₦airaland Forum

Kobojunkie:
No one wants the basics to be the only focus. If you read some of the posts, you would see that your first statement there is erroneous. He has not dealt with the basics as you claim. It is still an issue. Many of the roads are ill-maintained and some have reverted to their former states. Many of these people posting live these realities on a daily basis, and rather than brushing their posts aside, we need to consider what they are saying as well.

P.S This airport deal is likely not going to be for the next 6 to 10 years.

GAR3TH:
Actually you seem misinformed. In your last paragraph you said they need schools, roads, hospitals etc to accommodate for the large influx of people to the lekki axis. If you didn't know the lagos state government has already created a lekki masterplan. Like all masterplans the lekki masterplan shows a planned development scheme of the entire axis from victoria island to epe and the FTZ. Fashola and the lagos state government are already using the masterplan to develop road, schools, bridge, water, sewage and electric layout for the lekki axis. They are using the masterplan to tell developers the best places for their residential, commercial or industrial businesses. Developments such as the lekki-ikoyi bridge and the lekki airport are all part of the lekki masterplan. As time goes on you'll see more projects from the masterplan come to reality.

Masterplan Map Image:
http://i43.tinypic.com/2qm21j7.jpg

Their are other masterplans in lagos such as the ikeja masterplan among others

In addition the FTZ is still under construction. and the primary objective for the airport id to serve the lekki masterplan, the lekki free trade zone, eko atlantic, lagos state and "to complement and support Murtala Mohammed International Airport (“MMIA”), the only functional international Airport in Western Nigeria. Additionally, it is the state’s desire for the airport to develop into a new hub for business and travel in the west African region, creating an environment of excellence for national, regional and international companies."

Kobojunkie:
True but I think we need to post here that El Rufai was a Minister, and not a State Governor.

BabaTony:
@gar3th
ppl have no problem with the lagos state govt having a master plan, in fact all states do have master plan, the thing here is that the implementaion of that matser plan seems to have kept the cart b4 the horse, for BRF to rush to build an airport without ppl having roads to drive on simply doesnt make any sense to me, any day rain falls in lagos people are in for it, that shouldnt be so, that airport can come later after the basic infrastructure have been built , the master plan i see there has 4 parallel roads btwn the atlantic and the lagoon, why can he channel this 102 billion there before thinking about a second airport. I just hope i didnt waste my vote

EarsWide:
@Supporters of the airport

If you ran a company what exactly would attract you to Lagos with erratic electricity, erratic water supply, crappy roads and horrendous traffic jams, unpaid and corrupt policemen, kidnappings etc  (apart from a new shiny airport ) ?

KnowAll:
Retirement fund, that is what Fashola is looking for, there is no proof that Fashola would have any Political Job beyond 2015 except if he runs for one of the Senatorial zones in Lagos State, but any person who thinks he can become President without carrying the other 35 states along is living a fool’s paradise.

Like Aliyu Babangida said the Presidency is not anyone’s birth-right and not for sale to the highest bidder otherwise folks like “Tinubu would come out with the money “ no one except God can predict who our next President would be.

This project would make Fashola for life, me I no kuku blame am if na u nko

jusRadical:
Aaahhhh! Enough work dey ground. Airport is even tertiary need and not even secondary need, let alone primary need. How many of us canboost of 2hrs of light every day? How many of us are gainfully employed? How many of us have access to good medical care?

lawyer:
@Mr Ekt_bear, i read the statement very well.

I don't know whether you live in lagos right now or better still you reside or shuttle the lekki/ajah/epe axis frequently. I should know because i give alot of information about those areas on Nairaland alot. It simply cannot fit into the schedule. Have you see the proposed free trade zone and all the propaganda about how its going to change the face of lagos and its hidden in one secluded part of eleko and all construction has been abandoned? Do you know how long it takes to go to Epe from Ajah? Approximately 45minutes without traffic. Have you seen where the proposed airport will be before the oke orisun housing scheme and link bridge? Do you know about the infighting going on between the omoniles and the settlers of the land and the lagos state government over the proposed location of the airport? How do you even get to the airport when the area hasnt been opened up and the amenities are non existent?

Before i said its not true i looked at all the mitigating factors that will hamper the immediate construction of that airport because its an environment i know very well like the back of my palm. Its all Politicians talk and i stand on it just the same way the FTZ or Mega City has been mooted only in the pages of Punch newspaper. I am on the ground here and not speaking based on opinions and reports from people that don't know the next community before and after Epe!

Lekki/Ajah/ Epe needs roads, roads and more roads to accommodate the large influx of people migrating to that area in droves. They need water to counterbalance the salty lagoon waters, they need more schools, hospitals and better transportation systems to cope with the population there. An airport now is just putting the cart before the horse because it will not reduce the congestion but overload it especially when there are no roads to accommodate it.

efisher:
That will be serious confusion for the masses. But any two can pair up to form a good team.

Kobojunkie:
Much of the training in China took place in Isolation by the way -- the state sponsored thousands of students back in the early years. Many of them were flown abroad to acquire skills and expertise. On the job training is necessary, but it should not be the only form of training a person, any person waits to get, to educate self. Managerial jobs, and other high paying jobs require candidates have some base skills at time of employment, and these skills need to be taught somehow. What happened in China ought to be an example for us. As soon as investors realized that they had a skilled and cheap workforce, the Chinese Government didn't have to labor much to get them in. Why do you think many of these companies, even those that claim to be anti-china's human right's record, remain in China? Many because they know the value of what china offers them . . mostly an already skilled labour force they can easily take advantage of without needing to retrain etc.

koruji:
We have just concluded a much touted free and fair election, but we all know within us the exact nature of our 2011 elections.

Meanwhile, there are already talks of 2015. IBB says the North must have the presidency in 2015. The SE wants it too. Some think the next job for Fashola is in Aso Rock. Meanwhile GEJ is yet to declare personally that he is a one-term president.

Could we just back up a minute? The dust is yet to settle on the 2011 elections. The class of 2011 Nigerian Administrators are yet to begin their term. We need to discourage all this talk about 2015. We need to stop our politicians from thinking all they have to worry about is getting elected. We need to make sure that the issues they were elected to deal with remain uppermost in their minds at least until 2014. If we don't, then nobody should be surprised when they lose focus, leaving the nation rudderless to continue this match towards the precipice.

I know one body that needs to start preparing for 2015 - INEC. They need to start the preparation now - the 2011 performance left much to be desired.

opalu:
The airport is very critical to Nigeria's development
For all I care, doing Intra-national business (between ourselves) is not going to increase our National networth.
For instance a family doesnt get richer by selling things to each other within the family. But when they engage outsiders, money comes to them.
The kind of Airport Fashola is envisaging will be the take-off point for all International transactions.

zstranger:
Over my dead body.

may it never happen in my lifetime

Yorubas work with Ibos? Hellz NO, i'd rather sell the SW to the whiteman.

Abagworo:
I hear say Peter Obi na a stingy Governor.

Kobojunkie:
Pretty meaningful analysis there @Enyojo

Dede1:
Why are people rejoicing over the INEC announcement based on incomplete election? It would have been a nice day for me if the election was completed in all the 27 LGAs in Imo State. I am afraid the political shenanigan in Imo State has a day with election tribunal or Court of Appeals. The cardinal position of democracy is nobody should be disenfranchised. If election is not conducted in Oguta LGA, the announcement of Rochas as the winner of the contest is very pre-mature.