₦airaland Forum

Fairmedia:
All BRT buses must be monitored via CCTV and technology, from a control room...the BRT bus must be fully lit.

In a state where all children are not in government schools with adequate teachers because Thiefnuibu is stealing all the increased IGR?
Can we please be realistic in our order of expectations
How many of the cities/countries with functional, sustainable CCTVs don't have every child in government school?

azpekuliar:
Nigerians and their short memories shouting So BRT is not safe, BRT is not safe. When was it ever safe?

Was it not before our eyes that Baba Alado commandered a new LASG BRT bus and loaded it with armed thugs and sent them to attack the Alausa leg of the ENDSARS protests. That should have told you that these buses are susceptible to being used by very bad actors with the government looking the other way.

This is yet another democratic dividend of the Lagos State government’s romance with thugs and hooligans.

RIP to the young girl.

Truth is bitter but must be said to prevent us from being the next victim.
Thanks boss.

annieberl:
I just hope it's not audio arrest

If we don't keep it on the top burner of public interest and follow up for updates, it will die a natural death as audio arrest.

nkemoma:
Depends on who is involved in this case.... If it is high profile... Politicians wey need innocent person head... Nothing go do the driver

What a useless world we live in

Is it the world by itself that is useless, or we the people who live in it that are totally useless

EkperemoEgbabi:
Na dem

Peacy peacy people

Please leave our incoming presido alone o.
Piss or no piss we go manage am so.

Sabadon:
More like make everything kuku spoil.....nawa o

Kaka ki eku ma je sese, a fi se awa danu- if rat nor fit chop beans im go kukuma waste them

Newsmic:
Kakamega Central OCPD Valerian Obore confirmed the incident, saying the suspect, who is in critical condition at the hospital, will be arraigned for murder upon recovery.

See police wey sabi their work.
God bless the Kenya police.

chatinent:
These are the people he wanted to impress that made him owe those millions.

Davido owe millions? In taxes?
Why is he risking a long jail term?
Is that not such a clueless thing to do?

toujurs:
Women are becoming properties

Was there ever a time that they were not chattels
When was this?

LesbianBoy:
Chioma don join the queue of babymama o

That one too na assurance

qekng40:
Work no dey o, do you have one for me?

True that, in this clueless Buhari economy of over 50% unemployment/underemploymeny.
Very true.

Parachoko:
This is why the Government is investing heavily on road construction, Railway construction and water transportation.

In the near future, in 1-2 years, traffic would be reduce by about 50% in Lagos State.

Similar to what Fash-Ole said 8 years ago, but nothing nothing since then.

ojuoluwani:
October 20, 2014

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.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/lagos-spent-n160-bn-world-bank-loan-fashola/

Kobicove:
I have been avoiding driving through that route because of the road construction going on... it's taking too long to conclude

Hopefully it won't take forever like Fashola's Toronto scrap trains that never happened
ProgreThief looters of Lagos treasury.

TTC in talks to sell old trains to Lagos. Are they safe enough?
AUGUST 10, 2011

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."

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."

From: https://nowtoronto.com/news/next-stop-nigeria/

LegendHero:
Lol. No be this guy talk that time say North won’t vote Buhari in 2015? This one is just a man hustling for attention. Asiwaju will be wasting his time trying to court a featherweight like you.

The clown also said it’s game over for El-Rufai in 2019, the man not only won his re-election, he won on a Muslim-Muslim ticket. This guy is only useful to Meth addicts, those that masturbate on every Tinubu news.

Lastly, if North or most Nigerian states are like Lagos, Nigeria would have been at a better place economically, technologically, HDI wise, entertainment wise, human capital wise, and in literacy rate.

Literacy rate because he has every Lagosian’s child in government school?
HDI wise because every building in Lagos has water?
Do you know what you are talking about

LeoDeKing:
[s][/s]Are you aware ipob illiterates are cannibals?

Are you aware that Bubu was packaged as a strongman to replace weak Jonathan, and deal with terrorists as well as other criminals.
Why has Bubu failed woefully in this Any smart explanation for his failure?

jude79:
If he answers you now, you'll still continue to shift goal post, the next question will be, why didn't he complete the second niger bridge, why didn't he pay osun state workers.

How is Umahi responsible for the 2nd Niger bridge and Osun state?
Is everything alright with you

Ebubu2:
He is employing over 10,000 civil servants by the end of 2nd quarter of this 2022; that is by the end of august.

Employment into the civil service should be annual, to replace retired workers and keep pace with the population growth and increased revenue.
Why has he not done that

Devil1Messenger:
Please try to do fact findings before commenting. That man is basically the best of these sets of govs that will be going with buhari. How much is ebonyi getting that this man is using to work, from university of medical science, to international market to international airport to computer village to several road projects with meagre resources.
He has created enough employment

How many teachers has he employed and how much did it change the ratio of teachers to students in schools? How has the number of children in government schools changed?
Can you please answer

SmartPolician:
How is a state government supposed to give jobs, please? This mentality is the reason all states' civil service is bloated with workers who do nothing but chew gums and discuss politics and sports in the office every morning.

Even though they are the most unproductive people, you dare not owe their salaries. Most of them don't even come to work but ask for salaries every month. Salaries for doing what exactly?

What governors do is to build capacity and create enabling environment for businesses to thrive. Governors have no business creating jobs, unless there is employment gap in the state civil service.

How will the governors do all these without an adequate civil service
Is there no gap in the civil service of our 36 states and 774 LGAs? Are they still the same ratio to the population as in the 1970s and 1960s? Are all government works done as in the past?

BigBashiru:
Their countries were unsettled by the European savages so they have every right to cross if they want. Moreover the number of people that tries that are actually very very few. It's western media that amplifies those stories to make them feel superior and to make you feel inferior. Isn't it on cnn and BBC that u read about those migrant stories

You must be feeling superior that almost everything you are using is made by the people who own CNN & BBC, not so

Mrtaye:
Oga I am Yoruba but give it to Umahi,all this you are mentioning no governor can rival Dave Umahi please truth be told I am from Abeokuta everything shouldn't be about politics but merit and I repeat no governor including your state governor can match Umahi

What are you talking about?
How many people has he employed? Simple question. Can you answer?

Bayyajidda:
Then you shouldn't have quoted me, as I never named any one of them best performer?

You are such a terrible liar who needs more lessons from our misinformation minister.

Bayyajidda:
Shut it, your best performing Governor Zulum's state has only one flyover bridge.

BigBashiru:
In Mali, France arms rebel groups who kill civilians.

In Nigeria, UK and EU allegedly groom and fund Boko Haram.

Have you ever asked yourself why there is no terrorism in Europe (not even one european country - thats odd)? And why "terrorists" only operate in resource rich regions of the world?

Europe = the Dark Continent

Is that why Europeans are scrambling to get to Africa through risky journeys on the Mediterranean Sea, Libya and the Sahara desert
What do you smoke?

Ajehkpako4naija:
lies, all lies from the lifeless vegetable

The same one who technically defeated Boko Haram terrorists since December 2015

JooEeL:
They have killed many of the living things in the north na. When there's no more to kill, the terrorism index has no other choice but to naturally reduce a little.

You get sense walahi.
You too wise boss.

symbianDON:
in your narrow view, it is wrong to commend a governor who is apparently working right? Besides, did mention anywhere in my post that 'it is all about building bridges?'

If you don’t know how many people he has employed, then you can’t challenge my comment.

Bayyajidda:
Who is this one? What do you know about performance? Do you base in Borno to term him the best performing given your stated parameters?

Both of them are bad performers.
EOD

Bayyajidda:
Shut it, your best performing Governor Zulum's state has only one flyover bridge.

Performance is now about number of flyovers?
Not about every child in government schools?
Not about water in every building?
Not about feeder good roads with clear gutters?
Don’t we truly deserve our hellish life

lacasera14:
Flyover in the middle of nowhere. And is the longest. To what end?

To end in his pockets and bullion vans like for the rogue on Bourdillon.

symbianDON:
Can governors of northern states take a trip to southern states to see what governance should be about??

In your narrow view it is about bridges, right?
Is that why Nigerians dey japa to Ukraine and other places where we are treated worse than dogs
Or it is for jobs that pay well compared with the total package of their politicians?
Can we ever be wise