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I think Nigeria leaders really do not know that the WEST have no time to waste on stupid folks! I really feel sorry for GEJ and those pushing Him to His dead end. The US government as a stakeholder in Nigeria have expressed a very serious reservation about the obviously dangerous path the government is taking Nigeria, instead of the government to have pause, and reflect, shes behaving like a serial alcoholic!

NO AMOUNT OF PROPAGANDA WILL CHANGE WHAT NIGERIANS ALREADY KNOW AND THINK OF THIS USELESS ADMINISTRATION! JUST LIKE YOU WERE PRAYED FOR ON THE OTHER THREAD... MAY YOUR LIFE AND THAT OF YOUR UNBORN BE RAN AS GEJ IS RUNNING NIGERIA... Say AMEN..will you?

thelastPope: You don't just replace trains. Trains are not buses.

1. Speed trains run on speed tracks. They can't run on the current tracks
2. New speed tracks are about to be built. Money has just been approved for the feasibility studies. But it takes time to build these tracks
3. New trains have be ordered but it takes several months to order trains. Trains are not stocked in warehouses. They are manufactured on order and sometimes, you have to wait because the manufacturer has other orders to produce.

So a little patience and I believe the service will improve. GE is building a workshop in Yaba so that will help move things forward.

Seriously, what is a speed track Isn't the 'narrow gauge' track that Nigeria currently has that most Central and Southern African States also have? Do these countries not run 'decent' train services? Majority of South Africa railway lines are built to narrow gauge and they run decent services with decent trains, so why cant Nigeria do the same

dauda birmah: As minister,
I was a vocal critic of the satellite
campus system, which I believed
was seriously lowering the quality of
higher education in the country. “I
was the first person to notice
that.”Today, we have the
Open University system which is
taking care of that need. I also
introduced the French language
policy so that every Nigerian can
have the opportunity to be bi-
lingual. When I left office it was
abolished. I also brought focus on teacher
education so that you first of all
produce teachers who will teach
others. Building schools without the
people to teach is an effort in
futility.”Maybe you. Were in the primary school at that time for you. To notice all of it

With all seriousness, how can we be sure this handle is not a mistaken identity? Over the years, we have seen wonders on NL, so I have every right to be suspicious of the true owner of this handle

God help me never to find reasons to board this kind of train in my life.. Geez.. I wish people really know what modern trains are like they probably would have used 2x2 wood to plank the head of the Minister for Transport!
I remember traveling from Downtown Toronto, Spinda all the way towards New york and as I sat in the train, all in my life I kept asking.. why can't Nigeria have such a train! I kept asking, what is so special in the technology that Nigeria cannot copy and master?

Imagine the cost of First class coating almost N5000 and you will still spend 33Hrs on the journey compare to traveling road, shouldn't such a long train service be cheaper

A disgruntled element. The fact that you refused to say Amen to that very simple prayers says alot! I join the chorus to repeat the prayers in case you claim not to hear: MAY YOUR LIFE AND THOSE OF YOUR UNBORN LINEAGE BE MANAGED THE SAME WAY GEJ HAS MANAGED THE AFFAIRS OF THIS NATION CALLED NIGERIA... say Amen.. will you?

See the stupidity of those that call themselves sophisticated in politics. Jubilating over a man that is yet to Win the Selection process of His party!
The tsunami that will sweep PDP out in 2015 will start with Anambra in 2014. They all know if Ngige enters the race, its allover!

MINISTERS will decide today whether the Federal government should borrow N251.6 billion to finance Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit.

The money will be sourced from the issuance of $1 billion Eurobond, $100 million diaspora bond and N80 billion FGN bonds through syndicated global depository notes.

The weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting will get the request for approval for these finances from the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in a memorandum which she will present to the council.

The minister said last week that the government planned “ to prioritise infrastructure investments and also to leverage additional external financing for infrastructure investments in the country”.

Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala explained that the government planned “to augment our domestic resources with a proposed $1 billion EuroBond as well as a Nigeria Diaspora Bond, which will harness savings from Nigerians abroad.”

These additional financial resources she said “will be invested in various infrastructure projects such as building the country’s gas to power infrastructure”.

The government, she added, plans “to use Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) aggressively, working with the Sovereign Wealth Fund which will attract co-investors from home and abroad, such as pension funds, institutional investors and so on” to finance infrastructure.

The government’s confidence is buoyed by the fact that “Nigeria’s domestic bonds have gained international prominence, and were recently included in the JP Morgan and Barclays Emerging Market indices”.

Budget 2013 has some important infrastructure projects in the transportation sector, such as the second Niger Bridge, which may also be financed with these funds.

Ratification of the President’s anticipatory approval for the selection of concessionaire/ developer for the reclamation and infrastructural development of FESTAC Phase II, Lagos (memorandum EC(2013)21 by minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development).

Other matters to be discussed at today’s FEC meeting are the “ review of the Export Expansion Grant (EEG) scheme, which memorandum will be presented by the Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga.

dayokanu: All the calls against Bayern

And so? Am I the referee ..Abeg park well.. 3-1 to the gunners bro..

We need to score in the next 10mins...

fredoooooo: you just come back from the vatican ?

Didn't you hear the pope praying for Gunners ..

mukina2: babbbyyyyy dadddy!!!!!!!!!

Will you update the score before ..I. ...

On the night pope was elected, Arsenal made a stunning come back against Bayern

Godogwu: Go and look at other third world airports in Africa and compare... That's all

Perhaps Malaysia, Thailand, Philipines or even Bahamas are no a first world? Have you seen their Airports? Just google if you haven't been to those countries to see things for yourself...then comeback and tell me if FG government led by GEJ is truly sane

CFCfan: In doing that, the Warri airport would have to be downgraded though. I'm all for anything that will create jobs too.

The overall viability of our aiports depend on the standard of living of Nigerians. A rapid rise of the middle-class in Nigeria will translate to more flights for our airports t handle. Which will in turn force the airlines to hire more personnel. The increased frequency of flights to the airports will in turn generate more revenue for the airport authorities to, hopefully, plough back into maintaining the facility.

Warri Airport is a strip! It is just like London City Airport which mainly handles private charter! Due to oil companies in Warri, it makes good sense to have that strips there. In UKZ there are several of those strips some serving local industrial units for cargo lifting by small planes. Same in France. If you go to South of France, you will find several of them.

Do you think anyone wanting to start a low cost Airline in Nigeria will be successful in doing so by flying into an international hub? Go figure out, easyjet, Ryanair, flybe, BMI baby, all fly into regional hubs and that has created several jobs in those towns and cities where those regional hubs are located.

Just google Bristol Airport in the UK and have a read about that Airport and then ask yourself why Benin Airport can not be upgraded to such a standard! Don't Nigeria have that money?

thelastPope: He didn't ask anything. He showered praises and enconiums on the minister for almost one minute. If the minister was campaigning for an office, Oshiomole would have won her the seat with that accolade. So it is either Oshiomole was a co conspirator and a fraudster who has shortchanged his state just to lick a common minister's azz or just too dumb to know what is good from bad!

Haha look at this clown! Shortchange his state? Huh He knows when the time is ripe, Edo State will be getting a befitting Airport at Okada! Seriously, even if Oshiomhole made those statements, with the pictures you have seen, you too would concur that N700m was money well spent? If yes, then your life must be defined by abject poverty!

thelastPope: Why did Oshiomole commission and praise such a terrible job? You haven't answered the question. Is he a fellow fraudster or is he so dumb that he cannot even recognise a good job from a bad one?

Of course He has to! Do you expect Him to do otherwise? I am sure He himself would be asking, is this what they did with N700m!

CFCfan: Please, let us be more respectful of each others opinions.

The Benin airport will surely require additional infrastructure in the future. The work done so far, though not comparable to some European/North American airports, is a good start. The problem with Nigerian govt officials is that they wait FAR too long before making the necessary moves to maintain/invest in our public facilities.

I doubt if the Benin airport can be a strong regional hub, when there is MMIA, Asaba airport and the proposed Lekki international airport, all within its vicinity. Who knows, if the FG had invested billions in the remodelling, the airport might have been a little more beautiful.

It is not a question of doubt, rather one of strategic thinking! Look at those towns closer to Benin City, Sapele, Warri, etc. Do you not think the people that live there will be well to do someday to embark on travels? The FG can expand that Airport, redirect some REGIONAL flights to that Airport. Do you know the spill over effect of such exercise? I was with one of the executive of an Aerospace giant last week and in the course of our discussion on UK aerospace sector, He said to me, that for every 1 job the Airports create, 10 add on jobs are automatically created! That got my head spinning in revenues the government can make from providing the right environment for Airports to thrive and I kept asking myself why our government cannot understudy these success and try to replicate them in Nigeria?

azzima: reminds me of when I attended a church service in a very local high school in northern virginia. I almost cried. That local school beats any University in Nigeria..this is not about comparing. But we need to have some standards.that's the problem here.enlightened folks know what I am talking abiut but bushboys won't because they ha e nothing to compare to.

Sadly, you have said the truth. They have barely travelled outside of Nigeria, so they won't understand how stupid they look to be celebrating this shed of a project.

thelastPope: I have given you good advise. Go back to school!

You do not grow airport traffic by investing is world class equipment. People do not travel to a place to see the airport. You grow airport traffic by growing the city's business and stuffs like tourism. You upgrade airports when the visiting traffic become too much for the current capacity. Go back to school!

See this clown! Go figure out, Airports are strategic investment by any serious government and in most cases, government strategically expand the capacity of Airports, especially when such Airport has the potential of serving several towns nearby.

Do you think, Airliners will want to fly into an Airport that lack even the basic facility to change an Aircraft tyre following a puncture? O do you think Airliners will fly into an Airport that lack basic baggage handling facilities or takes forever to process passengers and baggage?

Dude, you really sound ridiculous and stupid with your level of reasoning!

thelastPope: The main reason I quoted this your post is so you don't modify it! You are real Oponu!

1. You went and compared Benin airport to an airport established in 1935 and has seen decades and decades of upgrade and remodelling just to discredit GEJ

2. You compared a (in your own computation) £41 million remodelling to a N700 million (approx £2.5 million) remodelling

3. You now tried to divert attention but then again you claimed the first lady asked for £4 billion.

You are not only a big fooool, you are also a confused illiterate! My conclusion is simple. You have never travelled anywhere. You are yahoo boy just using google to pull up info and pasting it on NL. You should go do GCE again.

See this glorified primary school drop out Does it matter when Newcastle Airport was first built? Does it not bother you that someone was able to reason that the Airport can be upgraded to become a regional hub? I keep comparing Benin Airport ith anew castle because the two city are of comparable population and also compare favourably in terms of geographical locations in both countries.

Your shallow brain can not fathom the fact that if someone was actually thinking, a good business would have been pressed forward to the FG government on the need to upgrade that Airport with barely £40m to last for another 15years instead of wasting £4.2m in reprint sheds that will fall apart I barely two years

Haha, FYI, easyjet, British airways flight from London to Newcastle and return is barely £120 if you book early and I get to fly there anytime I am in Newcastle or when Arsenal is playing there! Duh...

Billyonaire: Since you have decided to purge your response of all insulting mannerisms, then I will respond to your assertion in a gentlemanly way. You are well traveled, infact you have expanciated on that many times. Those cities you mentioned, if I am not mistaken are the ones that colonized Nigeria. So in essence, we are still toddlers when compared to them, although this is not an excuse for non-performance, I can only say if the previous administrations had to taken the airport to where it is, then this administration would have crowned it better and even comparable to your desired model. Lest not forget, that the Feds has been up to speed with construction and renovation of more than 9 Airports randomly, so its commendable the pace this has been handled. Talking about 700 million naira for renovation. Yes, the cost is moderate considering the cost of radar system, remote vidcom equipments etc, That being said, Rome was not built in a day, London and Newcastle werent too.

So in your Godly mind, repainting those buildings and fixing chairs would cost N700million? Seriously? Look, previous administration may not have done something, but it is worse that this administration will spend so much in the name of upgrading the airport and yet the place looks like a glorified shopping mall In Edo State, every knows Lucky Igbinedion did nothing in all of His 8 years, but when Oshiomhole came on board, He started constructing projects at very good quality, and reasonably cost. Hence the main reason the people love Him so much.

Nigeria cannot at this stage be investing in projects of backwardness and spending so much in do so! Benin Airport can be turned into a profitable regional hub that can handle both local and international flights at peak period of 1,500 passengers. Yes, the FG can grow the capacity utilisation of that Airport, if only a man with a vision is handling the Presidency.

shymexx: Lmao... Perhaps, that's why they're so happy...

Of course! And they cannot think with their head why these same leaders they foolish worship are always trooping down here..

thelastPope: "In
2006 a record 5.4 million
passengers used the Airport,
according to Civil Aviation
Authority figures. Passenger
figures were expected to
approach seven million by
2009[citation needed],
although due to the financial
crisis of 2007–2010 and
subsequent recession, the
actual figure fell short of that
number by around 2.5
million."

This is the airport you are comparing to Benin airport that has like 5 flights per day? SMH!

What was the figure before that Airport was upgraded? Can you post the figures please? ..let me show you how silly you really come across! FYI, you GROW Airport capacity by investing in world class equipment and professionals. Do you think any Airline would want to fly a shuttle to Benin Airport from Abidjan with those shed of a structure?

thelastPope: This is how you keep shooting yourself in the foot and making a fool of yourself publicly. You, in you fooolishness, forget there is something called wikipedia!

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Airport

From the page:

"The Airport was opened on
26 July 1935 as Woolsington
Aerodrome by the Secretary
of State for Air, Sir Phillip
Cunliffe-Lister. Incorporating
a clubhouse, hangar,
workshops, fuel garage and
grass runway, at the time it
cost £35,000 to build."

"A new
£27 million extension was
opened in 2000 by then-
Prime Minister Tony Blair"

Can you really not see how stupid you sound? You are even corroborating the points I buttressed in my submission! Someone saw the need to open a new market in North West and a strategic investment was made to upgrade that Airport to international standards. FYI, Sunderland also has an Airport, but Newcastle Airport was Strategically upgraded and today is one of the Airports used mostly by Tourist into and from North West.

You are not even ashamed to post that the Airport was upgraded for barely £27million for which if you factor in inflation in today's terms could be £41million. Now tell me, the £4bn your greedy mistress wants to spend on a useless mission house, will that amount not do justice in giving Nigeria just four of Newcastle Airport?

Dude, I really do not expect you to see how stupid you come across because you haven't lived a life above average to know that what you are getting from your government is mediocre!

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/group-condemns-foreign-firms-over-dredging-of-calabar-port/

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/furore-mounts-over-calabar-port-n9bn-dredging-contract/124258/


So what are people celebrating why is no one asking the questions why previous contracts did not see the port development come to fruition? What about the money appropriated for the contract? 2011 is very recent oh...

PointB: All round development; smart president, smart move!!

http://www.ddhmag.com/fgqueriescalabardredging.html.

Nigerians really have short memory... Please was this port not awarded for dredging by Obasanjo? http://www.ddhmag.com/fgqueriescalabardredging.html

God help the downtrodden..

[quote author=IGBO-SON]It's a pity! These airlines are like leeches and contribute nothing to the Nigerian aviation sector or economy; they're just here to take-take-take! Why can't one or a consortium of them float a local airline or buy over and run a local airport?.....or they don't believe in the Nigerian economy to that extent?[/quote]Hehe good one son... Since you guys enjoy mediocrity, we will continue to milk you guys dry..

shymexx: This is the national express bus station in Birmingham, UK - and it looks far better than the rubbish on this thread..

Dude, I hope you know these people barely know what a coach station is like!

Billyonaire: Your posts are always laced with insults and unwarranted foolish chit-chats, not that you are a fool, far from it, I think you are just confused. This Airport was terrible and has just been remodeled via direct labor. Its highly commendable.

Look I flew into that Airport in 2009 and also flew out of that Airport in 2011 so I know what it was like okay. If telling you the truth is insults, then so be it. It is a shame that your generation will continue to support this senseless waste. Does it make sense to you that N700million will be spent on remodelling that Airport? Seriously you think that is what Nigerians deserve from their government? Someone is even mentioning 1000KVA generator set, yet we know even the one in Lagos failed just last week and more than half of the Airport was without power! Does that not tell you someone is not thinking?

I ask you, does this remodelling tell you there is any strategic thinking concerning the future of that Airport? Benin City has a population close to 1million I believe. I fly from London to Newcastle, and guess what, that city is only 300,000 people, yet the Airport can handle both local and international flights without much worries. Was that Airport always that way? Nope. Strategic thinkers redefined that Airport and today, Emirates fly into Newcastle from Dubai!

Abrantie: The title made it seemed as if it was complete, especially with pics of dignitaries parading all over the place. Besides, how difficult would it have been to pave driveways and roads in the immediate vicinity of the main airport building?

Charlie, help me tell am oh..