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Buhari's number one headache

Meanwhile, Babajide Kolade Otitoju AKA Tinubu's is somewhere playing his master's script and selling a demonic Buhari to Nigerians

Babajide Kolade Otitoju AKA Tinubu boy, God will not forgive u for selling Buhari to Nigerians

The entire Catholic faithfuls in Nigeria are currently holding masses in their respective cities in honor of these slain martyrs after which there will be a Rosary procession with recitation if Psalms. I want anybody reading this to take note because something dramatic will happen after today regarding the killings in this country. We did it before when Churches were being attacked in the north and the aggressors turned against their own, today we hardly hear of Church bombings in the NE. Mark these words, wait and see

The entire Catholic faithfuls in Nigeria are currently holding masses in their respective cities in honor of these slain martyrs after which there will be a Rosary procession with recitation if Psalms. I want anybody reading this to take note because something dramatic will happen after today regarding the killings in this country. We did it before when Churches were being attacked in the north and the aggressors turned against their own, today we hardly hear of Church bombings in the NE. Mark these words, wait and see

Buhari must go.

please likes for GEJ, share for Buhari

this is too graphic for public viewing

he transmitted himself to the senate

presidency:
Nigeria Getting Back On Track With Rail Revolution

Just days before President Buhari met with President Trump at the White House, history was made in Washington, DC, with the signing of a landmark infrastructure agreement between the Nigerian Government and a consortium of multinational firms led by the American digital industrial giant, General Electric (GE). The implementation of that agreement, worth US$45 million in the first phase, will ensure that within the next 12 months, passenger travel by rail from Lagos to Kano will be faster and safer, while for the first time in over a decade, contracted and scheduled freight rail services can once again be offered.

This milestone project is the outcome of President Buhari’s single-minded determination to develop, upgrade and modernise Nigeria’s transport infrastructure, as well as the relentless push by the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to fully deliver on the President’s vision.

Since Mr. Amaechi took office in November 2015, as Minister of Transportation, there has been a renaissance in Nigeria’s rail industry, in line with the President’s oft-stated vision. This planned revamp of the Narrow-Gauge Rail Network by the international consortium comprising General Electric, Transnet of South Africa, Sino Hydro of China and APM Terminals (part of the Danish Maersk Group) – after two years of meticulous planning, negotiating and contracting, offers strong proof of the seriousness with which the Buhari Administration is taking its railway modernisation ambitions.

Nigeria’s Narrow-Gauge Rail System was conceived in the 1890s and built between 1898 and 1926, with a total length of 3,500 kilometres. It consists of two primary lines – Lagos to Nguru and Port Harcourt to Maiduguri – with spur lines to Eleme, Baro, Kaura Namoda and other places.

These critical economic assets have since become decrepit, having suffered significant decline due to lack of investments in infrastructure maintenance. A few years ago, a previous administration commenced a rehabilitation programme, which saw the Lagos-Kano line come back to life. But that rehabilitation was not accompanied by corollary improvements in operations and engineering management capacity, thus failing to fully exploit the massive freight and passenger potential of the narrow-gauge network.

The Buhari administration, as part of its infrastructure development vision, has now finally taken the long overdue bold steps to modernise the rail network. On August 18, 2017, the Federal Executive Council, following a competitive procurement process, approved the concession of the Narrow-Gauge Rail System to the GE-led Consortium. The Government is advised by a multidisciplinary consortium led by the Africa Finance Corporation.

The initiation of that concession agreement is what has now finally taken effect following the signing in Washington, DC yesterday, ahead of President Buhari’s bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday.

Sources within the GE Consortium have disclosed that the first set of 3 locomotives and sixty wagons (out of 10 locomotives and 200 wagons) are ready to be shipped to Nigeria.

The benefits of this intervention are immense: increased economic productivity, job creation, private sector investment, human capacity development and much-needed world class expertise. Worldwide, rail infrastructure has been proven to reduce costs and wastage of goods; increase economic trade between farmers/miners and industry and between traders and consumers; and grow business competitiveness and increase operational efficiency.

The Narrow-Gauge Concession with the GE-led Consortium is only one of many projects conceived in the sector. In July 2016, President Buhari commissioned the Abuja (Idu) to Kaduna (Rigasa) Standard-Gauge Rail Line, which runs two round trips daily between the two cities, creating an alternative for the over 20,000 motorists who ply the route.

Also, that month, Minister Amaechi signed a renegotiated agreement with the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation that revised the cost – originally negotiated by his predecessors – of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Railway Project downwards by 800 million dollars.

Again, in March 2017, Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo flagged-off construction of the 156-kilometre Lagos-Ibadan Standard-Gauge Line, following the payment of the federal government’s 15 per cent counterpart funds about two hundred million dollars to the Chinese Export Import Bank. The project is expected to be completed within three years and it forms the second phase of the Lagos to Kano Standard Gauge Line, after the Abuja-Kaduna Line. This Standard Gauge project is different from the existing Narrow-Gauge line being concessioned to the GE Consortium.

Furthermore, in December 2017, the Federal Executive Council approved the acquisition of nine locomotives, one hundred and twenty-eight Passenger Coaches, and one hundred and ninety wagons to support Standard Gauge rail operations.

The Abuja Monorail project will be commissioned during the second quarter of 2018. The first phase of the 45-kilometre rail project has 12 rail stations and connects the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to Abuja’s Central Business District.

In his 2018 New Year Speech, President Buhari announced that negotiations were advanced for the construction of the Frontier Rail Line from Kano to Maradi in Niger Republic emanating from Kano through to Kazaure, Katsina, Jibia and finally to Maradi.

Also noteworthy is the development of the Coastal Rail Line from Lagos to Calabar via Lagos-Ore-Benin City-Sapele-Warri-Yenagoa with sidings to Otuoke, Port Harcourt, Aba, Uyo, Calabar and branch line from Benin-City, Obudu, Onitsha including Onitsha rail bridge. These developments are significant, as they will position Nigeria as a major transhipment hub for millions of tons of goods being imported from and exported to land-locked countries including Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso and Cameroon.

For centuries, rail networks have formed the foundation for industrialisation, productivity and economic efficiency for many developed nations. For instance, rail infrastructure stock in the United States of America increased 16-fold from 14,000 kilometres in 1850 to over 220,000 kilometres today. The United States’ rail network has annual revenues of about $60 billion, provides 221,000 jobs and delivers 5 million tons of freight and transports approximately 85,000 passengers every day. One third of all exports from the United States is facilitated by rail transport.

In the 2017 Budget and the 2018 Budget Proposal, the federal government provisioned more than 300 billion naira for railway projects, mainly as 15 per cent counterpart funds to unlock additional concessionary funding from the Chinese Export Import Bank.

This is an unprecedented commitment, which, combined with the GE-led Consortium’s drive to modernising Nigeria’s rail infrastructure, will add immense value to Nigeria’s long term economic growth and productivity.

Ibeleme writes from Abuja

Source: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/05/18/nigeria-getting-back-on-track-with-rail-revolution/

paid apc agent

moniker of ibibiofirstlady, hand of Barcanista

I am beginning to pick interest in this Fayose Man

Oshiomole will scatter that party with his ego

If not for the gullibility of Nigerians, how can people like squeezed face, jumpope wearing Aregbesola become a governor of a state

so true

only the truth will save d north

sgd:
Tinubu To Presidency, APC Leadership: I Will Leave If Ajimobi Loses Control Of Oyo

Sources close to the national headquarters of the party said Tinubu flew into Abuja earlier in the week to intervene in the crisis brewing over the ward congress across the state, which affected his interests.
By The Eagle Online On May 10, 2018
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The crisis over the last ward congress in Oyo State took a new turn on Thursday as the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, threatened to leave the party if its control in Oyo State is taken from Governor Abiola Ajimobi.
Sources close to the national headquarters of the party said Tinubu flew into Abuja earlier in the week to intervene in the crisis brewing over the ward congress across the state, which affected his interests.
He was said to have passed clear messages to the Presidency and the leadership of the party that he would leave if Ajimobi, his ally, is denied the control.
Party sources said Tinubu felt that he would be losing grip of the South West if Oyo State is taken away.
This is because he controls only three chapters of the party: Lagos, Oyo and Osun States, while forces loyal to the Presidency control Ogun, Ondo and Ekiti States.
The loss of Oyo State will reduce his hold to two states, thereby further eroding his influence in the party.
The APC had been engrossed in crisis since Saturday over its ward congress in Oyo State as party leaders square up against one another to retain or extend their influence.
States like Imo, Kano, Kaduna and Oyo had been most hit, with violence breaking out in many of them.
https://theeagleonline.com.ng/tinubu-to-presidency-apc-leadership-i-will-leave-if-ajimobi-loses-control-of-oyo/

Tinubu is tired of the unholy alliance and is only looking for an excuse to leave

ok

who else think she is only seeking attention

Ratello:
The same Heaven you are not even sure of going to, here you are passing judgment on another fellow (something the Bible and Jesus doctrines forbid in the book of Matthew chapter 7: verses 1 to 38). I don't know how you lazy Christians of these age reason these days. Read your Bible everyday and stop these unnecessary venerating mere mortal men not worth defending.

my comment was pure sarcasm and the person I replied understood. Why take my joke personal, you must be a boring person

Partnerbiz3:
He was reminding him that he is a mere commissioner..

you won't make heaven with this kind of bad mouth

GEJ the great. Make Bihari show us e WAEC certificate na

you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that BH still strong gidigban

dhestiney:
very true, but i paid 73,400 as my first semester school fees in early January in uniben this year . Tuition fee or no tuition fee, it won't change much, the school management will just simply give it another name, e.g development fee etc

my thought exactly. But what exactly do u mean by first semester fees?

UNIBEN was still tuition free as at 2008

Osinbajo is a puppet that knows how to speak English

kcmichael:
Go n suck bianca put*ssy

sorry Mr Bigot but I'm not Igbo

see d wor wor ashi with #250 weavon wey a whole house of rep member dey carry

The end of APC is nigh

Abudu2000:
lol, I tink KOK has the Bess ride among nollywood actors, a Camry muscle....

you r a wicked person

erinolu:
President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed past leaders of the country, especially the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, for neglecting the health sector between 2010 and 2015.

Buhari said this while delivering a speech at the 58th Annual Delegates Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigeria Medical Association in Abuja last Thursday.

The President, who was represented by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, said that when the global price of crude oil was over $100 barrel per day, the Jonathan administration failed to seize the opportunity to invest in the health sector.

Speaking at the event with the theme, ‘Quality Healthcare: An Indicator of Good Governance’, the President said that while investments in public health care must be improved, it is unlikely that it will be sufficient.

He said that paying for health care from budgets will not improve the health sector unless other concerned parties and donor agencies augment the government’s efforts.

Buhari said, “It is no longer news that we inherited a troubled health care sector and the sector has been troubled for a long time.

“As one of the manifestations of the severely low spending on infrastructure generally and in health care in particular, I think that what we have seen through the years is a scandalously low level of funding for public health care in Nigeria.

“The level of public sector investment in health care in our recent past has, in no way, reflected our earnings, the high oil earnings, especially in the period between 2010 and 2015.

“That was when we earned the highest from oil prices.”

The President further stated that the insurgency in the North-East, which started in the same period, further brought the health sector to its knees, with the attendant impact on the level of immunisation and availability of medical personnel.

In his remarks, Senate President Bukola Saraki, stressed the need for focus to be shifted to primary health care centres and not econdary and tertiary institutions.

He added that the National Health Act would be fully implemented.

Also speaking, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said the government was working hard to curb medical tourism.

Adewole said the government was passionate about health care, noting that it was what informed the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, otherwise known as ‘Huwe,’ and the Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement programme, which is a $90m project that allows Nigeria to build its capacity for faster detection of infectious disease outbreaks.


http://www.punchng.com/buhari-blames-jonathan-for-rot-in-health-sector-2/

It's like Jonathan was president from 1960 - 2015. Osinbajo is just happy to give useless speeches because he doesn't have any other job in this failed govt.

music obviously pays more than acting in naija. Never seen a male actor post a pic of his crib. The female ones dey try sha but how those ones make their money is story for another day

this one that was fingered on live tv. Oloso