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also in Abuja

Nbotee:
I was listening to a popular radio program in Abuja where damning revelations were made concerning some of those rail projects. Do U know d govt constructed single carriage rail lines for far more the cost of constructing a dual carriage rail line? One of the firms who actually brought in bids for the contract is presently in court with the govt.. Dis ppl want to finish us completely..

This is incorrect! The rail lines executed are dual carriage way.

mecussey:
The cost of doing this will get us 100, 000mw of steam or coal fired plant or plants in each geo political zone. Forget climate change, that one no concern is for now.

It seems you are not aware that solar power is now cheaper than gas powered or coal powered plants.

Australia got a 100MW battery system in 100days from Tesla and it has really helped to stabilise their grid.


https://interestingengineering.com/tesla-to-construct-humongous-300-megawatt-battery-in-australia?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=article&utm_content=05112020

labi1977:
Ambode has plenty legacy just not in badagry you are mistaken

Only legacy Ambode has is in Epe, which is his home town. And maybe that airport road.There is not much he did elsewhere. The Oshodi interchange is not working. Onion stadium was not completed. That cultural center in onikan was also not completed.

CoderX:
My brother, that road has been like that for over 10 years, they awarded the 10 lane road under Fashola and they began work, Ambode came in, now Sanwo Olu... Calculate the years!

I went to that Seme route recently and when I was coming back with foreigners in the vehicle I had to keep trying to make them see the good side of the project cos I was too ashamed as a Nigerian.

Once you enter Benin Republic, till you get to Ghana, nothing like bad roads... But the Giant of Africa is the one with giant potholes!!!

I think Ambode was the problem of that road. He obviously didn't prioritze it as almost nothing was done on it during his tenure.

I don't know why we like to leave half completed projects all over the place.

[quote author=Lanrelagboi post=96007067]

Governor of Lagos State, Mr. @jidesanwoolu in Ojo today at the unveiling of the first locally assembled Electric Car named: HYUNDAY KONA, gave an update of issues surrounding the Lagos Badagry Expressway which Lagos State Govt is working on. #ForAGreaterLagos @BadagryForum pic.twitter.com/tMU5ZERsIs

— The Greater Lagos Project (@GreaterLagosNG) November 13, 2020

they all say. Why did work have to stop on that road in the first place. That is the bone of contention. Common 50km stretch of road we are struggling to build in 10years. China will do 5000km of road in the same time.

It boils down to the simple fact that we are not serious.

Electricity is not rocket science. If Nigerian government is serious and wants to solve the issues, it will solve them.

We can get a Tesla grid size battery system that will act as a back up to stabilise the grid. This battery system will respond to power plant outages within seconds to keep the grid from collapsing.

A 1000MW solar plant ,say 2 plants of 500MW each can be operational in 2years if the contract is signed today in serious countries.

Decryptor:
A friend of mine drives an Electric Volvo XC40 which he charges in his house

Since when did Hyndai become assembled in Nigeria?

Guy don't tell you don't know that Stallion group has been assembling Kia, Hyundai and Honda in Nigeria for some time now?

That why a new Accord from Stallion is about N16mln last I checked in 2019, while Camry which is imported was N26mln as at then. Meanehile in America accord and carry are priced almost the same.

bamvik:
Everyone is entitle to his or her own opinion. To me restructuring will solve 85% of Nigeria's problem

Nah! He has a point. In common residents association there are many cases where the ExCO fail to account for monies contributed. If at small levels as that it is so difficult for znigrrians to manage themselves, what will change at State level. Trust me if Lagos has a budget of N10trln magically tomorrow, we will still see potholes, still see dirty streets and other basic things you would expect we should be able to resolve with 10fold money.

We are just poor thinkers and poor managers.

missimelda01:
See hypocrites above me, cussing like they’ve never done anything wrong in their lives

But not to come and tell the whole world like its an achievement. If I stole meat from the pot when I was young, whats the value of coming to interview to talk about our i.

uruba23:
common Lagos is as good as a country ....They don't even have a private jet dedicated to the governor yet you are complaining

Many countries abroad don't have dedicated planes for head of state and you are talking about state governor. Doesnt the Queen of England fly British Airways.

ivolt:
Get your facts right, thousands of lives were lost, not hundreds.

Haba! Thousands killed at lekki toll gate? Where are pictures of their bodies on the floor.

It is not ridiculously out of place.

If police nationwide has 50k vehicles and you fuel 8k per week for patrol etc, multiplied by 52weeks, you get about N20bln. In Lagos me that I just drive to work, park and come back in the evening can still use N8k. Police vehicles may move around more during the day.

But then again I doubt if police has 50k vehicles nationwide.

With more efficiency N10bln should suffice.

Its a hustle no doubt, but that is nothing for a young boy to be doing? Its not safe for him and other road users.

We shouldn't normalise an aberration in Nigeria in the name of hustle or poverty.

TecM0:





Center of Excellence
Lagos State Government first to repell pension laws

Let's see other regions of southern Nigeria follow suite




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Nope! Kwara did same earlier this year and I think Kaduna did same when el rufai became governor. One of the northern states also did so I think.

Smellymouth:
Folorunsho Alakija, as in the Alakija we know, attended Laycon's birthday party?

I thought she was a born again Christian? Wetting concern am with Big Brother?

Story! By next week they will all be back. That's if they ever leave at all.

Davido, Pretty Mike, that 5Star shipping guy(come to think of it, not seen that guy on social media since Hushpuppy was arrested), Ned Nwoko and pretty much every 'big man has police at his house.

Donjuan77:
its very annoying and disgraceful to Nigerians to be buying a bag of cement for 3k and its being sold 1k in other countries, they should please help. people have stop the building of their houses half way no money to complete it . everything has just speedily increased with no good excuses for it, even rods and other building materials has also increased.

please the Nigeria government should do something about it before things go out of hands,pls help the poor ones like us, thank you.

Please provide where it is N1k.

Based on research 50kg bag is about 6.5 euro which is over N3k.

So all those saying cement is N800 where they are should please provide evidence.

On Kenya and Tanzania both also equate to about N2k and its actuly Dangote that brought it down from over N3k there.

All these are abit cheaper than Nigeria, but reality is we are paying for an inefficient government and infrsateucturally deficient economy. No electricity, no rail to make it easier to transport, area boys demanding money per truck in their community, corruption everywhere in the value chain.

Cement in Philippines at 192PHP equating to about N1.6k. Note that this is 40kg not 50kg. So equivalent 50kg would be about N2k.

Cement is SA, equating to almost N2k

https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/166181/ghanaian-cement-prices-rise-for-the-second-time-in-two-months.html

Price of cement in Ghana equating to around N2.7k

Spacopendragin:
Price regulations should be paramount in our economy..before this capitalists kill all of us with price increase in the name of profit maximisation...

Dude it doesn't work anywhere. What works is an efficient economy and competition to hold the price steady or reduce it. Having said that, even with the above if the fundamentals of the market shifts I.e much higher energy costs, it may need to be passed on to consumers.

Its all very simple economics.

Since when is cement price regulated that CPC will say that those selling above N2500 will face wrath of the law? Government is full of stark illiterates.

If the END sars caused a back log of supply to many states, it is natural that demand will exceed supply and as any one who studied basic economics will know, the price will rise. As things normalise, the price will also normalise.

What govt should do is work towards removing barriers that cause bottlenecks in the supply chain. For eg, if rail were working, this might not have happened. That is why there is a clear link between infrastructure and having an efficient economy.

The government says it has no money, yet its not for COVID, FG and states would likely have sent Muslim and Christian abroad for pilgrimage.

We know that the real pilgrimage FG was interested in sponsoring was the Muslim one. The Christian one was only added after complaints of favouritism. Reality is that both should be cancelled.

And if you check properly you will find that there is still budget in 2021 for pilgrimage.

TheFacelessMan:
Sad.

I remember "The President" Ibeaubuchi's fight vs David Tua.

They set the record for most punches thrown.

Both of them, hard hitters. I watched Tua more and his left hook was something to see.

In fact, that fight is a mini classic. After that fight Ike was lining up for a world title fight before this happened.

omenka:
Buhari keeps skirting around an obvious solution to our many problems in a most irritating manner. I just dont understand what is wrong with him sometimes.

We can't afford more borrowing Mr President, the reasons are far too obvious, and so are the solutions.

The fastest solution to our myriad of financial troubles is to DRASTICALLY CUT BACK ON EXPENDITURE OF POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS!!!

Those of us who once fervently supported the ascension of Buhari to presidency did so with the firm belief that FRUGALITY would be his presidency's guiding principle- extreme pruning of the cost of running the government.

Do away with the excess cars and presidential air fleet.

Do away with unnecessary purchase of reusable stuffs such as new kitchen utensils in yearly budgets when we know these items can be used for a decade without going bad!

Do away with excess allowances. It is sacrilegious one earns allowances in mundane stuffs running unto hundreds of percentages of ones salary. Haba!!

Cut back on these things at the executive end and put extreme pressure on the legislature to tow the same path, and if they dont, they'd have Nigerians to answer to.

These are very simple stuffs I thought he could do, things that would have significantly improved his job approval ratings, but then, baba bungled it.

So mighty disappointed!

Honestly, like you I had high hopes for Buhari in his first time. I admit I voted for him, but by the first 2 years, it was apparent I had made a huge mistake.

The guy has zero intellect to run a country!
The guy is heavily ethnic and religious intolerant!
The guys is slow and ineffective!
The guy is not in charge of his government!
The guy has zero emotional intelligence to feel the pulse of his people.

Unfortunately PDP did not do itself any favours by bringing Atiku against Buhari, as many had the opinion that he was tainted by corruption, at least according to Obasanjo.

I am not sure if the idea that individuals can get power from the plant is correct. Edo state government had better check with NERC first.

What I remember is that to but power from a producer, it cannot be less than 1MW or so, and no individual can buy that, except you stay in a fairly large estate and the deal is consummated as an estate.

Nazgul:
Hausa can never ever represent Nigeria outside the shores of this country. Yet they want to keep ruling us.

In a working system where they can't play their ethnic and religion card they're practically useless.

Congratulations to the Igbos and yourbas...we Southerners should unite and wrestle power from the North.

Valid point and well said. America is a country that values the intellect. Unfortunately most of our northern politicians don't have academic intellect. All they know how to do is cut deals and display their tribal bigotry.

boman2014:
http://saharareporters.com/2020/11/03/breaking-anti-france-protest-erupts-abuja-shiites-burn-countrys-flag

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Army no go near these ones!! Na Buhari pikin. But if it's ENDSars protesters now.....!