iwaeda: Lekki residents and road users eku orire traffic and holdups, that Apapa will be child's play
Would that be a problem if Bubu did not cancel the metro in 1984, and Thiefnuibu used Lagos IGR money tand allocations to expand it across the state since 1999, instead of stealing & looting like a loony
Splashme: The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.
Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.
The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.
Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”
The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.
Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.
He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”
LAGOS State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, gave a breakdown of how his administration expended the N160 billion World Bank loan it acquired, saying the state maintained a healthy debt profile.
Fashoa, who spoke during his commemoration of 2,700 days in office and achievements in the last 100 days, in Alausa, Ikeja, said long overdue refund would go a long way in reducing the debt profile of the State, which he said the Federal Government recently published to mislead the public.
He said, “Recently, our political adversaries issued statements that we have borrowed N160 billion. What they have not told you is what we are doing with the money.”
Enumerating his government’s activities within the period under consideration he said; “In the last 100 days, we have commenced work on providing street lighting on the Muritala Muhammed Way in Yaba.
This is 10 kilometres of public lighting which will be completed by the end of this month. On Eko Bridge, Carter Bridge, Ikorodu Road, Lekki-Epe Expressway and every street and highway where there is street lighting in Lagos, it is the Lagos State Government that supplied the poles, the bulbs, the diesel and the maintenance.
“The only major highway we are not managing for street lights is the 3rd Mainland Bridge.
Fire engines, to secure lives, rail transport from Okokomaiko to Marina, with four stations of eight kilometres completed, and work heading to Marina, with piles appearing near the Eko Bridge every day are the places your Government is spending money. The expansion of the Lagos Badagry Expressway to a 10-lane highway is another place where your Government is spending money.
ElSudani: The light rail projects are ongoing. I would rather have a slow but ongoing successes than the continuous retrogression going on in your state.
You must be a winch to know that I am not a Lagosian because I expose Thiefnuibu and his minions roguish nyansh.
Like the scam pictures of Fashola with light rail nine years ago? How many millions of Lagosians carried daily since then
anonimi: TTC in talks to sell old trains to Lagos. Are they safe enough? AUGUST 10, 2011
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."
He also warned that while rail systems are glamorous as far as transit infrastructure goes, they are not always as effective at reducing congestion as other options. Nevertheless, new rail systems are frequently preferred because governments can take advantage of kickbacks from large contracts.
According to media reports, the cost estimates for the Lagos rail project have varied wildly from $1.2 billion to $30 billion. In 2010, a Nigerian government watchdog accused Fashola's government of widespread corruption.
"More often than not, politicians favour rail transit because it is more expensive," Haider said. "It's almost useless in some cases, and less productive in most cases, than a bus system. But you can't buy busses for $30 billion. You can inflate prices and make a lot of money buying a rail system."
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 rail 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.
“The first section of this rail, which started from National Theatre, Orile-Iganmu to Mile 2 Bus Stop, would be fully completed with the tracks laid.
“Construction work will continue on the project from Orile-Iganmu to Marina, the expansion work on the road from Mile 2 to Okokomaiko will also be intensified.
“This is what we do with the loan collected by the government. We don’t use our loan to pay salaries and other recurrent expenditure, what we do with our loan is to provide capital projects that would serve the residents.
“When the project is completed, the state would be at par with other major cities of the world.”
[quote author=wwwihy post=115276410]God Bless Incoming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu The visioner of Lekki Free Trade Zone that birthed the biggest industrial zone in the World[/quote]Thiefnuibu is the visioner of looting that has destroyed Lagos. Argue with your keyboard.
itubaba001: Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria, has been ranking as one of the worst places to live in the world for the nine straight years, a BusinessDay analysis shows.
Data from the 2019 Global Liveability Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the world’s leader in global business intelligence, shows the city has been within the range of 137th-139th position out of a total of 140 cities in the world from year 2011-2019.
The lack of state-owned pipe-borne water in the homes of Lagos residents has continued to be a source of concern, a non-profit group, Corporate Accountability and Public Advocacy Africa (CAPPA) has said.
At a press event to mark this year’s World Water Day, the group said its monitoring team’s visit to state-owned waterworks showed that most of them are not operational.
The group said the waterworks it visited include the ones at Maryland, Mushin, Ikorodu, Obalende, Agbowa, Onikan, Ikoyi, and Amuwo Odofin.
Only the one in Ikoyi is producing water, according to CAPPA.
[quote author= post=115273346]In the beginning of Boko Haram, At the time they could have been wiped away from the face of the earth[/quote]Carrot and stick approach. Have you ever heard of that
Sign agreement on no more killings, I will withdraw JTF, Jonathan to Borno elders March 09, 2013
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Maiduguri, accused Borno State Elders of playing to the gallary over the activities of Boko Haram Islamic sect insurgency in the state, describing the situation as unfortunate.
Jonathan spoke during an interactive session with Borno State stakeholders at the Multi-Purpose Hall, Government House Maiduguri, in continuation of his two- day working visit to Borno and Yobe States, the epicentres of Boko Haram.
He was responding to requests by the Elders for the Federal Government to grant amnesty to the sect members as well as withdraw the military Joint Task Force, JTF from Maiduguri and other areas in the state during the second day of his working visit to Borno State..
President Jonathan lamented that none of the elders in the state had publicly condemned the killings and bombings being carried out by the sect members and advised them to put their ‘’house in order,’’ by talking to their children who had been causing havoc in the country to drop their arms against the country.
MAIDUGURI— Leadership of Jama’atul Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, also called Boko Haram, has named the former Head of State and presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), among six prominent northerners, to mediate between the group and the Federal Government.
The Federal Government in a statement by Dr. Reuben Abati, Presidential Spokesman, Thursday, welcomed the move.
The way Thiefnuibu packaged the disaster called Bubu in 2015, he is packaging himself and another terroist to destroy our country. Will we let them
Flets: Can any Jan.ja.we.ed in the house explain this statement to me and provide any proof why I should not believe that Buhari is a renowned and open terrorist who shares the same ideal with ISIS, Al shabab and Bokoharam
"Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) National Leader, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has criticised the declaration of state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States and the subsequent military offensive against the Boko Haram Islamic sect. Buhari, who featured on the “Guest of the Week,” a Hausa programme of the Kaduna-based Liberty Radio, yesterday said the federal government’s action was a gross injustice against the north."
GamalNasser: Buhari is truly clueless ..he is still bent on worsening the inflation by this wefalriat corruption he practices
A man who is looting like Abacha but pretends to be so gentle that he can't finish an agidi? The man is not clueless at all. He knows exactly what he is doing.
Esseite: They: Increase fuel price. Close border while inflation skyrocketed. Forex gets to 400% from 2015. Diesel for manufacturing is off the roof.. Increase if light tariff.. Universities are on strike.. Hospitals are in comatose.. Insecurity is rife.. Your kidnap ransom is in millions.. You can't farm or harvest..
But they tell you they would share N20,000 to you for support with an inflation closing on 20% that they caused.. be wise Nigeria, dont be fooled again..
They are laughing at us, but are we capable of making them cry? Are we smart enough to do that
Omicron007: 8. Peter Obi can win, and he does not need to be loved everywhere, nor does he need to win everywhere.
This is the bottom-line of the ofege analysis to make the fraudulent scammer president next year, as Thiefnuibu made Bubu in 2015 with his own fake sainthood that has been revealed to be the worst corrupt administration since 1960
ElSudani: They lie so much, their candidate probably got a degree in lying as well. Almost everyone they claim to have endorsed Obi have issued a statement denying it.
It is terrible, aswear. If they tell lies like this before they are given power, what will they do when they get power? Loot, steal and rob like Bubu is doing now with Thiefnuibu
fyneguy: Peter Obi said, at the 2016 edition of the platform, that he had only one wristwatch for many years.
Is there anything about Peter Obi that is not fake? The fraudulent rogue wants to scam his way into Aso Rock like Bubu did in 2015 when Thiuefnuibu made him with Milo sachets paparazzi pictures before change happened to our budget and treasury with a-looter continua comrades of APCshit in charge.
Salewa97: People ask why I am supporting Tinubu, I am supporting him coz he supervised the first public service in Nigeria to embrace TSA and ERP systems like Oracle, while his analog competition pretender was allowing contractors to cash N250m cheque in Anambra for expenditure to be done in Lagos that housed the bank headquarters, despite that he was the former Chairman of the Bank.
Please vote Jagaban because he got the track record to support it.
Track record of looting and wrecking Lagos services, infrastructure, utilities etc? Or what other record does Thiefnuibu have
itubaba001: Lagos, the commercial hub of Nigeria, has been ranking as one of the worst places to live in the world for the nine straight years, a BusinessDay analysis shows.
Data from the 2019 Global Liveability Index published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the world’s leader in global business intelligence, shows the city has been within the range of 137th-139th position out of a total of 140 cities in the world from year 2011-2019.
Potable water still luxury 23 years after return of democracy
WHILE the Federal Government continues to proliferate the country with dams, it is such an irony that a state like Lagos, with its massive, constant boast of being a megacity, cannot provide its residents, thereby forcing the bulk of them to take solace in the arms of water boreholes.
At regular intervals, the two major waterworks in the state, the Adiyan, and Iju get grounded leading to the non-availability of water. In April and May last year, for instance, they both produce less than 10% of their installed capacity.
As of today, Eti-Osa, Apapa, Victoria Island, Badagry, Ibeju Lekki, Surulere, Ikorodu, Agege, Ojo, Mushin Kosofe, and most locations in the state are without access to clean water. Consequently, millions of residents now rely on boreholes, rivers, rainwater, as well as comprised wells for their water needs.
On its website, the LWC claims that it has a total installed water production capacity of 210 million gallons per day (MGD), which is far lower than the current estimated daily water demand of 540 million gallons per day.
Also, its plan to produce 745 million gallons per day by the year 2020 through the Lagos Water Supply Master Plan fell flat with the actual number of citizens having access to potable water dropping, rather than increasing 11 years after the launch of the master plan.
A senior staff of LWC, who preferred anonymity said that at present, its agency only supplies water to Lekki, parts of Ikoyi, Victoria Island (VI), Ojodu, Iju, and some parts of Ikotun.
NaijaRoyalty: The reality is staring at you in the face and you're still calling international drug thief a reformist. A leopard never changes it's spot
Who made a thief a reformist, which useless and stupid reformist ?
The agberos he fronts for made him their Asiwaju and hail him as reformist in their almajiri shallowness. Na so we see am.
onatisi: infect i think it is better to follow peter obi . lets be honest with ourselves for once , what has atiku got to offer Nigeria , he was there for 8 years as vice president , what did he do ? he looted and sold the nation assets to his cronies .even over the years with all his wealth ,riches and popularity , how has he been able to affect the lives of people , in his home state , what has he done ? he is close to 75 years of age .
tinubu on the other hand is even worse than atiku , if patronizing and giving political power and cover to thugs, killers and nurtw is what tinubu calls security then we are better off without him . isnt that what he has done in Lagos state, mc oluomo and co now even parade themselves as government e workers , people who normally should be in prison. lagos is now full of street gangs. what else does tinubu has to offer ? if as the national leader of the ruling party for 8 years he couldn't effect any changes in the lives of the masses and Nigerians then he has no business becoming the president , HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED BUHARI INCOMPETENCE AT EVERY GIVEN OPPORTUNITY AND HAS EVEN VOWED TO CONTINUE WITH BUHARI POLICIES . it is time we have a new phase , even if peter obi will lose ,lets vote for him . let our vote do the talking we cant do with violence
You got the bold part spot on and that is why Atiku is the best of the 3 (or 4 with Kwakwanso). Peter Obi is just another pretentious saint like Bubu disaster waiting to unleash himself on 200 million Nigerians as he did in Anambra for eight years.
AntiTerrorist: No reasonable human being will see Peter Obi and still vote for Tinubu Unless the person is Mad, Even We Yoruba Christian's will fully vote for him since Tinubu is running on useless Muslim Muslim ticket
How does that negate the fact that Peter Obi is a fraudulent scammer just like the pretentious saint Bubu that Thiefnuibu made president in 2015? Kindly verify. Thanks.
onatisi: Atiku is still living in his fool paradise and saying obi has no structure . He will be shocked , the fact that he has no so called structure is even what is endearing him to the masses . He is not seen as part of the system, people are tired of this political system and they see peter obi as a different person who isn't connected to the corrupt political system
Same old same old pretence that Thiefnuibu used to make Bubu president in 2015 with Milo sachets pictiures, I-no-get-money for nomination form while all im pikins dey for the abroad of overseas. Who wants to be scammed again? You
onatisi: noone has a bloc votes yet, the problem now is peter obi , noone saw it coming ,he is definitely going to break the votes considerably, with the way things are there is no way we can have a clear winner at the first round of elections . All the parties will have their share in each region and states . Tinubu would have had an edge of the issue of Muslim/Muslim ticket wasn't there
Obi will have to do like Bernie Sanders in the US with the Democrats. He must find a face saving way to collapse his campaign/ambition into PDP/Atiku.
- He saved 2 years worth of allocation as savings - He paid off 35bn worth of pension arrears. - He tarred over 800km worth of road. - Provided massive healthcare and education infrastructure. - Still invested in bonds and shares.
For me, i think he utilized public funds judiciously.
How many teachers, healthcare and other workers did he employ to compliment the massive infrastructure
Religiousness and superstition killing Africans with poverty of the spirit, mind, soul and body long before Arabs and Europeans colonised our mentality. Any chance we can set ourselves free sometime soon
jumper524: I know your dissapointed. But it's true, go and fact check. I was born in Lagos. Left Lagos 2010 to Abuja. Abuja schools are better than Lagos but Lagos is far better than majority of states in Nigeria despite education being free with free textbooks inclusive. I know you don't want to believe but it's true. I attended BGS. Badagry Gramma School.
Did every Lagos child attend free schools during your time? Every Lagos child? That is where your lies come from.
AnonPoet: APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu attends Senator Kashim Shettima's daughter's wedding in Maiduguri with other notable leaders across party lines. https:///e1gHh6Kv0p
Viscuz: Boss Gadaffi tried his only crime was contributing to make Africans use one currency and that’s what the brits are doing .
During the time of Gadaffi black where not sold like common chickens .
Go to Tripoli today you are being watched by your own fellow African men like you are tomatoes and before you can say jack they have kidnaped you and sold off to someone else
The Libya of Today is I don’t even know if I should use dust bin or charcoal to describe it
I did not ask if he tried or not, because everyone tries. Are you able to answer the question that I asked? Or you are unable to
Akwamkpuruamu: They are japaing because we have zero leadership in this country
The leadership from your LGA councillors to state lawmakers, representatives and senators plus LGA chairmen, governors and presidents without forgetting the religious leaders? Is that what you have in mind
Politics › Re: Lekki Port Now At 96.65% Completion, To Begin Operations In September 2022 by anonimi: 1:37pm On Aug 01, 2022
