Soon to be in the hands of terrorists

kenny714433:
Do they really need this at this moment?

Only Lagos and Rivers State need this at the moment because of their unending traffic.

Just dey complain up and down. Concentrate on getting the prisoner cownu out of prison

You see the problem with Nigeria.
Was a great read until I got to the point where it says '...but we have been unable to get (an interested party) to operate it.

Which means the people are not interested in the project. Which means the government is forcing it on them, which means it is a white elephant destined to be an albatross on the back of government for years to come.

This is not how nations develop. There is no synergy between leaders and the led. We should understand that Government exists to organise society, period. Government is the sum of all the aspirations of the people it serves.

In this case the rail and BRT for which this loan is taken will have come about by exhaustive interaction, deliberations and advocacy between the people and government perhaps over several years by which plans and programs will have evolved, in a scenario whereby government will have said, 'we don't have the means, etc' and the people will have ended up with a plan to fund it by loan with another plan to repay by commercializing it.

Such that ownership, management, financial plans, even ticketing prices will all have been agreed by government and the people, a solid feasibility study before any action us taken. Only then can the development by a success.

But in Nigeria, Africa, attention to details, consultancy, consultation, plans, procedures and the ability to build values into a society is severely lacking making leadership so tempestuous.

We really need to raise our game. How can you conclude on a public works project of such importance with the primary components of it's success completely left out. If you already have the name of the 'gbese provider' and you don't have the name of the 'gbese repayer', is that not trouble you are looking for. Who takes a loan without a name by which it is to be paid or a plan by which it is to be serviced...

If the people who are the owners of government are not front and center of this development, how will it transit government when the title holders are out of power.

My Governor in Oyo state is just AUDIOcracy
Kad is far better under Hell rufai

kenny714433:
Do they really need this at this moment?

Only Lagos and Rivers State need this at the moment because of their unending traffic.

U mean dey don't need to progress and develop.....are u normal, have u ever been to kaduna b4

U want all state to be stagnant and useless like south east states

Reference:
You see the problem with Nigeria.
Was a great read until I got to the point where it says '...but we have been unable to get (an interested party) to operate it.

Which means the people are not interested in the project. Which means the government is forcing it on them, which means it is a white elephant destined to be an albatross on the back of government for years to come.

This is not how nations develop. There is no synergy between leaders and the led. We should understand that Government exists to organise society, period. Government is the sum of all the aspirations of the people it serves.

In this case the rail and BRT for which this loan is taken will have come about by exhaustive interaction, deliberations and advocacy between the people and government perhaps over several years by which plans and programs will have evolved, in a scenario whereby government will have said, 'we don't have the means, etc' and the people will have ended up with a plan to fund it by loan with another plan to repay by commercializing it.

Such that ownership, management, financial plans, even ticketing prices will all have been agreed by government and the people, a solid feasibility study before any action us taken. Only then can the development by a success.

But in Nigeria, Africa, attention to details, consultancy, consultation, plans, procedures and the ability to build values into a society is severely lacking making leadership so tempestuous.

We really need to raise our game. How can you conclude on a public works project of such importance with the primary components of it's success completely left out. If you already have the name of the 'gbese provider' and you don't have the name of the 'gbese repayer', is that not trouble you are looking for. Who takes a loan without a name by which it is to be paid or a plan by which it is to be serviced...

If the people who are the owners of government are not front and center of this development, how will it transit government when the title holders are out of power.

lol..


It's really crazy what people come up with on NL just to sound smart, but they end up sounding shallow and meaningless.

So, the [people are not interested in the project and the government is forcing it on them because investors are not investing even though investors just did and the project is off the ground?

If you are going to criticize or do bad bele, at least do so with a little sense and intelligence.

Abuja light rail is the first in Nigeria, phase 1 commissioned in 2018. Lagos is still yet to be completed since Lateef Jakande & 23 years of democracy.

Thedon22:

So, who among those contesting has a better record than him? Even Obi admitted he copied from Tinubu. Tinubu has many progressive ideas that were copied by other governors outside his state including Obi. For example, Tinubu was the first governor to pay WEAC fees of all SS3 students in Nigeria and this was copied by other governors including Obi. Tell me one governance innovation from Obi that was copied after he left office. I believe in a man of vision and innovative ideas.

Lolz
Obi is just too different and he beat them all
Here are some of his ideas and work
1. First gov that refused to collect pension and gratuity from the state he governed. Go and check the amount of money lagos pay to ex govs and their families. Na Tinubu sign am into law.
2. First and only gov to run a state without borrowing kobo. He reduced all government expenses and made sure resouces are channelled to the purpose it is intended.
3. First gov to meet high debt profile in a state, clear all the debt and and started saving for the state. He nor owed any worker salary and even pensioners.
4. First and only gov to introduce free health care to it citizens(the elderly, students and children)
5. First and only gov to pay the older citizens from 80yrs and above, 10k every month.
6. When Tinubu was using state resouces to establish oriental hotel, renaissance hotel, the nation newspaper, TV continental, max FM, falomo shopping complex and more for himself and family alone, Obi took Anambra money and invested into multinational companies that yielded dividend for his state for yrs.
7. Tinubu abused power by forcing and positioning his families into key positions. His wife to the Senate since 2011, his daughter that know nothing about trading or mkt is incharge of mkt women association. His son that know nothing about signage, is heading the lagos state signage and advertorial board. Obi refused to allow any of his childen took advantage of the fact that he was a former gov.
8. Obi won several awards and accolades as gov btw 2006 to 2014 that even fashola dat really did some of the things tinubu is claiming today can't even match.
9. Obi is the only gov that was begged and summoned by a ruling party(GEJ of PDP) to be part of the federal economy team despite been in APGA. Mind u, PDP govs were there, APC govs like Fashola etc were there, but an APGA gov of just one state was begged to come and helped the economy and we saw the result then (Nigeria was the fastest growing economy in Africa b4 APC came and destroyed everything).
10. In 2013, an IGP of police appointed by a PDP led fed govt, came out to say Anambra was the safest state for the past 5yrs based on statistics available. Obi made that happened. Hope u are awared of the bakassi boys(usakaba)? It happened in Anambra. The security challenge was heavy that the then gov have to bring in the bakassi boys to help. Obasenjo later dismantled everything. And Obi came in as gov and used the Nigeria police with vigilante to make Anambra the safest state till he left power.
11. In terms of education, you already know the statistics youself. Education was his priority.
12. Obi and akpabio were the only gov that agreed when Ngozi okonjo iweala advised the govt to save money for the raining days when we experienced the oil boom den. All the APC govs led by aregbesola, fashola and oshiomole refused savings but rather they share the money among themselves. Even aregbesola verbally abused NOI becos she advised the govt on saving for the raining days that NOI have to stopped attending national executive council meetings becos of aregbesola.

I can go on and on but make i rest here.
Pls no ex governor can come close to Obi im terms of ideas and governance.

Please name tinubu achievement as gov.
I dey wait for u

kenny714433:
Do they really need this at this moment?

Only Lagos and Rivers State need this at the moment because of their unending traffic.

Na wa ! Every states needs it. .long overdue. .

Good project, but what kaduna needs now is peace & security

gbagyiza:


Do you think that Nigeria which is larger than the small Lagos will be easy for Tinubu to transform? You are joking. Where is he going to get the finance, coupled with the corrupt system n saboteurs all over Nigeria?

And who then would be able to transform Nigeria? Obi?
The one that couldn't govern a homogenous State of less than 5 million people well? The one that increased the IGR of his State by only N1 billion in 8 years?

Lagos State is a miniature Nigeria. State with the largest population, State with the highest tribes living there... If anyone can govern Lagos, he'll do excellently well in FG

One wonderful fact about Nigeria my dear nation is that no matter the level of foreign aid from the West,none of them can manipulate her, just like they do to many other African countries.Many Francophone African countries are basically puppets to France.

Devil1Messenger:

Oga BRT bus full SE

BRT is not a BRT without their special lane. Na ordinary bus

DWJOBScom:
You mean a group of Nigerians cannot provide 6m dollars that we have to get a loan ?

You really don't understand why loans are important. You think Kaduna State don't have $6 million to build that project?
There's something called credit rating..
Assume you have 100 million naira. You want to invest in a project, let's say a gigantic rice mill. The rice mill will cost 30 million. It is best to take loans for the project. The wisdom is to improve your appeal as a stable and trusted customer. You do not fork out the whole 30million, you go for a percentage. As you build more trust and acceptability in the Bank, a day will come when you have a project valued more than you can afford. Your trust will be sufficient to get the fund for it. This is called CREDIT RATING.

victorVIC1:
Talking about BRT, I think BRT lanes should be opened for regular use whenever there is heavy traffic congestion. Cos I don't see any sense in having heavy traffic congestion in major lanes while you see just a few vehicles plying the BRT lane. Pretty much counter productive

Sometimes you talk as if you're not in Nigeria.
If you give an average Nigeria one mile, he will take 100 miles.

SmartPolician:
EFCC needs to watch him closely because El-Rufai wants to cash out for the last time.

El Rufai is not in the class of your Govs from SE who spent 7 years to build a fly over.

Typical lazy youth

bhella10:
BRT is not a BRT without their special lane. Na ordinary bus

What is the need of the special lane when there are no traffic issues?
So we should be wasting money when there are other areas that needs urgent attentions?

Devil1Messenger:

Oga BRT bus full SE

Why una like to dey lie too much from that section of the country like this? Which state in the SE has BRT?

Is it Enugu red molue from Holy Ghost to AGBANI ROAD that you called BRT? 1000 STANDING 30 SITTING. The molue that are worse than those molue in Lagos in 1990s?

Or is it the push and start molue from Nitel to Awka that you refered to BRT?

Something must be wrong with you people for coming on social media to tell lies

Really? You have never been to KD obviously! If you are ignorant about something please ask instead of exhibiting it here, KD the fourth most populated state in Nigeria!!!

kenny714433:
Do they really need this at this moment?

Only Lagos and Rivers State need this at the moment because of their unending traffic.



BRT? Yes.


Idiot, I'm from the SS.



Electricity before light rail. Will they use generators to power it?

Like him or hate him, the pint sized man is an innovator, how I wish It was the North's turn to produce a President!

Perfectbeing:
Sometimes you talk as if you're not in Nigeria.
If you give an average Nigeria one mile, he will take 100 miles.

If we don't challenge the status quo, how can things get better? Less than 20 percent of Lagos road users ply the BRT lane in Lagos, yet the lane in most axis occupy about 1 quarter of the main road. Some form of creativity and flexibility will enhance the system.

kenny714433:
Do they really need this at this moment?

Only Lagos and Rivers State need this at the moment because of their unending traffic.



BRT? Yes.


Idiot, I'm from the SS.



Electricity before light rail. Will they use generators to power it?

One tin will force you to do another tin

victorVIC1:


If we don't challenge the status quo, how can things get better? Less than 20 percent of Lagos road users ply the BRT lane in Lagos, yet the lane in most axis occupy about 1 quarter of the main road. Some form of creativity and flexibility will enhance the system.

Nigerians will abuse the privilege if they're given. And people will still complain when the BRT are caught in traffic. It's still the Government they'd blame.

For now let's wait and see if truly the Lagos train will reduce traffic on the road

Afamed:


Why una like to dey lie too much from that section of the country like this? Which state in the SE has BRT?

Is it Enugu red molue from Holy Ghost to AGBANI ROAD that you called BRT? 1000 STANDING 30 SITTING. The molue that are worse than those molue in Lagos in 1990s?

Or is it the push and start molue from Nitel to Awka that you refered to BRT?

Something must be wrong with you people for coming on social media to tell lies

Lolz
The supposed modern Lagos BRT na 30 seats and 50 standing with no AC or Fan.
They choke everywhere like sardine, like the normal molue and u all pay same amount
I ply from oshodi terminal to ikeja every working day. If not for traffic, molue is better and cheaper

It should have been BRT and electricity.
Rail ��

Meanwhile I think there should be a law prohibiting governors from taking loan which they can't repay during their tenure because we all know the man is leaving office soon and large part of this money will go into the thin air. [color=#006600][/color]

The bulldozer, still firing on all cylinders, God bless Malam Naziru.

The bulldozer, still firing on all cylinders, God bless Malam Nasiru.

All these loans that you people are collecting!
Remember tomorrow you will pay back!

Mr El Rufai tried..

Kano and Kaduna are about to Join Lagos State with BRT and lightrail

plaindealer:



lol..


It's really crazy what people come up with on NL just to sound smart, but they end up sounding shallow and meaningless.

So, the [people are not interested in the project and the government is forcing it on them because investors are not investing even though investors just did and the project is off the ground?

If you are going to criticize or do bad bele, at least do so with a little sense and intelligence.

If that is how you run your business, good luck to you.
You don't know how to run it before concluding a loan for it..... very wise.
Only in Africa are carts pulling horses.
Look at all the white elephants across Nigeria from Ajaokuta to monorail in Portharcourt, from moribund refineries to dilapidating roads, from sewers in Abuja to malfunctioning airports.
They will say Nigerians have a poor maintenance culture but they don't know what causes this culture which is next to zero program planning.

They will say just put it there and it will take care of itself. The Kaduna state governor was once Minister in Abuja. Where are his buses today.... and why do they not exist. No plans for long term sustainability that will establish proper management, turning over a profit to keep the system going. If he took a loan for that scheme I hope it has been repaid.

Critical thinking is lacking in this parts because of folks like you who cannot question things but just pander to sentiment.
But what is my business. I neither live in Kaduna or will likely join you in repaying those loans one way or the other. If you like do not question how it will be run. Once the loan is taken the borrowers cares not if you have a management on ground to operate it successfully. He wants his money back with interest, period. You obviously have not learnt from what is happening in Nigeria and cannot relate the price of Christmas rice to the mindless loans this government has been taking these past years with zero accountability and invisible productivity.

If your governor is wise he had better sort out the bolts and nuts of making that thing a viable business before touching that money.

Moh247:
Mr El Rufai tried..

Kano and Kaduna are about to Join Lagos State with BRT and lightrail

happy Sunday my love

I need bone straight for this Christmas

Biodun556:

https://thenationonlineng.net/el-rufai-secures-6m-loan-for-light-rail-brt/?fbclid=IwAR0lS5CAtDjnDl5sNQayfKwSvfuk0i2R58JSagx2tvxZ39fpXIlPJEDRkBA

Let them try this in the shout yeast