₦airaland Forum

MEJOISLAND:
Na una mouth be that..
Okpousem uke?
Where is he from in Akwa Ibom?
Or u just want talk nonsense like before.

Efik = Ibibio
Ibibio = Efik

You can never change the equation. Our ancestors are one.

MEJOISLAND:
If you guys are having it good now, then you shouldn't forget how calabar was once a place to be for you ingrates. Who is running away from a peaceful place to a dent of kidnappers and 419ners? I have never met a set of people as cunny as Akwa Ibomites.. Ebot
By the way, who are the main occupants of calabar now? Who are the ones claiming to be cross Riverians just to have their hands on some resources? Ignorance lives in your blood

This is the kind of bad belly that you guys have for Akwa ibom, and is causing your undevelopement, but God pass una. Haters.

Akwa ibom indegines built every thing of note in cross river state right from U J Esuene, Clement isong even Donald Duke is an okpousem eyen isong.
For cross river to be great again power has to come back to an okopusem son who will know what to do. Not those who want to fight Akwa ibom state.
When Donald Duke was governor how many fight did you see between the two states? But as soon as he was gone we saw cross river state taking akwa ibom to court. We all know how the court case went!


By the way any ibibio man that steps into efik kingdom in calabar, akamkpa, odukpani, akpabuyo, creek town etc. Is an okopusem persons in the land of his ancestors and can never ever be a stranger or a foreigner there, even the gods of those land know us and like wise our brothers from cross river state whenever they are in any part of Akwa ibom they can never be called strangers of foreigners in the land of their ancestors.
Our cultural ties are intact. Same people spread into different states.

wiseone28:
Do u think road experimenting is good in a country such as Nigeria?

Will we keep experimenting roads with potholes in the name of giving indigenous contractor?

Which gov will like to repair a road that has already been awarded and was completed but shady?

When u say the money will be spent in Akwa ibom, are u the financial secretary to the company owners?

Tomorrow won't you see them buying houses in different countries or sending their children abroad for schooling or you want to tell me they are spending it in Akwa ibom?

So buying houses abroad and sending kids abroad to study should be the exclusive reserve of foreign construction companies?
Indeginous contractors do good jobs where they are gaps the government can ask them to correct it.
It's even easier for govt to go after indeginous contractors for remediation if contracts go awry, because everyone knows where those companies are housed. Foreign companies will just pack their bags and fly home to wherever they came from. Hensek, seyang etc are doing good and they are indeginous.

wiseone28:
Do u think road experimenting is good in a country such as Nigeria?

Will we keep experimenting roads with potholes in the name of giving indigenous contractor?

Which gov will like to repair a road that has already been awarded and was completed but shady?

When u say the money will be spent in Akwa ibom, are u the financial secretary to the company owners?

Tomorrow won't you see them buying houses in different countries or sending their children abroad for schooling or you want to tell me they are spending it in Akwa ibom?

Stop spreading rumors, the commissioner of works has come out to say that the roads with potholes that people are complaining about are yet to be completed that the final wearing course ie tar has not yet been layed on those new roads and that the contractors will put on the final wearing course to complete the roads when the rain let's up.

Seyang Ltd that constructed the Nto Edino road that citizens are complaining about is a good construction company, the owner was the MD shell Nigeria for years, he knows a thing or two about quality projects, I have no doubt that the finishings when done on the roads will make it excellent.

rottennaija:
Is this the official story? Hope you know that I don't buy it. Hope you also know that if Akpabio was still the governor, this road would have been completed more than 2 years ago.

Have you ever wondered why gov. Akpabio didn't complete the road? He had 8yrs but yet couldn't complete this important road that leads to his own village.

Ponder, that concept and then you might decipher the political landmine that this road was supposed to be for Gov. Udom.
But udom has successfully navigated that minefield expertly.

makavelli80:
Dede atiedie?

Idiok ke! Ake mfo?

wiseone28:
Why did the house of Assembly summons the commissioner of work because of poor road construction?

Nsek construction na you get am?

How many Julius Berger and CCEC construction do u see inside Uyo?

Stop defending your pay master when he leaves office in 2023 its me and you that will suffer.

So in your mind indeginous contractors should starve!
Do you think Julius Berger just woke up one day and because the world giant Berger +Bilfinger?
They started small and grew, by the way Julius Berger was a one man construction company that grew over the years.

We must also encourage our own indeginous contractors to grow, by giving them little jobs they can handle and affording them the opportunity to gain experience so that tomorrow they can also become our Berger.

By they way am for the big jobs for giants and small contracts for our local firms.
This is a good strategy, where our indeginous contractors fail they should be directed to return to site and correct their mistakes, so they don't repeat it next time.

And a lot of our indeginous contractors are doing great, where there are gaps it should be mitigated.

BeachTime:
I think having a modest population is actually cool and something to be proud of ,instead of an overcrowded city.
As for "Ibibio" do you mean the combination of ,Efik,oron,Annang,Ibibio ?If so,i'm not sure if it's the 4th largest . And Ibibio is a wrong term to use . Since there's no official name , the Ethnic group or nation is known as Calabar and sometimes Akwacross.
Nigerian educational system is flawed and needs to be revised. I, an American born & raised know more about Africa than most Nigerians .
Calabar (Ibibio,Oron,Efik,Annang) is an ethnic group or nation , similarly : Yoruba,Igbo ,Fang ,Swede,Dutch,Yamato( Japanese),Korean ,Tagalog , Punjabi,etc. Africa was colonized and merged into artificial countries for selfish gains .
All ethnic groups have communities ,each community have clans and clans have chiefdom or villages,villages have extended families and extended families have nuclear families all the way down to the individual. For example ,Ibibio is a dialect and community of Calabar,Oron is a community and dialect of Calabar,Efik is a Community and dialect of Calabar,Annang is a dialect and community of Calabar . There's no official Calabar language but the most popular dialect is Efik and now Ibibio due to larger population.If a synthetic official language is created it would most likely contain 40 percent ibibio,20 percent Efik,20 percent annang and 20 percent Oron).
The same method described above is applicable to every ethnic nation in the world . Every single language in the world has dialects and some of the dialects are usually more popular than others .The official language is usually based on the most popular dialect and then some of the others . For example , Igbo is an ethnic group nation with communities and dialects such as :Ngwa,Onicha,Owerre,Udi,Igbere,Nsukka,Abakeleke,Aro,Mbaise,etc. the most popular dialect in the group is Onicha and a bit of Owerre, and the official synthetic igbo language which was created around 40 years ago is based on that dialect and hen some of the others .
the same is applicable to Spanish( Andalusian,Cantabrian,Canarian,etc. )the most popular dialect is Andalusian and the official synthetic Spanish language is base on that and a few of the others . The same method is applicable to Yamato(Japanese),Swede,Korean ,and all ethnic nations on earth.
My point of the above explanation is to buttress the fact that Efik,Oron,Annang and Ibibio are one indivisible people and nation bound by one and the same destin; and that it wrng for any communities ofthe group to make up names such as Oron nation, annag nation Efik nation or Ibibio nation. The correct term is Calabar nation or Akwacross nation .

This is your opinion,you can hold onto it, but don't force others to subscribe to your opinion, they are entitled to their point of view on the matter too.

But what has ethnic nationalism got to do with this road that we are tabling at the moment?

BeachTime:
Akwa Ibom is sparsely populated .I believe the real population is 2 Million .Although the overall population of natives worldwide may amount to 5 Million. Its landmass is the same size as Los Angeles city proper . It can hold over 30 million people comfortably.
If I had the power, my method would be to demolish and rebuild from scratch In grid style like my sketch. Hopefully will be done as part of the Calabar Mega city project.
For now ,my comment is in regards to the current situation : Keep the money in Akwa ibom by using only Akwa ibom construction companies,and with time they'll improve ( Believe in yourself and quit slave/colonial mentality). Another option which I personally prefer is to create government agencies such as :Akwa Ibom Construction Corporation , Akwa Ibom Electric Company , Akwa bank , Akwa Ibom Transport Commission,Akwa Ibom police Service, Akwa Ibom Construction Council(to approve,oversee and implement building codes).
The Construction agency would be responsible for all construction and maintenance ,and would employ thousands of Akwa ibom Engineering professionals . And of course the government has to implement a good taxing system to boost the economy.
With that,all the money would stay and grow within Akwa Ibom.

It shows Ikot ekpene population as 300,000 on Wikepedia. The housing development in my sketch can house 50,000 residents, and it cost 100 Million dollars to develop. That means 6 of those would house everyone in Ikot Ekpne ,instead of the sprawling rusted roofs in the backdrop of the OP's photos.

You must learn to crawl and walk before you can run.
The ibibios are the fourth largest ethnic group in Nigeria that's all I will say on the population issue.

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Awol1:
Julius Berger working on a South south road...

When it gets to Southeast, they will contract one local contractor to use our roads and learn work.

What is our sin to Nigeria?

Julius Berger is very expensive, but their quality is top notch.
Very few state government can afford to hire them, lucky Akwa ibom state government is one of the few state governments than can hire their services.

ursullalinda:
The people using that route will be so relieved....there is nothing like good roads seriously......it increases your life spam

I agree, the road is already a delight only a less than 2km left to complete . But ikot ekpene already has another access way from Uyo via Abak Local government area which is a delightful dual carriageway too.

This road is another access to ikot Ekpene and will be closer than going through Abak.

rottennaija:
First rule of life, never, I repeat, never take a government by its word. Governments is about propaganda.

Second, if udom had promise fly over during campaign, did he know the roundabout would be enough until such a time? The resident of ikot said that piling for the fly over was already done, if that is true, then it's a waste of resources when the piles are already sunk and you don't complete it.

Can you show pictures of the piles that were already done?
I hate hear says.

wiseone28:
That was an old contract..

Come and see the roads Udom is doing with his local contractors.

After 3 weeks you start seeing potholes.

Even gutters dey are using hands to mixed the concrete.

Stop the rumor, all major roads/ contracts in the state are done by construction giants like Julius Berger, CCECC, WE, VKS ,Nigerpet structures etc.
Currently Julius Berger is handling ikot Ekpene uyo, a flyover at ekom Iman junction and are also involved in parts of the eket to uyo road. And they are handling major drainage construction in the state, while CCECC , has the bulk of the Uyo to eket contracts.

VKS the Turkish construction firm built the road and bridges linking Onna and Mkpat enin.
They built the jubilee syringe factory, they built the king flour mill both completed and in Use and are currently building the coconut and palm kernels oil refinery.
They are also building the 21 story office building and the new airport terminal.

Nigerpet structures is handling eket city renewal that involves many roads, roundabout, drainages and eket city park.

You don't expect this giants firms to be constructing street, and little jobs that local contractors from the state can handle.

IbyOneGod:
Udom is a fool by removing the fly over from Ik city to Ekom Iman village when his campaign promise was basely on that.

What's more important, to complete the road or to build a flyover?

The government has explained that a round about will be sufficient for the city of ikot ekpene until such a time it will be necessary to build one.

The ekom Iman junction requires a flyover immediately because of the number of accidents recorded there according to the state government.
You should take the government by its word, flyover are not status symbols.

FYI the city of ikot Ekpene looks great with the roundabout and the construction is not even finished but its already a beauty to behold.

rottennaija:
Finally

The challenge of the construction was building a road of this magnitude through the heart of Ikot Ekpene which is an old town with many buildings which means a lot of buildings had to demolished and compensations running to billions paid, and you know How Nigeria is, some who were paid were not satisfied with the payments and wanted to double dip, tied the progress of the construction in courts.

But finally it seems that the state government has been able to wade through all those bottlenecks to clear the right of way for the construction to continue.

FYI, ikot Ekpene was the first experimental Local government Area in British West Africa.
This town is where the colonial masters started their establishment of Local government concept in west Africa. So it's been a well urbanized area for years.

Complete and ongoing parts of the dual carriage way under construction.

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The four points by Sheraton hotel ikot Ekpene.

A view of the 25km dual carriage way under construction.

A view from the 23km completed portion of the road to the terminal point of the dual carriage way by the Sheraton hotel.

The 25km 4 lane dual carriage way linking uyo the capital city of Akwa ibom state to Ikot Ekpene the major city in the Northern senatorial district of the state has progressed to an advance stage.
23km of the road has been completed and the last 2km will be completed by December 2019, according to the contractor handling the project. Nigerias best, Julius Berger ltd.
This is an akwa ibom state government project.

It is now possibe to see the terminal point of the road which is at the four point by Sheraton hotel from the construction site.
This road will cut the distance from both cities to less than 15 minutes by car.

The akwa ibom state government is also poised to link Uyo to the capital city to Eket the capital of the southern Senatorial district of the state with an equally important 4 lanes dual carriage way. To open up the state for easy access to investors and commerce.
That work is also at advanced stage and will be completed early 2020.

johnmattew:
then he will come back and face efcc

Who is efcc? EFCC only goes after politicians, mr onyema has never held any political positions and is not a politician.

dadexcel:
Your point is noted, but I have a question . I am not a lawyer , but dies his resignation mean that Air peace accounts will be operational during the trials ?

AirPeace is not charged in any crime, but the chairman and CFO of AirPeace are charged with criminal offense in the USA.
With the charged individuals separated from the company to go face their criminal charges the airline can continue its operations devoid of the fruad case.

lebienconnu:
You are only worsening his case by these vulgar posts. You need to read more.

And your viewpoint on the issue is one sentence long?
You should support your viewpoint with a body of argument to back it up.
So that I and others can learn.

johnmattew:
I have never seen such a dumb post in my life b4.....

onyema can't escape DoJ suit and if American sanctioned him,he will come back and face efcc for embezzling funds for MEND Amnesty during Jonathans era

Are you God? You don't have power over the court case. Have you ever done any business before? If you have then you would know that while doing transaction with The US financial system that everything will be questioned and getting charges such as these is common in the US.
Mr onyema just needs to go and explain himself.

dadexcel:
.......indicted but not convicted.....I feel he should wait and see the trial through before taking such decision

Do you have any idea how long criminal trials can last in the US courts? Especially if it involves people with deep pockets like mr Onyema who can afford the best legal representation?

What do you think will happen to Air peace operations with frozen US banking accounts? While the trial last.

For instance if the trial last 2 years and he ends up being found innocent and his airline does not survive what will he gain.

TheWrita:
Welldone sir.Your deep rooted myopic hatred for anything Igbo keeps showing.How many times have you called for anyone of your incompetent brothers to resign for doing a poor job?How many times have YOU resigned for being a failure in everything you touch?
Oh so he should resign because of an indictment?Will that make your erection stronger?Especially now all that agbo you swallow is no longer working?Where was this energy when this man single handedly saved Nigerians in SA?I am not supporting any crime but i am disgusted with the stupidity and blindness in this country!We cant be one.There is too much hatred,especially for Igbo people
Rubbish poverty stricken and poverty enabling mentality plaguing these numbskulls.You are at the bottom barrel and you want everyone to be crawling along with you.Losers

You are still stuck in the first stage of shock crisis. You are in denial .

mgbadadike:
Op. see how you're talking as if you owned the company together with him.

Was he indicted as an individual (Onyema) or as the chairman of Airpeace (the company)?

Moreover, he said he's innocent so let him prove himself first.

When he now fails to prove his innocence, I believe he will know the right thing to do.

You are the ignorant one here my friend, where in the charge sheet was the company AirPeace charged?
Did you read the charges?

immhotep:
Because they should not resign because of mumu rumors.

You must be living in denial. When a court serves you criminal charges it's not called rumor its called court case!

mysteryman2014:
Mark my words the airline will go the way of Nigeria Airways and Okada air cos the foundation is based on corruption.

Unfounded allegation.

Scoobiano1991:
Arik Air is the only top West African carrier. The airline operates a network of 30 mid-haul and regional destinations across Africa. In 2017 alone, Arik welcomed 2.3 million passengers on its fleet.

The carrier currently has a fleet of 28 aircraft, mostly Boeings but also three Airbus planes and nine Bombardier aircraft.

Air peace has 23 fleet, and is not the largest in Africa. Arik is the largest Airline in western African region and one of the largest in Africa.

We they talk 2019 you are busy quoting 2017 figures. Na wah for you o.