BiafIntel:




Where are all those fools and zombies that are happy every day here that the same hypocrite fulanis redrew the borders of Igboland and are forcing us to accept it? Have you seen that the fulanis are hypocrites? This fool doesn't want to accept British drawn international borders but wants us to accept his people's hypocritical locally drown borders that ceded Igbo people into other states. Wike of Rivers states must be the daftest and dumbest human ever to love. Long live the great Mazi Nnamdi Kanu for opening the eyes of Igbo zombies.

2mercy:


https://punchng.com/buhari-defends-1-9bn-nigeria-niger-republic-railway-project/

Agbegbaorogboye:

I meant uranium not oil. Niger does not export oil but it does uranium. What Buhari is saying is meaningless.

drediamond:


I think many people do not know the geopolitical balance of this project.

Benin republic saw a loophole to capture all the trade routes and corner all the transportation architecture of Niger.

The uranium and oil fields of Niger are far closer to Nigeria's seaports than Benin. And Mardi is the second-largest city in Niger and central to distribution to Niger.

It will be foolish not to lobby and offer a better proposal to Niger to get more control of their transport needs by accessing Nigeria's seaports which mean more businesses for Nigeria.

And by the way, the 3billion dollar eastern railway is already ongoing which starts from Port Harcourt and a deep Bonny seaport is part of the deal.

The government has surely failed in a lot of areas but with regards to infrastructure, I think we can look with an objective lens.

Agbegbaorogboye:

Mtcheew. You're just arguing what you know nothing about. Niamey is close to Benin Republic. So your analogy is meaningless. The point to note there is the road from agadez to Niamey is good same with from Niamey to Cotonou.
From Agadez to Cotonou is shorter than from Agadez to Lagos. End of story

AceRoot:


You make very valid points here. Two other factors could be the terrain + topography of the route, and the reach of the dreaded Islamic terror group(s) nearby.

MoIbrahim:


Oil has been discovered in Niger, and they have started exporting. Pls check again.

MoIbrahim:


You are the one who doesn't know about it. Oil is in Agadem, not Agadez.

And taking the oil first to capital Niamey before moving it to the port is like having an item manufactured in the SE and going to Cameroon first coming to the capital of Nigeria Abuja before going to Cameroon

Go and learn African Geography.

Agbegbaorogboye:

Niger does not export oil. Show us their oil exports. They're even struggling to provide feed for their refinery

Agbegbaorogboye:

Check what? Niger has a refinery with a 35k barrel capacity while it's oilfields produces about 15k barrel.
So where's the differential for export? Can you show us the exports?

MoIbrahim:


Stale data!

What is your source pls?

Otuegbe:
But you don't want Yorubas to mingle with their cousins in Benin Republic.

Buhari know Wat he is doing.
Hypocrite .
Igboho will soon open the boarders

MoIbrahim:


Oh! So you have important matters sef.

Oni iranu omo

drediamond:


I agree with you to some extent. But Nigeria has already secured a 3billion dollar financing for the eastern railway project which starts from Port Harcourt and will pass through many eastern cities. A deep Bonny seaport is part of the deal.

The same CECC company that built Lagos Ibadan project is already working on the eastern rail project.

The road block is the east west railway project that will link lagos to calabar, it will pass through west to south south states and port harcourt then ends in Calabar.

I think the senate has not given the go-ahead for the loan financing.

atonement12:

Eni iya! A lai leko! I know nothing is 'important' to you except supporting wicked rulers- you and other political micreants like you will soon reap what you are sowing! Ako tile ta omo!

MoIbrahim:


Rather bring forward evidence to prove your own argument.

I dey wait!

Agbegbaorogboye:


Wikipedia. And others

Agbegbaorogboye:

Ok

https://www.worldometers.info/oil/niger-oil/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Niger

MoIbrahim:


First, post it here na. You dey fear?

Agbegbaorogboye:

Ok

https://www.worldometers.info/oil/niger-oil/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Niger

Agbegbaorogboye:

Fear what? Are you going to beat me?
Niger was even planning to build a pipeline from Agadem to Chad in preparation of expanding their oil production. That's because there's a pipeline from Chad to Cameroon port.
It has not materialized as expected but that's to show you that Lagos, Nigeria can't be a preferred destination for oil export because of a rail.
Or you self reason. Between rail and pipeline, which one is faster, efficient and cheaper to transport crude?

MoIbrahim:


Afoju omo

Now that you have shouted enough, I can invited you to go and check my posts, if they have been pro-government. Follow my moniker an see for your self o.

Saifullah01:
Although true he said that, but I feel punch is emphasising the sensational part over the economic reason he provided which is a fair point.

Niger has no access to the sea and if Nigeria gets its act together infrastructurallyn, we will be the preferred route for Nigerien oil (and uranium). Imagine the attendant jobs and revenue that will accrue to Nigeria as a result of this. Not to speak of the geopolitical influence.

China is currently reviving the ancient silk road that connected East Asia and Southeast Asia with South Asia, Persia, the Arabian Peninsula, East Africa and Southern Europe through road constructions, seaport development, railways etc. in central Asia countries, Pakistan, Iran and even Europe (read about it)

If Nigeria were to get her acts right we should be reviving the ancient trans-Sahara trate routes strategically building influence in the countries that currently occupy those routes (Timbuktu, Agades, Tripoli etc) non of these North African countries or middle eastern countries would have "nothing on us". But we are to busy fighting ourselves to see the potential in ourselves

MoIbrahim:


As at 2016 it started exporting to Chad and Cameroon. Recently it signed MoU with Nigeria, and other countries. Go and check.

You are following the old underestimation of the oil reserve which has been corrected a few years ago

MoIbrahim:


Exporting to Chad and Cameroon is selling to those countries o, not as routes.

Rail transport of goods is not ordinary "a rail" in word economy.

Agbegbaorogboye:

Why will Niger sell oil to Chad and Cameroon when they have oil too. Do you even know what you're saying? It's just like Nigeria selling oil to Angola.

Ok. Explain rail in world economy

Agbegbaorogboye:


Wikipedia. Anid others

Agbegbaorogboye:

Oya show evidence that Niger exported oil to Chad and Cameroon
Show evidence there's an MoU with Nigeria to export oil thru Nigeria. Mind you, Amaechi claimed he went to beg them to allow him build that rail. I hope it's not true begging spree you're referring to as MoU.

Okay so the oil will pass through Chad to which port? Or to Cameroon's port in a pipe so that Cameroon will barrel it at their own port fir shipping? Pls na!

Pls check again about our MoU with Niger
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