₦airaland Forum

philipobiz:
Who have seen these buses along airport road?

The route is city center to Maraba

Read the thread, the tech by Nairaxi can be used on any regular bus. Transit card is also used in Lagos brt so it is not new

Nice2023:
Scammers...I have never seen them carry one passenger.

Check around civil service secretariat around central area in the afternoon daily

9400 passengers * 1500 per trip * 365 days in one year = 5.1 B per year


Divide it by 450B the project cost. It will take us 90+ years to pay back. Factor in maintenance cost, loan interest and salaries that bumps you up to 150+ years.


Truth is rail is important but fix it where the demand is. 9400 + passengers a day doesn’t make economic sense to venture into such a humongous project.

Numbers never lie

Asiwaju is the next president, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Make room in your subconscious mind for the above factual statement. Don’t be like our parents that ended up hating Nigeria because they didn’t get their way.

You will die bitter if you don’t love the country you call home. God bless Nigeria

#BAT23


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I wrote this on this platform some weeks ago. Happy it played out. Please Nigerians let’s play politics without bitterness. The opposition parties have their selves to blame; even a toddler can understand the numbers. You can’t win disunited !

Even if you give Labour Party all the votes from Lagos and Portharcourt they can’t win so what is the fuss. Understanding gives light and light gives clarity.

Congratulations His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu and amiable Vice His Excellency Kashim Shettima.

I doff my cap to your sagacity; from your Tinubu/Shettima-NAIRAXI transit card beneficiaries

Asiwaju is the next president, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Make room in your subconscious mind for the above factual statement. Don’t be like our parents that ended up hating Nigeria because they didn’t get their way.

You will die bitter if you don’t love the country you call home. God bless Nigeria

#BAT23

Nice

Who else can’t wait for this election to be over?

Asiwaju portrait has been designed ready to be on my wall BAT23 #capacity

BAT23

Hate him or love him, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari gave the country a solid foundation for future growth.

I am an engineer and during a building project the foundation could take months , even years to complete and during the process it feels daunting and like a total waste of time and resources.
It cost more effort and energy but to get to the lintel stage can be accomplished in just days once the foundation is completed.

This analogy applies to this current administration, in the sense that before a country can prosper, you must get the fundamentals right. Buhari tried in these areas

1. Equipping the military
2. Rail Infrastructure
3. AKK pipeline project
4. Revamping NNPC
5. Political will to deliver infrastructural projects
Among others

The areas I will criticize him are the following:

1. In a bid to satisfy his friends that helped him win the election as president, he handed appointment to individuals that are not qualified for the said roles. We need round pegs in round holes!

2. Due to his ill and fragile health, he lacked that hands on approach to monitor projects that he rightfully signed off on. He is a righteous man but his inadequacy to follow through made corruption to thrive

3. He lacked that empathy to mellow down to unite the country better. Blame this on his stern military background.

Let me stop here but whoever wins the next presidential elections will have it 1000% easy as the painful foundation stage has been built.

I see a prosperous Nigeria �� in the coming months.

luckyz4rea:
In a saner climes, this is a normal thing but in places like our dear nation, it is solely to get votes!

This is one sure way to loose votes if the citizens are sound!

From the article and if you took your time to watch the video documentary, this project has been in the works for years now. It is true that the timing is coming a bit late but that shouldn’t take away from the tenets and pros of the project.

Hate him or love him, His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari gave the country a solid foundation for future growth.

I am an engineer and during a building project the foundation could take months , even years to complete and during the process it feels daunting and like a total waste of time and resources.
It cost more effort and energy but to get to the lintel stage can be accomplished in just days once the foundation is completed.

This analogy applies to this current administration, in the sense that before a country can prosper, you must get the fundamentals right. Buhari tried in these areas

1. Equipping the military
2. Rail Infrastructure
3. AKK pipeline project
4. Revamping NNPC
5. Political will to deliver infrastructural projects
Among others

The areas I will criticize him are the following:

1. In a bid to satisfy his friends that helped him win the election as president, he handed appointment to individuals that are not qualified for the said roles. We need round pegs in round holes!

2. Due to his ill and fragile health, he lacked that hands on approach to monitor projects that he rightfully signed off on. He is a righteous man but his lack to follow through made corruption to thrive

3. He lacked that empathy to mellow down to unite the country better. Blame this on his stern military background.

Let me stop here but whoever wins the next time elections will have it 1000% easy as the painful foundation stage has been built.

I see a prosperous Nigeria �� in the coming months.

We Nigerians are so funny. We pray for leaders that will take concrete and decisive steps to solve real world problem and when we see a visionary like Asiwaju with ideas and works in motion …we criticize and question the intentions behind the solutions.

The question is between the fantasies going on in your mind vs real world proven track record of excellence which do you prefer?

Transportation is a basic human need and Asiwaju is already taking steps to solving the bottlenecks that has plagued Road transport in Nigeria and our 6 Trillion bloated fuel subsidy dilemma even before his presidency so that gives you a clue to how proactive he will be as a leader.

Kpatakpata:
If you like buy them cars, it won't change the mind of people. Have you guys been before. You stole their palliative during covid, killed them at leki, now you sharing cards to prive people. Koke work

We Nigerians are so funny. We pray for leaders that will take concrete and decisive steps to solve real world problem and when we see a visionary like Asiwaju with ideas and works in motion …we criticize and question the intentions behind the solutions.

The question is between the fantasies going on in your mind vs real world proven track record of excellence which do you prefer?

Transportation is a basic human need and Asiwaju is already taking steps to solving the bottlenecks that has plagued Road transport in Nigeria even before his presidency so that gives you a clue to how proactive he will be as a leader.

Nasreports77:
Millions Captured as Tinubu/Shettima-NAIRAXI Transit Card Initiative Commence Registration.

Million of Nigerians are currently being registered as the Tinubu/Shettima-NAIRAXI Transit Card Initiative opens her portal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FSWYT0HCN4

The Tinubu/Shettima-NAIRAXI Transit Card Initiative commenced the registration of interested Nigerians who are willing and interested in the free/subsidized transportation scheme, an intervention to reduce the growing cost of transportation in Nigeria.

Registration commenced few days ago when the official portal was shared and officially opened for interested Nigerians. According to our source, the registration is free and only requires a seamless process.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J-6wsSt5qQ

The program has attracted wild spread commendations by Friends and supporters of His Excellency Asiwaju Bila Ahmed Tinubu and His Excellency Kashim Shettima via twitter

@sunday_phemy's tweet, which reads "this is a taste of how governance will be simplified under BAT. They are busy cooking their lies and insults while Tinubu is busy strategizing on how he will govern well"

Another @Bode Maxwell tweets,"These people are just bringing the bird out of their pockets. By the time they are done you'll realize there was never a contest in the first place. May Tinubu/Shettima succeed"

@Shewn also tweeted "We will enjoy and still vote them. If a presidential ticket can come up with this innovative idea for their campaign then I am sure they have more to offer than the normal politicians who eat roasted corn on the street with d masses".

The program has been designed to benefit Nigerians, although, several persons are of the opinion that it was a strategy for vote buying, while others understands that the free transportation scheme was instead a strategy adopted to reach out to the grassroots but will appreciate if the scheme can be extended beyond elections since Solving a critical need which affects every Nigerian household. Note that after cost of housing the next most expensive item is transportation. So solving this is quite commendable and points to the forward thinking nature of his Excellencies.

"The Tinubu/Shettima-NAIRAXI Transit Card Initiative is a self sustaining program for Nigerians developed by indigenous smart mobility company NAIRAXI with a simple goal of ameliorating the projected effects of the planned removal of fuel subsidy come June, 2023.

Source: https://nairaxi.ng/tinubu-shettima-nairaxi-transit-card/

This should solve the problem of fuel subsidy. Futuristic, Brilliant…Progressive.

Bola Hamed Tinubu is the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Congrats to Asiwaju in advance.

owagbeba:
These nations you mentioned don’t have a meager budget like Nigeria. Secondly they own major fiat currencies of the world, they can afford to print as much paper money even if they run a budget deficit. They control world financial machination. Please don’t compare Nigeria with an U.K... never!

Creating such a free ride scheme is rebranding petrol subsidy into another vein of corruption for the greedy elites and their vassals to vacuum off the meager funds we have or may not have since we are broke, all in the name of helping the poor.

Isn’t it laughable that a heavily indebted country like Nigeria that can not afford to pay minimum wage of $41* a month to workers want to offer them free ride... what a scam!

*1$ = 723 naira (parallel market)

Don’t underestimate transportation. It is the second most expensive item on everyone’s budget just after the cost of housing. Wealth is created for citizens through cost saving schemes like this that raise the overall quality of life. (Decongestion, clean air quality etc) It is a low hanging fruit for the government to tackle and BAT is on course.

owagbeba:
Again I ask, “How does free ride and rebranded subsidy solve our deficit problem?“

Falling oil revenue
Falling oil prices
No funds for capital projects
Huge recurring expenditure
Rising inflation
Huge external debt
Huge backlog of Forex debt @ official exchange rate
Rising exchange rate 723/$

The nation has a big problem... free ride doesn’t resolve our doom.

Just like every scheme in this nation the cabal you so much despise still run and will run such a scheme. Alphabeta comes to
Mind.

In simple terms, almost every first country in country in the world subsidizes transportation for the sake of public good. In UK, it stands at around 35%, in Luxembourg it’s completely 100% free.

We will spend less than the current bloated subsidy that’s the point I am making.

As for Alphabeta, a consulting company that help boost IGR to over N50B naira annually
rightfully deserves a certain percentage out of it. Basic Capitalism.

FavouredNK:
As much as this is a good initiative why wait till now when election is by the corner to bring it out? Haven't Nigerians been suffering on issues of transportation for a very long time now, if Tinubu is so compassionate about the plight of a common man, why hasn't he initiated this before now instead of making it a trade by barter game indirectly now. His picture and that of Shettima is there and every other thing pertaining APC on the card, what information does that pass on the holder of such card naturally? Truth be told this is pure trade by barter .

In what capacity can he do so if he hasn’t held public office since this current administration?

This is a prelude to innovations which Nigerians stand to benefit from if he emerges victorious

Everlastingson:
It's all deceit. They always deceive the foolish with fake gifts near election. Tinubu and Shettima are the worst combination in Nigeria electoral history. Both of them crooked and deadly.

Who introduced the current functional BRT system master plan in Lagos? Answer: BAT.

Don’t hate…be inspired

crusufixo:
Bro, dont be fooled by this gesture. If he had the interest of the nation , why did he not do this way before now. Why now ? This are all part of their theatrics of making promises before election and then not keeping them when voted in. This is an upgraded version.
In as much as it's a nice gesture, I am not going to fall it.

Did he occupy any public office? Since the last 7 years? Now it is his turn and he is showing you his abilities. Commend it!

owagbeba:
Well, I guess you missed this part of my question:

One more, since the nation is running at a deficit, hence our need to borrow from vultures, how does another subsidy scheme help our finances?

I ask again, How does free ride and rebranded subsidy solve our deficit problem?

From empirical data, Fuel subsidy benefits the rich. Diesel and Aviation Fuel is deregulated. For example let’s say the government procures buses and taxis through initiatives like this and hand it over to credible operators to run and the total cost for one year is 3 trillion, while subsidies that has no real-time data cost 6 trillion. As a leader which route will you take ?

That’s the Genius of BAT. Give kudos to whom it’s due irrespective of political ideology

jclassiq:
His desperation stinks to high heavens. He is very calculative quite alright. It doesn't mean he has noble intentions for the people.

This is a Greek gift! But as usual, i see some Id**ts already foaming in the mouth, singing praises.

The silly mistakes we keep repeating by way of choosing wrong self-serving leaders, we will keep facing the dire consequences together.

Be objective for once. Will this benefit people? Answer is Yes. I am sure no one will force you to vote any candidate.

owagbeba:
Well, not to act too smart, but I ask, how much will a free ride scheme cost around the whole country? Won’t such a subsidy gulp more the 6 trillion with a “T” annually?

I love your humility. For starters scheme that focus on “MASS MOBILITY” of people and shared mobility for private individuals tend to drastically reduce operational cost. One bus can move over 1000 passengers in a day which invariably reduces the number of cars needed and greenhouse effect.


For shared mobility it’s the same. Imagine how much the likes of Uber and Bolt are siphoning from our economy. If we can retain that in Nigeria we are talking about trillions and jobs for our teeming youth population.

owagbeba:
One question, how are they gonna pay for this free ride initiative?

Another robbing Peter to pay Paul? Take away petrol subsidy, introduce transport subsidy?

Please be smart. Fuel subsidy is almost 6 trillion…that’s a six with a “T”. If we invest half of that on schemes like this Nigeria will be like Luxembourg