₦airaland Forum

ishmael: How many did he (Jonathan Goodluck) create as a science graduate? Why did he jump into politics if it is easy for graduates to create jobs for themselves and others. Just get the certificate and look for connection to enter civil service, that's all.

gbammmmm!!!!

Nigerians and President GEJ, you have a solution but insist on tribalism

Innoson is there for you to explore. Nigerians wake up

@Chino 11

The Great Wall of Lagos is formidable in its design and already does a magnificent job of protecting the coastline, even though it's not yet finished.

Over the last 100 years, pounding waves from the Atlantic Ocean have eroded the land off Lagos, bringing the sea closer to the financial centre of Victoria Island. The threat of serious flooding was a major concern. Before the Great Wall, tidal surges used to regularly cause water and debris to spill over onto the main coastal highway – Ahmadu Bello Way.

Today the highway is clear from flooding, already protected, thanks to the development of Eko Atlantic.

Testing the Great Wall

Before the first of the giant concrete armoured blocks for the Great Wall of Lagos was lowered into position, its ability to withstand the worst of the Atlantic tidal surges was put to the test. Urban engineers at DHI, the world-renowned Danish hydraulic research centre, carried out extensive scale model trials. Data analysis by computer models showed that the Great Wall would keep Lagos safe from the worst tidal surges that can be expected.

Facts and Figures on the Great Wall of Lagos

When it's complete, the Great Wall of Lagos will be over 7 kilometres long. It is made from tens of thousands of concrete blocks (accropodes) weighing 5 tons each which interlock loosely to form an effective barrier that dispels the force of the waves and provides the primary armoured sea defence. Beneath the accropodes are various layers of rock that function as the secondary armour and core.

In the first quarter of 2011 the Great Wall of Lagos was already well over 2 kilometres long and is growing at the rate of about 6 metres a day. In its completed form it will protect not only Eko Atlantic, but the whole of the Atlantic coastline off Victoria Island and Lagos.

Creating the Foundations of Eko Atlantic

The Great Wall of Lagos is already so substantial that it has created a calm lagoon between it and the coastline off Bar Beach. The beach is getting bigger with each passing week as sand is dredged from the ocean floor beyond the wall and is pumped in to raise the land level. An area of more than two million square metres of land has already been reclaimed.

The Belgian company, Dredging International, a leader in this field of engineering, is fast-tracking the sand-filling work. Dredging is operational around the clock. This massive operation is being done with great care and efficiency to reclaim land that our grandparents walked on as children.

By the time the work is completed, they will have moved 140 million tons of sand – that's 95 million cubic metres. This massive foundation will form the solid platform on which Eko Atlantic city will stand.

http://www.ekoatlantic.com/greatwall/index.htm

LeoMax: Why are we so scared to disintegrate ? There is a peaceful way of doing that under the supervision of UN.

No one is scared of disintegration but the question is

Would disintegration solve the problem ?

[size=14pt]Just found out that phase 1 has been completed, congratulations people[/size]

Arosa: Its not a complete waste of fund, but I agree that we did not utilize NIFOR to its optimum potential.

Why do you think it is not a waste of fund when a research institute cannot research and improve herself ?

Maybe you might have a point but I would like to hear it first.

achi4u: hw can i run?,i've been watching America War Movies and am learning alot from them.i no need war but instead make aboki first kill me...hmmm!! i go first attack am.

why not direct your anger at Boko haram rather than "aboki"

Willy4Willy: Co Northern politicians are stupiid, they said that the cause of Boko Haram is poverty, tell me why Ilajes are not behaving like them, Have Ilajes killed one single Nigeria? Moslem Northerner are sooooo confused

My wife quit saying rubbish !!!

chino11: And who told you that its not lagos that is sponsoring the project? The last I checked 70-75% of funds including allocation of the land came from Lagos state, so don't be deceived. No investor be that foreign or local will sink his funds in a lagos that is far below the sea level knowing the adverse and dangerous of effect and consequences of such adventure.

My brother you are just being pessimistic here.

The Abudabi Island in Saudi Arabia is also below sea level

New york is way below sea level even lower than Lagos.

The building of Eko Atlantic is not only to attract investors but also to accommodate the increasing population of Nigerians.

Moreover Fashola COULD NOT HAVE GIVEN them land because the land they are constructing on was already eaten up by the sea.

Although I understand your fears but I really hope for the best and Insha Allah God would make it a good project that would benefit all Nigerians.

People, this is not a tribal issue. Lets think for once !!! Neither is this about war

Arosa: When i think of research institute in Naija I always think of NIFOR, countries like Singapore and Malaysia came to us to learn. So just like NIFOR this naval one can work too.

Are you aware that the method of extracting palm oil has long been improved but NIFOR has not improved her method thus they are no long the highest exporter of palm oil.

A research institute is meant to be researching for better methods not just saying docile.

Malysia is now the second largest exporter of palm oil

On 16 December 2007, Malaysia opened its first biodiesel plant in the state of Pahang, with an annual capacity of 100,000 tonnes, and which also produces byproducts in the form of 4,000 tonnes of palm fatty acid distillate and 12,000 tonnes of pharmaceutical-grade glycerine.[34] Neste Oil of Finland plans to produce 800,000 tonnes of biodiesel per year from Malaysian palm oil in a new Singapore refinery from 2010, which will make it the largest biofuel plant in the world, and 170,000 tpa from its first second-generation plant in Finland from 2007-8, which can refine fuel from a variety of sources. Neste and the Finnish government are using this paraffinic fuel in some public buses in the Helsinki area as a small scale pilot

Even worse Malysia has imporved her technic by using Palm oil as a form of biodiesel and built a refinery to refine palm oil. Nigeria cannot boast the same. Remember they learn all this from us but have now surpassed us.

A complete waste of fund

chino11: This is junk. Lagos is already below the sea level. This is not matter of doom, its a matter of facing reality. This man is just wasting the tax payer's money on a white elephant project that will is awaiting the ocean surge. He need to go back and start cleaning up the mess in Lagos instead of embarking on a senseless project.

You may have a point, but to stop the sea from eating up lagos, one must make barriers and also do as much land reclamation as possible. Not to forget good drainage system.

BTW it is not Lagos state government that is sponsoring eko atlantic

[quote author=~Bluetooth]What do these guys stand to gain/prove from all these bombings ? [/quote]Just creating confusion. Those Boko haram people are the worse set of people in Nigeria.

kokoA: In Nigeria, it is an outright waste of funds. This so called research institute will soon join the quene of the [b]uncountable abandoned projects [/b]littered all over the country. Smh!

Thank you !

texazzpete: They need to 'put a civillian in guardroom' because she does not agree with this brainless waste of funds? You need your head examined!






How are we ever going to develop with YOUR attitude? Our universities lack research centres and research grants and yet you're babbling about this PR project. In saner climes, a large chunk of industry changing research and innovation is done in the Universities!

Sometimes I think Nigerians are cursed with foolishness. This is how Nigerians were joining their 'facebook president' in celebrating the launch of the first 'Nigerian' satellite while no single school in Nigeria offered any courses in advanced aeronautics, rocketry and space technologies.

roachas my man !!! we are behind u