₦airaland Forum

God1000:
Tinubu isn't smart at all

How is that your concern?

Even if he choose a pastor as his vice president, you no go support am. So swerve with your stewpud opinion.

Make CAN go and die with their useless opinion.

Tomek09:
Shut up there. Kumuyi should hold his crusade in Owo where about 40 innocent worshippers were massacred. Tueh

See this useless son of a b!!!tch

You don start to dey use dead people matter for politics? Why are you this f00l!sh and retarde...d? I'm so sure you inherited this f00l!!shness from your u..seless father.

A useless Igbo man do not have the right to speak for the Yorubas. Make una face una region, IPOB terrorist and una obi.

IPOB terrorist have been beheading and killing your useless people for AfghanEastern. Make you go solve that first.

Stillwhites:
Nigeria is at the brink of revolution which will make it a great nation.Revolution in the sense that the traditional christian/muslim or muslim/christian ticket will be revolted against.This will refashion and reform the political system in Nigeria which is riddled with corruption.This will keep Nigerian system of democracy on par with great nations like the US and the UK.

In America it doesn't matter what religion a candidate is, it's who he/she is that matters.Their political positions, agenda and past records comes into play.In Nigeria, reversed is the case.We don't look at who is running but what religion, and that is one of the very problems that cause our set back.

Thanks to the reformation brought about by the great Buhari regime; a muslim/muslim ticket shall take over and thereby ending the traditional muslim/christian ticket.

I love the way Yeebos have been crying today

cybersoldiers:
The Boko Haram, Bandits, Gunmen, Kidnappers sponsors have been exposed finally.

They are APC they want to destroy your lives again for another 8 years.

They want to keep your children out of school for another 8 years.

They want to finish your community in another 8 years.

Will you allow these demons that have destroyed Nigeria to destroy your life too?

It's your choice.

Say no to APC.

Say no To Tinubu.

Say no to Bokoharam.

Say no to Kidnappers.

No matter how you cry reach on top Nairaland, nah still 1 vote you get.

Cubalabloo:
This is the time the country will divide if Peter Obi losses.

You guys have been saying this since 2015.

Peter Obi will Christianise Nigeria

Web2020:
Yoruba people is the problem of Christianity in Nigeria.

Can you see how daft and stupid you're now? Nah Yoruba Christians stop Kumuyi from holding a crusade in the South East too abi? Nah Yoruba Christians let Onitsha turn to dustbin too.

If your state Governors no perform too, make you blame Yoruba Christians. if you no dey last reach 20 seconds, make you blame Yoruba Christians too.


Sneseless p!!!!ig!

Yeebos go dey sad about this news.

They have been talking about how Masari won't step down.

Nah Obi supporters dey cry about who the BAT choose as his VP.

Their cries do not matter sha. They were never going to vote the BAT.

BigSarah:
What's the religion stats of Taraba?
Have Muslims ever ruled Taraba?,
have Christians not ruled kaduna or at least maintained the deputy?

Do you understand?

The religion stat in Taraba is 55/45 in favore of the Christians.

Man no dey understand some of the things Nigerians want

People screaming they want a competent person in power are the same people crying about Muslim/Muslim ticket

Una go cry tire

BigSarah:
I'm sure someone in Kaduna state Once said so, but I know Christians will never rule kaduna for at least two decades

When will Muslims rule Taraba?

BigSarah:
The northerner would pick a Muslim as VP too, if Tinubu can do it why can't a northerner as well.

Only an idiot will think this can work.

Truthisunique2:
Before the Apc eventually held it's primaries we all know how they have been postponing it for a specific agenda

Buhari agenda for his own consesus failed, the cabals looking for VP agenda failed

Tinubu wants to pick VP, it's obvious buhari wasn't interested in picking for him maybe because what he wanted was the president

Now that Shettima who was already on tinubu side from day one has won, how are the other blocks accounted for?

The Apc governors basically didn't get one of them as VP, buhari didn't get his consensus, lalong didn't get VP

Apart from tinubu taking it all who got something outside his camp, or have the other sides settle to have their pound of flesh

Okoro licking his Fulani masters hairy anus as usual

I wander when Okoro became the spokesman of Northern Nigeria.

See as you dey wail up and down because of


This is the same way you're disgracing yourself up and down with your f00lsh comments about how Tinubu won't win APC ticket.

Truthisunique2:
Wow so excited

Now can tinubu now begin compiling the explanation to give northern Muslims on why he has pastor as wife

Always sounding f00l!sh

Danwakae:
Only reason Tinubu is not a small fry is because the APC controls 22 states presently, else ATIKU would have roasted him anyhow mostly with the fact that OBI will reduce his votes in the southeast when compare to 2019 ... One thing I am sure of is that , many would be betrayed , Obi supporters would be shocked ...when the campaign starts fully , Baba Tinubu will see the unforseen , and I pray it doesn't affect his health. Buhari will never support any APC candidate in this election , this I am sure of... I still stand to be corrected on how Tinubu can defeat Atiku , Tinubu greatest mistake would be picking his VP from the Northeast

I stop reading your gibberish after the second line

Carry your rubbish talk comot my front Okoro.

But this same Obi used Akwuzu SARS to kill Biaflans agitators extra judicially and threw their body into the river while he was the Governor of Anambra.

Obi and APGA heavily compensated Uche Nwafor(Commander of Akwzu SARS) for a job well done.

JASONjnr:
The original calculation to which he worked with as at the time was supposed to have been above $100mil....

But Obi denied he said this?

Yeebos

Penguin2:
Swerve

Swerve with your mumu opinion too. Go dey tell your fellow biaflans your mumu talk on top una groups for Facebook and Twitter

Not here in Nairaland

cybersoldiers:
YariBandits behaving like gutter men.

Obi the man who invested Government money in a business is family has an interest in.

His VP was caught in election malpractice and was kicked out by an Election Tribunal.

A Igbo man will never rule Nigeria.

Penguin2:
Obi doesn’t need to win in Northwest and Northeast.

The aim is to get him to consolidate on his strongholds of Southeast, Southsouth and North Ceentral and grab some 25% from Northwest and Northeast. Plus about 30% in Southwest (due to Christian voters) and he’s good to go.

Nobody is planning to make Obi win the core north, no.

When did the North Central become Peter Obi stronghold? The same North Central we have states like Kwara, Kogi etc? Are you high on Mkpurumiri this morning Emeka?

Yeebos go com attack you for saying the truth

SadiqBabaSani:
Tinubu despises all Nigerian Christians.
including northern Apc chieftains whom he holds in contempt.

He has declared Jihad on our Christian faith and confirmed himself an inferior Muslims.


Gods willing, the seven spirits of God bears witness, Tinubu will never become President of Nigeria.

See as this one dey cry as if nah only APCe go dey the ballot paper.

BaddestQueen:
thunder scatter the corrupt bastard Tinubu.
he's a criminal vagabond.
and may those who support him perish and may their generation never know peace because Tinubu is of the demon and al shaytan.

thunder scatter Tinubu urchins
may they never see good things in life
since they've decided to force bad thing like Tinubu to Nigeria for their own selfish purpose, may their ways be dark and slippery.
may their generation be cursed forever and may peace be far from them.
may the blood of all Nigerians killed due to insecurity be on their head now and forever.
amen amin isee aseee Sango

Mynd44


Seun

Lalasticlala

Manson1:
Who allowed him into the court premises? There are dress codes for every proffesion but because it's Nigeria, anything goes. It baffles me how we've degenerated to this level. These act of foolishness isn't applicable in civilized countries but here we'll call it cruise. Rubbish..

The Supreme Court judgement gave him the right to do so

jimyjames:
You can't stop ipobs from shouting biafra or death, whether igbo land burns or not, it's not a new thing, it won't be as bad as it was in 1967 to 1970 will it? We will agitated when we want and how we want

I pray you guys will choose to become a nuisance and resume screaming Biafla after obi lose.

The Army go dance galala with una for una land.

jimyjames:
So? Will that put an end to the agitation? Army and ipobs have been dancing in igbo land since 1967 it's not a new thing

It does not matter if it puts an end to it or not, but Igbo land will be burning just the way borno north is burning now.

A lot of IPOB members are now obi supporters. They can't just go back to shouting Biafla or death after obi lose.

They will be dealt with in the language they will understand.

The promise by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State that the multibillion blue light and red light intra-city rail system would be ready before the end of 2022 has brought the project to the front burner, FUNMILAYO FABUNMI reports

The light rail project of the Lagos State government has suffered several years of delay due to various reasons. It appears Lagosians have waited endlessly and stakeholders are raising questions about how long it will take the state government to deliver the project.

Obviously, the state government has made several promises on the timelines for its delivery which did not come to pass.

However, the Lagos light rail project has failed to see the light of the day, several years after it was birthed amid high expectations.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter, argued that many of the rail stations were not ready while also noting that several aspects of the infrastructure were yet to be constructed.

One of the top officials said, “I wonder how the state government will fulfill its promise to deliver the project by the last quarter of this year. This is a huge project that has several aspects. It will be difficult to deliver it by year-end.

“For example, many of the rail stations are yet to be completed. This is in addition to the fact that other major aspects of the infrastructure projects are yet to be ready. Several other things are yet to be on the ground. I wonder how this will happen.”

Another top official close to the Lagos State Metropolitan Agency said if the project would come on stream by December, the state government ought to have commenced the recruitment of personnel that would run the project by this time.

He wondered how this would happen when nothing of such was happening.

“Rail system relies on significant number of personnel to run effectively. By now, they should have commenced the recruitment of personnel but nothing like that is happening now. To me, this December date appears like a political statement,” he said.

However, some stakeholders have defended the state government, insisting that the state government would fulfill its promise.

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Lagosians await multibillion naira light rail project amid worries
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Funmilayo Fabunmi
23rd June 2022
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The promise by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State that the multibillion blue light and red light intra-city rail system would be ready before the end of 2022 has brought the project to the front burner, FUNMILAYO FABUNMI reports

The light rail project of the Lagos State government has suffered several years of delay due to various reasons. It appears Lagosians have waited endlessly and stakeholders are raising questions about how long it will take the state government to deliver the project.

Obviously, the state government has made several promises on the timelines for its delivery which did not come to pass.

However, the Lagos light rail project has failed to see the light of the day, several years after it was birthed amid high expectations.




As a result, Sanwo-Olu’s promise that the project would be delivered later this year has been seen as a political statement. But top officials of the Lagos State government insisted that the governor meant what he said.

However, keen observers and stakeholders familiar with the project said it would take a miracle for the governor to keep the promise he had made to Lagosians and Nigerians in general project.

Officials close to the project said it was nearly impossible for the government to deliver the project by the last quarter of this year.



The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter, argued that many of the rail stations were not ready while also noting that several aspects of the infrastructure were yet to be constructed.

One of the top officials said, “I wonder how the state government will fulfill its promise to deliver the project by the last quarter of this year. This is a huge project that has several aspects. It will be difficult to deliver it by year-end.

“For example, many of the rail stations are yet to be completed. This is in addition to the fact that other major aspects of the infrastructure projects are yet to be ready. Several other things are yet to be on the ground. I wonder how this will happen.”

Another top official close to the Lagos State Metropolitan Agency said if the project would come on stream by December, the state government ought to have commenced the recruitment of personnel that would run the project by this time.

He wondered how this would happen when nothing of such was happening.

“Rail system relies on significant number of personnel to run effectively. By now, they should have commenced the recruitment of personnel but nothing like that is happening now. To me, this December date appears like a political statement,” he said.

However, some stakeholders have defended the state government, insisting that the state government would fulfill its promise.


Several stakeholders have however spoken about the project.

The Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers, Segun Esan, in a chat with The PUNCH, believed the December date is feasible.

He said, “Lagos State government, for what it is, is a very serious government; it is a people-centred government. The Lagos State government is taking the act of governance as a serious business. So, knowing the government to have cultivated this attitude, I don’t have any reason to doubt the promised date of delivery of the light rail system.

“I have had a number of instances to support my position about how the government has been committed to its efforts of bringing about an effective rail transport system that will serve as a kind of infrastructural backup to the transport economy of Lagos State which happens to be highly cosmopolitan. So, I don’t have any doubt in my mind. The experience I’ve personally had with the Lagos State government proves to be that it is a government that says it as it is and does it as it says.”

He added, “So, on the delivery date the state has promised, I have no doubt in my mind except for natural reasons like rainfall or anything that can be attributed to weather conditions which usually stop engineering work. Outside that, I really don’t see the Lagos State government reneging on its promise to deliver a complete rail transport system in the last quarter of this year.


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“With this in mind, I think we should also join in good solidarity and support the government in any way we can to deliver on its promise.”

A former railway analyst and President, Campaign for Democracy, Adebayo Obatungashe, also believes the project’s December date is feasible. He, however, said the ongoing political activities might affect the delivery date.

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Lagosians await multibillion naira light rail project amid worries
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By
Funmilayo Fabunmi
23rd June 2022
Abuja-light-rail


The promise by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State that the multibillion blue light and red light intra-city rail system would be ready before the end of 2022 has brought the project to the front burner, FUNMILAYO FABUNMI reports

The light rail project of the Lagos State government has suffered several years of delay due to various reasons. It appears Lagosians have waited endlessly and stakeholders are raising questions about how long it will take the state government to deliver the project.

Obviously, the state government has made several promises on the timelines for its delivery which did not come to pass.

However, the Lagos light rail project has failed to see the light of the day, several years after it was birthed amid high expectations.




As a result, Sanwo-Olu’s promise that the project would be delivered later this year has been seen as a political statement. But top officials of the Lagos State government insisted that the governor meant what he said.

However, keen observers and stakeholders familiar with the project said it would take a miracle for the governor to keep the promise he had made to Lagosians and Nigerians in general project.

Officials close to the project said it was nearly impossible for the government to deliver the project by the last quarter of this year.



The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak on the matter, argued that many of the rail stations were not ready while also noting that several aspects of the infrastructure were yet to be constructed.

One of the top officials said, “I wonder how the state government will fulfill its promise to deliver the project by the last quarter of this year. This is a huge project that has several aspects. It will be difficult to deliver it by year-end.

“For example, many of the rail stations are yet to be completed. This is in addition to the fact that other major aspects of the infrastructure projects are yet to be ready. Several other things are yet to be on the ground. I wonder how this will happen.”

Another top official close to the Lagos State Metropolitan Agency said if the project would come on stream by December, the state government ought to have commenced the recruitment of personnel that would run the project by this time.

He wondered how this would happen when nothing of such was happening.

“Rail system relies on significant number of personnel to run effectively. By now, they should have commenced the recruitment of personnel but nothing like that is happening now. To me, this December date appears like a political statement,” he said.

However, some stakeholders have defended the state government, insisting that the state government would fulfill its promise.


Several stakeholders have however spoken about the project.

The Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers, Segun Esan, in a chat with The PUNCH, believed the December date is feasible.

He said, “Lagos State government, for what it is, is a very serious government; it is a people-centred government. The Lagos State government is taking the act of governance as a serious business. So, knowing the government to have cultivated this attitude, I don’t have any reason to doubt the promised date of delivery of the light rail system.

“I have had a number of instances to support my position about how the government has been committed to its efforts of bringing about an effective rail transport system that will serve as a kind of infrastructural backup to the transport economy of Lagos State which happens to be highly cosmopolitan. So, I don’t have any doubt in my mind. The experience I’ve personally had with the Lagos State government proves to be that it is a government that says it as it is and does it as it says.”

He added, “So, on the delivery date the state has promised, I have no doubt in my mind except for natural reasons like rainfall or anything that can be attributed to weather conditions which usually stop engineering work. Outside that, I really don’t see the Lagos State government reneging on its promise to deliver a complete rail transport system in the last quarter of this year.

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“With this in mind, I think we should also join in good solidarity and support the government in any way we can to deliver on its promise.”

A former railway analyst and President, Campaign for Democracy, Adebayo Obatungashe, also believes the project’s December date is feasible. He, however, said the ongoing political activities might affect the delivery date.



He said, “There is nothing that is not achievable, it depends on the level of the work that has been done. Also, when you look at the political climate, you will observe that elected leaders or representatives work for only three years and use the last year for electioneering ahead of the next voting cycle.

“The campaign season is here already. As a result, the possibility of completing the project is low. However, if funds are released to the contractor handling the project, works will go on.

“Since the contractor and state government know the value of the job and what it takes to complete it, I believe it is between the two parties to know the possibility of completing the project. I cannot say in a very categorical manner whether the project will be completed or not.”

When contacted for reaction, the spokesperson for LAMATA, Mr Kolawole Ojelabi, said, “The governor has already given his word, and when you look at the rate of construction, we will meet up with that mandate. “

The idea of a metro line for Lagos State was conceived and initiated by the first civilian governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande (1979-1983). When Jakande initiated the metro line in 1983, it was meant to be delivered in 1986, with all the paper works done while the contractor was ready to be mobilised to the site. However, the project was yet to begin when the military coup headed by the then Major-General Muhammadu Buhari took place. The project could not continue.

However, the scheme was later abridged. The present light rail project has been colour-coded in different phases, comprising the Blue Line (Mile 2 to Marina); Red Line (Agbado to Marina); Purple Line (Redeemed to Ojo); Yellow Line (Otta to Iddo); Brown Line (Mile 12 to Marina); Orange Line (Redeemed to Marina) and Green Line (Marina to Lekki). The construction of the Blue Line, which covers 27 kilometres, started during the administration of former Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola and is being handled by the China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation.

The contract includes the fundamental design and development of the rail infrastructure, while the construction is also being done in phases. The first phase includes the National Theatre to Mile 2 section and the second involves the Mile 2 to Okokomaiko phase.

The rail project, which was initially scheduled for completion in 2011, has recorded some failed delivery dates.

On assumption of office in 2015, the former Governor of Lagos State, Akinmunmi Ambode, promised that the project would be delivered in 2016, but this was never achieved.

In 2019, when Sanwo-Olu was handed the baton, he assured Lagosians that it would be ready on schedule.

Early this year, the governor restated his commitment that the project would be delivered by the last quarter of the year 2022.

He said, “Our promise on the blue and the red line is still on course. We believe that before the end of this year, we will see the trains on top of the tracks. That is our commitment, and we will begin to monitor and check ourselves.

“It is a landmark project that we are truly proud of. Our contractors are very committed; and they have assured us that whatever it takes they will complete all the projects on schedule and on budget,” the governor said while inspecting the project early in January.

To show his commitment to the project, the governor earlier in the year paid a visit to the factory of Talgo Incorporated, a train manufacturing company in Milwaukee, the largest city in the United States’ state of Wisconsin, to attend a ceremony ‘marking the purchase of two Series 8 trains’ for the red line project.

According to Milwaukee Public Radio, the two trains were originally designed for a high-speed rail line to connect Madison and Milwaukee in the US, but the Lagos State Government was able to defeat others competing for the trains.

The trains are set to become part of ‘West Africa’s first operational metro system.’


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