₦airaland Forum

Samueliyobosa:
Why Edo govt can't fix Benin-Auchi, Benin-Sapele, other roads, by Obaseki

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government cannot intervene in fixing the Benin-Auchi and Benin-Sapele Roads because the Federal Government has already awarded contracts for the repair of the roads.

Obaseki disclosed this to journalists after the monthly Security Council meeting held in Government House, Benin City, the state capital.

The governor said that much as Edo State is a transportation hub, it is concerning that the major Federal Road network in the state, which connects several parts of the Country are in bad condition.

He noted that his administration has done everything in its power to appeal to the Federal Government to look into the repairs of the wide span of damaged Federal Roads in Edo State.

Obaseki added that his administration has drawn the attention of the Federal Government to the failed portions of Benin-Auchi Roads, Benin-Sapele Road and the Benin-Lagos Road, particularly the Ovia River Bridge but nothing has been done yet.

According to him, "Look at the incident that happened in Ovia River Bridge three weeks ago, in which we lost several lives following multiple accidents. Nothing has been done till now. This shows they don't care about us in the State.

"The issue on the Benin-Lagos Road, particularly the Ovia River Crossing is becoming catastrophic. We have lost a lot of lives and done everything to get the Federal Government and the Federal Ministry of Works to work with us and put in place a palliative measure to stop the carnage on that road."

On Sapele Road, he said: "I was on Sapele Road recently. After the heavy downpour, the road was impassable. What is going on in Benin-Sapele road is a scandalous. I don't think that any region where the oil resources that sustain the Country come from should be this neglected. We have done everything possible. We don't know what to do again to draw the attention of the federal government to these roads."

He continued: "The Auchi-Ibillo Road was so bad that some of our contractors couldn't go to their quarry site. We appealed to the Federal Government to do palliative work on that road but they refused, saying the road is under contract. If I want to do the same to Benin-Sapele Road, I am not allowed to do so. They claim the road has been given out to a contractor.

Last year, the Benin-Auchi Road was locked for about two weeks as food, animals, petroleum products could not reach their destination. We don't want such situations this year so they should help us. We are not here to criticize them but to appeal for help."

The governor noted that the federal government’s policy relating to these roads is very confusing, noting that in the past, states could rehabilitate Federal roads and give the Federal Government the bills, but that is no longer obtainable.

"At a point they said we can apply and take over the repair of federal roads but I am yet to see a state they have given Federal roads to fix," he noted.

This highlights one of the reasons why Nigeria must be restructured. Under the unitary system that Nigeria practices, progressive regions are deliberately held back from moving forward by the Federal government.

Throwback:
4 + 4 Torgba.

Edo no be Lagos.

Na the end result dem dey enjoy so.

Lagos roads are worse.

madridguy:
Shameless people. Many roads in Lagos State and Ogun state are like this too.

Ogun state roads close to Lagos are all death traps.

If they are shameless people (and they are), what should we call those of you that support them (out of sentiments)

Fool.

Zxcvbnmghtr:
Thank God am no more Obedient.

I still would have been swimming in the ocean of self deception and delusion.

Get lost

Rutherford2019:
The previous elections were different from this 2023s
In the previous elections it was obvious that the winner won the election but it was not free and fair e.g Obasanjo won in 2003,Yaradua won in 2007 and Buhari won in 2015
But in 2023 it's obvious that Tinubu didn't win, infact what inec have with them shows that he didn't win

Exactly.

FreeStuffsNG:
Very humble and reserved like his father.
Check my signature for free stuffs!

You deserve 12 lashes to come back to your senses.

He should be in DSS cell by now.

zed7:
Leave experience for the experienced. I've been in so many work spaces in different spheres and believe me, most successful achieving woman usually rides on the back or d of men to get that successful status.

Yea, a handful of women have fought genuinely to get to the top, but only a handful. We know what we know. And by the way, not to judge, you may want to research how your Alakija became very successful. Enough said.

Right on point.

SwissMass:
He will still go to jail

Keep dreaming. Go to jail for what? DSS is useless.

DSS has become a useless security agency.

DaInferno:
If this man governed China...he'd be killed by now

How about your darling Buhari?

Info365:
Ortom just wasted 8 years doing nothing

How about Buhari?

SmartPolician:
Professor Yemi Osinbajo is a very intelligent man who shouldn't go a day without having a job.

Unfortunately, it's only in Nigeria where a professor of law deputises a man with a questionable o'level certificate.

Congratulations to prof.

Exactly.

Lovenorth:
Why is he telling us?

It's in celebration of the 4th of July, America's independence day.

TemplarLandry:
A fast-fading regional bloc like the European Union should stop pokenosing into our internal affairs. Their unsolicited opinions are inconsequential. Nigeria refuses to be your appendage.

With so many fools in Nigeria, I wonder how Nigeria can make progress.

juman:
Fraudulent sharing of common wealth.
While the people of the area are in abject poverty.
The man could not even manage the oil field well.

Nigerian generals ruined the country.

Exactly.

Yeah right.

elfico:
Dude better sleep with one eye open.
Before he suffers an ' an unfortunate accident'.

Like falling off the window of a high rise building.

klimkid:
My girlfriend and I have been dating for 3 years now and it's about time we start planning on getting married.

One thing I no for sure is that she loves me and I do love her too. Recently, she told me that her mom went to some churches and they told her it won't work, about 3 pastors. But my girlfriend told her friend to tell her pastor to pray about it.

So he prayed about it and he gave us feedback after 3 days and he said the marriage will work, he said I will give my girlfriend peace, take care of her and make her happy.

There's a woman that prays for me here in Lagos, she said there is nothing wrong with both of us. I also called my Rev. Father and he said that nobody has the right to say the person is for this person or the marriage won't work.

He said marriage is a decision both of us will take and pray about it.

He said hence we love ourselves so much, should leave it for God and continue with our relationship.

Guys, have you experienced this before? What do you think? I am confused.

It's only the Reverend Father that made sense, for obvious reasons. Reverend Fathers (Catholic) are generally well educated unlike all these fake Pastors and Prophets.

Btruth:
.....maybe because they no get liver.

Which liver
The men are not getting it because of "liver".

Ofumin:
I wish him success

Success in his retirement

helinues:
Prevention is better than cure

Naivety.

Useless political agency.

Yeah right. Believe Tinubu at your own peril. Nigeria is still a lawless jungle.

chuksanambra:
Pardon revoked on the 20th of June
Killed on the 22nd of June

Pardon revoked for after 5 years of breaching the terms of the pardon.

He must know something they don't want him to spill.

Exactly.

adecz:
Police and their cooked up stories❗️❗️😁



I suspect that gov Bello was using the
guy as political thug and they fell out and
then authorized the armed forces to
takeout the known criminal ...

Exactly.

hakeemhakeem:
He was forgiven not to sin again but return to sin and the law enforcement take charge to clear the garbage

Naive. The powers that be obviously used him as thug to oppress political opponents. No need for him and they had to silence him so he doesn't implicate them. Just like Yusuf the Boko Haram founder.

Pipefitter:
Why wait since 2019

Bello was probably using him as his thug against his political opponents.

We don't expect you to say otherwise of course.

sreamsense:
Do you expect it to have glitches before? What will be the essence of security measures INEC engineers put in place to secure AWS server? INEC engineer will tell you they resist attacks against the server from their end. And can you even defend internet connectivity issues from device users? LP can't prove this, they are only wasting time. By the time the engineer is crossed examine now, he may make LP feel like mumu

Keep quiet if you don't know what to say.

PHIPEX:
The militant is looking for contract.

Imagine the gut to sit right inside Aso Rock, gather the Press and accuse the military of theft yet WENT HOME peacefully and smiling.

If it's a regular guy on the street he would have been arrested and shot with Bazooka.

An unknown face is easily arrested for a tweet on social media but the militant left Aso Rock after such heavy accusation and we are now BEGGING him to stop insulting our revered military.

Nigeria is a circus.