manny4life:


LOL... Yes o, I know it's metooism, more grease to my elbows.

Nonetheless, you have no clue what you're talking about and NO I don't pay for tolls except if I'm traveling to another state...i.e., if I travel by connecting highways which isn't really the case here. I still maintain, roads shouldn't be tolled, if at all, it's interstate highways. Now run along and go find def of interstate highways...

BTW, I'm not against paying tolls, what I'm against is paying for tolls before the roads are being maintained. When I pay tolls from DC to NY, they are CLEAN, NO POT HOLES, NO DEATH TRAP 3,5 6 LANE HIGHWAYS.

RE: @mannyforlife: look at it from this point of view.... on so many occasions the government has promised to rebuild many inter state roads but it sometimes end as promises due to reasons best known to them. now,it is more likely that these roads can get completed if handed to some company, but at a price that the roads will be tolled. so, should we rather wait for government unending promises? bet you have an answer there...... lets give it a chance.

For those that think Toll Road is Peculiar to the City of Lagos and just Lekki-Ajah town pls read these links...

http://www.tollroadsnews.com/node/2022

http://www.africanliberty.org/content/road-toll-increases-and-its-impact-road-maintenance-ghana

So tolling and PPP is a global phenomenon we all must come to term with. Some people talk about paying tax afterall? What percentage of Nigerians pay tax?
aside that would you say because you pay Tax then govt should give your power free of cost? why pay utility bills? Need we know that Government Globally is meant to provide all the infrastructure but not necessarily free. If a private firm come forward tofay with a proposal of giving me 18hrs power at a cost of 100% higher than what Government is currently charging I will go for it because it"ll take my cost on fuel and generator maintenance. lets see the future together guys

We should all understand one of the reasons for tolling a road. "maintenance" something many Nigerian roads lack. now this lekki- Ajjah road will not only be free from traffic when completed, but well maintained. Besides the system has been designed in such a manner that discounts are made to people who apply that route often. Its called E-tag. The E-tag enables you to automatically qualify for 10% discount on your toll fare. The discount is different from the frequent user discount/incentive which enables you to enjoy as much as 70% discount that’s like paying less that N50 per trip. So everyone on e-tag pays about N94 automatically.