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PPAngel:
You will need all the cocoa and groundnuts you can scratch from the ground to achieve this because no way is ND oil funding this.

Oya omenka come and lament

Ralphlauren:
Wow!!

So the second niger bridge is going to be tolled

I never knew this!!

A federal road/bridge Tolled??

Yet, the Ibos voted for Jonathan Smh!!! They've been scammed big time.

I trust Julius Berger to recover every penny and more from any ANT that crosses that bridge.

The sad thing is I don't see any government reversing the terms of the contract. Not with the Ibos current voting pattern.

If their "son" Ebele Azikwe Jonathan could agree to such construction terms under his government, wetin concern "ab0ki" or "0fe mmanu" for the matter

Ezemust:
u are a bitter human being.may God forgive u

PhockPhockMan:
Tinubu slave.

richidinho:
Where dis Otondo commot from again?

Abeg go bk go watch ur Yoruba film......diz na public forum not Yoruba forum

lots of Igbo fools, including many top politicians, traditional rulers and other misguided elements jubilated when President Goodluck Jonathan was dragged by Ex Gov Peter Obi to belatedly commission an auctioned 419 2nd Niger Bridge that will be tolled for 25 years. This president while seeking for Igbo votes in 2010 promised to deliver the bridge before the end of his tenure. Five years later and a year to the expiration of the same tenure, they concocted a PPP arrangement to make the Igbs pay for the bridge through the back door.

[b]I have written an earlier write-up titled ‘Fraudulent Construction of 2nd Niger Bridge: Another 419 on the Igbo Nation’, where I gave a hint that the thieves that concocted the financial criminality on the Igbo nation will recoup their investment within 4 years therewith exorbitant toll fees being planned, and the rest 21 years will be profits-and excess profits at the expense of the all wise Igbos. Since the piece was released, I have received far more facts which show that the N50 billion naira estimated as the inflated cost of the bridge is by far more costly. Under Obasanjo, the bridge was estimated to cost N54 billion naira (without the usual due process) and experts believe that with due process, the estimate would have reduced to N30 billion naira. It cost Yoruba man Fashola N29 billion naira to construct a l.3 km Lekki-Ikoyi suspension Bridge with adjoining roads while the 1.5 km 2nd Niger Bridge and 11 km adjoining roads will cost N117billion naira. The difference is to be probably shared between some APGA chieftains, their PDP benefactors, and Julius Berger Consortium is just a smokescreen used to diver illicit gains.




This bridge will conservatively yield N12 billion annually for the 419 ers and in 25 years it will become N300 billion naira while not spending up to N50 billion on the project. I was told that the conservative estimate to be raked from toll at the Asaba end alone is N50 million naira daily. This translates to N1.5 billion naira monthly, therefore my estimate of N1 billion annually has been termed too conservative. With my professional finance and accounting background, I purposely made the figures very conservative.

It is most likely that the toll fee will be reviewed at least 5 times in 25 years to something above 500% and this will give the thieves revenues and profits in excess of N1 trillion naira in the same 25 years. In addition to this excess rip-off of the all wise Ndigbo, all the extortionist Federal Government agencies whose contempt for the Igbo Nation is phenomenal like the Nigerian Police, Customs, NDLEA, VIO, FRSC and Boko Haram will all have headquarters annexes at this tollgate to extort, intimidate and monitor the movement in and out of the South East – yet some Igbo fools are still jubilating. When the bridge is fully operational the tolling point of convergence and exit will afford the security agencies the opportunity of constituting a monitoring spirit to all the vehicular movements in and out of Igbo land and a telnet of such could be monitored from a personal computer anywhere in Sokoto, Maidugeri or Offa.[/b]

The 2nd Niger Bridge will be the only Federal Government owned bridge to be tolled throughout Nigeria. Bridges have been built all over Nigeria running into hundreds of billions of naira. Tolls at Lagos Ikoyi bridge has been stopped by the courts due to resistance from Yoruba nation and Igbos cannot be accepting what their counterparts in the west stoutly resisted. Dams, silos and-roads have been built for the rest of the country at costs beyond N150 billion like the Lagos-Shagamu road at cost of N170 billion Naira yet it is only in Igbo land that a bridge will be built through PPP and some fools are jubilating.

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The Lagos Shagamu expressway is to cost 170 billion naira and yet the Yoruba people have not groveled before any Jonathan the way the Igbo over praise the construction of a 419 Niger Brigade.

This bridge was first promised by Obasanjo and some Igbo fools around him failed to task him on his promise despite the fact that the South East voted en-masse for PDP. Later, Ebele Azikiwe followed in the footsteps of Obasanjo and after promising to finish building the bridge before 2015, he just recently woke up in 2014 and kick started the construction of a modern slavery of a bridge.
The problem that puzzles me is why the entire Igbo politicians, intelligentsia and traditional institutions failed to see this 419.

I was part of an Igbo clergy group comprising Archbishops., Bishops, Apostles, Pastors and church leaders with members drawn from all denominations that held several meetings with some representative of Jonathan from February 2010 when he was still Acting President even before the death of Yar adua and we discussed on the projects the Jonathan government will do for Igbos as condition for unalloyed support in 2011 elections. The conditions include a new Niger Bridge, new Seaport, Enugu Airport to be upgraded to international standard, reconstruction of Enugu-Onitsha and Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. There was a gentleman’s agreement, and the group was on the verge of signing some agreements with Jonathan’s couriers and kinsmen before an Archbishop suggested that we involve Ohanaeze Ndigbo since nobody will leave his flock to chase Jonathan around to fulfill his promise. I initially opposed this view but then my voice was over ruled by the more
elderly voices.

Since the church leaders involved Ohanaeze in 2010, a proactive demand schedule was reduced to political theatrics and unbridled sycophancy. A presidential aide hijacked both Ohanaeze and the noble demands and reduced the Igbo nation into a fleet of buses and couples of billions of naira under an Ohanaeze Foundation registered as personal business. Ohanaeze, of which I am a stakeholder, is yet to recover from that Foundation used to muzzle their voices. Even the much celebrated Enugu International Airport is another of such 419 on Igbos.

During the colloquium in honor of the demised Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General, Ambassador Raph Uwechue, at the Ohanaeze National Headquarters in May this year, and as one of the guest speakers at the occasion, in paragraph 15 of my speech I tasked the Igbo leaders on the same PPP bridge thus ” Igbo leaders must ensure that the fraudulent construction of second Niger Bridge which will be tolled for 20 years is stopped forthwith. For our support for Jonathan, we should have a toll free Niger Bridge constructed with Federal Government money, not this private public-private partnershp meant to enslave Ndigbo”

I have personally called as many Igbo leaders as possible on this 419 bridge issue and many including elements in Ohanaeze , APGA, PDP and APC had explained to me that it is difficult to change the PPP model because one Mr Peter Obi and another Ebele Azikiwe seems to have some interests in the multi billion naira 25 year business

This 419 bridge being given to Ndigbo through the back door when even some illiterate NASS members from Nigeria’s North is ensuring that multi billion naira dams, bridges, silos, roads, irrigation projects , fertilizers and recently Almajiri schools is being done in their zones by the Federal Government without any PPP enslavement . No Yoruba or Hausa-Fulani politician will accept such nonsense but Igbo leaders, politicians, businessmen, professionals all foolishly accepted the financial brigandage.

How a great nation that produced the likes of Nnamdi Azikiwe, Odumegwu Ojukwu, Emeka Anyaoku, Pius Okigbo, Emeagwali, Chimamanda, Okonjo Iwuala, Chinua Achebe etc will descend so low to be hood winked by an inflated 419 bridge PPP to be built at N117 billion naira when Governor Fashola of Lagos State built a similar one at N29 billion is still a Guinness Book wonder.

Lots of Igbo fools have rejoiced over a modern day financial)l brigandage over their future. Foolish Igbo leaders have followed the bandwagon to celebrate a fraudulent bridge. Their friendship with President Jonathan and even all the years the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) sold Igbo privileges to Jonathan cannot attract a toll free bridge. This is nothing but a charm that cannot catch me and my family. Shikena!!

Fools have taken over Igbo land as leaders, representatives, senators, governors, and presidential aides. It is time for all well meaning Igbo, including those in Diasporas to rise and condemn this financial criminality until this Julius Berger PPP enslavement is reversed. If Jonathan cannot give us a toll free bridge despite all our support then let it be. This jubilation of Igbo fools over 419 bridge must stop because an Igbo fooled after 54 years of independence with an auctioned bridge is a fool forever.

Obinna Akukwe


http://africanspotlight.com/2014/12/22/auctioning-419-2nd-niger-bridge-jubilation-igbo-fools-obinna-akukwe/

anonimi:
Na why you dey use the SCAM template of tolling roads by Thief'nuibu cabal in Lagos elsewhere

Abi you think sey na everybody be crook like your ogas @ the top dem ni?

richidinho:
Mstheeew.........Since 2007?

Akpabio na real Hero

Akpabio similar project was completed since 2007

dunkem21:
GEJ has released the money for the construction of the bridge.

It's not buhari's project, pls.

mekaboy:
It is not right. How then does govt encourage entrepreneurs if they have to award printing contracts to themselves.

Soon they will set up govt resturant, where all govt agencies will buy food from.

This is a wrong and greedy move. What happenes to the companies that use to print for govt? will they now lay off their staff because they no longer get govt contract?

The government should provide enabling environment for businesses to grow not compete with the private sector.

investnotspend:
The new Nigeria , look at the smile on GMB face and oyegun , I swear I can't wait for May 29 , God bless you sir

all4gud:
GMB SHOULD TELL THIS TO THE BIRDS. HE IS LOSSING ALREADY. HE CAN ONLY WIN ONLINE. GEJ IS OUR NEXT OFFLINE PRESIDENT

GEJ TILL GARDEN OF EDEN IS FOUND

jeeqaa7:
Ask reasonable questions my friend

Where are we gonna get the money? Is dat a question @ all.. For the records what ever us,china or russia can afford .. Nigeria would buy 2 of it ... U really do not know what level of impunity and stealing pdp has been operating on.. 2trn naira for just elections and u don't ask how? Or why? Be informed my friend

How would it improve the economy..

Dumb question too..

U need contract details ? Go get d contract details for d locomotive bullshit ur God forsaken pdp is campaigning with


Even God doesn't want us transforming.. He wants us changing

asids55:
bolo..when ur pdp governor was der building stadium worth billions that does not have any significant impact on the economy of nigeria ...shey u complain ni?abi can dat stadium generate up to 100 jobs??

coretechng1:
What is the cost of this train should be your question.

afolag:
recently the Ethiopia government launch a new mordern metro train sytem constructed with just $475m . The first thing that comes to my mind is, does nigerian government don't know how to price market? when transformation is mentioned the first thing they say is revival of the nigerian railways ask them, with how much if somewhere else in africa thesame kind of momey could be use to produce 3x wat we ar celebrating.
We need change infact with immediate pajawiri!!! change dooole!!!!

afolag:
1. where are we going to get the money to buy this train.
2. how will it improve the economy
3. Like how many jobs will this create
4. We need the breakdown of the contract process and when nigeria is expected to gain the money back from the investment.
DESPITE been team GMB, positive criticism will go along way to help restore confidence in the people.
Godbless nigeria.

afolag:
recently the Ethiopia government launch a new mordern metro train sytem constructed with just $475m . The first thing that comes to my mind is, does nigerian government don't know how to price market? when transformation is mentioned the first thing they say is revival of the nigerian railways ask them, with how much if somewhere else in africa thesame kind of momey could be use to produce 3x wat we ar celebrating.
We need change infact with immediate pajawiri!!! change dooole!!!!

appini:
Makako! That takes you back to the first question, do you need train wagons before the electricity to power them?

How long do think will take your Baba to construct power plants before your imaginary speed trains??

Talk less than you know.. Makako!!

princejayboss:
Lol... You call it rant.... What mechanism governs the high speed train? Electricity, be it gas... Be it seismic motion mechanism... Electricity is quite important... Get education boy...cos if you look right you will see that you are the one pointless.

appini:
Is Baba one chance going to power the trains with his tongue??

princejayboss:
Hello friend ....I wish to inform you that if you think you have the will than I do... Come work in a nuclear power plant and see how volatile it can be ... Yet I walk in and out these facilities every day knowing that one mistake I will be exposed to a nuclear material/fuel... I know you're quite optimistic about your freeking change but I tell you this ... In western country they plan before they execute ... A train subway runs under my building here but this was pre designed before the building of the city.... My point is this let him give the power he promised and continue the project on ground..... We now have mouth to talk nonsense now because Jonathan was so stupid to pass free press bill in an African country that is not yet ready for it.... When OBJ was there... Did we say a word about his fraudulent contract with Chinese company on rail....

Remember all this promises your Baba is making .... My friend it is near impossible to have 70% steady power supply in Nigeria(ask me I can teach you), its 100% impossible for him make 1=$1, oil is on the drop and will still fall should Iran sign a deal with G7+1 ... And now ISIS is controlling Lybia oil now ...this will cause more damage to oil price.... Please be practical about this than to come here and call people out because you can pay for internet .... Thanks.

princejayboss:
Please do not get him wrong.... Look ... We celebrate things without asking ourselves reasonable questions... Can Nigeria operate the tube train... The answer is No... Do we have the fund at the moment... The Answer is No.... Do we have sustainable electrical energy to run it .. No... If your so called Baba want to be sincere ... He should focus on power... Then finding a way to raise the poor state of our refineries because if he over looks this few important things with the level of crude oil prices and soon Iran will be permitted to sell its stuck crude due to the sanctions on them, the crude oil prices is bound to fall to the all time lowest.....

Considering that our 95% capital income comes from oil... I swear to you Baba can not achieve anything... our problem is competition of eyes service instead of continuity of project... Baba should improve on the already existing work made by GEJ on the train project than to compete on who gave different model.....

I must confess that this young boy working for him as brain behind his media success is really a man to hold unto and it shows what our youth can do if we can say no to the old men... We can change our nation... We are blessed with talents.... God bless Nigeria...

pazienza:
Lol! You are amazed by the Igbo man pride in his achievements right? You go about denigrating him, expecting him to be cowed and roll over, instead you are met with resistance of people filled with sense of group worth and dignity! Haha! Ndo.

Dreamtouch:
APC should just continue with GEJ transformation agenda...because their 5000 allowance and free meal shows that the won the election without having any realistic plans on ground...thanks Gej for showing them the way forward,they should continue with youwin and Agric transformation schemes....

pazienza:
Igbo towns are villages are better developed than their Nigerian counterparts, despite govt neglect and failure to rebuild the East after the war. Enugu is a beautiful city, likewise Owerri, Awka, Abakaliki and Umuahia.

Many Igbos are making a living in the East, that's why Abia and Anambra were chosen for the cashless initiative, too much money flowing there, yet no crude oil or FG presence, just sheer ingenuity of Ndiigbo!

This is no chest beating, this is calling a spade a spade! Deal with it.

pazienza:
What failure are you talking about?

Ndiigbo are naturally ahead of all Nigerian groups in all aspects of human development.
That to me, is success.

GhaliNaaba:
E chukchu the PDP and south east apologist. Shame!

Rexxie:

correct..what people need are implementation of good and peoples govt policies,not who becomes president..the north has produced the highest number of presidents but still lags behind every other regions on all indices and scales..that the north have very rich folks like dangote who became rich thru lopsided govt patronage is outta da question,that does nothing to the huge amount of the ever loitering and pauperised talakawas and almajiris..
The sw are front runners in terms of intellectualism and education,awolowo,who got that credit and honor literarilly begged to be president for a day...and that academic feat was achieved way long before obj came onboard as civilian president and i doubt he,obj,made any inputs when he dorned that khaki..
The igbos are natural progressives,survivalists,dexterous,industrial and are trully blessed and have done extremely well for themselves and others in the face of deliberate govt strigent and harsh policies and having never substantially occupied the seat of power....
The north's rabid and thirst for power coupled with her long time in the seat of power has done little or no good to everyone and region and they are not ready to allow others direct the country's affairs.
So its not all about being president,afterall gej was there for about 6yrs and the niger delta is still degraded and denigrated;polluted and exploited.

The op talked about not entertaining issues thats gotta do with Biafra or massob..but truth is,that definitely could be what the igbos deserve and need. Same goes for the niger deltans.