majamajic: Jonathan really messed up the igbos, no single major project from jonathan to the igbos , he was there for 8 yrs , 2 yrs as vice , 6 yrs as the president . Like Obasanjo , in 2014 jonathan came and snap pictures around the site , that's before election , he left
VP na spare tyre. He was president for 5 years only, with only 4 years of his own mandate. Did Obasanjo also mess up his own Yoruba folks since he did no single physical project in the south west
You should learn more about the geopolitical dynamics of this Luggardian contraption that is seen as the Fulani Republic of Naijeriya, FRN.
How much harassment was Bubu given for saying he will only do one term compared with Obasanjo and Jonathan, for example
phorget: Now we fight over an uncompleted bridge... What a country!
Bubu is aiming to complete it before his departure next year, after abandoning it for 2 years in 2015. Just as he did for the Lagos-Ibadan express road. Not so bad that he only abandoned the projects for a while, and did not cancel them as he cancelled the Lagos metro project in 1984. With expansion to other parts of the metropolis, how much impact would the metro have had on traffic jam over the past four decades?
Instead ThiefNuibu and his rogue proxies have failed to do just one phase of the light rail since 1999 and billions of dollars loans.
dasparrow: Nigeria has become a fascist state. It is very glaring for all to see. Nigeria has now become worse than what it was back in the day under military dictatorship. There is no freedom of the press anymore.
That is part of Bubu’s change cum next level that ThiefNuibu wants to continue and increase to his own extra level in 2023. With justifiers like this one below, should we not get ready for more news of this type
Mickykarim: It is the law that will reveal his offence against the state and Falana may not know what they have on Lanre. This Femi Falana has become an apologist of some sort. He jumps unto every foray. This purported judicial activists cum human rights watches have misled us for too long a time.
EXOUSIAng: What state are you from let's compare. Cos I know you are not a Lagosian, you don't reside in Lagos and your argument is out of hate for development and jealousy of Lagos. Again where are you from again. Let's check something. Don't drink sniper because of Lagos ohh
I am from Lagos, which is why I am being truthful about how ThiefNuibu has been looting the IGR he raises from us and the allocations plus loans he gets on our behalf. Should you not be equally concerned instead of drinking sniper
Babysho: Whenever I hear of this rail line still in the works, it just angers me so much. How many years? My God. Nigerians have suffered too much. We didn't fight world wars but we have fought great wars with con artists.
Lagosians do not realize how much time they waste in traffic. How depressed they become every day they spend in meaningless traffic because a dozen demons couldn't actualise something so simple yet important. What a mess.
BosseJ: If Sanwo-Olu can deliver this blue line before December, his re-election will be sure banker. No opposition party would be allowed to come and derail the remaining sections of the rail project. This metro rail project is a big deal for Lagos, and will be the most indelible legacy of the Tinubu-Fashola-Ambode-SanwoOlu administrations.
Just as fashola's second term was sure banker for delivering his Toronto trains? Or as his promotion to minister was sure banker for delivering his January 2013 promise? Which is which
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.”
Moyosore419: People will be like , TINUBU is enslaving the Lagos state governors “lol” and they are performing excellently well.. Other states governors wey them no enslave nko #BAT23#
Performing excellently in looting for bullion vans while telling lies to shakara Lagosians or how else are they performing excellently Propaganda lies like this one from 2014.
ojuoluwani: 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.
Was Fashola Abia governor in 2011, or he was Toronto governor then? How many railways did Jonathan build in the four years after 2011 One, two or three?
anonimi: TTC in talks to sell old trains to Lagos. Are they safe enough? AUGUST 10, 2011
As Toronto trainspotters gleefully take maiden rides on the TTC's Rocket, commuters in Lagos, Nigeria may be about to get some new trains of their own. Our old ones.
A TTC spokesperson has confirmed that the commission is negotiating with a private group to sell up to 260 used train cars to the West African megacity's new transit project.
"I can confirm that the TTC is in discussion with a third party that wants to purchase trains for Lagos," said commission spokesperson Brad Ross. "Over a period of time, they will be taken out of service and then transported over to Nigeria."
The cars being considered for sale are the TTC's old H-5 and H-6 models, which will be decommissioned as the TTC rolls out its new fleet of Rockets. Ross predicts the earliest they could be shipped to Nigeria is sometime in 2012.
Traffic snarls are already a major economic problem in the Nigerian capital, a booming city that will reach an estimated population of 25 million by 2015. A new above-ground rail system designed to carry 1.5 million people a day has already broken ground, and Lagos Governor Babtunde Fashola has said it "will be the most multi-dimensional and most impactful" of the government's efforts to reduce traffic congestion.
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."
Since 1983 when Jakande started building a metro that Bubu cancelled
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.”
The future is truly female, and they are the fairer gender. If na man do this, won't the mob have lynched and roasted him in jungle justice of zoo dwellers
okpanachil: The difference is Peter has always been very frugal with resources.
I don’t think that he needs to be upfront with it given the public knowledge of his wealth, and the disappointment with other politicians who pretend to be frugal but are super corrupt.
kettykin: So it's now to live in boys quarters and no longer adminstrative skills which Obi has in his resume
Don't mind our useless politicians whom we applaud anyhow. Was that not how Bubu was forming extreme poverty pauper with Milo sachets breakfast with the fake pastor VP?Since then they have CHANGEd.
Firefire: ‘A budget that moves domestic spending in Aso Villa from N580m to N1.7bn cannot be a budget of change’
Abuja – Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) on Wednesday in Abuja, berated the 2016 budget and called on President Muhammaduu Buhari to withdraw it and go back to the drawing board.
Abaribe while making contributions during the consideration of the budget, said the proposal was faulty on many grounds and could not be implemented at it was.
He said that predication of oil benchmark at 38 dollars per barrel when the crude oil price had fallen below 30 dollars per barrel made the budget unrealistic.
Abaribe faulted the government for increasing spending by 30 per cent based on borrowing.
“Mr President, my colleagues, this budget is indeed unique. After the budget presentation, the finance minister has never come to explain the details of the budget as it is normally done.
“It is a budget of change I agree, but it is a change in the wrong direction. I say it is a change in the wrong direction because it says that it is based on zero budgeting requiring all expenses to be fully justified.
“Mr President, a budget that increases spending up to 30 per cent based solely on borrowing, in what way are we justified? That is the question we want to ask the people who brought this budget.
“We know what is going on in the global economy: this budget is predicated on an oil benchmark of 38 dollars per barrel and I can now say that with oil being 28 dollars today, this budget is dead on arrival.
“The job of the opposition is to help the government to get its priorities right, so I want to please urge this government to withdraw this budget and go back to the drawing board,” he said.
The senator also faulted the adjustments made in the budget as well as allocation for spending in the Aso Rock Villa, saying that it was too exorbitant.
He said that the adjustments rather than reduce spending in areas where they were not necessary only spread it into different offices. “Mr President, a budget that moves domestic spending within Aso Villa from N580 million to N1.7 billion cannot be a budget of change.
“We were told that in the revised budget there was an adjustment due to error, we agree but what has happened is that up to N7 billion were moved from buying vehicles and spread to offices.
“It also increased the spending that is due to renovations within the Villa.
“They are going to renovate the Villa with N3.9 billion: what else do you want to renovate there that Nigerians will see in the Year 2016?” he asked.
backbencher: When subsidy goes, all this would end You cannot make refining fuel unprofitable at home and expect not to import
What subsidy is going again? How many times will it go after going in 2016 and 2020
The era of fuel subsidy is gone forever in Nigeria, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has said.
Speaking on an Africa Independent Television (AIT) programme on Monday, Mr Kyari said, “There is no fuel subsidy anymore in Nigeria. It is zero subsidy forever.”
Going forward, the oil chief said, “There would be no resort to either fuel subsidy or under-recovery of any nature. NNPC will play in the petroleum marketplace, just like another marketer in the space.”
Omooba77: Who imported it in the first instance......
It must be the petroleum minister who worked with Abacha for 5 years as Petroleum Trust Fraud, PTF Chairman. Nevertheless, Ogbeni Ojuyobo and Obasanjo packaged him as the messiah to fight corruption. Na so we mumu reach
Aufbauh: Politics of parochialism has been my Cruz with the PDP. Campaign on issue base & not to swoop on the sentimentality of the electorates. Nigeria unity will be determine by it constituent's and not one man in the villa.
Klington: Because buhari has set a very terribly low standard, every cretin now has solution to Nigeria problems including this frog� eye vegetable here
The Ogbeni Ojuyobo who packaged Bubu as change in 2015 after saying that Bubu is an expired leader in 2011? Greed will finally finish the Asiwaju awon agberos.
Please why are Nigerians leaving our oil subsidy country for the IMF leading countries that don’t subsidise fuel? Are those fleeing Nigerians also unfortunate like IMF
sulaak: Rubbish, stop blaming the West and Asian, when you are voting in ex-generals that lack basic common sense.
Buhari said fuel subsidies is corruption, Mele Kyari said oil subsidies have been removed in 2020,. Fuel Consumption Data Is Crazy, Says Minister Timipre Sylva. Yet stupid Africans are debating what doesn't exist, while their own leaders rob them blind using foreign currency and fake fuel subsidies.
Buhari is the minister of petroleum, yet one single refinery is not working!
Maybe ThiefNuibu was right to call Bubu an expired leader 11 years ago
ThinkSmarter: They should remove the fuel subsidy Improve power supply. Improve accessibility to clean energy [Solar] Those of you kicking against the removal of fuel subsidy should know that Nigeria economy is solely dependent on oil revenue. And PMS is used more than AGO, DPK and LNG combined. Worst case scenario is that most of the subsidized products are diverted to other West African countries where they still market the product without subsidy. Before federal government will realize more capital for infrastructure development in railways, education, health, agriculture etc. Subsidy must be removed. Don't expect state governments to pay salaries smoothly, employ people, increase workers salary and carry out infrastructural development without increase in Federal allocation.
Remove the Fuel subsidy Now! It's high time we make a crucial decision for our future and damn the temporal consequences.
What fuel subsidy do you & IMF want them to remove again, after they removed it twice already in 2016 & 2020
PHIPEX: Propaganda and half truth. This is a governor that was busy with legal battles all through his tenure
Did you mention he was impeached and the impact it had on his policies. Yet he remained the best.
Are you aware Andy Uba became a governor in Anambra within this same period?
It is an economic strategy to keep taxes low and have investors come into your state as an alternative to high taxes which of course comes with wastages as we have seen across Nigeria.
You are too much for this information and enlightenment for the ThiefNuibu APC zonebeees
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