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Travel › Re: How To Prevent Apapa-Type Traffic In Ibeju Lekki by naptu2(op): 6:14am On Dec 04, 2024*

4) Lagos Calabar Railway

Back in the early 1980s people complained that Nigerian railway lines only ran from north to south. They complained that you had to go through Kaduna in order to go from Lagos to Enugu by rail. They blamed the colonialist for this. I asked why Nigerians had not built a line that went from east to west, after all, the colonialists have been gone since 1960.

There were proposals for the construction of a Lagos - Calabar rail line during the Obasanjo Administration (1999-2007), but it wasn't built. The idea was discussed again during the Goodluck Jonathan (2010 - 2015) and Muhammadu Buhari Administrations.

The idea had always been that the rail line would run along the right of way for the Lagos - Benin Expressway.

The promoters of the Lekki Deep Sea Port said that they were prepared to provide money to build a rail line that would run from the port (in Ibeju Lekki) through Epe and Ijebu Ode to connect with the Lagos - Calabar rail line.

https://www.nairaland.com/7498920/800-million-rail-ease-cargo

However, the former minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi, told the Lekki Port officials that President Buhari had ordered him to connect the port to a rail line and that the Lagos - Calabar rail line will probably start at the port.

https://www.nairaland.com/7028366/lekki-deep-seaport-inject-360

Since the commencement of the construction of the Lagos - Calabar Highway, several government officials, including the minister of works, Engineer Dave Umahi and the president's special adviser on new media, Olusegun Dada, have said that there will be a rail line in the median of the highway and that it will run from Lekki to Calabar.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2024/05/06/lagos-calabar-coastal-road-leave-the-talk-lets-face-the-business/

This means that the rail line on the right of way of the Lagos - Calabar Highway will pass through Ibeju Lekki and people and goods will be able to enter and exit Ibeju Lekki with it.

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Travel › Re: How To Prevent Apapa-Type Traffic In Ibeju Lekki by naptu2(op): 6:14am On Dec 04, 2024*

3) Lagos - Calabar Coastal Highway:

In 1955 Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, who was finance minister at the time, proposed a road that would run from Koko in the Niger Delta to Epe near Lagos. Since then many people have been planning to build a coastal road that would run from Lagos to Calabar.

Governor Lateef Jakande built sections of the road in Lagos State, Governor Raji Rasaki said he saw a coastal road on a Julius Berger map when the Third Mainland Bridge was being built, so he constructed a portion of the road from Akodo to the boundary with Ogun State. Governor Bola Tinubu also built portions of the road.

In 2011, when the Lekki - Epe Expressway was being tolled, some residents protested that the coastal road should be built before the expressway is tolled. The Lagos State Government said that the Federal Government would build the road.

The route of the coastal road is known, but mechanics and homeless people often built shanties on the route, but in recent times the Lagos State Government (Fashola, Ambode and Sanwo-Olu) have demolished the shanties in preparation for the construction of the road.

The good news is that the road is now being built. President Bola Tinubu flagged off the construction of the road and it will obviously pass through Ibeju Lekki and serve as a means through which vehicles can enter and exit the area.

Trucks, tankers, trailers will be able to use the Lagos - Calabar Coastal Highway to move goods straight from Ibeju Lekki to anywhere in the Niger Delta , to the South-East and even back to Lagos through Victoria Island. They would be able to do all of these without passing through the Lagos-Epe Expressway.

December 2nd, 2024 update about the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oub-nMoHzlw?si=kGXmeZ_a9MmKG67U

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Travel › Re: How To Prevent Apapa-Type Traffic In Ibeju Lekki by naptu2(op): 6:13am On Dec 04, 2024*

2) Epe - Ijebu Ode Road - Lagos - Benin Expressway Interchange.

The Epe - Ijebu Ode Road is connected to the Lagos - Benin Expressway via a cloverleaf interchange (see pictures below). Motorists can then take the Lagos - Benin Expressway to the South - South and South - East, or they can go the other way to Sagamu and take the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway to other parts of the South - West or to the North.

https://www.nairaland.com/7032489/pictures-completed-ijebu-ode-epe-sagamu-benin-expressway

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Travel › Re: How To Prevent Apapa-Type Traffic In Ibeju Lekki by naptu2(op): 6:13am On Dec 04, 2024*

1) Epe - Ijebu Ode Road.

Traffic from Ibeju Lekki does not need to go through Eti-Osa.

Some people are scared that the only way out of Ibeju Lekki is the Lekki - Epe Expressway which passes through Eti-Osa, but that is not true. They are scared that the Lekki Phase 1, Chevron, Ajah and Abraham Adesanya area will become congested, but that is not necessary.

Traffic from Ibeju Lekki can simply get on the Lekki - Epe Expressway and go in the opposite direction from Eti - Osa. Vehicles can go from Ibeju to Epe and from Epe to Ijebu Ode in Ogun State using the Epe - Ijebu Ode Road. There is a clover leaf interchange at Ijebu Ode which connects to the Lagos - Benin Expressway and vehicles can head to the South-South, South-East, other parts of the South-West and even to the North of Nigeria using this expressway (see satellite picture above).

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos rebuilt the Lagos end of the Epe - Ijebu Ode Road, while Governor Dapo Abiodun rebuilt the Ogun end of the road.

This means that vehicles do not have to pass through Eti-Osa (Lekki Phase 1, Ajah, Abraham Adesanya) in order to exit Lagos from Ibeju Lekki.

See more photos here:

https://www.nairaland.com/6941102/pictures-projects-commissioned-president-buhari

Video: Governor Dapo Abiodun inspecting Ijebu-Epe Expressway in June 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_-aLPPR2XU

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Travel › How To Prevent Apapa-Type Traffic In Ibeju Lekki by naptu2(op): 6:13am On Dec 04, 2024*

Introduction

Ibeju Lekki was one of the rural local governments of Lagos when I was growing up. Government interventions in the area were usually about establishing farm settlements and improving the lives of rural dwellers. However, things have started changing in the area.

Ibeju Lekki Local Government should not be confused with the Lekki Phase 1 to Ajah areas, which are in Eti-Osa Local Government.

Lekki, in Eti-Osa, witnessed rapid growth and development in the 1990s and 2000s with the establishment of Lekki Phase 1, Victoria Garden City and other estates. The oil companies, Chevron, Elf and Mobil, also established structures in the area.

This led to congestion on the Lekki-Epe Expressway. I remember that the expressway had absolutely no traffic jams up till the mid-1990s, but it later became synonymous with traffic jams.

Development has now spread from Lekki in Eti-Osa to Ibeju Lekki Local Government. The local government is being transformed from a rural local government to a heavily industrialised one. Ibeju Lekki Local Government currently hosts and will host the folllowing facilities:

1) The Lekki Deep Sea Port: This is currently the deepest and biggest port in Nigeria.

2) The Lekki Free Trade Zone: This free trade zone is home to many industrial concerns including a Kellogg's cereals plant, a Sinotruck heavy truck assembly plant, Golden Dream Diapers plant, etc.

3) Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company: This refinery is also at the Lekki Free Trade Zone.

4) Alaro City: This new city, which is being built to rival Lekki Phase 1, Victoria Garden City, Banana Island and Eko Atlantic City is also in Ibeju Lekki Local Government.

5) The proposed Lekki Airport is also at Ibeju Lekki Local Government.

6) Dangote Port: Due to the fact that the Apapa Port could not handle some of the equipment that he needed for his refinery, Dangote built another port in the Ibeju Lekki area and it was deep enough and had the equipment to enable him import what he needed for his refinery.

With all these developments springing up in the local government area, people fear that the kind of congestion that we see in Apapa and even in neighbouring Eti-Osa (Lekki Phase 1 to Abraham Adesanya area) will be witnessed in Ibeju Lekki and some also fear that the traffic jams will spread from Ibeju Lekki to Eti-Osa.

However, there have been plans to prevent this from happening. Some of the facilities that are going to help to prevent this from happening have already been built, some are currently being built, while others have yet to be built.

This thread highlights those facilities.

Pictures 1-3) Maps of the local governments in Lagos showing Ibeju Lekki and Eti-Osa local governments.

Picture 4) Satellite picture showing Ibeju Lekki, Epe and Ijebu Ode.

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Politics › Re: Governor Otti Commissions Obiora Road, Aba (Photos). by naptu2(op): 4:27am On Dec 04, 2024

Is that funny guy wasting his time and trying to get my attention? He doesn't seem to understand that I only engage serious people. I'm not going to read or respond to nonsense.

Politics › Re: Governor Otti Commissions Obiora Road, Aba (Photos). by naptu2(op): 8:24pm On Dec 03, 2024

Thunderfayamods:
It seems you don't know the difference between "quoting" and "what you say"

OK, now I understand the problem! You don't understand the English Language.

In that case there's nothing for us to discuss because you won't understand anything I post.

You can reply, but I won't read your post because you've shown me that you won't be able to produce anything meaningful (after asking me about achievements and then pivoting to something else).

Goodbye.

Politics › Re: Governor Otti Commissions Obiora Road, Aba (Photos). by naptu2(op): 8:20pm On Dec 03, 2024

Thunderfayamods:
Because you quoted it as part of his achievements.

Please show me anywhere that I wrote that they were his achievements??

Someone asked "What did the former government do"? And I posted links to threads about what the former government did. Isn't that simple enough for you to understand? Or was it spirit that did those things?

Politics › Re: Governor Otti Commissions Obiora Road, Aba (Photos). by naptu2(op): 7:57pm On Dec 03, 2024

Thunderfayamods:
So furniture and face mask are now achievements?

Why are you asking me?

Politics › Re: Governor Otti Commissions Obiora Road, Aba (Photos). by naptu2(op): 7:36pm On Dec 03, 2024*

Iyala:
What did the last administration did in Abia state for the past 8 years

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Politics › Governor Otti Commissions Obiora Road, Aba (Photos). by naptu2(op): 7:32pm On Dec 03, 2024

Ukoha Njoku (Chief Press Secretary, Abia State) @UkohaNjoku

The Abia State Governor, Dr @AlexOttiOFR, has commissioned and opened for use the newly constructed Obiora Road, Aba, with a double drainage system and solar-powered streetlights.

This project is another testimony of the governor's commitment to fast-tracking development.

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Politics › Re: FG Statement On Tax Bills Debate by naptu2(op): 6:12pm On Dec 03, 2024

Even more

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Politics › Re: FG Statement On Tax Bills Debate by naptu2(op): 6:08pm On Dec 03, 2024

Politics › FG Statement On Tax Bills Debate by naptu2(op): 6:08pm On Dec 03, 2024

Federal Ministry of Information & National Orientation @FMINONigeria

FMINO PRESS STATEMENT

President Tinubu committed to accountability on tax bills, directs Ministry to work with NASS on concerns

***President Tinubu will always act in the interest of the Nigerian people

1.The robust nationwide debate on the new tax reform bills currently before the National Assembly is welcomed, and commendable. It is very inspiring to see Nigerians from all walks of life coming out to express their views and opinions of these matters of critical national importance. This is the very essence and meaning of democracy.

2.I call on all commentators and groups to keep up the spirit of informed engagement, and to strive to be respectful and understanding at all times despite the diversity of opinions. In the spirit of democratic engagement, there should be no room for name-calling, or for the injection of unnecessary ethnic and regional slurs into this important national conversation.

3.Similarly, it is important to be aware that there is a lot of misinformation and fake news circulating around the tax bills and the overall reform agenda of the Tinubu Administration. The fiscal reforms will not impoverish any State or region of the country, neither will they lead to the scrapping or weakening of any federal agencies.

4.Instead, they will bring relief to tens of millions of hardworking Nigerians across the country and empower and position our States and the 774 Local Governments for sustainable growth and development.

5.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is implementing an ambitious fiscal reform agenda that will devolve more resources to Nigeria’s State and Local Governments, and ultimately to the Nigerian people, in the spirif of harnessing democracy that works for the people.

6. It is pertinent to state that the government has nothing sinister to warrant the suggestion that the process is being rushed. In line with the established legislative procedure, the Federal Government welcomes meaningful inputs that can address whatever grey areas there may be in the bill. In this vein, President Tinubu has already directed the Federal Ministry of Justice and relevant officials who worked on the drafts to work closely with the National Assembly to ensure that all genuine concerns have been addressed before the bills are passed.

7.We are indeed witnessing, at this moment in the history of Nigeria, the most far-reaching, impactful and beneficial set of fiscal reforms that Nigeria has seen in decades.

8.In addition to the four tax bills being debated and deliberated upon, there is also the 2023 Supreme Court ruling on financial autonomy for local governments, which will significantly empower the tier of government that is closest to the Nigerian people.

9.In all, these reforms will not only facilitate increased revenues (without imposing additional tax burdens on the people), they will also make it possible for citizens to demand and enjoy greater accountability in the management of public resources at all levels of government.

9.President Tinubu and the administration will continue to champion policies that close the loopholes and gaps through which Nigeria’s valuable public resources have been frittered away for decades.

10.On top of this necessary foundation, the resources being conserved and realized from these reforms will be invested in critical infrastructure (healthcare, education, transportation, digital technology, etc) and in social investments that will benefit all Nigerians and ensure that no one is left behind. This is the promise and the reality of the Renewed Hope agenda.

@HMMohammedIdris
Minister of Information and National Orientation
Abuja, Nigeria
03 December 2024

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Politics › Re: Governor Sanwo-Olu Signs Lagos Electricity Bill Into Law (Video) by naptu2(op): 3:13pm On Dec 03, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T21rG1I3OjE?si=nbRYy4rmPknm7swv

Jubril A. Gawat @Mr_JAGs

Governor @jidesanwoolu says Lagos State had to take their time to do a thorough job, learn from past mistakes and do extensive Work was done to put finishing touches on this Bill that has now been signed into Law.

Mr Governor thanked the Lagos State House of Assembly @lshaofficial for the work done on the Law.

#LagosElectricityLaw

Politics › Re: Governor Sanwo-Olu Signs Lagos Electricity Bill Into Law (Video) by naptu2(op): 2:55pm On Dec 03, 2024

naptu2:
Further reading.

The Lagos Electricity Journey
https://www.nairaland.com/8262334/lagos-electricity-journey

Lagos Commissioners Back Biogas Plan to Cut Transport Costs
https://www.nairaland.com/8268289/lagos-commissioners-back-biogas-plan

Politics › Re: Governor Sanwo-Olu Signs Lagos Electricity Bill Into Law (Video) by naptu2(op): 2:55pm On Dec 03, 2024

naptu2:
Previous threads.

In March 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari signed a constitutional ammendment bill into law and part of the ammendments was that states could generate, transmit and distribute electricity in places that were covered by the National Grid.

Buhari Signs 16 Constitution Amendment Bills Into Law
https://www.nairaland.com/7615729/buhari-signs-16-constitution-amendment

In June 2023, President Tinubu signed an ammendment to the Electricity Act into law. The new law allows states to issue licenses to companies to generate, transmit and distribute electricity within their states. The law says that the states must first enact a law to regulate electricity generation, transmission and distribution before they can take over the regulatory functions of the NERC.

President Tinubu Signs Electricity Act 2023 Into Law
https://www.nairaland.com/7720914/president-tinubu-signs-electricity-act

The Lagos State Government is now planning it's own electricity law and it is inviting investors to take part in the Lagos electricity market.

Lagos Lawmakers, Stakeholders Meet As State Plans Own Electricity Market
https://www.nairaland.com/8150172/lagos-lawmakers-stakeholders-meet-state

GAC Members Meet Obasa Over Proposed Lagos Electricity Law
https://www.nairaland.com/8145598/gac-members-meet-obasa-over

Lagos To Build Massive 4,000 Megawatts Plants To End Power Cuts - Reuters
https://www.nairaland.com/8261512/lagos-build-massive-4000-megawatts

Lagos Invites Investors For Gas Fired IPPs
https://www.nairaland.com/8261091/lagos-invites-investors-gas-fired

Lagos To Build Massive 4,000 Megawatts Plants To End Power Cuts
https://www.nairaland.com/8261512/lagos-build-massive-4000-megawatts

Devolution Of Electricity Regulation: Lagos Team Meets TCN
https://www.nairaland.com/8271944/devolution-electricity-regulation-lagos-team

Here are examples of other states.

Ekiti Government Grant License To Investors To Generate & Distribute Electricity
https://www.nairaland.com/8261408/ekiti-government-grant-license-investors

Gombe Signs MoU With Chinese Firm For 100 Megawatt Solar Energy Plant
https://www.nairaland.com/8259302/gombe-signs-mou-chinese-firm

Enugu Signs Electricity Bill Into Law, Targets 30 Billion USD Economy
https://www.nairaland.com/7844171/enugu-signs-electricity-bill-into

Grid Collapses: States Ramp Up Plans For Power Plants
https://www.nairaland.com/8262488/grid-collapses-states-ramp-up

States Work On Total Electricity Subsidy Removal, New Tariff
https://www.nairaland.com/8119959/states-work-total-electricity-subsidy

Bauchi Govt, CCECCE Sign Agreement For 30MW Solar Power And Distribution Network
https://www.nairaland.com/8277659/bauchi-govt-ccecce-sign-agreement

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Politics › Governor Sanwo-Olu Signs Lagos Electricity Bill Into Law (Video) by naptu2(op): 2:55pm On Dec 03, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfDPqtwBW6A?si=6LeLfcScm-1ftyx0

Jubril A. Gawat @Mr_JAGs

FLASH: Governor of Lagos State, Mr @jidesanwoolu officially signs the Lagos Electricity Bill 2024 into Law, today at the Conference Room, Lagos House, Alausa Ikeja.

THE MANDATE:

The Lagos State Electricity Law 2024 is a comprehensive plan of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s resolve to address longstanding challenges in the energy sector. The law will lay a robust foundation for economic growth, fostering industrial growth, improved quality of life, energy equity, economic prosperity, and environmental sustainability.

OBJECTIVES OF THE LAW

- Establish a Lagos Electricity Market that is technically sound, financially viable, and well-regulated

- Ensure access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable electricity for all citizens.

- Promote diverse energy sources, including renewable energy, and encourage energy efficiency.

- Foster investment, competition, and innovation in the electricity sector.

- Electrify underserved areas, contributing to the sustainable development of Lagos State.

INSTITUTIONS TO BE CREATED

The law establishes critical institutions to manage and oversee the electricity market:

1. Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission: Independent oversight for regulatory compliance and licensing.

2. Lagos Independent System Operator (ISO): Ensuring system reliability and operational efficiency.

3. Lagos State Electrification Agency: Focused on expanding electricity access to underserved communities.

4. Special Funds:
(i). Electrification Funds - Financing electrification projects and sustainable energy solutions in underserved and Unserved Communities.

(ii) Host Community Development (Community Trust Fund) - Licensed Power Generating Companies must allocate a percentage of the previous year’s operating expenditure to developing their host communities.

5. Power Enforcement Unit - To address issues of Electricity theft, damage and theft of infrastructure

#LagosElectricityLaw
#GreaterLagosRising

More Details coming ….

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