that it is only motor way that is been tolled.
How do you get to those residential roads without the motor way,free way or high way?
Make sure of what you say before coming out here to infect people with wrong information.

expert555:

Marked my words this tolling business in a residential area will not work, in other countries I have been is always a motor way that is tolled not a residential road. The trafic on that road will be such a mess eventually the tolling tariff will be a abandoned.

manny4life:

^^^

Using your own theory, if you can afford to work with your hands, and legs and earn millions of naira annually or over a period of time, the it's OK for the govt to charge you 50% of your income as taxes,
[/One of the options you have is to sit at home and wait for manner to fall fall heaven.quote]

endmoll:

For those of you who are crying about paying at the toll gate, if you can afford to buy a car worth millions of naira then you should shut your mouth and pay for the freaking toll.
Many of you always refer and talk of western countries forgeting that there  citizens are the ones that helped make there country what it is today. So any body coming here to

make noise about the toll should suck it up and move to Ajegunle were he or she will not pay toll PERIOD.
Every one of us wants to go to heaven but we are all afraid to die,for us to attain to a developed nation we must learn how to first pay taxes and pay for the services that we enjoy be it electricity,water,road,healthcare and then being accountable.
I hate the when people come out here to make noise and think every thing should be free because they are citizens of the earth thereby it is there birth right to have a those amnesties without paying for it.
Most of us who come out here to yell at the government most times can't even manage there own families but they have a perfect vision of how a country should be run. I am not saying that every thing is going well in Nigeria but we need to look inwards at our self,the change we need has to start from me and you before the government can change.
Who are the government? This the question we need to ask ourselves,until we get to the answer that is when we can start to have visible change in our comunity

Orikinla:

The Lagos State Government explained the need and provided alternative routes for those who do not want to use the Lekki Toll Gate.

Those protesting are just noisemakers.

They spend more than that making unnecessary calls and sending useless text messages on their mobile phones.