₦airaland Forum

BabalawoPikin:
wait till 2023.. I will reply you

BabalawoPikin:
nobody is a saint bruh.. Politics is business.. You give and take.. What's more important is making sure you deliver.. JAGABAN DELIVERED LAGOS!!!! he accommodated everyone. He's not a tribalist like most of y'all here on nairaland..
I personally will use my funds to print flyers and make people vote for a wonderful man like him..

Thankiu

freesystem:
Pls show me any newly completed roads/bridges that is toll in the North?

Ekejoestar:
I asked the question when I saw the post on frontpage few days ago, but nobody deemed it fit to give me an answer.

Why would you toll a bridge that is of economic importance to Nigeria.

We were talking of building a modern bridge that will have a ship under pass but here they built analogue bridge and want to use noise to block our ear

hammer567:
WATCH NIGERIA LIGHT UP COME 2023, IT WILL BURN.


NUFF SAID!

OMENKAismad:
the toll gate is at asaba Delta state the taxi will go to Delta state nothing for Anambra this government is hate anything igbo

aribisala0:
It is not PPP
Julius Berger is not funding the project that part of your story is not true

When GEJ was there and agreement was entered for PPP but the investor pulled out . The reason is that when they signed a MOU the $ was 165 and it crashed in 2015 meaning they could not proceed . That arrangement was CANCELLED and the FG is funding the bridge 100%.
That information is online

aribisala0:
Another ignorant statement of victimhood. This is a very toxic mentality you have.


You do not know, You do not know that you do not know and think you know everything

Last year the Federal Executive Council approved the National Tolling Policy . So it is a new thing.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/478794-nigeria-set-to-reintroduce-tollgates-as-fec-approves-new-roads-policy.html

https://www.youtube.cowatch?v=eBw_JOE0Ktk


So we expect to see Toll Gates up and down the country

LordOfTheGame:
The hate for anything Igbo is soo alarming.

buckeyemedia:
When you were born, were there not Toll gates on the express ways?

Onepeople:
They are using igbo elites to deceive the igboman, tell me, who among those that have continuously oppose Kanu criticism of this evil government, have find its worthy to criticise the tolling of this bridge, igboman is his own enemy, until we understand this, half of our problem will be solved.

aribisala0:
When I was born there was not a single expressway in Nigeria . Not One

I thing your problem is comprehending English

The National Tolling Policy is a NEW THING

There have not been Tolls on federal Roads for a while

Rugaria:
No nation built on nepotism and sectionalism archives her full potential. Infact most promising states around the globe have imploded in the past, under the enermous weight of their iniquitous history full of tribalism, favouritism and grand injustices. This is so, because for the people of any given country to come together and galvanize their collective abilities towards modernizing their state, there must exist a sense of nationalism, patriotism and a common purpose. This can't happen when it has become a government policy to marginalize, antagonize and deprive a certain section that contributes immensely towards the economic growth of the country, her fare share of national projects and recognitions..

A case in point here is the over dramatized Second Niger bridge. In the history of this eternally convulsing amalgam, no project has been so dramatized, so politicized and so unashamedly utilized as a political football by the close minded political class in Abuja, at the detriment of the welfare and greater economic activities in the South East and the South South regions. The drama started way back during the military era, when the aging bridge built by the then Eastern government in the 50s, started to show signs of wear and tear. This bridge was bombed during the Nigeria - Biafra war and was extensively damaged as a result of the endless skirmishes there. For a long time, the bridge has been the only shaky link between the former Eastern Nigeria and the rest of the country. With the economic activities going on in such wonderful places like Onitsha, Aba, Port Harcourt, Owerri and the rest, the enermous economic importance/impact of this bridge can not be over emphasized..

It's against this backdrop, that one is overwhelmingly alarmed at the disdain with which the federal government has carried on with this project over the years. Firstly, under Babangidas administration, a drawing of the bridge was made with plans for a rail crossing. But nothing happened as it rgards construction proper. Obasanjo came in and only laid the foundation stones few hours to his abdication of office in 2007, which was basically nothing but a taunt" to those who considered the bridge an essential project to them! The plan for the rail lines over the bridge was also shelved. Jonathan did start the project but suggested a partnership between the construction companies, the state government and the federal government as it regards the funding. Then came Buhari, whose administration saw the second Niger bridge as the most convenient project to use as a balancing act for his brazen but shameful display of bigotry and classic igbophobia.

The bridge will now have almost a dozen Toll Gates!! This will be the first and only project built under any administration since the coming of civilian rule in 1999, that will demand that those using it will pay for all bills incurred during construction! Ofcourse, it's mainly the people of the South East. There are many projects in the North being handled as we speak, by the federal government that have bigger cost outlays when compared to the second Niger bridge but whose total cost are shouldered entirely by the federal government, even if it means borrowing! A good example is the nearly One trillion Naira Abuja - Zaria - Kano road. Infact, Nigeria has gone on to borrow billions of dollars to erect highways and railways and pipelines to Niger republic, another country! Nigerians as a people will collectively pay for these projects in another country, while the South Easterners, who are going to be the main users of The second Niger bridge, will pay through their noses for EVERY cent used to build that bridge!

"Fellow Nigerians", Is this fair??


Below is The Muhammadu Buhari Toll gates at the yet to be commissioned second Niger bridge:

angelfallz:
Apart from the toll gate it looks like the bridge is only 2 lanes? Could someone who is knowledgeable about the 2nd Niger bridge confirm this?

buckeyemedia:
You must be lamenting from ignorance, ok what year were you born?

ednut1:
https://www.thecable.ng/emefiele-fg-to-toll-lagos-ibadan-expressway-2nd-niger-bridge-to-repay-infrastructure-loans/amp some igbos and victim mentality sha

aribisala0:
Ask your mother .She knows better

hammer567:
WATCH NIGERIA LIGHT UP COME 2023, IT WILL BURN.


NUFF SAID!

Rugaria:
No nation built on nepotism and sectionalism archives her full potential. Infact most promising states around the globe have imploded in the past, under the enermous weight of their iniquitous history full of tribalism, favouritism and grand injustices. This is so, because for the people of any given country to come together and galvanize their collective abilities towards modernizing their state, there must exist a sense of nationalism, patriotism and a common purpose. This can't happen when it has become a government policy to marginalize, antagonize and deprive a certain section that contributes immensely towards the economic growth of the country, her fare share of national projects and recognitions..

A case in point here is the over dramatized Second Niger bridge. In the history of this eternally convulsing amalgam, no project has been so dramatized, so politicized and so unashamedly utilized as a political football by the close minded political class in Abuja, at the detriment of the welfare and greater economic activities in the South East and the South South regions. The drama started way back during the military era, when the aging bridge built by the then Eastern government in the 50s, started to show signs of wear and tear. This bridge was bombed during the Nigeria - Biafra war and was extensively damaged as a result of the endless skirmishes there. For a long time, the bridge has been the only shaky link between the former Eastern Nigeria and the rest of the country. With the economic activities going on in such wonderful places like Onitsha, Aba, Port Harcourt, Owerri and the rest, the enermous economic importance/impact of this bridge can not be over emphasized..

It's against this backdrop, that one is overwhelmingly alarmed at the disdain with which the federal government has carried on with this project over the years. Firstly, under Babangidas administration, a drawing of the bridge was made with plans for a rail crossing. But nothing happened as it rgards construction proper. Obasanjo came in and only laid the foundation stones few hours to his abdication of office in 2007, which was basically nothing but a taunt" to those who considered the bridge an essential project to them! The plan for the rail lines over the bridge was also shelved. Jonathan did start the project but suggested a partnership between the construction companies, the state government and the federal government as it regards the funding. Then came Buhari, whose administration saw the second Niger bridge as the most convenient project to use as a balancing act for his brazen but shameful display of bigotry and classic igbophobia.

The bridge will now have almost a dozen Toll Gates!! This will be the first and only project built under any administration since the coming of civilian rule in 1999, that will demand that those using it will pay for all bills incurred during construction! Ofcourse, it's mainly the people of the South East. There are many projects in the North being handled as we speak, by the federal government that have bigger cost outlays when compared to the second Niger bridge but whose total cost are shouldered entirely by the federal government, even if it means borrowing! A good example is the nearly One trillion Naira Abuja - Zaria - Kano road. Infact, Nigeria has gone on to borrow billions of dollars to erect highways and railways and pipelines to Niger republic, another country! Nigerians as a people will collectively pay for these projects in another country, while the South Easterners, who are going to be the main users of The second Niger bridge, will pay through their noses for EVERY cent used to build that bridge!

"Fellow Nigerians", Is this fair??


Below is The Muhammadu Buhari Toll gates at the yet to be commissioned second Niger bridge:

SpecialAdviser:
Please where is the picture of Lagos -Ibadan toll gates?

Again why is Abuja - Zaria - Kano road not tolled?

Do you really think we are fools? Why taking loan only on our bridge and our project? Why not do the same in the north?

Again I ask, do you think we are fools? He did well building the bridge but why installing toll gates when same is not done in their hallowed North?

beejayjohn:
But there's no toll gate at the kaduna-abuja highway, up till sokoto, so why are the putting toll gate. Are the citizens going to pay back the money used in constructing the bridge. If that's the case the present government has failed us irredeemably.

Akonamasi:
Toll gate wey boys go dynamite. FG won't make 1 naira from that toll gate no worry.

Alcoron:
This is bigotry against the Igbos. #DemolishTheTollGates

Almaigaa:
Na lie. That's Anambra State. They are all over the East.

Rugaria:
No nation built on nepotism and sectionalism archives her full potential. Infact most promising states around the globe have imploded in the past, under the enermous weight of their iniquitous history full of tribalism, favouritism and grand injustices. This is so, because for the people of any given country to come together and galvanize their collective abilities towards modernizing their state, there must exist a sense of nationalism, patriotism and a common purpose. This can't happen when it has become a government policy to marginalize, antagonize and deprive a certain section that contributes immensely towards the economic growth of the country, her fare share of national projects and recognitions..

A case in point here is the over dramatized Second Niger bridge. In the history of this eternally convulsing amalgam, no project has been so dramatized, so politicized and so unashamedly utilized as a political football by the close minded political class in Abuja, at the detriment of the welfare and greater economic activities in the South East and the South South regions. The drama started way back during the military era, when the aging bridge built by the then Eastern government in the 50s, started to show signs of wear and tear. This bridge was bombed during the Nigeria - Biafra war and was extensively damaged as a result of the endless skirmishes there. For a long time, the bridge has been the only shaky link between the former Eastern Nigeria and the rest of the country. With the economic activities going on in such wonderful places like Onitsha, Aba, Port Harcourt, Owerri and the rest, the enermous economic importance/impact of this bridge can not be over emphasized..

It's against this backdrop, that one is overwhelmingly alarmed at the disdain with which the federal government has carried on with this project over the years. Firstly, under Babangidas administration, a drawing of the bridge was made with plans for a rail crossing. But nothing happened as it rgards construction proper. Obasanjo came in and only laid the foundation stones few hours to his abdication of office in 2007, which was basically nothing but a taunt" to those who considered the bridge an essential project to them! The plan for the rail lines over the bridge was also shelved. Jonathan did start the project but suggested a partnership between the construction companies, the state government and the federal government as it regards the funding. Then came Buhari, whose administration saw the second Niger bridge as the most convenient project to use as a balancing act for his brazen but shameful display of bigotry and classic igbophobia.

The bridge will now have almost a dozen Toll Gates!! This will be the first and only project built under any administration since the coming of civilian rule in 1999, that will demand that those using it will pay for all bills incurred during construction! Ofcourse, it's mainly the people of the South East. There are many projects in the North being handled as we speak, by the federal government that have bigger cost outlays when compared to the second Niger bridge but whose total cost are shouldered entirely by the federal government, even if it means borrowing! A good example is the nearly One trillion Naira Abuja - Zaria - Kano road. Infact, Nigeria has gone on to borrow billions of dollars to erect highways and railways and pipelines to Niger republic, another country! Nigerians as a people will collectively pay for these projects in another country, while the South Easterners, who are going to be the main users of The second Niger bridge, will pay through their noses for EVERY cent used to build that bridge!

"Fellow Nigerians", Is this fair??


Below is The Muhammadu Buhari Toll gates at the yet to be commissioned second Niger bridge:

Missionaire:
Oga sir. I just quoted a post. No be me write am.
Take am easy.

ednut1:
The other bridge is still open. If you cant afford the toll follow the other one na. There are tolls in other countries too.