Shattuck: I am not from the south east if that's your thought, I am from the south south, this is very easy for folks to understand but some of you criticize dissenting opinion for political and ethnic reasons rather than logic, Nigeria has been borrowing to keep afloat since tinubu came on board, spending over one billion dollars of borrowed funds on an highway in the very first year of your presidency in the midst of economic turmoil is not the way to go, I can't criticize it too hard because it is development nonetheless, but the way you guys turn it into ethnic and political battle does not even give room for constructive criticism of the govt this was the same card you played during the buhari's regime, do you know that 4billion dollars is the amount they would spend to construct one km of road, while according to data from the world bank the same one km of road should cost less than 250 million naira, even factoring inflation 4b per km is on the high side but we can't talk about this otherwise I would be accused of being igbo, ipob, obedient etc.
haba!!! Oga take it easy nah! $4 billion dollars on km!! That means the whole 700km will cost $2.8 trillion dollars
Ibrahimcoomasie: Since this administration started, Engineer David Umahi has hit the ground running. The man Umahi is likely going to be the best Minister of Work the country has ever had, especially if he keeps up with the pace.
Multiple road projects are ongoing all over the country, even the ones previously abandoned. The first thing he did was to clear the debt owing contractors.
Aside the economic development this highway will bring along the 700km corridor, the coastal highway would also help to protect the Nigeria coastal line along the southern part of the country. It's good to have an Engineer as Minister of Works. Round pegs in round holes.
We well meaning Nigerians appreciate and wish him goodluck.
OkoRemi2023: Igbo and their wahala, they're in to fight anyone that's not on their side
First is Lagos calabar road, the next is don't invest in Lagos all because a Yoruba man outclass the dullard they presented despite the intelligentsia in southeast
So we go elect this one husband too, a bigot can't be Nigeria first lady
what about remi? She said worst things in the past and today she's the first lady..
Your people were still going naked to the market place in Colonial times, so how where you dominant? Your region was poor, you had no semblance of organization like the other tribes.
Your people still practised cannibalism like brutes and some still do today. So what the heck are you going on about?
Again demographics of which Graduates? How many Secondary Schools were in the East?
Then when did Azikiwe cede which foolish Prime Minister to the North? You mean it was his and he dashed it out? Was his Party the dominant party?
Who dash am? 🤣
You are so deluded or outrightly silly!
So by your silly analogy, if the other parts were begging to leave Nigeria because of 'Igbo dominance,' why conduct a Coup and kill all their leaders but yours?
Did you get all these madness from Radio Biafra?
Utter nonsense!
The Fulanis and Yorubas were begging you? Who the fxck do you think you are?
richiemcgold: Ondo is not on the list. Are there no BDC in Ondo State? What about those abokis standing under Akure bridge and around the post office area? Are they not BDC too?
The proper training on maintenance and security should actually come first and not last. I don't think that should be so difficult to understand. For example, can you buy a car without knowing how to drive? No nah.
yes you can.they`re so many people who owns car but cant drive
[quote author=forenzy post=115608098]Sentiments apart, with the present popularity been enjoyed by Peter Obi, it is a blessing in disguise for Ashiwaju. With the Muslim Muslim ticket, the north will vote massively for BAT.Atiku was poised to win before the arrival of Peter Obi. Now the opposition votes will be divided between Atiku and Obi. Southwest is expected to give BAT about 60% of their votes base on ethnic sentiment and also large Muslim population. North West 65%, North East 55%, North Central 40%.South South will give BAT about 20%(Note that Rivers will be working for APC), South East 7%(Ebonyi is APC) Expect Tinubu to get about 17 million votes, Atiku 12 million and Obi 8 million votes. This is what will play out. Politics is based on structures not online ranting. We are quick to forget what played out during APC presidential primary when the votes that is supposed to go to Oshibajo was divided with Amaechi. This election would have favoured Atiku due to APC's poor performance if n
thesolutions: The dollar or naira doesn't rise and fall. The only thing that rises and falls is the demand for those pieces of paper and the general cost of production. In the US for instance, the cost of bottled water doesn't suddenly increase. As long as the production cost remain the same, the price will remain the same. That is economics. But in Nigeria, everything is tied to the dollar as if the dollar has become our national currency. The demand for dollars by japa candidates and politicians that loots our treasury and business owners who are import based businesses makes individuals that earn dollars to sell to the highest bidder. If aboki fx announce that they will buy dollar for N1,500 tomorrow, it doesn't mean that dollar is N1,500. It means that someone has offered to pay Aboki fx maybe N1,550 to a dollar. It doesn't mean that the value of dollar is put to be N1,500. It is just Aboki fx offering rate to make people sell the dollar to them instead of taking it to bank. The banks capitalized on these and sell the dollar they receive from customers to these black marketers of dollar without letting it pass through approved regulated channels. This is what forced CBN to push up exchange rate to dollar and even offer extra 5naira to any dollar received but these guys at black market always tends to offer more. Because the demand for dollars is still high, you can only expect upward exchange rate because most of those that pay these huge amount for a dollar gets the naira fraudulently and cheaply. The only way out is for government to work on cost of production but it seems they are just short sighted like every other government. The power sector is dealing with Nigerians. Instead of government to improve power and reduce tariffs charge on power to the minimum, they chose to sell it to money mongers who only care about profits and not results. Dangote refinery has taken off and is producing Diesel which should be celebrated, but it is all for profit and not to reduce cost of production. Though it will reduce demand for dollars to import the product he will be producing, but if the price is not brought down to max of N200, it will not change a thing in the prices of goods and services. The worst is, government is planning on selling it own refinery. So it means no checks to dangote refinery. He will determine what price he sells his product just like they have done to cement. An economy that government doesn't have industries that act as check and balance to private businesses, the masses suffers.
The cost of a production is extremely high, the cost of transport is extremely high. The cost of preservation is extremely high. And now, the cost of security has to be factored in again. Everything will continue to be on the upward rise.
Have you ever lived in Lagos before? Or it's just you've never enter BRT bus? No standing or hawking or patronising or preaching or selling etc inside Brt bus. Infact you can't pay with cash to enter,you use your card issued by the contractor incharge of brt transport in Lagos.
tollyboy5: As a native of Epe, I will urge people buying lands and setting up businesses to be very careful of what they're doing because it seems there's a blueprint for economic development of the Epe division of Lagos which is the largest division in Lagos state.
Before you make any investment do your proper findings, and government should try create alternatives for people also, so the can continue their trade.
Note: The people of Epe division are not like your normal bales you see in Lagos, we don't tolerate rubbish here and we're very strict. Thank you
ObiPandora: My brother how can Nigeria stop celebrating mediocrity when they are still celebrating a Pandora Criminal in Peter Obi though he was caught looting over ₦250 million monthly from Anambra coffer.
Politics / Re: Ben Murray-Bruce Talks About The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway by fregeneh(m): 5:25pm On May 05