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Commission roads but where are the pedestrian walkways?

They are postponing your future

#take it back

Vote Sowore for President in 2019

Vote Sowore for president 2019

#takeitback

Vote Sowore 2019

# takeitback

jerryclinton:
7 Players dropped from the super eagles squad to Russia.

1. Dele Ajiboye
2. Stephen Eze
3. Chidozie Awaziem
4. Uche Agbo
5. Mikel Agu
6.Junior Lokosa
7. Simon Moses.

Don't Argue...

How severe is Awaziem's injury ?

Guys are now arguing about whose slum is better lol ok

kikuyu1:
Do Dangotelanders lies ever stop? HELLZ NO! Nigga,we revealed your monorail project failed and is now a monument to waste and misplaced prioritisation.

You are confusing Calabar with Port Harcourt

***THIS NEWS IS FALSE. YOU GUYS ARE DELUDED*****

Switzerland is better than Brazil in all aspects (facts do not lie)

This is how stupid this thread is.

Nigeria B vs Atletico Madrid in Uyo, Akwa Ibom

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Vote Sowore for president
# Take it back!

deomelo:
1. The single largest public works transportation project in Africa at the moment is in Lagos state, Nigeria aka 10 lane Badagry express, BRT access, Lagos Metro Rail.

2. There are 4 major world class Terminals under construction as we speak, plus the already commissioned Ikeja Terminal to ease trafic.

3. At least 2 Major flyovers are under construction and many already commissioned.

4. Many laybys are under construction and many already commissioned

5. Lagos Cable car is still on track.


All together, we are talking about multi billion dollar transportation investments.

Why many of you try to form knowledge and end up sounding ignorant beats me.

I am definitely aware of all the projects you have stated. These are great efforts for which the net result would be to improve traffic flow across the state. But it is still a drop in an ocean and the state needs to do more.

The focus here is strictly about planning ahead in regards good road networks and proper city planning. Lagos is yet to get with the program.

Afamed:
Even the most developed cities in the world are not living in Isolation of busy traffic. The ability to manage the traffic is what stands them out which Lagos is emulating through creating the Lastmas, BRT, new roads networking and others.Its easier to criticize from far.

The traffic in Lagos is many levels above average and one of the worst in the world. There efforts to ameliorate the situation no doubt. What is happening right now is reactionary. They need to plan ahead. We have the opportunity to correct the wrongs of Apapa and much of Eti Osa lg. Lekki phase one lacks any sort of town planning and road network is bad. Having only one major road for the Lekki Epe area is bad planning for a start.

Afamed:
Can you know more than the state government? Just a month ago over 200 roads were commissioned in Lagos state. To enlighten you more, more flyover bridges are daily built in Lagos. When Lekki sea port is completed, it will totally take away the pressure from the present Apapa port. Bearing in mind lekki and Apapa ports are not situated in similar direction/ locations.

If the state govt knew what they were doing Lagos would not be so congested with insane traffic. It seems people have settled for the way things are and cannot think outside the box. Do a comparison of km of roads with other major cities with less population and see that Lagos is lagging. Fore sight and expertise in city planning is lacking.

Lagos is headed for total chaos in the future if it does not plan adequate accessibility to and from this port. They need more roads (and rail of course ) than they are planning, but they don't know yet or have a clue.

On twitter someone is asking if William Ekong is the same as Troost Ekong.

Nigeria is not holding the rulers down. When they chose to develop Nigeria that's when Nigeria rises.

People are misunderstanding the meaning of a Mega City. The OP has misused the word

Rosskii:
Honestly, I cringe when I hear Nigerians say stuff like, ''why can't they clean the gutters properly?''..... You are NOT supposed to have ''gutters''!!!!


This is what a street in a normal country looks like:

https://www.sacgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Benefit-Lots-of-Sidewalk-1024x768.png

Do you see any gutter in this picture?

What is so hard about making every street in Lagos or Nigeria look like this?

That's why we have to #takeitback in 2019 - Sowore

We have analog brains ruling this country

Governments do not like to to the dirty work.

ELECTRICITY TO ALL HOMES
CENTRAL SEWAGE SYSTEMS
CITY DRAINAGE NETWORKS
WATER TO ALL HOMES
LANDSCAPE PROJECTS at all Road setbacks

Why do our governments shy away from these?
Lagos, and Nigeria in general, has a long way to go.

We have natural beauty but when human beings get involved it is all destroyed. All our cities need to incorporate nature when designed and built.

Nigerian states and their mineral resources

http://morounke.tripod.com/mineral_resources_from_each_stat.htm

sufferNsmiling:
Please do not blame our government . That is what nigerians want and like we nigerians know who can build a country who can develop a country. But we will not vote for them all we nigerians like to vote for are criminals even nigerians in uk,america ,europe and abroad we will always vote for a criminal to lead nigerian community. So do not blame our government we are so illiterate that do not know right from left good from bad see a criminal we are happy to follow him we nigerians in europe we tell you dear white people did nothing for nigeria so is better we follow criminals. So that is a behaviour you cannot see in any country when nigerians will vote for somebody to develop them its only crime they want. The way you make your bed so you lie on it. We nigerians are known as criminal worshippers.

In reality people have been brainwashed into electing criminals but that is changing slowly.

This is part of corruption and incompetencies of Nigeria governments Nigerians complain about on a daily basis

rvp20182:
I guess we can't blame you. Poor education mean you can't even do the basic mathematics.

Let try Total Nigeria budget = Total federal budget + Internal Generated Revenue (excl federal allocation) in 36 states ( or You can also try federal budget+state budget - federal allocation).

Total federal budget = $29B
Total state allocation (N9.5 trillion Naira - remove the federal allocation - otherwise you'll be double counting) - I think you get left with 8-9B dollars
Total =29+8=$37B

Kenya = Total budget for 2018/2019 (30B with 3B being county allocation +1-2B which counties will generate) =$32B

It either basic maths is the problem or the valueless Naira is deluding you. The thing is worth 4 Kshs.

Mr. Onyekpere criticised the entire budget outlay, arguing that although the total N8.612 trillion “appears high in Naira terms,” it actually amounted to a “paltry $28.24 billion.”

Nigeria economy is supposed to be the biggest in Africa. But, we are the lowest, both in per capita budget figures and in absolute terms. Nigeria is in the middle among South Africa, Algeria, Egypt and Angola.

“This year, South Africa is budgeting about $116 billion, against Nigeria’s $23 billion, despite being the highest appropriation ever. Angola is doing $124 billion; Algeria $53 billion and Egypt $40 billion.

The question to ask - is WHY IS ANGOLA spending 124B dollars - while Nigeria who are top 10 petrol oil sellers in the world are doing 28B - What is WRONG WITH YOU GUYS. You mean all that oil is just siphoned off? You let shell steal the whole of it? I mean you guys don't even know the offshore oil where it goes

WHAT IS WRONG WITH NIGERIA?

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/249059-2018-nigerias-biggest-budget-yet-meagre-compared-angola-south-africas.html

Check this out.

WE ARE NIGERIAN CREATIVES

https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreNigerianCreatives?src=hash

There is a reason why US did not sign up/renegotiating NAFTA

^^This is one of the areas the insecurity is coming from

kikuyu1:
Btw,buildings and shiny personal property aren't a substitute for REAL PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT which is quantified by easily verified stats!

Extend the same to your guy who was showing Angola Skyscrapers.
Turning things around according to the arguments that suits you.

This explains the snail pace of development in the country

shervydman:
That's what happen when u spend more time on nairaland than ur classroom.

lol

autojosh:
Lagos state is not famous for the best traffic experiences. Unarguably, the traffic situation in the state is what makes the state the most stressful place to reside in Nigeria.

However, the current administration has so far demonstrated an impressive resolve to ameliorate the suffering of the residents brought about by the most horrendous road traffic experiences.

Gov. Akinwumi Ambode has constructed and reconstructed several road transport infrastructure in Lagos. For instance, He has built several many roads, Bridges and Flyovers. He has also constructed lay numerous bys and slip roads.

The Governor has also built and commissioned some ultra-modern bus tops and bus terminals. Hundreds of BRT buses have been acquired. Many more buses are still being acquired.

In addition, he has sanitized many once notorious bus-stops.

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Despite all these, Lagosians still groan over the horrific traffic experience.

It goes without saying: a lot more needs to be done to ease the mass transit in Lagos state.

No matter how much we celebrate the commissioning of new bus terminals and bus stops, the state still craves for far more effective transport infrastructure and policies.

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So, if you were in Gov. Ambode’s shoes, what 2 strategic transport infrastructure or policy would you introduce to significantly improve mass transit in Lagos state?

Kindly drop your comment in the comments section.

Hey! You never know, the Governor might be reading this!

#AmbodeChallenge

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Source

https://autojosh.com/if-you-were-ambode-what-2-things-would-you-do-to-improve-the-traffic-situations-in-lagos/

Ignorance bothers me. You cannot expect our traffic situation to be solved by lay-bys and flyovers alone.
Study the problem scientifically.
Step out and look at the problem from a holistic stand point.
This problem has a simple solution but will take lots of work to get it done.
I hear Ambode was engaging Japanese consultants to solve our transportation problem. This is not hard
Many stadiums are built with quick evacuation designs and it is possible to evacuate thousands in seconds.
This method need to be applied to transportation. It is not rocket science.
This alludes to my previous comment on the implementation.
Problem source: The road network in Lagos is designed for cities of around 3 million people. Most streets do not have the capacity to facilitate heavy vehicular movement.