₦airaland Forum

edicolove: While I think scoring GEJ now will be too early, I can jumpstart that with the following:

In roads, Zaria-Funtua-Gusau roads I think i have passed through this road severally, what has GEJ done since he came,any evidence or link, Oshodi-Apapa with expansion and drainage works, dedicated bridge frm liverpool roundabout to Tin can ports, trailer park, Dualisation of Ibadan -Ilorin

Council also approved the re-awarding of the contract for the dualisation of the Oyo-Ogbomosho section of the Ibadan-Ilorin Road. The Minister of works explained that contract for the dualisation of Ibadan-Ilorin road section II Oyo-Ogbomosho was initially awarded in favour of Messrs P.W. Nigeria Ltd and Messrs RCC Nigeria Ltd as a joint venture in 2003 in the sum of N14.3 billion with a completion period of 30 months.

Obasanjo must have listed this as his achievement when the road contract was awarded in 2003, ENUGU-Onitsha (another awarded contract ?) , completion of OWERRI -Onitsha, 9th mile, ongoing reconstruction of Benin-Ore-Sagamu highway measuring over 265 km, Kano-Maidugri Dualisation. Keffi -Akwanga-Lafia, award of Afikpo-Okigwe, Auchi-Okene being handled by Setraco. Loko-Eweta-Karishi bridge, Kolo-Nembe -Brass to mention but a few.

In Transport, massive reforms at the ports. Sanitisation and reduction of operating agencies to 7. Introduction of 24 hrs ports operation. Ongoing Construction of light gauge train railways across t4 cardinal point of the federation

In Aviation, massive reconstruction of major airports in the land, Enugu airport is undergoing total rehabilitation. The domestic wing of Abuja airport is also being reconstructed with expansion of roads and car parks. Same fr the international wing and the kano airports (This is not the first time we have heard of MASSIVE rehabilation in the nations airport, infact the Enugu airport was opened with MASSIVE celebration after massive rehabilation in 2010 or 2011)

In Education, establishment of 9 new federal universities in less than 1 year. Constructed 2 new campuses of the Nigerian law schools in Yenagoa and Yola respectively (more of a political move than developmental one, are the public universities really improving? ). Launched the Almajiri schools for education of itenerant Islamic pupils in the north (What has been the impact so far?, how many almajiris have now enrolled in to the schools,or are now out of the street? wFhich Buhari and other northern leaders abandoned. Increased funding to almost 400 billion to education thereby setting an all time highest record. Reinvigorated the inspectorate oversight of schools leading to the revocation of some licenses from universities (you mean NUC has not been deaccrediting courses before GEJ, stop using rhetorics jo !). Executed the landmark upgrade of university lecturers retirement age from 65 to 70 ( No biggie about this, it could easily be argued in some quarters to be a negative trend).

In agriculture, for the first time in our history, we have a clearly defined agricultural policy which is targeted towards maximum utilisation of cassava for growth thru the launch of the cassava bread campaign (This is not true, Obasanjo started this, in actual fact many stakeholders are not carried along yet(bakers, legislators,consumers ) as regards the cassava policy, needed machineries are also not available yet . The policy is intended to reduce our reliance on imported wheat so as to encourage local production of cassava and it's conversion to flour for bakery. The FG has in less than one year eliminated the middlemen cartel that fed fat on fertiliser distribution at the expense of local farmers. Now through deregulation reforms, fertiliser is now accessible in the open market. he has also embarked on massive construction of silos and has increased import duties on the importation of rice in order to encourage local farmers (Can the farmers within the short while meet the needed level of production and quality ?, Nigeria is the second largest importer of rice worldwide, we import over 90% of our consumption. The increase in import duty is ill timed,at least if 60% of the demand can be met locally, maybe that can be laudable) The efforts of the minister has been so appreciable that the world bank assisted with over 50 billion Naira for fertiliser redistribution scheme/ silos. The CBN has also set up a 500 billion loan scheme which is to assist farmers (What is the access rate to the loan? news like this are so common,but those who need it do not have access to it). Farmers database is being compiled nationwide and improved seedlings are being distributed to them. (i would have love to see an electronic database of Nigerian farmers )

The power roadmap is on as you know and PHCN has been unbundled. The PIB has been sent to the NASS and is expected to be passed into law as soon as it scales the NASS.( Till then, the PIB was hot in the news in the 6th republic and back to square one )

Like I said, we hope he succeeds for the benefit of Nigeria but I will prefer to start accessing him at least, after 2 to 3 years.(he has spent over 2 years already, maybe a year more to access him would have been more appropriate)

edicolove: First I didn't say first to do cassava bread, but first to have a well defined agric policy. The last time we had something close to this kind of drive in agriculture was in 1977 during OBJ's first regime. But it wasn't followed thru.

I will be stup1d to come here and tell you GEJ's administration is faultless. Only ACN and Fashola supprters do that to their governors. I said clearly in the other threads on governors that they were all corrupt. All of them. But I only showed you that there are several ongoing projects to look at while stressing seriously that it is too early to judge him. He could turn out a mega success or a mega failure. I have a feeling the former will be the case but time will tell.

walton1: For all political actors, the potency of the web as a factor in future political contest should not be in doubt. Blocking the web is of course not an option; boycotting the web is also suicidal. The incontestable reality is that future elections may be partly won and lost on the web.

jmaine: Should a mother not praise her child for good performance in school, despite expecting such after paying her ward's school fees

Omo_Tier1: Why would you want to post results that are unofficial on NL? FYI, Nigerians are now wiser than before. ACN as a party, though I am not a member of the party is more than capable of fielding party agents in every polling unit in the state and indeed, during the 2011 General elections, I voted in the same polling Unit with one of the Commissioners and also the PDP candidate for House of Rep. Right on the spot after results were collated around 2.35pm, figures were forwarded via text to ACN collection center, (God knows where) along with photos of the result sheet as pasted on the walls.

So chilax, I understand what you are pointing at and the top parties already have that as part of their strategy for the night. It would be wrong for any party to start parading any result collated in-house as official. Again, this is the citizen's reportage and it is the best way for the true winner to be known well before INEC announces the result.

In a sane society, the results from the polling units would have formed an opinion poll and the winner would be projected. But this is Nigeria and we are not where most of the advanced democracies are yet but we the step we have taken today in Edo State, in no distant future, we sure be there..

Again, I say Chilax....

Abagworo: Its like you were not aware of what happened in the 2011 elections where the opposition were beaten up and their own copies torn to pieces.

Omo_Tier1: it is only how to theorize people like you know! Always thinking they know better than others. FYI, the whole of Edo State was fully networked and as I type this from my base in the UK, we know the largely the votes that have accrued to the opponents and those that accrue to the ACN. You mention 200 polling units, need I point you to some results already flying around from the mega polling units? From Ovia to Igarra, from Orhionwnon to Igueben... so dude chilax.

Tomorrow afternoon you will hear the result.... a swipe!

Omo_Tier1: chill.... that has already been done! where do you think the results being broadcasted worldwide are flying out from? The big challenge is getting to prevent INEC from changing the result sheet with PDP branded ones!That is why men are awake all night! PDP and Anenih don fall like a poisoned rat.

Edos liberated themsleves through the courts in 2008 and we thought that would send the right message to those crooks but no they refused to listen. Now we are sending them the message loud and clear with our thumbs!

One more state less the PDP controls, one step closer it is for Nigeria to be fully liberated !