₦airaland Forum

DropShot:
Did you ever pause to think if the watch was a gift?
Did u ever think it could be a replica.

Stop being senseless!

Firefire:
As a rejoinder to this publication: https://www.nairaland.com/2872621/aregbesola-inflated-airport-contract-n11.5bn#42080710

Femi Makinde, Osogbo

The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said he deserves commendation for building the Moshood Abiola International Airport at Ido-Osun, Osun State, for N11.5bn.

A consultant to the state government on information, Mr. Sunday Akere, who spoke on behalf of the governor, said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Tuesday.

He said the contract was not inflated to siphon the state’s resources as alleged by the Peoples Democratic Party.

He said the increase in the contract sum was necessitated by the inflation caused by the fall of the naira.

Akere said, “The PDP in Osun should be ignored, they are just seeking relevance. They should find out how much PDP states like Akwa Ibom, Gombe and others built their airports.

“When former President Goodluck Jonathan was in power, he said he added an additional airstrip to the Nnamdi Azikiwi International Airport, Abuja with N36bn. We should be commended for building an airport with N11.5bn.

“If we are building a complete airport with a hanger and other facilities for N11.5bn, then we should be commended. The governor deserves commendation.”

Akere also said the initial cost of the airport was underestimated.

But the PDP accused the governor of increasing unilaterally the contract sum of the airport from N4.5bn to N15.5bn.

The Director of Media and Strategy of the Osun PDP, Mr. Diran Odeyemi, said this in a statement on Sunday.

The statement read, “We are aware that Governor Rauf Aregbesola, on January 8, 2016 through a letter with reference number SP/S96/1/vi/348 re-awarded the airport contract to the same contractor and a payment of N472m was paid as take-off sum.

“The same company had earlier been paid N2.7bn for the same project without any serious work done on the project.

The PDP also accused the governor of inflating the contract sum in order to embezzle the bailout funds it got from the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The opposition party lamented that workers in the employ of the state were languishing in hunger as a result of unpaid salaries.

The party had said, “We are calling on the President and anti-graft agencies to send a secret team to the site of the so-called Moshood Abiola International Airport, Ido-Osun, to confirm what the government and the airport company had done with the N2.7bn taken from the purse of the state on December 14, 2012.


“Out of the amount, N2.5bn was sourced as a loan from a bank to be repaid monthly at N100m from the SURE-P funds. That loan is now part of the N88bn restructured for the state by the Central Bank for repayment till the year 2034 .”

http://www.punchng.com/aregbesola-admits-increasing-airport-contract-by-n7bn/




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Mogidi:
So Buhari's wife is an ordinary hairdresser?

Yet some people said she was more educated than Dame Patience.

kokoye:
Ignore the propaganda.....

She CAN afford a 35000 pound wristwatch.

So because she is now the first lady, she shouldnt wear the wristwatches she owns?

Anyway, we all feed on these bs fake stories...so we are all guilty in a way

Rawani:
You have lost the plot, you are not making sense any longer. Let us imagine for analogy's sake that he did not sponsor a single bill, are you then suggesting that his act of personally correcting and admonishing a citizen of the state he leads is not good leadership? Don't answer.

ayusco85:
Ride on my president. The slayer of Tanoids, and the one who will crush BH. He did it with Maitatsine in 1985, he will do it again with BH. If u believe hit the like button and shame the Tanoids

nagoma:
Unlike his own , this visit will be fruitful. Buhari's visit is not facilitated and accompanied by Modu Sheriff.

Eneze1:
No you are not. It just shows you are a good citizen

Popemax:
Hmmm 15

But Buhari, in the document titled, ‘I pledge to Nigeria’ had also said that all his political appointees would only earn salaries and allowances as prescribed by the Revenue and Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission.

He said, “I pledge to publicly declare my assets and liabilities, [size=14pt]encourage all my appointees publicly declare their assets and liabilities as a pre-condition for appointment.[/size] All political appointees will only earn the salaries and allowances determined by the RMFAC.


More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/buhari-vp-fail-to-declare-assets-publicly/

Eneze1:
Since the day you have been commenting on Nairaland, have you ever criticised any of the PDP Governors despite the fact that majority of them are embodiment of failure? When our leaders potray a responsible behaviour let's try as much as possible to commend not minding political affiliation

omololu2020:
he will wear singlet n boxer

Mynd44:
The guy was in a suit and tie in the morning. In the afternoon/evening, he is in native....

I wonder what he will wear to mama Tosin's peppersoup joint later

Oriafo123:
get informed Lagos is not owing any salary.

chuna1985:
Lol. ok.

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EPOMA:
I maintain my stand Akpabio is a big thief. how can you be building road at 2.4 billion nair and i celebrate you

Fashola visited Toronto earlier this year to inspect the TTC trains.

The Lagos deal would be the first of its kind for the TTC. Decommissioned cars are usually sold for scrap metal and can fetch up to $1,500 dollar each. While Ross declined to discuss specific figures, he says the sticker price for Lagos is "significantly more" than scrap prices, putting the potential profits to the TTC in the millions of dollars.

It is not unusual for technology from western nations to end up in poorer countries. Marketplaces in Africa and Asia are flooded with North American clothes, computers, and even cars, but the purchase of larger technology like trains is rarer.

The cars will have to be significantly refurbished to fit existing infrastructure in Lagos, and some Nigerian media reports have lamented that the government appears to have settled on "tokundo," or used, trains instead of brand new vehicles.

Although half the cars are more than 30 years old, Ross is adamant they are perfectly safe and are only being decommissioned for capacity reasons. But he also admitted the TTC is not required to make sure the cars meet any safety standards before selling them.

"Once sold, it's up to the new operator to ensure they are in good working order," he said. "They do need to be maintained much more frequently than the new trains, simply because of their age. At some point they will run out their useful life."

Murtaza Haider, director of the Institute of Housing and Mobility at Ryerson University, said the age of the cars is definitely a cause for concern.

"We should be ensuring that there is some service life left in these vehicles and we're not going to be playing havoc with the lives of those who would ride these vehicles," Haider said. "There's metal fatigue, and that metal fatigue could result in dangerous conditions. I would be paying a close watch on this for the next ten years to see how many accidents do happen in Lagos."

More from: https://nowtoronto.com/news/next-stop-nigeria/

Lagos light rail’ll be ready in June – Fashola
JANUARY 9, 2013

The Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday said the first phase of the state Blue Light Rail project would be completed by June this year(2013).

He expressed confidence that Lagosians would start enjoying the services of the lrail project immediately.

The first phase would run from Marina and terminated at Okokomaiko area in Ojo Local Government.

Fashola spoke during an inspection of ongoing projects in the state which took him and his cabinet members to Orile-Iganmu, Alimosho and Ejigbo areas among others to assess the level of works being done by contractors.

The governor, who inaugurated the trackwork of the blue light rail at Alaba Suru, Coker-Agunda Local Council Development Area, said the level of work on the road and those of the National Theatre and Alaba-Mile 2 rail stations, would ensure early completion

He said, “In order to finish the project, the contractor did not go on vacation during the festive period. This will ensure that the project is delivered on time for the use of Lagosians.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/lagos-light-railll-be-ready-in-june-fashola/

How We Spent N160bn World Bank Loan on Light Rail Project
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He, therefore, explained that the state government already “has in place, strategies to repay the loan. The federal government was in the know of the state’s decision to take the bond and it approved it.”

He added that the truth “is that what they do not also say is that no state in Nigeria can borrow money outside, from any multilateral agencies without the approval of the federal government.

“What they did not say is that they approved it. No state can raise money by bond the way we have done without the federal government’s approval. Both SEC and NSE are all federal regulatory agencies through which we must pass. If they said okay, it means there must be something good about the debt.

More from: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/lagos-how-we-spent-n160bn-world-bank-loan-on-light-rail-project/188736/

Why I reached out to Igbo voters –Ambode, Lagos APC governorship candidate
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When is the light rail going to be delivered, the project seems to be going on for years?

I just said it, it’s being funded by Lagos State and the Federal Government support is not there. But I believe strongly that we will create a financial restructuring that will allow us to deliver that light rail within the next 18 months.

More from: http://www.punchng.com/feature/hotseat/why-i-reached-out-to-igbo-voters-ambode-lagos-apc-governorship-candidate/

lurther:
Buhari at Niger, Osibanjo at Sudan and also moving to south africa.

No chief of staff

No Secretary to the state government.

No ministers yet.

Boko haram bombing Borno everyday.

Nigeria, which way forward?

My people, what else do we do?

Who is in charge right now. Who dictates the day to the government, if there is no cabinet and the president and vice president are out of the country?

Rawani:
He was a leader of the house. Tambuwal captures the successes of the 7th National Assembly poignantly in his presentation: “For the first Legislative Year of the 7th National Assembly alone a total of 440 Bills have been introduced (171 Senate and 269 House of Representatives). Of these 114 Bills have passed through the Second Reading (26 Senate and 88 House of Representatives) while 41 Bills have been passed (21 Senate and 20 House of Representatives).

“On the area of oversight which is the second function of the Legislature, routine performance evaluation of the other arms of government by the Committees of the Legislature has assisted in guiding projects and programmes execution. ”

NgeneUkwenu:
Imagine this kind of facility put in Place By the Great Fashola! And yet, some people will be comparing him with that Election rigger and Rogue called Akpabio! Smh!

JingoOAU:
The synergy that works....APC must continue to govern Lagos State till we all quench....as far as they constantly give us dividend of democracy

michaelwilli:
Indigenous mumu. Tambuwal has been driving himself even befor he became govnor. He drove himself to the house of rep the day reps were shut outside the premises. Update the operating system on ya brain

Rawani:
At various times, Tambuwal has been a member of several committees including the House Committees on Rules & Business, Communications, Judiciary, Inter-Parliamentary and Water Resources. He was also a member of the House Ad hoc Committee on Constitution Review.

He was chairman of the ad hoc committee that reviewed the report of the controversial power probe committee headed by Ndudi Elumelu; chairman, House Sub-Committee on the Bill for an Act to Amend the Land Use Act, and acting chairman, House Committee on Power.

He was leader of the Nigerian delegation to African,Caribbean, Pacific & European Union Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU) and served as Vice-Chairman, Economic Committee ACP-EU, held in Prague,Czech Republic in April 2009.

Rawani:
Those statistics are only a reflection of the general reality for millions of Nigerians across the country. We are talking about a rebirth, a change, from mediocrity to excellence through the progressive Barrister. The nation testifies of his sterling stewardship as the Speaker of the HoR.