Change2015:


Lol. I travel by road frequently enough to see the work being done. As they block off one part of the express for 'repairs' ALL the traffic has to use the other side of the road which does not exactly increase its lifespan? As for the drainage, there are still many places where water accumulates which further hastens decay. What is the engineers perspective on that?

#change
#GMB
#APC

Change2015:


I do not believe the claim, but any reasonable person will understand that unless the bulk of freight haulage goes by rail instead of road, those roads will still decay as we have seen time and time again. So far, there has been no meaningful decrease in the haulage of goods by road.

#change
#GMB
#APC

justme002:
Why not get a measuring tape and mayb a ruler and start going from state to state to measure the lengths n breadths of all the roads he has constructed!!,am certain u ain't no doubting Thomas but if u doubt this one then it simply means u reside just in lagos and have neva traveled out of there before..

Reptyle:


Answer the question directly!

Has GEJ constructed 25,000km of roads across the country as claimed in his campaign speeches??

saintkash:


if u r been asked to list roads constructed by GEJ am sure benin-ore road will be top on ur list. .now tell me 5 newly constructed roads done by dis administration. . not renovated roads oo.. I mean a road made from a virgin land d distance it covered... no insults pls. . I just need to know abt such.

kennydee05:
Their is no major construction of rail line done by GEJ. What he did were rehabilitation of the rail line and their is no way that will cost much compare to those that are doing the major construction like the one being Fashola is doing.
GEJ only did some weldering of the tail line.
Don't get it twisted bro

Zikkyy:


Even without local car assembly, the part manufacturers can grow by making parts for servicing/repairs of automobiles. parts manufacturers will thrive producing parts/spares for maintaining the millions of cars on our roads today. It's not compulsory you have a car manufacturing plant before you make tyres, brakepad, fan belt, battery or engine oil.

Gbawe:


Is that not what Osinbajo is saying also? Is it wrong to then direct that punitive import duty, which mainly punishes and disenfranchise ordinary Nigerians, should not be deemed a compulsory option for assisting the development of quality local vehicle production? Your adage about running before learning to crawl actually applies to the approach of the Nigerian Government in my opinion. Creating a local car manufacturing sector should not come at the expense of destroying choice and affordability for all tiers of Nigerian pockets. That approach won't work.

Zikkyy:


If the focus is on production of commercial and utility vehicles, why is the government increasing duty/levy payable on passenger vehicles?

JackDaniels1:




I will only comment on the feeding aspect for now.
The feeding programme is being implemented in the State of Osun and to God be the glory,it has been a great success,for the Govt,Parents and the farmers.
Look at this,there has been empowerment of the citizenry in the aspect of poultry in the state to supply eggs and cattle dealers to supply meat.While the parents are happy for feeding their wards,the food vendors are also happy by smiling to the bank.

All this is still in the same system

JackDaniels1:




I will only comment on the feeding aspect for now.
The feeding programme is being implemented in the State of Osun and to God be the glory,it has been a great success,for the Govt,Parents and the farmers.
Look at this,there has been empowerment of the citizenry in the aspect of poultry in the state to supply eggs and cattle dealers to supply meat.While the parents are happy for feeding their wards,the food vendors are also happy by smiling to the bank.

All this is still in the same system

Gbawe:


You gets the 'trust' of what Osinbajo is saying. The simplistic point is that "what is worth doing is worth doing well". You cannot starve Nigerians of affordable vehicles, when doing such creates another set of problems altogether, all for the sake of protecting "local industries" that cannot operate and produce optimally.

It is for similarly reasons we import refined crude in the form of petrol. This is a measure that keeps Nigeria economically functional till Nigerian refineries can produce enough to satisfy domestic reply. It is for the government to do its job so that our refineries can work optimally same Government must produce the conducive environments and conditions that will facilitate the growth of a local vehicle industry instead of just punishing Nigerians with high tariffs while doing little to deliver this conducive environment. If posters put sentiments aside they will see that Osinbajo is not advocating a measure that will harm local car production. He is merely saying that for now, and while efforts is made to improve other important factor which will enable the delivery of a high quality local car manufacturing sector, Nigerians should not pay a punitive price, in the form of high duty, for car import.

In most Nations of the world, leaders must strike a balance between protecting local industry and depriving citizens quality/freedom of choice whcih helps them get the best out of the work/productivity and leisure equation. It is patently wrong to try and force Nigerians to patronise made in Nigeria vehicles if those vehicles cannot meritoriously compete with the best available !!! Osinbajo makes the distinct point that local vehicle production cannot be encouraged to the detriment of giving Nigerians greater choices , through importation, when some of the factors that prevents the local production of high quality cars are still glaringly missing.

It is clear Osinbajo takes a broad and long-term view to local production, not local assembly, of cars because that is the only way to look at things if we want uncompromising quality that will make 'Nigerian cars' as good as any other. He argues that while a holistic environment is being created to achieve this local production of high quality cars Nigerians should still have the option of importing cars at reasonable costs. This is a perfectly reasonable solution that takes into consideration the need to try and have balances which suit all sides rather than deploy drastic and ill-thought out ideas that benefit no side at all. The Government cannot just say it wants to help the development of local production of cars using punitive tariffs while major problems impeding the growth of the local car industry are not addressed adequately eg power supply. On this thread, many are taking the view that it must be one (import) or the other (local production) while Osinbajo , correctly in my opinion, is of the view this does not have to be the case. A balance can be achieved, till we reach our target, which allows as many Nigerians as possible to be on the road.

J12:


1. GEJ's government promotes freedom of speech like no other government has ever done in Nigeria. Everybody knows that
2. There are moral lessons to be learned in GEJ's rise to political power, if you chose not to learn anything from it, then you're on your own.
3. She is successful because she is the wife of the president. Is Michelle Obama successful?
4. He is a leader, I doubt if you also know what the term leader means
5. Is GEJ impatient?

Great institutions are led by people of strong will and character and it takes patience to build and sustain them.
Is GEJ selfish?

KanwuliaJara:
I don't kia!
GEJ or NAIRALAND BURNS!!!!

AZeD1:
1) Social media brought about the so called "freedom of speech" not GEJ.
2) The "no shoes" story was emotional black mail. Let the so called average Nigerian man try to get a job in NNPC and see how far he will go.
3) You need to define what you mean by successful and "good man".
4) GEJ might be president, but he is no leader. You really need to understand the meaning of the terms you use.
5)Who told you GEJ is patient? The real needs of Nigeria include strong institutions and selfless leadership..GEJ has done non.

Dracula27:
True

chiebube:
I disagree. This is Nigeria. You can say that in America, UK, Canada, France etc.

Wisepac:
Jonathan, The Best In Nigeria During HisTerm As
President:
1. Petrol from N65 to N97 - in most other
places over N120
2. Kerosene from 50 naira to 120 and above
i.e (unofficial price).
3. Garri from N150 to N260 per measure
4. Sugar/flour/beans/ all from N180 to N350
per measure
5. Electricity charge from N1,250 to N4000
per month and yet no light
6. Scarcity of money but abundantly
available for groups campaigning for TAN
etc
7. Killings from few individuals to whole
communities being wiped out
8. Police/military roadblocks from 1 per
40km to 2 per 3km
9. Crude oil illegal bunkering from 10,000
barrels to 100,000 barrels stolen per day
10. Industrial strikes by many organisations
11. Sack of few workers to thousands of
workers
12. WASSCE from 40% failure to over 70%
failure
13. Trust, love and unity among citizens
from much to zero
14. Stealing in billions of Naira to billions of
DOLLARS or TRILLIONS of naira
15. Budget implementation from 40% to less
than 20% Per year
16. Roads from potholes to huge craters
and cut-offs
17. Economy from worse to greatest in
Africa on paper, but the masses from poor
to poorest
18. Politicians defect from one party to the
other in an unusual fashion and soldiers also
defect to other countries
19. Transport fares on both air and road
networks have shot the roof
20. Bribe takings from only police to soldiers
inclusive
21. ATM charges from zero to N65 per
transaction
22. New English phrase called 'Tactical
Manoeuvre' when soldiers are deliberately
dispatched with low grade weapons to be
killed by a well armed "Boko Haram"
23. Bribery scandal
24. Police pension scam
25. Oduahgate
26. Bart Nnaji NEPA scandal
27. Allison jet scanda
28. Oritsejafor $10 million gun scandal
29. Subsidy scam of N2.6 trillion
30. Immigration deaths scandal
31. Missing $20 billion from NNPC
32. Handlin boko haram with kid gloves
33. Election delegate bribe
34. Sheriff/Ihejirika case, etc.
35. Increase in taxes and austerity
36. 16 is greater than 19 in democracy
37. 7 Ekiti legislators out of 26 impeached the
speaker
38. IGP usurping CJN's duties and deciding
that Tambuwal no longer speaker
39. Army are conceding territories to Boko
Haram
40. Locking out House of Reps members
and teargassing them.
41. Suspected mastermind of Nyanya bomb
attack where no fewer than 100 killed discharged
and acquitted. To go and sin no more.
42. 200 Chibok girls are still in captivity of boko
haram.
43. National confab gulped billion of dollars and
went down the drain with no result
GEJ undermines our Army & strengthen
militants. Our military doesn't have the
equipment to protect us. Militants are
purchasing warships. What an irony

GreatSoul:
Quote: 'GMB wiped out
Maitatsine, another Islamic insurgency
in his own administration by sincerely
identifying the problem as a challenge to
the authority of the state to maintain law
and order.'


This is exactly what I was afraid of when the good old Prof
fulll of integrity and purpose agreed to play second fiddle
to a man whose usefulness is at best sinister in its purpose-
he could destroy his own credibility by defending the indefensible!

If indeed GMB saw maitatsine as a challenge to the state which
Must be wiped out, what has been his contribution towards the
wiping out of BH?? Or are you saying we all should cross our arms
and wait until we win an election to be president of the country
before we contribute our quota to making Nigeria a great country?