₦airaland Forum

Ikenga Mall, Awka

Work still progressing at Onitsha Mall

[size=18pt]Eko Oni Baje ooo![/size]

This is a wise decision.

Let the candidates work hard to get the peoples votes instead of wanting an easy way out through Ohaneze endorsement.

spyder880:
A local, homegrown restaurant that caters for the upper class is expanding. Dolphin restaurant is planning to open a new branch around Otigba junction in Enugu. I will bring all the pictures here......

Biko Nnaa,
Nack us the pictures to enjoy our day. I'm all eyes for your usually addicting pictures!

This US visa something is a useless distraction. They should have a consulate office in the SE for visa interviews.
Elderly people trying to visit their children in the USA go through hell to travel to Lagos and Abuja to spend days in a hotel just to visit the embassy for an interview. What is the joy that they will now have to send you to PH to go and collect your passport?
They should make the visa interview centers shorter for the people of the SE, that is what is worth rejoicing over, not picking up your passport in Lokoja or PH instead of Abuja.

IGBOSON1:
^^^My annoyance is that it's taking a fuc/king long time to sanitize that Upper Iweka/Bridge-Head area and finish works! I think we started hearing talks of the place being given a make-over since around 2012 when Peter Obi was still the Governor, and we're still waiting to see comprehensive pics of the finished article! Why does it take more than two years just to clear a small area of rubbish, clutter and touts, and then plant trees, flowers, shrubs and lawns, as well as sweep the newly constructed roads, mark them appropriately, and install road signages!?......All this shouldn't take more than 4 months for crying out loud!

Sometimes i think i'm the only one in a hurry to see our cities develop and become world-class!

Bros, I'm with you.

It takes us ridiculously long time for the slightest positive change and such astonishingly short time to destroy our cities and environment with slums, illegal markets and shanties.

I think upper iweka has taken so long to beautify because even the government does not know how they want to beautify the place. So it is one year one grass and one rail fence.Our people are very visual to be able to understand what the plan is.They need to be presented a physical plan to copy and they will do it well. Therefore, the government should adopt a city in Nigeria, perhaps-Abuja; as a visual standard of how they want to upgrade Onitsha.

Lets hope they beautify Zik roundabouts on the expressroad and Oguta road the same way.

Men,
Chino needs to go see a psychiatrist.

Olaolufred:
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I SHINED MY EYES SOOOO WELL,
AND I SEE THAT STABLE ELECTRICITY PROMISED ME IN 2001,
IS MORE UNSTABLE IN 2014.
COURTESY OF APC RULING NIGERIA SINCE 1999.[/size]

[size=16pt]Actually APC has truly been ruling Nigeria since 1999.
Look at all the politicians that spoiled Nigeria, now say they are APC
1. Olusegun Obasanjo
2. Ahmed Bola Tinubu
2. Atiku Abubakar
4. Hell rufai
5. Rabiu Kwankwaso
6.Gov. Ogbonnaya Onu
7. Gov. Chris Ngige


Infact all the failed Obasanjo regime ministers and corrupt politicians that helped ruin Nigeria are all in APC now!!!
I won't be surprised if tomorrow all the people presently in government now will join APC and start blaming the "former government" for the problem. Meanwhile, they are the exact same people that constituted the so called "former government"[/size]

APC is intent on rigging instead of accepting whatever the peoples will say.

US ambassador told Bayelsa, USA still wanted to be closer to their region. Now PH has been added to Abuja and PH?

Capital of a new country next year has been recognized.

IGBOSON1:
^^^Is there even space left for building a office complex and 4-star hotel?....I don't think so!

Yes,
they still left the space for those two buildings in the project. Perhaps, lack of funds is the cause for the delay.

Hopefully, they will maintain standard as the mall and build solid structures as in the picture for the hotel and office complex.

Can someone tell them to plant those pine-tree flowers around the parking lot in their 3D render exactly as it appeared? Planting grass and flowers just as they appeared in your render is part of the project implementation.

One also hope they build exactly the type of office complex and hotel in their render. Or at least build something very standard as in the picture below.

OkijaAmaka:
One thing is that most of you guys are selective forgetful hence your judgments are to shallow and superficial.

Let me tell you, if T A Orji suffered what Obi suffered to rule Anambra for 8years believe me the map of Abia State will no longer be in the map of Nigeria. Somalia will be a haven to compare to Abia State, TAO is very useless guy.
I dnt like overflogging this but what i know is that am rating Pita Obi with his uninterupted 4years not the first 4years that was lost to PDP and their Federal Criminal aiders and abeters.
If Obi had it so smooth in Anambra from 2003 till maybe 2011, nobody will lecture you anything futher.

I think the attack on Obi is not only false but mischievous.
I saw this site and went over all the achievement. only a liar would say Obi did not work.

http://anidsinanambrastate.com.ng/

http://anidsinanambrastate.com.ng/?page_id=90

idumuose:
I have observed that so many people do not like APC both offline and online.Here on Nairaland,they keep running helter skelter like endangered species and complaining to PDP that they are not being given fair treatment.

You can never satisfy APC,they will always play the blame game,they will always play the victim when in fact they are the assailant.

From Plateau to Bauchi,from Taraba to Adamawa,from Gombe to southern Kaduna,from Benue to Kogi,to mention but a few states,APC has been known to be a lying and a deceitful party.Don't fall for their bait.

[size=15pt]Because APC is bombing ordinary Nigerians to death just to play politics.

Why can't they bomb Aso Rock instead of markets used by common people?

APC are the true Janjaweeeds![/size]

xrisdon:
OF IGBOS IN BENUEculled from the Nigerian Sun newspapers of April 12, 2014By Chris Oji.


The Igbo found in Benue are: Umuezeokoha, Umuezeoka, Oriuzor, Umuoghara, Amaekka and Amaezekwe all in Ezza communities, Izzi, Ezzamgbo and Effium, these are the people who would have been in present-day Ebonyi State but due for the fact that the Nigerian government then carved us into Benue in order to use our population to suppress our Eastern population.

These may be good Igbos afterall to have allowed their names to stay as it were.Maybe that is why they are being punished. They refused to blend their town name by adding R.
Some would have added the famous "R" to their town names to disguise the Igbo names into sounding strange.

Like RUmuezeokoha, RUmuezeoka, ROriuzor, RUmuoghara, RAmaekka and RAmaezekwe

When will they finish the office complex and hotel which were part of the Polo Park mall complex?

The office building will especially provide let-table space in the city for corporate businesses

uviesa:
It was gathered by the Nation that the plot has now
spread to the Senate, and that growing number of
Senators are said to be enthusiastic to team up with the
Reps to get the President removed. It was reported that 130 Reps signed to support the plot
to oust Jonathan on Thursday, but a source revealed that
as at Friday, the number had drastically increased to 148. The plot to impeach the President started as a reaction to
the alleged growing impunity by the Federal
Government with the recent incident that took place at
the nation’s National Assembly, where lawmakers were
tear gassed by the police who barred the Speaker Aminu
Tambuwal from entering the chambers. A source within the Senate on Friday disclosed that some
senators were inclined to get President Jonathan
impeached. He said the ring leader of the plot in the
senate is from the Northeast where the President
proposes to extend the emergency rule in Adamawa,
Borno and Yobe States. Another source said the ring leaders have been meeting
to plan how to convince and win other senators to buy
into and support the pro-impeachment lawmakers. He
further disclosed that things will get clearer by Tuesday
25, 2014, when the Senate is expected to resume plenary.

They should also get their visas to Saudi Arabia,Oman and Yemen ready, because when it starts, they will be needing their visa.

You guys probably miss Obama's speech.
Deportation for illegals will now be expedited.

InyinyaAgbaOku:
o di egwu.
Was it massob that made the east to be under counted in the previous censuses, even the ones done by the colonial masters?
our govts can mobilize them, tell them where and when to act, and when not to.
They do some of these nonsense because they are not guided by politicians .
If they were, who are kogi militants to come to aguleri and claim anambra oil, kill some people?
Good thing is that they are not bombing us.
Our politicians are just acting more Nigerian than others, more Catholic than the pope.
If anything happens now, those politicians will flee to USA and other comfort zones, is it these suit and tie wearing men that will do the fighting?
Think about it. We shouldn't eliminate them, they need guidance simple.

100 billion likes man!
The Massob guys simply need to be properly and discreetly directed to hit where they should and mellow when they have to. Look at OPC and Arewa youths. Their politicians encourage them to agitate when their region is perceived to be cheated. The Massob should be a net gain not a nuisance in the struggles we are faced with in Nigeria.
Having said that, Massob need to have a strong leadership to control the excesses of a few thugs amongst them. Such groups often notice they are paid when they go on rampage and thus will senselessly always go on rampage to get paid. That is the big risk with such groups

OdenigboAroli:
Nwanne,deme.
But to be honest,Anambra is getting closer to where they belong.

By God's grace, we shall hit the projected revenue target and be able to implement the budget. Especially being able to implement the capital projects captured in this budget.

I was highly delighted that IGR was contributing N54 Billion naira!
Nnaa, ifukwalu that thing? Obiano knows our way out of the woods is to grow investments and collect more IGR for development.

OdenigboAroli:
And our budget keep improving...66% capital expenditure is awesome....More infrastructure.
Umunnem Umu-Omanbala, we are getting their but we must persevere..
Lets not castigate Obiano when he makes mistake,rather lets advice him.
Anambra is on the threshold of history and all hands must be on deck.
Deme nu!

Great speech Odenigbo.
I especially like the bolded.

[size=18pt]The oil belongs to Chad anyway.
Isn't the name of the lake called Chad?
Nigeria just wants to intimidate Chad with big size.
Just remember France does not abandon her colonies.[/size]

Obviously our aircrafts are really harrassing Boko Haram.

We should buy more, especially the fearsome MH17 and 35 , with Night fighting capability to use infra-red laser to bomb Sambisa every night

Schematics:
Go through my posts you cannot find anywhere that I insulted you.

Just like others disagreed with you I also disagreed with you accompanied with points not just disagreeing with you. It is very clear from your assertions that you know next to nothing about flyover design and how it suites each environment.

Our flyovers are going as planned..

So take your 'ideas' elsewhere because we neither need you nor your 'ideas'. lol

It is not by force. Dalu..lol

It is clear that you respect Anambra thread. I thought you would only want to insult people just to make a point. I could have exposed you by posting all your fake facebook and linkedin profile here.

Yes, i do not know anything about flyovers but i always strive for the highest quality and best design.If the Awka flyovers will cost Anambra a whopping N 5 billion naira, the onus is on every good citizen to make sure they are of the highest quality and best design.
Someone mentioned the Enugu airport road flyover at Emene, that is another good design that takes into consideration those coming and going to Abakaliki and builds a ramps to adequately route traffic smoothly.

Part of the problem why Awka has remained the least developed of all the state capitals created in 1991 and indeed in the SE is doing everything with shoddy designs and half baked contractors. It is almost as though mediocrity is an acceptable state policy. Even the Zik's avenue which has remained the ONLY dualized road since Awka became a state capital territory more than 23 years ago, was done so shabbily that it is so narrow with street lights that look like they were cannibalized from the old streetlights on a very old street.

Today, look at Dutse, Lokoja, Asaba, Umuahia, Birnin Kebbi or Damaturu in comparison to Awka. In 1991, except for Umuahia, Awka was considered more of a developed city than all those village towns. Compare them today to Awka and see.They all look like real state capital cities except Awka.Some of them even have well constructed stadia. Which many here will find insulting if you compared their stadia to the one built in Anambra.

Anambra is definitely a state of giants, but its leadership have been largely mediocre. We spend about what other states spend on infrastructure, but the quality of what we get is often mediocre and worse inferior. For example the Enugu Shoprite mall cost N5.2 billion naira and it is 2 storey and 22,000 sq. meters with parking lot for 1000 cars, while the Onitsha shoprite mall is just 12,000 sq. meters, a bungalow mall and with parking for just 500 cars, yet it cost N4.9 billion! I can also assure you that when they finish, you still won't know where the money was spent.
Therefore, we must change the way we act and begin to demand that barest minimum standards must be upheld for projects in Anambra projects too.

Schematics:
You are not making any point my friend. I have made it clear to you as to why that flyover was designed like that. Every flyover must not be like the one at Upper Iweka.

You need to consider the structure or road network before embarking on your design. Like as I said you are not wiser or a better engineer than the people that designed it assuming you are one. If you have any problem with the flyover go to the ministry of works to complain and stop coming here to expose your ignorance.

The flyover is not flawed what is flawed is your sense of reasoning and I will always be here to counter it. Study the flyover well and you will see that it serves the same purpose you can get at Upper Iweka but via different designs..those network of roads beneath the flyover are there for a reason, it serves as the ramps in a different form/design because you can actually use them to navigation your way through.

Bia Chino,
You are a bloody Ediot!
I don't have time for an empty nonentity like you that cannot make your point without insulting people.But, If you dare to go dia with me? Then so be it!

The flyover design should have been designed to cross the existing expressway not digging up the federal road to build the flyover along it. Of course, that is my opinion if i were the designer.Ergonomics require that a design should be functionally useful and cost effective to easily incorporate all the exigencies and all probable uses. Having said that, I must warn you not to respond with another useless post or we will have fun in this thread.
Tabletman1 disagreed with me without being uncivilized like you. We don't all have to see things exactly the same way and definitely should encourage a wide range of ideas. If there is anything Anambra needs so much, it is "ideas" on how to transform itself using its areas of advantage.
If it gets a rise out of you, Otu nne gi dia!!
Oya, start it...

Schematics:
You do not get it, it is not about defending anything because I am sure you not wiser or more engineer than the people that designed it.

It is not about just building a flyover but to build a flyover that will match the already road networks if not the aim of the flyover will be defeated.

I showed you the picture to point out to you why that flyover had to go that way..because it has to accommodate the link roads/streets already in place.

Look at the two designs of the flyovers once more you will realize that is more complex design far from what you have at Nkpor.

Typical!

Bros, I know i am not a better engineer than IDC folks. That isn't the case here if you can be a little objective in your reasoning. I am also not looking for a job at IDC. I also have not said their work will be structurally inferior.

All i have said is that the Awka flyover design is flawed.

Please compare that Awka flyover DESIGN to Upper iweka flyover and see for yourself. Even if you don't want to look at the design, ask yourself why no matter the direction you need to connect at the Onitsha upper Iweka flyover, you will easily do so, while the IDC design has no such capability. You cannot drive across the Enugu expressway at Nkpor but can do so at upper Iweka.
If someone coming from Enugu and wants to go to Ihiala at the upper Iweka flyover, they simply take one of the ramps to connect. The Awka flyover has no ramps!

It will be a waste of time to show you aerial design of properly designed flyovers in Enugu, PH, Kano,Kaduna,Abuja, Bauchi, Katsina, Sokoto etc. You are simply interested in hearing false praises that Anambra has the best blah blah blah,
even when we are trying to make sure we get the proper value for our money and getting basic world standard design for all our projects.

Schematics:
The flyovers in Awka are of complex design..designed to suit the already link roads and not just to flyover the city. Just take a look at this one at Amawbia junction. The design was such that it can fit in on the road network and ease traffic.

Below is how the entire place will look like when completed..

Bro,
I was not expecting you to do nothing other than defend, defend, defend! Sometimes accepting and learning from one's mistakes is actually a way of growing wiser and not repeating the same mistakes over.Anyhow,

The first picture is of upper Iweka flyover is the proper way to design a flyover so that one road can conveniently move across the other without obstruction.

The second picture is the same flawed design IDC is using for Awka flyovers which is built "ALONG" not across the express.


Unlike the Upper Iweka flyover where you can easily move from Awada to Ochanja simply going over the flyover and never needing to drive on the Enugu-Onitsha express to make a U-turn. At Nkpor, you will notice that you cannot drive across the expressway with that their design. You have to get on the Enugu expressway and then do a U-turn to get on the other side!

Boy o' boy!!!,
I just realized the IDC design for the Awka flyovers! I have nothing against IDC or local contractors, howerver those that have recognized the serious lack of experience of local contractors in doing big jobs do know exactly what they are concerned about!!!
I had been wondering why there was so much mud along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway at Awka just because of the flyover construction. Then, i was astounded as the flawed design hit me!!!

The design which I'm sure the Governor wanted was to a flyover similar to the Upper Iweka flyover which cross the express, but what IDC had designed was a flyover parallel with the express and just similar to the one at Nkpor on the Onitsha expressway! Simply put, basic rule of thumb is that the busy expressway will always be below or on the ground,while the local road bridge overpass will be on top, over the expressway. IDC, reversed this order and are repeating the flyover their built at Nkpor.

One would easily say, who cares? What's the difference? As an Engineer, when you are building a bridge on a trunk A road, you already know the frequency of dead weight heavy trucks being on the bridge is much more than if the bridge is connecting two local roads. Thus the bridge along an express is much more expensive and should require Federal Government engineers to ascertain the bridge built for a section of their highway is up to the standard. I'm not saying a flyover along an express rather than across is never done, but it is usually part of the plan when an Express needs to pass a city where local roads already exist. But in this case, Anambra must build a more expensive bridge ALONG the expressway instead of simply ACROSS the express because of this design flaw!

The pictures below show how the local road flyover should go above & across the expressway which should be below where it is feasible and not the other way round that IDC designed it!

phoneport:
IF NIGERIA BREAKUP 2015 HOW WILL YOU FEEL?

IF THIS HAPPENS WHAT WILL BE THE BEST AND THE WORST CASE PLANS FOR YOU?

AIR YOUR VIEW NOW.

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[size=16pt]HAPPY!!!
NO MORE SHARING THE SAME COUNTRY WITH HARAM PEOPLE & THEIR TERRORIST KIDS!
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all4naija:
I want to see the aerial-view images of Enugu not the boring images of inside a mini mart.

Thank you.

Go see aerial images of Ibadam and Osogbo first.

Ovamboland:
How many building collapse have you personally witnessed in your life to be able to tell the difference between controlled demolition and structural collapse?

Yes, I have witnessed a building collapse and also seen controlled demolition many times abroad.

I suspect you islamic fanatics did this to kill foreigners and scare them from visiting Nigeria because you hate a christian president. How crazy of you guys!

I knew something was fishy the way the building quickly collapsed in a split second. It was just too fast for a structural fault.