₦airaland Forum

LadyExcellency:
African leaders should stop begging and talk like equals. What's the distance between Israel and Egypt (an African giant)?

It's time we take a stand, d����� ��� �������� and stand our ground as Benjamin Netanyahu does.

Guess that was why they killed Gaddafi... He was gaining traction with his united Africa campaign hence he had to leave the scene.
Forget about all the human rights gibberish they fronted for their action the truth remains that a united Africa will be a force to reckon with.

They should be reminded often that we know what they are up to. The west is a den of hypocrites. Good one Mr Bubu

tesppidd:
Just balling.

The men are really enjoying the attention on them and their newly acquired celebrity status.

It is just unfortunate that in Nigeria we only see injustice in Abuja or the Federal level whereas the biggest injustices take place at state levels.

The governors are lords and autocrats in their states but screem injustice everywhere.

Wike removed Secondus and put Ayu at a time when he must have thought that Secondus was from the core Northern state of Kano while Ayu was from the Southern state of Akwa Ibom, as a fight for the South.

Wike then lost the battle to be VP candidate and all of a sudden he became a crusader for Southern rights.

Ortom was the chairman of PDP zoning committee and he presided and threw the race open instead of speaking for Southern presidency.

In Rivers state Wike handpicked both the PDP state Chairman and the PDP governorship candidate from the same senatorial zone but that is not unfair because it happens at state level.
It only becomes unfair if it happens at national level.

Just let it be known, these G5 people are fighting for their pockets.

But at the end of the day let the division continue for PDP,
the more the wahala the merrier the wahala.

May your days be long and may you continue to say things the way they are. You have said it all bro.

fortunez1:
Ameachi go humble, so that next time he will allow delegates to choose who they prefer not always imposing candidates on people and if you are giving a govt position, work for your people and as well carry people along . Abuja no be your papa land

Hmmmmm.... All this dey happen because APC is not the ruling party in rivers state. What wike did in PDP is worse than the imposition of candidates. He went ahead to pit some pple in hail and sent others on exile.
By the way, same cases in the high courts in rivers but different judgements. All judgements favour the PDP. It depends on your stand point sha

Penguin2:
This is pathetic.

If truly Ikonne is Orji’s candidate, that’s the more reason he should be rejected like he’s a leper.

Abia needs to liberated.

Umuahia, the capital of Abia IA like a village in Edo state. Or who planed ikpeazu in govt house has his son in the assembly who monitors and calls ikpeazu to order whenever he tries to be independent.

Penguin2:
I don’t understand…

Is the PDP candidate now working at cross purpose with Ikpeazu or what?

And look how uninspiring he looks…

Please Alex Otti should win Abia guber please.

With that said, Tinubu might even come second in Abia. That’s how bad things are for Atiku in the entire Southeast.

Ikpeazu has no say in Abia politics. He is a stooge planted by his benefactor, Orji. Ikonne is a replacement Orji brought to take over from ikpeazu. Whatever you see ikonne do is ordered by Orji, which means ikpeazu is on his own with wike.

idealogical:
Lagos State Red line train arrives NRC Yard, Alagomeji

Yes wike won the infrastructure award for building ugly and aimless flyovers....

Buhari don mad I swear.

Urheadmaster:
I just hope Regina will not park out by the time Governor Wike reply Ned

My brother, the matter fit reach like that ooooo....
With wike anything is expected.

LadyExcellency:
And past APC surrogates like Atiku, Dino, Tambuwal will be in charge of the party they attempted to murder, if not for Wike.. It practically impossible.

It doesn't matter who held the party together bro. We have had people who did more yet left at some point. Not be wike papa get PDP.

Ned relax small...
I doubt the leadership of the PDP doesn't know what to do but you see wike, he be like tsetse fly for blokos of the PDP. Na brain dem go take handle am otherwise dem go burst their blokos without killing the "nuisance".

Mrfixitt:
Ganduje is a big thief

Wike is a bigger thief. Many co e here to defend his actions but deep down he is a kleptomaniac.

Emeskhalifa:
THE CURRENCY SITUATION: A MUST READ

1). So many Nigerians have stacked Naira notes in their closets and are cut up with this policy of the CBN. There is a rush by ignorant Nigerians to convert their Naira to Dollars. Naira is at all time low against dollar and it's going to go even lower. For example a man converts #10m to 12,500 USD at the current exchange rate. It's easier to keep it with himself than to deposit in a Domiciliary account with a DMB because of the stringent policies around FX cash deposits. He hopes that by December when the new Nigeria is floated, he'd have his FX converted back to Naira from the Aboki guys he bought his USD from.

2)The Aboki man who sold FX to his customers at exorbitant rate excitedly goes to the DMB to deposit the millions of Naira he got the the FX swap he did. He knows he is getting richer in geometric proportion by this new policy by the CBN. He awaits the printing of the new Naira notes so as to reconvert the Naira he has in his account today USD and continue making more money.

3). All customers who deposited their Naira notes, those depositing and those who would be depositing are eagerly waiting for December 15. The DMBs are also waiting for the said date. Meanwhile there is a cashless policy waiting to hit all Nigerians by January 2023. On December 15th, customers would rush to the DMBs for new notes so as to withdraw as much as they can before January when the cashless policy would be effected 100%. The DMBS would rush to the central bank branches to withdraw new notes. The branches would go to the H/O for new notes. H/O would release just a little to branches based on cash management policies. CBN Branches would release in trinkets to DMB branches and tell them to go manage their customers. DMBs would revert back to their customers based on the low available new cash notes. There would be slight panicking as customers who deposited old naira notes cannot retrieve same notes from the DMBs anymore because of unavailability. Remember, digital money and paper money is still money and so customers would be advised to use electronic channels to make payments.

4) The Aboki guy who kept millions of Naira is also a victim of the shortage of new notes and so he cannot buy back FX from his customers who were hoping to return the ones the got earlier ones the new notes are in place. Aboki begins to panick as well. Those who have FX and need naira notes begin to sell their FX to people who have naira whether old or new just to cash in before January. In doing so, USD begins to crash as rapidly as it rose. Much of the FX becomes deposited in DMBs as carrying the raw cash isn't useful anymore. The CBN is happy because there is more FX in the banking system to give for Forms A, M and Q. Naira begins to gain rapidly against the dollar.

5). In January, cashless policy takes effect. So even if the CBN makes available more new notes to DMBs, customers cannot withdraw above the stipulated across-the-counter limit to avoid heavy charges. Customers are forced to use electronic payments, FX policy and transfer and withdrawal is so stiff that swapping FX and Naira is no more a gain. USD parallel and black market prices crash all the way down to CBN rate. Inflation based on importation of goods and services is checked as Naira becomes strong against dollar. People who have physical dollars would lose. There would be limited access to naira notes as electronic transfers become prevalent. Enaira purchases also become more as Nigerians look for most seamless methods to do payments. By June, whoever takes over power would have a soft landing as this policy by the CBN has controlled a whole lot of inflation, corruption and economic degradation.

6). If you have Naira notes stashed with you, return them back to the bank through your account. Don't try to play smart trying to beat the system, you may become the architect of your own loss. Your 12,500 USD may fall from #10,000,000 to #5,000,000 in June, 2023. Meanwhile if you put same #10,000,000 in Treasury Bills at the current 14.5%, you should be gaining about #725,000 at the same period.

Let's try and look at the bright side of things, Nigeria shall be great by God's grace.

Thanks for this brother.
You know with this country reality is far from theory. I just hope we get it right with this policy. I am a car dealer and I know what I pass thru to buy, ship and clear my cars at the wharf. Hopefully, I should be able to access Fx more easily for my biz when the new policy sits in.

benedictnsi:
Just imagine!!

Even Lion no cost like this

These guys take us for fool in this country

My brother see me see wahala. Dem think say we be fools Na since dem don turn us to bloggers for our right inside our own country. Imagine nonsense talk from that mofo. The worst part be say the majority of the drugs not dey make am to the news stand because NDLEA guys Na mega pushers and barons.

E get some kind things I nor suppose read abeg.
What audacity...

chrisxxx:
What is wrong in asking your state governor to do one that is necessary. When town is being planned ignoramus like you see it as waste. Port Harcourt is rapidly expanding. If nothing is done now it will overwhelm us in time to come. Go to your state. Fulanis have chased you out. You are here calling someone rooted in his state slave whereas that is what you are.

I thought as much... One of those who never travel out of Portharcourt. I shouldn't have wasted my time with you. Pple like you are all over the place in rivers state especially phalga and obioakpo. They never travel out of the city or bother to school outside the state. Good thing is there are some very sound-minded persons with very broad world view. Your type Na waste it time to follow talk.

EmekaA125:
Ebonyi alone has 15 flyovers including bridges.
Flyover is not a good indices for governance.

Please educate them my brother.

24SEVEN:
I read something like 4times bigger. Like 4times bigger??

Ok, Na dat one be the problem? Not vex Na exaggeration. But e big pass sha with very high vehicular traffic yet the govt of the day managed it without building bridges. Do you know that even the federal govt couldn't manage the traffic that they resorted to building by passes. Sometimes the simple approach is the most efficient.

pocom35:
Sanwo olu has not completed his first term

How does wike beat him by building flyovers of around 2bn..
Sanwo olu is constructing rails Worth 70bn plus..there is no comparison.

Don't be confused..sanwo olu rail project in 4years beats anything Wike has done in 8 years combined

They are confused because wike bought one award called infrastructure award... Lol.

Itsrm:
Senseless post. If this is true, why did he flag off more after he already lost the presidential primaries.

Ask those who live in the City to tell you the impact of the flyovers

I live in the city, the money spent on those flyovers should have been put to better and more useful options. The flyovers are too many and almost counter productive when you branch off to the minor roads.

24SEVEN:
Airport, Seaport and whatever you wish to add have been in PH for eons. PH first Seaport was built in 1912( 110years ago). Airport was in 1970s thereabout. So what the fuss.

We are talking urban renewal and redevelopment due to expansion in population.

So would Wike build more airport's and seaports when we already have atleast 2 of each??

So why is Lagos building more airport and seaport if it wasn't necessary. So when there's is expansion in population you build bridges? Whatever happens to opening up new areas like the greater Portharcourt his predecessor started or completing some of the housing projects or even initiate new ones. Apart from Lagos state other state are lagging in urban renewal my brother. The thing is, like is not a standard when it comes to good governance. No elected leader in Nigeria is tho.

24SEVEN:
Which kind of statement is that. That is how someone initially claimed that Ibadan was bigger then Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom combined. Ibadan oh, not even Oyo state

Benin city is bigger than Portharcourt even if you add igno Etche and Choba to Phc. I have lived in both cities.

chrisxxx:
God please forgive this bitter soul. Do not pay him according to his cruel heart. Whoever that sees good efforts occasioned by you and condemns it is in satanic league. But this one needs forgiveness for he speaks out of frustration.
This Flyover alleviates the perennial traffic jam witnessed at the Ikoku junction that motorists avoided like a leprous junction.
Go to your state you won't go. Your business is to criticize efforts made by others .

Your problem is ignorance and lack of exposure. If you swallow everything like this hook line and sinker you'd remain forever a slave. The fly overs are mostly unnecessary but you are as blind as a bat to see.

24SEVEN:
Udom has not done anything. Akwa Ibom is still a village compared to Rivers.

Rivers is not same thing as Phc bro. Udom has opened up many rural roads and also done we'll with the airport and airline. What about the deep sea port to mention a few.
As for rivers, it is just a glorified concrete jungle. No plans no direction. The gov wakes up and builds over bloated fly overs where he could have blocks maybe an intersection to redirect traffic.

Itsrm:
If you're moving about with your leg or public transport (which is not a bad thing) you may not appreciate the flyovers.

I moved from Zenith bank Rumuola road to tank junction in 8 minutes. That journey would have taken 30-45 minutes in the past. I would have used more fuel, put more wear and tear on the engine and spent productive time on the road

You say having 8 flyovers on Aba road is useless. My brother you are very wrong. Look at what is happening at First bank Junction along the same Aba road. The hold up sometimes starts from that junction down to Rivers state government ICT centre opposite pleasure Park. This is because the volume of vehicles coming from Rumuola and the Volume coming from Artillery is too much for that junction. If he had constructed another flyover there, you would have thought it was useless. However, it would have prevented the gridlock sometimes experienced at that place. Hopefully the incoming governor will put another one there.

Now let's talk of people oriented projects. Is the law school a people oriented project? How about the campuses of Rivers state University he built in remote areas to bring developments to those places? The Dr. ODILI cancer center nko? Is it people oriented?

You see if you remove your bias, you can easily see that Wike has done tremendously well.

Let me day something that most of u may not have thought of. Flyovers do not primarily ease traffic especially when done the way wike did it on Aba road. If you go to benin city you will not fond a single flyover in that city which is almost 5 time bigger than Portharcourt. In time past there was serious hold up especially around the ring road area, akpakpava, new Benin and even 5 junctions to mention a few. What the govt in that state did was put a law in place that forbids private and commercial vehicles from dropping or picking up passengers anywhere close to T junctions and intersections. You do not need flyovers per day to achieve your 8mins drive on Aba road. Think of it this way, remove the bridges at GRA, CFC, and Waterlines junction. Erect medians on that spot to discourage turning then do the following;
1. Build and interchange at the garrison, mile 1, Rumuola and Artillery.
2. Do a one way turning immediately after the mile 1 bridge that takes you back to the garrison end.
3. Do same as 2 at Rumuola interchange that takes you back to garrison end. Same with artillery junction.
4. Stop buses and taxis from waiting or loading anywhere near major junctions.
5. Fix internal/ minor roads to accommodate the traffic from Aba road.
6. Remove the slabs causing blind spots from under the bridges that would have been built.

If you build bridges at every turn you will soon turn the city into a concrete jungle.

Take a cue from the presidential hotel junction by Aba road, you'd notice that you would have to turn right to GRA junction before you can turn towards artillery. That's how GRA, Waterlines, market junction and even the first bank you mentioned should be. Turning into the road at every junction causes gridlock. Block all the T junctions and intersections and build interchanges, mind you not just flyovers, to tackle the volume of traffic.

As for the pple oriented projects you mentioned, yes he has built campuses and the law school. The question is to what end? The law school right at the nose of rivers state university will create no more than shop floor jobs for the pple of the state. Would you compare that to the red or blue rail in Lagos or the Ibeno deep sea port project in Akwa ibom. Let's not even talk of the congestion the law school will bring to that area when it kicks off. If he must do it like he did why not take it to greater Portharcourt or even Etche or igirita. All of this is close to Phc.
You do not spend that amount of money and call it pple oriented when primary and secondary education in your state us in comatoes. What kind if development according to you will the law school attract to that tight area of Phc or rivers state as a whole.

pocom35:
He doesn't have to..
Besides... Sanwo Olu..initiated the Red line rail project which is longer than the blue line only the blue line was met at no less than 50% completed ..
Sanwo Olu also paid for the trains for the redline which are now in Lagos And 2 sets of electric trains for the blue line

The part he is constructing cost no less than 70bn..

The cost of wike's flyover combined will never match the cost of the blue line not to talk of combining it with the red line..

The economic impact.
Contribution to growth, development and ease in transportation can never match

No state governor's project beats sanwo olu's flagship project in just under 4 years..

Wike's flyover have little benefit and impact .they are merely to deceive naive and gullible folks..

Flyovers are something Lagos has been building since the 1970s..no big deal..
With all the flyovers Wike built plus the existing no. of flyovers he met.. the total is not up to the no. of flyovers in Lagos state

God bless you... And I ask how wike was able to get the award for infrastructure with his mediocre and irrelevant bridges. Too much politics and bribery with wike. Udom of Akwa ibom has done far more than 10 wikes combined not to mention sanwo olu

Originalsly:
Just curious ... to anyone who knows that area..... from the photo the heavy traffic is going from left to right .... west to east... but the flyover is from south to north... with very light traffic. How would this flyover really help? .... because I can't see how it will reduce the west to east traffic. Can you explain?

I live in Portharcourt and I can tell you that 80% of the flyovers are useless. This particular one is the most useless among them. It leads to nowhere other than his (wike's) father's church. If you look at the picture very well you'd notice something else other than the irrelevance of the bridge on that spot. The flyover is like an elephant seating on a narrow lane. He merely used the flyover to chase out the Igbo traders at Ikoku to pave the way for one of his numerous supermarkets scattered all over.
Imagine having 8 flyovers on a straight road of not more than 10km. The traffic is still very much in Portharcourt because pple don't live on the flyovers, they will branch off to the minor roads at some point and this is where the real traffic is.
Udom, umahi and sanwo Olu are miles apart when it comes to pple oriented projects. Even ganduje's flyover is much more strategic and purposeful than all of Wike's bridges.

Wike go soon donate locomotive give one state...

michigang:
you don fùck makeup artist b4? I neva fùck one b4. E dey my bucket list

Ma broad.... E get one wey say she be upcoming actress and make-up artist wey I meet for my guy wedding for village. The rest of the story Na same same. Truth is dem always get something wey dem dey put for front but deep down dem like the rod and the staff (cash)

Dshocker:
Prostitution is the highest employer of female labour below the age of 40

Scale of job for women in Nigeria, below 40yrs

1....50% prostitution
2....5% white-collar job
3....5% makeup artist
4....5% Traders
5....3% Hairstylist
6....2% Nail Tech
7....4% Interior Deco
8....4% Baking
9....1% I.T
10....21% Jobless

Nos 3 to 10 na still ashi codedly.
You forget number 11.... Housewife.

DennisEche:
Why always Lagos. Aside Sanwo Olu, Wike, Umahi and Emmanuel Udom all other State Government are useless

Comot play and politics wike nor dey where these other men stand. Gandollar try pass wike sef. Forget all the award for infrastructure na who nor go nor know.

How wike got that award ahead of this guy will soon become public gist. Udom has touched virtually every sector of the economy in his state whereas wike is busy building fly overs to no where in a small city like Portharcourt.

This guy go show democrats Shege.... Make dem nor go kill am ooooo.