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BuddahMonk:
One thing i dont like about this Anambra governor is his clannish inclination, most of the capital projects are going in the north and the speed of their flagoff will tell you he is in haste to develop his hometown first.
His village people have overtaken government house eating point n kill with red wine and champagne, everybday before the newscastters start reeling out the news what his wife did and is doing will be the first in the bulletin.

A flyover need to link MCC with Oraifite Street, Awada.

A flyover need also to like Atani Rd and Uga Street, then dauliza the Atani Rd.

Nnewi-Ozubulu-Ihembosi-Okija Rd need to be dualized and a flyover will connect it with Onicha-Owerre Expressway.

Nnewi new Rd need to be dualize because that is the official entrance to the city.

Siting the airport inside that forest there will kill the economic value of it, the airport should be sited around Oka so that it will be in the center of Asaba-Enugwu-Owerre, that Aguleri site is off and isolated, the land should be used for corn plantation or animal husbandry.
No Onicha or Nnewi residents will use that far airport inside thick forest when Asaba is even closer in less than 5mins.

Buddah,
Please pipe low on that side. You will touch nerves that will misunderstand you. There is a reason why Awka not Onitsha became the capital of Anambra state- LAND

I don't think the governor is being clannish. Take a look at Anambra map now, you can clearly see that zone is perhaps the only place left with ample land. Tell me a place at Okija or Oraifite that you can find 4 KM of fallow land which can be used for an airport runway without massively relocating villages or spending billions to fill up swaps. Perhaps the only place you can site at Okija will be the Okija to Umunankwo or Atani axis. Which is a swamp as you know already. Nonethe less, Peter Obi is trying to connect a road from Ozubulu to Atani through that swamp costing billions of naira and many bridges to do. Most of Anambra peoples' future buildings and projects will simply be sited in Asaba, unless serious conscious effort is made to open up the land in Anambra north through adequate infrastructure so that development can continue on Anambra soil.

If you really want an egalitarian state which has a modern capital and Onitsha is opened up for further extension, you have no choice than to develop Awka towards Otuocha and build infrastructure so that Onitsha can expand towards Umunya and Nsugbe. Then you would agree with the governor and Peter Obi that it is the only area of our state where we can still find 20 virgin square kilometers to build a modern Anambra without paying so heavily on acquiring land and fighting people who you will inevitably demolish their houses.

spyder880:
Thank you, you will love Enugu when you visit. You will like to come back again.

Bia Spyder nwoke oma,
Are you back or you are still posting from villa?

HappyJoe:
A lot has to be considered before even the Awka to Onitsha end starts. Anambra's budget this year is N164 billion, that won't be enough to cover capital intensive projects like light rail, in addition to serious road construction like the 47 kilometer Aguleri/Oil rig road (for comparison, Lagos to Sagamu is about 60 kilometers).

So the project will have to be a PPP, the question is will then be, is there a proven business case for the project? How financially viable is it? Obiano is a banker, so he'll understand how to make the case. When the case is made, then investors can be brought in.

A project of this nature will not break-even for many years, if it gets off the ground. But as a practical matter - how much traffic moves to and fro Awka to Onitsha and will the light rail totally displace commuter transport? These are questions Obiano's people must answer.

As for the Rivers monorail, I think it is a classical white elephant. It isn't economically viable (standard light rail would have been more appropriate like Lagos & it does not lead to anywhere). Anambra should steer clear of such projects.

On the balance, I think the Anambra Airport project will be more viable (and is cheaper, costs $150 million). The success of the Asaba airport shows there's a lot of demand for aviation services in Anambra - & and airport with out the Niger Bridge bottleneck and the stress of passing through Enugu (federal road is terrible) will be welcome.

Also note that the airport is to be tied to the oil refinery. It is to serve as a hub for aviation fuel. Don't mind the tag "Cargo Airport", Owerri is a "Cargo Airport", but handles mainly passenger traffic.

You are looking at it from the point of view of building it tomorrow. Which is wrong.
This Anambra light rail project may cost N30-50 billion naira. Which is definitely unaffordable for Anambra. Therefore, You have to roll it out over 5 to 10 years period and spend about N5 billion naira on it every year. But the earlier you start planning for it and implementing your plans, the closer you get to the day when it will be commissioned.

Even in America, it took the city of Atlanta about 10 years to build its light rail metro line. It's definitely not a quick fix project.

HappyJoe:
Unlike Onitsha/Awka where you can simply use the middle of the expressway (if you check the median of the Enugu/Onitsha express way it is very wide), doing a railway from Awka to Nnewi or Nnewi to Onitsha will require a lot of "right of way" or land issues.

What they are planning is something similar to Fashola's Lagos/Badagry light rail (only difference is Enugu/Onitsha Expressway) will be used.

I think the should build the Awka to Onitsha line first using the expressway median. The would require no bridges and should be cheap and affordable.
Then as the Awka-Onitsha line begins to earn revenue, government will deploy some of that revenue to build the expensive Onitsha-Nnewi line which requires long flyover bridges for go over the built up areas. But at least then, they will have more revenue coming from the already functioning Awka-Onitsha line.

A 13 kilometer spur can run from the refinery at Otuocha to meet the Awka -Onitsha line at Nteje. This way, people can easily go to work from Onitsha and Awka to Otuoch while agricultural produce from that area can also easily be transported to Onitsha or Awka.

I just saw another Abia thread:https://www.nairaland.com/2068012/welcome-abia-state-industrial-economic/2

Can we concentrate on this one and make it succeed? Why open 20 threads?

BTW, some enemies have been opening threads for us just to distract us.

HappyJoe:
No, it is not going to be a monorail, the person I talked to was clear about that.

Although intra city light rail system will do a lot of good for moving around Onitsha, it won't be peanuts because almost the entire railine will have to be a bridge. There are simply no spaces left for the train to run on land. It will be a herculean task designing and building an intra city train for Onitsha metro. The roads are really, really tight.

Schematics:
The dualization of all the roads around the mall is in the 2015 budget. Even the Sir Louis Ojukwu road will be dualized from Ozubulu junction to the mall..

That will be wonderful to achieve. Nnewi needs dual carriage roads to help traffic.
I hope they know paying for property compensation will be a huge part of the money.

Ilovenigeria:
I just don't like the location of that Nnewi mall.
Its not yet completed and we already have a heavy traffic there, imagine what will happen if .......

That is the best and perhaps the only remaining site in the heart of town for the mall. To make traffic flow easily;

1. They should ban street parking around the Mall triangle roads.
2. They need to build 2 roundabouts on the two points showed in yellow circles in the picture.
3. Then strictly enforce the One-Way direct of traffic for those coming from Nnobi road and those joining it. As showed in the arrow showing the road direction.

So long as people are allowed to drive as they please and make U-turns as they desire around that area, the traffic jams will simply worsen.

Buddah Monk,
Ezigbo nwannem, wetue obi. Biko, iwe gi dajuo o.
Your stories touch the heart and i know you have endured some agony just recalling them.
But, life isn't fair. There are bad people everywhere. Those bad people will always create evil and problems. My husband and I have endured many challenges simply because we were from different states. I had initially dreaded going to Oraifite because of a particular man's hatred for Ndi Abia in his family. The man completely believed i had charmed their son and will get rid of me and my "charm" in due course. Now, in the midst of everything, many sisters and other good people in the family rose up and fought for me. Their logic was simple, "If they do this to any of us in our husbands place, will you like it?" Remember that our Father Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu married and lived happily with an Udi woman. The more you understand life, the more you will see that God designed these things to teach us that we are one.

There are evil people in this world that sow bitterness,hatred and just pure evil. To label this people by the tag of their state or hometown is to make the mistake of your life. In due course, you will find that you have labelled every town, state or country as evil, because evil people truly come from everywhere. In America, many black Americans will be quick to seek your support as a fellow "black person" to fight and malign white people. Meanwhile as soon as the attack on the white person is over, they immediately realize you are no longer "black" but an "African or immigrant" and the attack turns to you. I have since learnt that evil people are white,black,African, Japanese etc, so i treat people based on the content of their character and not where they come from.

The past is the past and we cannot change it. The future is what we have a chance of changing if we learn from our past. If you focus on sins of the past, you will also ruin the future and future generations will blame your unforgiving spirit for their condition.Mandela understood this power of the past to ruin the future unless you forsake the past and embrace a new future. The only way Igboland will survive the hatred and evil plans being hatched around Nigeria for her is to unite. By unity i mean both political, economic and spiritual. I have been a great apostle of economic cooperation amongst SE states.
I know that is the only way that we can survive and soar. A house divided against itself simply cannot stand.

spyder880:
Nobody died, only the drinks broke, that guy driving the keke was even drinking some bottles of malt in celebration of his life

Thank God o!

So how did a rolling vehicle manage to climb over others? Instead of just hitting them and stopping?

God save us from the devil.

cjrane:
[size=15pt]I completely believe this story is untrue and designed to leak Nigeria's source of arms procurement for it's military.

However, "If" Saudis refuse access over their airspace, they can always break the trip.

Fly from Pakistan to Dubai.
Then from Dubai, fly over the Indian ocean to avoid Saudi Arabia and then land at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Then from Addis Ababa to Abuja, Nigeria.

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Then quietly deny Saudi Arabian airlines landing rights in Nigeria.


.Don't say i told you so...



Oremi',thank you for providing a satellite map of the flight path & the Addis Ababa Connection, to make comprehension easy.

You are welcome Sir!

If only APC had strategic thinkers that did not place their hatred for Igbos before party interest.

Anyhow, the die is cast.

GEJ until 2019!

FreeGlobe:
lol, nne I wonder when $475 million dollars exchanges for just about N8 billion naira?

Sorry for the poor math skill.

Malawian:
are you a female?

Yes Sir.

[size=28pt]Anambra Light Rail Project ?[/size]

I learnt that Ethiopia engaged a Chinese construction firm (China Railway Engineering Corporation) to build a 35 Kilometer long light rail projects for Addis Ababa mega city project for the sum of $475 million dollars about N8 billion naira. This project involves about 20 rail overpasses!

Then i measured the exact straight line distance from Onitsha outskirts to Awka outskirts is exactly 20 kilometers (Yellow line). From Nnewi to where the Onitsha station is located will be 15 kilometers!
With 35 kilometers the same length of the Addis Ababa light rail, we could linkup the 3 biggest cities in Anambra by light railway ! The enormous impact of such a project on the socio-economic status of the state can only be imagine. The best part is that if the Chinese could build it for about N8 billion naira in Ethiopia, they might charge about the same or slightly more to replicate that project here. Even if it cost N10 billion naira, such money spinning project will quickly pay for itself. Not to talk of the fact that due to the highly commercial nature of the 3 cities that it will link together, many banks will be very willing to finance this project.

We may build the project in 2 phases. Phase 1 will build the yellow line (Onitsha to Awka). The Awka-Onitsha line will run in the Median of Onitsha-Awka expressway, which has a huge median as in the pictures below. That way, it won't need many costly bridges to complete and may even cost less than N3- N5 billion naira for the about 20 KM stretch without flyover bridges.
Once the phase 1 line (Onitsha-Awka) is functional and earning money, then Phase 2 line (Blue line) Onitsha to Nnewi will commence. Eventually, the Onitsha station can be extended to Otuocha, The Awka line can be extended to Ekwulobia and the Nnewi end to the line can be extended to Ihiala.

See Addis Ababa project here:

http://pr.huawei.com/en/news/hw-349650-ict.htm#.VKIQo14CUA

[size=15pt]The flight can actually fly non-stop from Karachi International Airport, Pakistan to Addis Ababa,Ethiopia for 5 hours.
Then link up from Addis Ababa directly to Abuja, Nigeria within 4-5 hours of flight.

So, they really don't need to use the Saudi airspace at all.
Saudi Arabian Airline should also avoid our airspace and airports.[/size]

cjrane:
[size=15pt]I completely believe this story is untrue and designed to leak Nigeria's source of arms procurement for it's military.

However, "If" Saudis refuse access over their airspace, they can always break the trip.

Fly from Pakistan to Dubai.
Then from Dubai, fly over the Indian ocean to avoid Saudi Arabia and then land at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Then from Addis Ababa to Abuja, Nigeria.

[/size]

Then quietly deny Saudi Arabian airlines landing rights in Nigeria.


.Don't say i told you so...

[size=14pt]EXACTLY!!
I just looked up the flight path and it's not even hard at all.

Simply break the trip and avoid Saudi airspace.

But, Saudi Arabia airlines must stop using Nigeria's airspace and facilities too.[/size]

FreeGlobe:
^
Again why are you clutching at straws. It was not only the nnewi roundabout pic that was on the thread. why have you tactically chosen to dwell on that alone. You can type whatever nonsense you like in the highest of fonts you wish and yet you will not be making any sense. Keep ridiculing yourself. I insist the pictures I posted were at the state they were when I took them which was still in 2013. Perhaps you should read comments on the rebuttal thread you posted to be properly informed you ignorant bitcch. How about you address other pictures I posted and move on from this nnewi roundabout. Anyway, happy to see you working even if it means digging old posts

The other pictures were Enugu-Onitsha expressway and the Upper Iweka area. I will not waste anyone's time here re-posting how Upper Iweka looks. Peter Obi awarded the contract if you must know.It is Obiano's credit that the road was executed to the highest quality in the country.
https://www.nairaland.com/1538259/obi-set-start-amansea-amawbia
https://www.nairaland.com/2065852/behold-onitsha-enugu-road-looking#29290867

This is not to say Peter Obi did not have his mistakes and flaws.In my opinion, Obi failed woefully on the environment. The failure to ban Okada in which many Ndi-Anambra were dying everyday from preventable injuries was also regrettable. Having said that, considering the type of people he had to deal with in order to instill sanity into Anambra state, he deserves more than a pass mark for all he did.

Obiano has since begun to plug all the loop holes Obi left unplugged. Such as doubling the IGR within 6 months and still rising. Concentrating on making the environment "live-able" by chasing away criminals and embarking on real ambitious projects to transform the sorry look of our state capital.

My aim has been achieved; To expose you as a shameless unrepentant liar.
You have no regard for the truth, yet you believe that you have the "right" to criticize others based on blatant lies. Now when they expose your lies, you begin cursing like a child trying to make it personal.

Let me be clear, I have nothing personally against you nor your hatred of Peter Obi. But you must stick to the facts so that people can take you seriously.

FreeGlobe:
Who "busted the lies", "when were the lies busted" and when did I post the pictures? I believe you have the capacity to verify these and then know who the spin doctor is. FYI I didn't post only the nnewi roundabout you are clutching on, and even some of the pictures I posted were still as it were even when Peter obi handed over. Be it as it may, what about the videos that were released by Ifeanyi ubah on the poor state of some schools during that election, were they lies too? Obi was not on the ballot, yes but we were all trying to prove that he did nothing in the state as he wanted to make people believe. Why are these things too hard for you to understand lady?

[size=18pt]See your posts Here[/size]: https://www.nairaland.com/1445464/anambra-chino-doesnt-want-see#18224316
(Date Posted: :12:51pm on September 19th, 2013 )

[size=18pt]See Nobody's rebuttal posts Here[/size]: https://www.nairaland.com/1458410/few-pics-nnewi
(Date Posted: :11:24am on September 29th,2013 )

Now tell me Peter Obi read your posts in NL on September 19th, quickly advertised the contract, received bids from construction companies, awarded the contract to fix that road and the contract winning construction company built the road, all within 10 days!!!
Knowing you, you'll probably want me to believe that too. Anyone looking at the picture of the road knows it wasn't a newly completed road.

Bro, you are indeed [size=16pt]a shameless bloody LIAR![/size]

FreeGlobe:
of course you are not reasonable. I posted those pics when Peter obi was still in power and what I posted was the state of the road at the time. If the govt wakes up to do the road later, how does that make me a liar. You are just beating around the bush saying nothing, thats why I called you a time waster. go find something worthwhile to do with your time lady.

You posted that picture in September 2013 WHEN THE ROAD HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE!

You were hoping to get support for your brother Ngige by telling lies. Mind you, peter Obi wasn't on the ballot!
Unfortunately for you, you were busted as the true state of the road was posted as a rebuttal to your lies.
So, that makes you [size=16pt]a shameless bloody liar![/size]

[size=18pt]See your posts Here[/size]: https://www.nairaland.com/1445464/anambra-chino-doesnt-want-see#18224316

FreeGlobe:
you are a time waster. The only people who have problem with me here and my posts are Peter obi sycophants and not Anambra people and I care less about them and what they think.

If Peter Obi is your target, Say so and MAKE IT CLEAR!

Target his Mall in Abuja or something. Nobody will bother you.

I need not remind you that Peter Obi is no longer the Governor of Anambra. Therefore, when you snap refuse dumps or post 10 years old pictures of Nnewi roundabout and say see how Anambra state looks like. We find it hard to relate your aggression to Peter Obi, especially knowing that you had deliberately lied with the pictures.
Remember when you first posted the roundabout below making us believe that was the state of Nnewi roads and some countered your lie by posting the same roundabout in the second picture? So, was your aggression towards Peter Obi or Nnewi people?

FreeGlobe:
fvck off. I do what I do when I want. We only had issues with obi and we've dealt with that. If I had the luxury of time on my hands like you, I may source and post pictures from Abia for your viewing pleasure. Again fvck off!

Sorry to disappoint you, I won't

People have warned you not to extend your war against Peter Obi to mean War against the entire Anambra state. That expansion ropes in others who may not like Obi, but will defend their state-Anambra.
You can very well go and "sauce" pictures of Abia state or even Imo or Akwa Ibom. That is your headache

Infact, you'll be doing me a favour to help bash Orji to do better as i have been doing.
I thank God B2Mario and customized have exposed the lies and propaganda about Abia state.There has been a lot of positive developments in Abia state. Perhaps much less than the rate we expected, but still positive developments.

UnknownT:
I can't find Ekiti State! Abi Fayose don pay all Fayemi debts quick quick?

Fayemi doesn't want to rise to the challenge and say what he left in the treasury.

FreeGlobe:
oh please spare me with your bullocks, if you are really interested about good governance and not working for a particular interest in Anambra why not face Abia your state where nothing is happening. You expected me to cheer on why Peter obi propaganda merchinery was running amok then with absolutely nothing on ground. fyi, the pictures I posted then were not from the rundown part of the state. The pictures were from key areas in the state. I understand the damage those pictures caused you obi sycophants and you think I may still do that again. However this present government is generally believed to be working and needs to be encouraged that's why I will never post any picture that will put it in badlight. It will be foolish of me to do that when tangible developments are going on.

I do support Abia thread and Imo thread to the best of my ability. I even support Enugu thread.
I didn't live too long in Abia. I only remember parts of Aba and Owerri from distant memory.I know Onitsha like the back of my hand. My parents were in Oraifite on the 26th to visit "My family" and stayed in " My House""! So I won't abandon Anambra. It is my bonafide state now!
You must be expecting me to beg you not to post. Hehehehe...lol....If you don't post those pictures shame on you!
Jobless brat!

OdenigboAroli:
But straight people dont reason the way you do. And I didn't say I am gonna kill you for being gay but I hope you dont get upset when I call you a gay.

..The eediot ofe guy is itching for attention.
Don't give it to him.

FreeGlobe:
I'm not an enemy of progress, I say it as it is. I've not seen any tangible govt presence here in uga/ekwulobia axis so far but I will start going out from tomorrow to Awka, Nnewi and the rest. Even if I begin posting ugly pictures here, the pictures of private houses and some single lane roads will not diminish it's potency so dont count your luck just now. Dont make me derail

@ the bolded, If that is a threat, you are wasting your time.
I wholeheartedly accept your criticism if it is constructive. Show us an early erosion site or early stage of road breakdown and sound the warning that government should do something before it worsens.May look ugly, but its constructive.

I live in Massachusetts in the USA, supposedly the richest country on earth. Yet, i know i can post some pictures of rundown parts of Boston here and you will ask if i went to Haiti to get the slum pictures.Yet, there are countless beautiful places here to represent the true Boston. Likewise whatever you choose to post about Anambra to satisfy your perversion to project negativity is entirely your headache.

Therefore, I won't beg you not to snap refuse dumps elsewhere and post here if that pleases your warped ego.Other peoples testimony will evetually make you appear like Vonbottel a.k.a All4naija. I'm Anambrarian by marriage. My parents are from Item in Abia state. If i born in Abia state can wish Anambra well, shame on you born in Anambra that wish it the worst.

FreeGlobe:
Ernest Ndukwe what? Vote continuity. Andy Uba is the music here.

I was expecting you to say just that,..... and also post all the ugly pictures you can find to "prove" nothing is happening in Anambra.

Luckily, we already have others posting pictures they took in Anambra to "verify" your story for us.

Schematics:
The long stretch of road continues as I head towards Achina....................

Too many flashy cars everywhere due to good network of roads..............

.......and good security too

FreeGlobe:
I'm in my villa, will touch Awka tomorrow.

or next tomorrow

The type of "Go-slow" happening these days inside Owerri is becoming unacceptable.

All the cars coming from Onitsha and all over Nigeria that are travelling to Aba, Cross River or Akwa Ibom pass right through the heart of Owerri creating mammoth go-slows!

Can someone advise Rochas to expand and dualize the Ihiagwa-Futo road to connect the Owerri-PH expressway directly to the Owerri-Aba expressway. This by-pass will eliminate all these lorries and big buses driving inside Owerri and ruining our local roads.This By-Pass only about 11 kilometers long, will save Owerri city roads and do wonders for the quality of life of Owerri residents.

The creation of this by pass should ordinarily be a function of the FG, but Rochas should do it and seek reimbursement since it's just 11 KM long.We know that left alone, the FG will take 20 years to do the Owerri by-pass. Meanwhile Owerri city roads & citizens shall continue to suffer the harmful effect of massive traffic using Owerri streets to connect from the Onitsha-Owerri road to Aba-Owerri road.

Someone should please send an SOS to Governor Rochas!

WE SAY NO TO TERRORISTS!

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