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Fulani has conquered hausa and parts of Yoruba, their greatest frustration is their inability to penetrate igboland

Depopulation of Nigeria is long overdue especially in the north

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UdechiHD:
Una don come again with this overrated village. So because of one hotel, we shouldn’t hear word again? All the Akwa-Ibom nairaland media team, una weldone.

Haha. Its just a little town with good roads that they call city.

The anti igbo grandstanding that sustains tinubu in lagos could not be replicated in edo

It's just a small town with beautiful roads

eaglechild:
I do not advocate for neglect on either side.
I'm just talking about priorities.
I sincerely think the flaunting of the rural renaissance by Ugwuanyi is an offshoot of the outcry of poor maintenance of the capital which is glaring.
His ready excuse is "it is time for rural areas".
Yet he hasn't done any better in the rural areas.

Enugu to Portharcourt is not even up to 250km, and the FG has been struggling with it ( yes it is a trunk A dual carriage), where are the phantom 250km rural roads?

Bros, rural roads don't consume money like trunk A federal express. secondly you can't compare a single stretch of Enugu to PH with multitudes of rural roads in the state in terms of length

PROUDIGBO:
I would have preferred a coordinated approach to development for the entire south-east, but this isn't possible given present day political and structural realities! If i had my way, we'd return back to the Eastern Region, with a central gov't coordinating things from Enugu, while the present state delineations can still be kept, but with the states having some kind of federal autonomy to run their own affairs.

With such a situation, any state that wants a airport can still build one, but in this case the central gov't in Enugu will link the entire region by rail and extend it to at least two seaports. A seaport could built at Obuaku (all we need do is widen and dredge the waterway leading up to the Atlantic); we could partner with Opobo to build one there (this will need a super rail-bridge to link Opobo with the mainland); another option is to link with ports in Akwa-Ibom or Calabar.

These ideas can only materialise with a centralised gov't for the entire south-eastern region. We saw this kind of rapid, well thought out and coordinated approach to development in the Eastern Region when all parts were touched in the regions development plan: from Nkalagu to Enugu to Owerri to Aba to Port Harcourt to Calabar....every part of the region was included and had a sense of belonging.

We already have a center operating from enugu (SE gov's forum) but it must remain weak and states should be allowed to develop at their pace. Example, umahi championed the course for enugu airport repair in his capacity as gov forum chairman but also pursuing his own state airport project

When Nigerians say that igbos don't know how to play politics I marvel. Igbos are the highest political achievers in the diaspora. Just say that nigerian politics is too primitive for igbos

Blue3k2:
Lol more irrelevant nonsense. Who cares about the election stick to topic of dry ports. Why did 30 months turn to a decade. Why not partner with NSC to find new investor. All these tears wont get the dry port built.

I noticed you still wont provide proof buhari fund Kaduna port. Why didnt state assist concessionaire after buying 20% stake in project. All the governor is good for useless committees on topic.

Excuse makers are only good for empty boast. The concessionaire and state failed. This is after saying FG was in full support of his project he couldn't deliver.

Lol. You are now crying at the bursting of your nonsense fabrication. You keep saying empty boast but when I tell you power sector gains in abia since fg reduced control to barest minimum you will still switch to another lane. Imagine Mr constituted authority completely disgraced starting port project few weeks to go. Just imagine?

Strikethem:
Are you guy not aboriginal of israel too?

Be serious and we can talk

You afonjas are very funny. A governor who failed to go to the Senate and his party lost guber election suddenly started a port project few weeks to leave? Lol. When we all saw general FG attempts regarding in land ports? Just because buhari focused on the north first means nothing, why are they even crying of imaginary sabotage when it has been made clear long ago by experts that only Aba is viable?

Blue3k2:
Its irreverent because it doesn't matter. Nobody cares about road construction when we have apples to apples comparison with dry ports. Oyo looked into dry port issue first then fg approved.

The FG not looking for new investors yet. They're helping them look for funding. Oyo doesnt have dry port because they sat on their buts like Abia. They changed course and found chinese investor. All without crying about FG. Has every state asked or is even interested in dry port?

You talk with shallow knowledge and play around words to suit yourself. FG Project is fg project. Concessioning is Concessioning so the comparison is in order. Is it the stvpid oyo governor that failed woefully and disgraced in the last election that "changed course and found Chinese investors" few weeks to go? Stop phooling around dude

Blue3k2:
Lol you're bringing up irrelevant nonsense since you can't justify the dry port anymore. The point is the FG gave everyone same opportunity the consessionaire and abia state failed. Now you're here crying about buhari a decade later. Why not copy oyo if you guys are lost.

Prove FG funded Kaduna dry port you wont. 30 months turned to ten years because they're only good for empty boasting.

You are confused. What makes what I bring up irrelevant? Which oyo? In FG project. Keep quiet. FG brings concessionare and revoke it they fail. Ode

Blue3k2:
FG approved the new concessionaire and dry port. The approve anyone thats probably why Edo is also supposed to have one. Lol Kaduna got theirs working while Abia only has useless implementation committee. You're senselessly blaming FG even when they gave the concessionaire and state same approvals. Then you rattle off irreverent stories about your market. Why not show proof the FG funded Kaduna instead.

Lol excuse maker a whole decade after you're approved you're still crying about Buhari. Why not challenge your law makers to raise that issue? Explain how 30 months turned to 10 years.

You are a confused zombie. Was Lagos ibadan road not concessssioned to certain yoruba company and remained unbuilt till FG revoked it after donkey years? Was onitsha owere road not dualized within same period? Should we blame your governors and praise ours for that when its all federal matter?
You are person who said that FG is looking for new investors for other ports, why was it not states? Why has ibadan not built theirs till now. Who brought new concessionare for kaduna. Why is every state not building dry port as they wish?

Strikethem:
So yorubas chased una away from your land. What a shame for self acclaimed brave race

Oduduwa from benin came and it started emerging as a centralized mega state. Igbos left since they naturally love decentralized mini states

Odingo1:
The problem with Nigeria is Nepotism and tribalism, what happen to haven one serious port is SE or SS.

You can see a clueless afonja above trying to justify it. Port authorities declared aba the most viable dry port when the dry ports were conceptualized. Aba has more importers than the rest of other dry port location combined

Blue3k2:
Yes i know its the FG fault the state and concessionaire didt get it done after a decade. Lol oyo will probably have theirs done before abia and you'll be here screaching about the FG. Nothing stopped Abia from looking for new person that's what Oyo and FG did.

Why should I stop speaking facts. Kaduna state government did build access roads for them. The FG didnt fund any of them directly. They're only offering help it now since they failed to make progres on their own.

Continue spewing confusion. Oyo and FG my foot. Why didn't you say oyo alone? The only thing el rufai "facilitated" was being buhari's friend, party man, and tribal man. Where was oyo when abia got investors for Ariara which now enjoy off grid 24hr supply? I challenge you to embark on reforms in port sector and remove FG power let's see

Blue3k2:
There's no proof of that FG. The managers of the port said Kaduna state government built access roads. Abia dry port doesn't exist becsuse the state and concessionaire have been sitting on their hands. The FG is currently looking for funding for other six dry ports including abia since they cant get job done themselves.



Why are you whining and telling me irreverent stories? Its been years of talking yet theirs no dry port. All you can do is blame FG for concessionaires and states failure.

You see how stvpid you sound? Why is FG looking for another investor instead of Abia state government? Ports are completely FG property. They got the wrong investor for aba. Nothing stops them from sacking him. Stop talking about access road, lol, its purely funny. What is the state of access road to Lagos ports?

OMANBALA1:
First of, you started Anambra with a small letter... That is offensive and I know you are not stupidd.
Secondly, Anambra dont need your opinions nor any gaddem input.

Thanks for your understanding.

Lol. Childish

9jabull:
The likes of Ooni & co can't deceive us because average Igbo man knows the truth.
Igbo's was threatened with lagoon by Oba of Lagos, another Oba thought we're fools .
We not but Igbo's.

We all know he is on a mission impossible but we thank him for confirming this

Blue3k2:
Tell them to start with Abia dry port.

Why do yo talk like illiterate? Let them remove ports grom FG hands and lets see. GEJ power reform led to the Ariara power which the clueless one commissioned despite contributing nothing. Aba was the first in nigeria to house private power plant, geometric

Blue3k2:
Lol dont start the blame game. The FG didnt do anything but give the approvals. Its the Kaduna state government that gave them assistance building access roads and other stuff. The Abia state governor has been talking for years about getting it running with nothing to show. The concessionaire recieved approval back in 2006 and has done nothing.

Don't deceive yourself. FG money built kaduna dry port. Which assistance? Which access road? That the governor was talking about the importance of the port doesn't mean it's no lomger a federal project

matify83:
Let's allow these dry ports( Ibadan and kaduna) to work as the gains are innumerable and they will help decongestant the clogged Lagos roads and bridges.

Also, those monsters called articulated vehicles which menace on our roads have caused so much sorrow to many would be restricted to shorter distances with less fatigued drivers proned to accidents.

Lol. The most viable dry port is located in Aba but as usual your nepostic government wasted money on unviable ones. Aba is the only nigerian city with intersection on two major rail lines connected to seaports and also the only nigerian city whose 50km radius captures the highest number of cities and highest population. Many years ago before the idio.t in aso rock entered the port authority declared it the most viable among all the proposed dry ports.
If not GEJ completed onitsha port they would have left it to build the unviable baro port

A delegation ftom Mewar University India visited the education loving governor in Enugu and offered special subsidized scholarships to Enugu indigenes that want to study there

Soo much class and charisma. Babagana Kingigbe, former foreign Mister and former SGF and gbugburu associate and close friend received honorary degree at the occasion

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