₦airaland Forum

Tinubuadvocate:
Yes so far it completed. Which projects eboe people will ever happy with?

icetyj37k:
Because they are following due process. This is a democracy, not a military regime.

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Quelme:
So this gentleman get bad mouth like this. See uppercut....

Carragher the cut and join defender...

Cowardigbos:
Oro is meant for igbos choking mouth in affairs of Yorubas

Do anyhow and see anyhow!!

Oro till 2027

Adblg0610:
Nigeria shall be free from the bondage of international conspiracy. Tinubu refuses to introduce price control, insisting on market forces by increasing the supply side of the economy to force down the prices and it’s now yielding dividends.
Dangote has crashed the ex- depot price of pms to deal a crushing blow on the major marketers for their insistence on continued importation of refined petroleum products, despite local alternatives.

Aify147:
As this Ganduje is freely walking and talking baffles me to my marrow. shouldn't he be behind bars far before now? Barawo

Counterigbolies:
that's what we have been saying since ages but Igbos wants us to believe their pandora fraud is an angel

7upnigeria:
This is no chaos, its POLITICS AT ITS FINEST. Who get heart should put their head. If to say any of your family member get their strong mind, you should be son of a senator, Governor or President. You think politics is chochocho that you people do on Nairaland, ITS FOR THE STRONG.

saintmm:
He actually has two. You stated one, the other is increase in electricity tariff and scam migration of customers to band A

Last week, Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed that the Federal Government had concluded plans to reintroduce tolling on selected expressways with the kickoff on the Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Lafia-Makurdi Highway. The 227.2-kilometer road is among the nine expressways scheduled for tolling. Other roads listed include the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kano Road and Makurdi-9th Mile Road.

According to him, saloon cars will pay N500; sport utility vehicles, SUVs, N800; minibuses N1,000 and multi-axle (articulated) vehicles, N1,600. Frequent road users like commercial light vehicles, as defined under the Federal Highway Act, will enjoy a 50 per cent discount. The disclosure by the Minister has revived the debate over the desirability of having tolled highways. Toll gates are used to generate funds for the maintenance of roads in many climes. According to the Minister: “Tolling operations is a pivotal step towards the realisation of our vision for a more efficient, sustainable and well-maintained road transport system for our beloved country.”


Toll gates are not exactly new to Nigeria. By virtue of Section 2 of the Federal Highways Act, Cap F13, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, the power to erect toll gates resides in the Minister. The administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo announced the scrapping of toll gates in 2003 because they were a cesspool of corruption as government found it difficult to track their earnings. Has government now found solutions to this? Has it perfected how to track and ensure that toll revenues are reported to the Federation Account? How are we sure that the toll plazas will no longer be given as political patronages as in the past?


This question is amplified by the ugly Lekki Toll Gate experience in Lagos. It started as a public-private partnership but had to be bought over by the Lagos State Government because the Lekki Concession Company, LCC, Ltd could not complete the Eti Osa – Epe Express before it was shut down after the Lekki Toll Gate shootings in October 2020. This bruising experience under an APC-led democratic dispensation does not send encouraging signals for the restoration of tolling of our highways under the present government.

Also, the Lagos Airport Road has been tolled since 1998 with millions of Naira raked in daily, yet the road is poorly maintained. Where does the money go? Many Nigerians are worried that the reintroduction of tolling on our highways will add to the already high cost of transportation due to the removal of petrol subsidy, floating of the Naira, hike of electricity tariffs and other IMF/World Bank-induced price hikes. But if the Federal Government can faithfully maintain these highways and bridges with tolling, Nigerians will gladly absorb the burden. Tolling is working in many parts of the world.


Will corruption and patronage allow it to work in Nigeria? That is the big question.

Counterigbolies:
which predicament?

So el rufai that has been reduced to a content creator is your own predicament?

It's only u Igbos that fear the north, yorubas don't fear them

U can see that yorubas ain't talking about southern unity, we want everyone to do their thing on their own

Cc....killerpigs

Counterigbolies:
Igbos brought Reno omokri to limelight when he was insulting Buhari, same way Igbos are romancing David hundeyin now