Digitron:
The newly reconstructed Valley Crescent and Mount Drive, Independence Layout, Enugu

Difference between chime road and ugwanyi

Sidewalks

The videos i made driving around ENUGU.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZRxSTqzlrM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y09tuZUs9aE

Trans Ekulu Enugu

http://outravelandtour.com/trans-ekulu-enugu/

who else thinks it is time for the South East to abandon the Bungalow and Duplex Mentality and start very Smart high rise , upscale residential apartments that will be powered by different individuals with enough money to build bungalows and duplexes but not enough money to buy land in high brow indepence lay out , trans ekulu etc

kettykin:
who else thinks it is time for the South East to abandon the Bungalow and Duplex Mentality and start very Smart high rise , upscale residential apartments that will be powered by different individuals with enough money to build bungalows and duplexes but not enough money to buy land in high brow indepence lay out , trans ekulu etc

As of now, it's only Anambra state that has the highest storey in a town called Umuchukwu and i bet that we(Anambrans) are going to break it.
#NOT_CHESTBEATING_BUT_FACT

A ride from Ngwo hilltop down to New market through Milliken Hill Road

https://www.facebook.com/oyibougboblog/videos/1110156762505090/

kettykin:
who else thinks it is time for the South East to abandon the Bungalow and Duplex Mentality and start very Smart high rise , upscale residential apartments that will be powered by different individuals with enough money to build bungalows and duplexes but not enough money to buy land in high brow indepence lay out , trans ekulu etc

I agree..

kettykin:
who else thinks it is time for the South East to abandon the Bungalow and Duplex Mentality and start very Smart high rise , upscale residential apartments that will be powered by different individuals with enough money to build bungalows and duplexes but not enough money to buy land in high brow indepence lay out , trans ekulu etc

Everyone will definitely agree with this idea,but the problem is the real estate pattern in Nigeria and the south east.
Most of the residential houses here are individual owned , who can't really do much on their own.
Only organized real estate and housing companies would be able to achieve that .

Rgade:

Everyone will definitely agree with this idea,but the problem is the real estate pattern in Nigeria and the south east.
Most of the residential houses here are individual owned , who can't really do much on their own.
Only organized real estate and housing companies would be able to achieve that .

there has to be light steady too

asha80:
there has to be light steady too

Exactly,to power elevators and drive water supply.
A lot of deficiencies and inadequacies being encountered in the east are simply ripple effects of Nigeria's resolve to remain undeveloped.

Digitron:
The newly reconstructed Valley Crescent and Mount Drive, Independence Layout, Enugu

Why always the black and white patterned embankments??
Looks tacky....
Good job tho.

Rgade:

Everyone will definitely agree with this idea,but the problem is the real estate pattern in Nigeria and the south east.
Most of the residential houses here are individual owned , who can't really do much on their own.
Only organized real estate and housing companies would be able to achieve that .

And these companies only seen to focus on Abuja.

Rgade:

Why always the black and white patterned embankments??
Looks tacky....
Good job tho.

Black and White actually looks very spectacular to me. One million times better than green white rubbish you see a lot in igboland.

ChimaAdeoye:





It is clear that the current Federal regime is determined to find silly excuses to close the ONLY international airport in the entire Southeast region. Rather than fix it, this airport has been criminally abandoned by the regime and now, they are looking for who to blame and excuses to close it down rather than fix the superficial issues identified.

When people fuss about terminal building without first identifying the evil done against the runway and taxiway, it exposes their ignorance about the plot of the ministry of aviation against the aiirpot.

1. The AIIA airport is still the ONLY international airport in Nigeria that lacks completed taxiways to both ends of the runway.
2. Five issues had been identified that would affect the successful expansion of the airport and the future second runway proposed for the airport. These issues are labeled A,B,C,D and E in the satellite image below.

A: Illegal and now abandoned classroom built by Nigerian Airforce Enugu very close to the main runway

B: The settlement on the northeast aspect of the airport which will prevent a second runway project if it's not relocated.

C: The suddenly growing construction of new settlement on the northwest aspect of the airport, which will frustrate a second runway

D: A Duplex recently built by a powerful ex-military man well within the safety distance upon completion of Taxiway to Runway 08

E: Eke-Orie Market Emene believed to have abattoir that can cause bird strike for incoming plane.

The question is WHY the abattoir has been made such a sensational issue by Hadi Sirika, while cleverly neglecting the abandoned classroom built by the air-force very close to the main runway nor the growing settlements within the airport side of Ekulo river that will frustrate the second runway expansion project if they are not addressed? Who is the former military man that was allowed to build a duplex so close to the taxiway to runway 08? Why was the Eke-Orie market speedily demolished, but this duplex that is even closer to the airport left unscathed?

If the FG is sincere about fixing the identified issues including resurfacing of the Enugu runway with new drainage, why not come clear with a project timeline and also identify airport very close to Enugu which will be used temporarily to divert Enugu flights to minimize inconvenience of passengers as he vehemently argued for Kaduna airport and not Lagos or Kano international airports, during a similar runway resurfacing project for Abuja airport?

It is clear the the FG is criminally intent on neglecting the Akanu Ibiam International airport because it believes it is an airport for Igbos and not for the entire country. Apart from Enugu International being incomparable to other international airports in Kano, PH, Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja,
it is incomprehensible that the same FG will build a brand new International airport complete with Taxiways and night landing facilities in New Bussa, Niger State just to service Kainji dam, but neglect a major international airport serving a whole sub-region of Nigeria.

What is so amazing is that the same FG left 4 obstacles labelled "A, B, C and D" within the airport unresolved and were shouting about the issue "E" outside the airport! Just to cover their own incompetence, corruption and deceit to close the airport over nothing !

Rgade:

Everyone will definitely agree with this idea,but the problem is the real estate pattern in Nigeria and the south east.
Most of the residential houses here are individual owned , who can't really do much on their own.
Only organized real estate and housing companies would be able to achieve that .

The Igbo God does not want you to think of building your New Jerusalem in the Next world , he wants it it here and now in Enugu or Owerri

Blogger says it's the cleanest city in Nigeria. Well, i can't say for sure...what with Calabar still in the running. But i'm impressed with the little shown of Enugu in this short clip. The roads are clean; the grasses trimmed; there's some greenery/tended-vegetation; and the traffic lights are functioning. Ugwuanyis' admin' has done well in this regard. See what happens when you give constructive criticism and demand good governance from your governor, instead of praising them all the time?

Video courtesy Grand Epic TV


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTknBimWsvw

Are you in Enugu searching for job?Then, this might interest you.A newly completed hotel is looking for workers in various positions manager, cleaners,porters, bar attendants and chef.
Previous hotel experience is needed but not essential.
Open evening at THE RESERVE HOTELS, ALONG EMENE EXPRESS WAY, OPPOSITE COAL CITY UNIVERSITY.
Text just your name and the position you are applying for to this number:08142240480

Throw back..
#urbanlife
#trafficrush
#airpollution.

#042..

Images of Enugu.
Akwuke, Idaw river and Ezeagu cave.
Credit:Outravelandtour.com

Ezeagu cave and ikirike hill

Enugu.. Hill side

Dont have much of Enugu Street pictures and the ones i have are very heavy..

Enugu Specialist Hospital Orba

Frank Nweke: Averting looming disaster at Enugu Airport


[b]Regular airline passengers flying between Enugu, Abuja and Lagos are familiar with the bumpy take-off and landing due to the dilapidated runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu and the ominous reminder sometimes issued by pilots to draw attention to the danger to passenger safety posed by this runway and encourage political elites on their flights to act quickly for the safety of all concerned.

My take off from Enugu, July 8, 2019, on Air Peace Flight 47102 to Abuja was not different and through the flight I could not help but reflect on the length of time that this runway has been in disrepair and how much longer it may take before a disaster occurs.

It is pertinent to state that this article was first written in November 2017 but its publication was withheld because soon afterwards government commenced palliative works on the runway from December 14-21, 2017 and subsequently December 27, 2017 to January 4, 2018.

I first became aware of the condition of the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport on Monday, November 27, 2017 when Air Peace Flight 47101 operating between Enugu and Lagos departed at 7:40 am and not the scheduled time of 7:00 am.

No one made a fuss over this delay until the pilot apologised and implied that departure was delayed because the runway was being cleared of pebbles that could damage the plane and endanger the lives of passengers. He proceeded to say that the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu was in urgent need of repairs. [/b]


These announcements immediately triggered murmurs as passengers began to compare notes on their past experiences and the implications of the pilot’s statements.

A male passenger recounted the very bumpy landing he experienced on the same airline’s service from Abuja on November 23 while another one narrated a most unpleasant high speed approach and subsequent ‘dumping’ of the airplane on the runway on November 10 on the same airline’s flight from Abuja to Enugu. In a quick effort to absolve himself of responsibility, the rather expressive pilot informed the passengers that airlines were wary of the Enugu airport and urged the passengers to help by getting the relevant authorities to rehabilitate the damaged runway, which constitutes a major operational hazard for airlines and passengers.

Ordinarily, aircraft take-off and landing require utmost concentration, even in the most advanced countries with robust aviation infrastructure and strong instrumentation support.
To underscore the above point, statistics from Boeing Corporation shows that 45% of all aviation accidents occur during take off and landing.


Over the years, Nigerian Pilots have become noted for their unmatched skills in operating under sub optimal aviation infrastructure conditions that would challenge some of their most skilled counterparts in other parts of the world.
Only few airports in Nigeria have the Instrument Landing System, ILS, which enables Pilots to land a plane even in unfavourable weather conditions.

Consequently, our pilots have had to rely on their intuition in some cases.
One recalls a routine domestic flight within the country that was diverted to Cotonou, Benin Republic because of very bad weather. On another flight, the Pilot managed to land the plane in Lagos after a most turbulent flight during most of the 50 minutes flight from Enugu.
On both occasions, the pilots had not been factually advised on the weather conditions. One with whom I was acquainted claimed he would never have taken off if he were aware of the severe weather.

These were very dangerous situations and ought not to have happened. Aviation accidents though few and far between usually record high fatality whenever they occur even as advances in technology have enhanced standards and safety. Notwithstanding, evidence shows that 6% of airplane accidents globally from 2000-2017 have been caused by “obstructions on runways” according to an air crash statistics company, www.planecrashinfo.com.

The iconic Concorde Air France flight 4590 which crashed outside Paris on July 25, 2000, within two minutes of take-off, killing all 109 passengers on-board and four on ground was caused by a piece of debris on the runway which ruptured the plane’s left tyre, a piece of which got stuck under the left wing of the plane where a fuel tank was located, causing leakage and subsequently ignited a fire that caused the aircraft to disintegrate according the root cause analysis of the crash by thinkreliability.com.

The poor state of the runway of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu underscores the lethargic approach of the Nigerian state to basic development infrastructure and the safety of citizens.


What is a country’s aviation industry without rudimentary infrastructure such as runways and necessary instrumentation support for weather forecast and landing? How can we grow our economy, move people, goods and services without this basic infrastructure?
Why do we have the national habit of allowing public infrastructure, roads and runways in this instance, to deteriorate so badly, undermine economic progress and claim lives before repairs may be undertaken at much higher costs, if at all?

Baum, Hedlund, Aristel & Goldman, a Los Angeles based Aviation law firm estimates that about 12% of aviation accidents globally are caused by “maintenance error”, an omnibus term that covers everything from the upkeep of facilities, the terminal, the runway, equipment and the planes.

If the statistic above is not grim enough, consider the assertion that ‘maintenance issues’ contributed to 42% of fatal airline accidents, in the United States, between 1994 and 2004, the world’s most advanced country with solid public infrastructure and strong regulatory institutions!

How long shall we outsource basic institutional governance responsibilities to God Almighty who gave us the faculty to think and to dominate our environment? If other countries innovate, invent and manage themselves, why not us?

The Enugu airport had been closed for upgrade and or maintenance about four times between 2010-2017. In 2010, it was closed between February-December to extend the runway by 3 kms.

Between March and May 2012 it was also closed for the installation of new runway lighting. In August 2014, the runway rehabilitated about a year earlier was severely flooded following heavy rains.
In November 2016, torrential rainstorm destroyed parts of the renovated terminal building, removed part of the roofing and shattered the low quality glazing of the area leading out of the arrival hall. The building was left open night and day for almost 9 months. Some of the buildings damaged from the 2016 rainstorm in remain unrepaired, almost 3years after!


The aviation industry is a high precision industry and leaves no room for even the slightest error. The relationship between the aviation authorities and the airline operators is based on a contract under which airlines are licensed to provide quality service to citizens while the regulators will provide the requisite aviation infrastructure and support services to enable the airlines operate in a manner that ensures the safety of passengers and protects their investment.

On the other hand, airlines must ensure that their aircrafts are in top service condition at all times; undergoing routine checks to guarantee the safety of passengers. The incessant deterioration of our public infrastructure few years after completion or rehabilitation calls our development planning, contracting, quality assurance processes and maintenance culture into question.

Public infrastructure need regular maintenance but should by design have at least a 20year lifespan during which the state would have obtained return on investment while planning for future upgrades depending on projected population and economic growth.

This is hardly ever the case in Nigeria due to poor planning, sub optimal designs, poor quality construction and corruption in oversight agencies.
In the end, it is our collective national loss because, as in the case of the critical aviation sector, new funds that could otherwise have been deployed to other sectors are reallocated earlier than normal to fix the problem that should by design not have needed attention for probably another 20 years.

The nation had, in the past, lost hundreds of innocent souls through plane crashes due to inefficiencies and corrupt regulatory systems.

We can avoid another aviation disaster.

In spite of the high passenger traffic through the Akanu Ibiam airport, which caters mostly to Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra states, this airport is grossly underserved with only one daily flight from Abuja to Enugu and two from Lagos to Enugu due to concerns of airlines for the security of their aircrafts.

I call upon the Federal Ministry of Transport to act quickly to avoid another air disaster, and on representatives of the South East States in the National Assembly to heed the advise of these airline Pilots by urgently mobilising action at both the state and federal levels to avoid this looming disaster at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.

Frank Nweke II is a former member of Nigeria’s Federal Cabinet, 2003-2007.


https://dailypost.ng/2019/07/11/frank-nweke-averting-looming-disaster-enugu-airport/

We're still on this issue of the dangerous situation of AIIA Enugu runway!

Some time ago, a official of the ministry of aviation or FAAN (can't remember which one) thanked the Governor of Enugu for addressing the stumbling blocks the federal gov't said were preventing them from carrying out maintenance and upgrade works on the runway! It's been weeks or months since then, yet they haven't given a definite time-frame in which they will tackle the runway like they did with Abuja and Kaduna airports! Does this mean Buhari and his relative Hadi-Sirika only take a issue seriously when it's to the benefit of the north?

I'm almost certain that Hadi-Sirika will return to his former job, given the fact that he's Buharis' relative and he's doing an excellent job in rendering AIIA Enugu to a mere airstrip while giving airports in the north (Kaduna, Kano and Abuja) lots of tender loving care!

When people wonder why i don't like the Fulani as a group and despise 'one Nigeria' so much, this here is just one of many reasons! And our useless representatives in the national assembly don't even seem perturbed enough to kick up a fuss over this blatant and wilful case of neglect!

This thread has really slowed down. A true reflection of the governance in Enugu State.

Very little is happening, can't wait for it to be over

eaglechild:
This thread has really slowed down. A true reflection of the governance in Enugu State.

Very little is happening, can't wait for it to be over

Better run before Ugwuanyi's e- thugs come for you for speaking against their mediocre Messiah

eaglechild:
This thread has really slowed down. A true reflection of the governance in Enugu State.

Very little is happening, can't wait for it to be over

That overweight fool is a disaster.
Anyway we Enugu citizens are too myopic....
Can't see beyond PDP.
Many of us are still celebrating this mistake because he's PDP.
Imagine if Ugwuanyi was APC...

Rgade:

That overweight fool is a disaster.
Anyway we Enugu citizens are too myopic....
Can't see beyond PDP.
Many of us are still celebrating this mistake because he's PDP.
Imagine if Ugwuanyi was APC...

It's got little or nothing to do with the fact that he's in PDP. It's got more to do with the docility of the Nigerian electorate (it's not just an Igbo thing) where good-governance and holding elected officials to account is concerned.

You see what's happening in Hong Kong and Sudan today? There's fat chance of that happening in Nigeria, whether at a state level (Enugu) or national level (Nigeria) b'cos the populace are used to elected officials acting as Emperors and not being held to account for their actions!

IGBOSON1:


It's got little or nothing to do with the fact that he's in PDP. It's got more to do with the docility of the Nigerian electorate (it's not just an Igbo thing) where good-governance and holding elected officials to account is concerned.

You see what's happening in Hong Kong and Sudan today? There's fat chance of that happening in Nigeria, whether at a state level (Enugu) or national level (Nigeria) b'cos the populace are used to elected officials acting as Emperors and not being held to account for their actions!

I agree with you that there's this general docile attitude of Nigerians towards leadership.
Where leaders are not questioned for poor performance and when they do perform their duties they are praised like gods.
But I disagree with you that Ugwunyis case has little or nothing to do with him being PDP.
Is Ugwuanyi any better than Rochas was ,but Rochas was treated like a disaster...yes many people viewed him as a sell out but that's just cause of the party he belonged to.
Then compare Rochas to Ikpeazu of Abia.
We are treating him with kid glooves despite the man being a monumental failure and a huge embarrassment.
Imagine buying votes with kerosene... like something out osun state or the North.
But Ikpeazu hasn't received half of the criticism Rochas received , because he's protected by PDP's umbrella.

Rgade:


I agree with you that there's this general docile attitude of Nigerians towards leadership.
Where leaders are not questioned for poor performance and when they do perform their duties they are praised like gods.
But I disagree with you that Ugwunyis case has little or nothing to do with him being PDP.
Is Ugwuanyi any better than Rochas was ,but Rochas was treated like a disaster...yes many people viewed him as a sell out but that's just cause of the party he belonged to.
Then compare Rochas to Ikpeazu of Abia.
We are treating him with kid glooves despite the man being a monumental failure and a huge embarrassment.
Imagine buying votes with kerosene... like something out osun state or the North.
But Ikpeazu hasn't received half of the criticism Rochas received , because he's protected by PDP's umbrella.

The issue of Rochas is different! The guy was voted in initially on the platform of APGA, but no sooner had he been sworn in, he shamelessly ported over to APC (a coven of witches with a anti-Igbo agenda and headed by a crass, vindictive, islamofascist bigot)! We can all see today how Buhari regards Ndigbo and how the south-east has been relegated to a second-tier region...to wait in line until the core muslim north and south-west have first been appeased with either funds, projects or appointments! Rochas has seen all this yet he still goes ahead to assault our sensibilities with stupid talk of how Ndigbo don't know how to play politics just because we refused to support that nepotistic bigot in Aso Rock!

It's clear as daylight that Rochas has no qualms throwing Ndigbo under the bus just to ingratiate himself with his Fulani masters in the hope they will deem him anti-Igbo enough to entrust with the presidency....that's whenever they agree to let go of it!

If Rochas had remained in APGA, or crossed over to any other party but APC, he would have been judged less harshly and been regarded same way as the Ugwuanyi and Ikpeazu you compared him to.