₦airaland Forum

Peterobiisathie:
you are absolutely correct
Na dem dem Ndi developer’s Owobokiri and Bobloco families

VeryWickedMan:
The last time I was active here, I called out the senile old fool Tinubu on this comment.


https://www.nairaland.com/8029273/tinubu-opens-land-air-borders#128917870


For that, I was banned.
I was banned for insulting Nairaland's so-called master strategist. A clueless failure beyond description.


I am back now after a year and what has changed?
Which of my statements above has turned out wrong?

Tinubu is still clueless.
Tinubu has still failed in fuel, security, economy, corruption and governance.

After one year and I have been vindicated that Tinubu is a dumb, old, senile, hasty decision-making fool.

Good day.

Kam2021:
Those criticising the project should not step their feet in the ICC.They should go to the local primary school in kuje to hold their events.
If it's not renovated they'll still be the ones to shame the minister .Now it's been done to a good standard they are still complaining.
Make una rest.

chopnaira:
The bolded are the job requirements to be seen as an obidient.

E.g. Obidients sent email to FIFA when Pooja posted a tweet. Same way they sent emails to NETFLIX because of Toyin support of APC.
You mocked ibadan people during the explosion. You mocked Joke Sylva, you mocked doyin okupe even in death e.t.c

helinues:
The supporters, una see una life outside

One would have thought they would exchange blow at the event but unfortunately, politicians are friends

helinues:
May we not be sad and bitter about the progress of one's country. Amen

JagabanBorgu:
Another taIk stemming from the beer parlor.
INEC belongs to APC and Tinubu but APC is still Iosing various elections under same INEC.

WizardOfNG:
Whatever. Just know that 2027 is the end of the road for your empty and 'packaged' Agulu messiah.

helinues:
Those who are forming coalition/coercion better put their political parties in order as no new political party registration would be allowed until after the 2027 election

Damn reality dawning

flokii:
Pray to God to grant your wishes.
Your fake messiah will have to go in for questioning.

flokii:
That's a call to anarchy..
Imagine what a presidential candidate is vomiting from his mouth out of desperation.

npppact:
Phased Progress is Not a Mirage, The Strategic Logic Behind Tinubu's Infrastructure Approach

Contrary to Bobloco's emotionally charged narrative, the commissioning of infrastructure in phases, such as the Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway and the East West Road, is a globally recognized strategy in megaproject delivery. Phasing is not deception; it is how real, robust, and resilient infrastructure is delivered in both developing and developed economies.

1. Phased Implementation Is Global Best Practice

From the Interstate Highway System in the U.S. to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, megaprojects are executed in phases over multiple administrations. The Lagos to Calabar Coastal Highway spans 750km, and it is economically and logistically responsible to start with priority economic corridors, such as the 17.4km Phase 1.

Why Phase 1 Matters:

• It connects Victoria Island to the Lekki Deep Sea Port, a trade and logistics game changer.

• The port alone is projected to increase Nigeria’s GDP by $361 billion over 45 years (Nigerian Ports Authority).

• This section has opened up 25,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to the Ministry of Works data.

2. East West Road, Breaking a 15 Year Deadlock

While critics cite the Eleme Junction section, they ignore that previous administrations failed to deliver even this. The Tinubu administration is not just commissioning it , it has committed to fast tracking the entire 188km stretch.

Data Shows:

• Between 2006 and 2023, only 35% of the East-West Road was completed (NBS + Ministry of Niger Delta data).

• In the past 12 months, over 40% of delayed sections have been re awarded or revived, with funding secured under the Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCorp).

3. Performance Metrics vs Political Optics

Rather than focusing on optics, consider this:

Project Pre Tinubu Status Current Status Socioeconomic Impact

Lagos-Calabar Highway Stalled (2014–2022) 17.4km constructed Enhances port connectivity, boosts trade

East West Road 35% completed in 17 years 45%+ completed as of May 2025 Revives Niger Delta economy

Abuja to Kano Expressway <40% complete in 2023 Over 70% complete Improves North to South mobility

These are not illusions ,they are documented infrastructure realities.

4. Transparent Phasing = Accountability

Phasing allows real time auditing, stakeholder engagement, and funding control. Unlike past “launch now abandon later” tactics, this method ensures:

• Each phase has tangible utility

• Funding is released in accountable tranches

• Citizens experience early benefits, not just future promises
Move From Scepticism to Support

Yes, Nigerians deserve transparency and genuine progress, and that's what this administration is offering:

• Strategic execution.

• Fiscal responsibility.

• Phased delivery of legacy infrastructure.

Let's hold government accountable, yes, but let’s also recognize measurable progress and embrace global best practice, not dismiss it as deception.

@naijapeoplesprosperitypact

TimeManager:
It's obvious, some Nigerians suffer from short memory. When Government was paying subsidy, Nigerians at the time still were complaining about everything, long queues, fuel scarcity, no roads, no light, lack of health care, frequent ASUU strikes, poor renumeration, low quality Education, inflation etc. And now that the subsidy fraud has ended and more money are going into FAAC, more funds being channeled into infrastructural projects, including welfare and increase in wages and salaries of workers. There's systematic and gradual improvement in the economic outlook. You may complain about rise in food, transport, electricity costs, though genuine, however, these are fundamentally as a result of human factor such as banditry/terrorism. The power sector was poorly privatized which subsequently needed Government intervention. The bottom line is the fact that economy is on the path of right direction, tough but promising.


-Kiss the truth!

nairavsdollars:
In the opposition. Not Nigeria as a whole

Peterobiisathie:
who asked you?

This will make the forum more interesting for everyone.

AdesegunSanni89:
in the mind of igbos. Can Obi endorse any candidate to win any election in Nigeria?

Karlovych:
#Back to Bourdillon 2027 is the official mantra of Nigerians ahead of elections. It's inevitable and there's no way a drug baron is going to win.

This I have seen!

DomPerignon:
It won't take a genius to understand that the Naira will end up being floated after Giringory begins his first phase of "gradually" floating the naira.

What will cause is a direct and sharp disparity between the official rates and the black market rates.

You will see a scenario where the black market will be over 100℅ of what the official rates.

With an impending goal of finally floating the naira, many will rush to convert their savings in Naira to the dollar.


It will be disastrous to say the least. Bank accounts will be emptied to go buy dollar notes.

A bank rush will occur. There will be further strain on the banks and dumping of the naira.

By this time only Obi will be fooling himself with his artificially priced rates.

We have been here before and it was under Emefile who gradually devalued the naira and put in draconian policies like cashless policy , limits on daily withdrawals and spendings, ban on crypto , clampdown on black marketers and massive printing of the naira from thin air.

Giringory's alternative would have been Emefile 10.0 and would hacd crashed the economy , collapsed the naira overnight , destroyed banks and seen to foriegn investors fleeing.

Someone tell Giringory that being a trader does not qualify him in any way as an economist or monetary expert

Former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan has described President Bola Tinubu’s remark on one-party state as strange.

Ologbondiyan spoke on Channels TV’s Morning brief on Friday, while fielding questions.

Recall that Tinubu had while addressing the National Assembly on Thursday, debunked claims that his administration plans to make Nigeria a one-party state.


The president, however, stated that he is happy that the opposition parties are in disarray and will not help them.

Tinubu said: “To those who ring the alarm that the APC is intent on a one-party state, I offer you a most personal promise. While your alarm may be as a result of your panic, it rings in error.”

Reacting to the development, Ologbondiyan insisted that he never expected Tinubu to come out in public and admitted he was behind the design to bring a one-state party system to Nigeria.


“We never expected Mr president to come to the public arena and declare that he knows nothing about the plot to bring up the one party state,” [/b]Ologbondiyan said.

“We were not expecting the president to come and say I am behind the design to bring in a one party state no.

[b]“I have not seen when he spoke on the need to reform the electoral process even in that remark Mr president said oh he have not seen any means in the INEC to say that INEC should not register any parties but those who have filed for registration have come out to say they have refused to register them.


“There was a case of a particular intent of a group of people who want for registration and they have completed all the processes and they have been told to come for their certificate, day in day out they have not been issued that certificate,

“It is also strange to me that Mr president will come up and say oh forever and ever I will never be involved in a one party plot but the design of the party, even members of his own cabinet have come out to ask even on channels TV to say where will they find a party to contest on, the president doesn’t need by himself to come out and say don’t register this party”

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, has said that President Bola Tinubu cannot achieve any meaningful economic reform with the current political governance structure in the country.

Agbakoba stated this on Friday while fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.

The senior lawyer suggested that Tinubu should take some of the powers vested in the exclusive legislative list and transfer them to the state government.


He said: “Right now, the streets are not showing it. It’s a different thing. When the National Bureau of Statistics announces a GDP growth rate of 3.3 per cent, is it happening on the ground where garri, rice, beans, palm oil are crippling people?

“So the President’s responsibility, which he demonstrated yesterday, is to take on the final two years with vigour.

“He cannot achieve any economic, meaningful economic reform in the context of the current political governance structure.

“Some say restructure, some call it decentralisation, others call it rebalancing. Some call it devolution, whatever name it is, the President, please take some of the powers that have been vested in the exclusive legislative list and transfer them to the state government.

“And the state government itself needs to transfer serious power, real political power, to the 774 local governments so we can have a broad-based three-tier government all focused on the delivery of services.

“All Nigerians want are services: education, health, jobs, security of tenure, good pension, that’s all they want. And the only way that can be achieved is to rejig Nigeria.”