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Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Konquest: 1:13am On Apr 23
professorPABX:


Lagos Calabar Highway Project is a PPP requiring only FG commitment of 15%. Can you get a company that is is ready for a PPP of Sagamu, Ore to Onitsha road or Sagamu to Benin Road, FG is ready to pay the 15%.

You should ask OBI who was an economic adviser to Jonathan to name one Road Project executed by Jonathan in South West? 2. He should name one Interstate road that began from Lagos or any South West State when Jonathan was in power. OBI is a trader. This is a P P P road. FG only needs to meet 15% of the fund. Atlantic City, Lekki Deep Seaport and Dangote Refineries are the only bitterness he can see.
I pity him.

You people have forgotten that when OBI was the Economic Adviser to Jonathan the road from Lagos to Ore was worse than Ore to Onitsha and Ore to East West Road to Portharcourt. The time you spend from Ore to Lagos was almost thrice the time spent from Asaba to Ore. Why didn't he start from Sagamu
Insightful.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Konquest: 1:14am On Apr 23
Glitcher:
our people are not politically conscious. the kano maradi rail network costs about 4.6 billion naira per kilometer, the abuja-kano road reconstruction about 2.2billion per kilometer, nobody complained that it was too expensive, now its the turn of the south south and they are saying its too much. Niger delta people are very very foolish.
Interesting submissions.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Konquest: 1:42am On Apr 23
professorPABX:


Which allocations was so high? Was it higher than the Lagos Calabar Railway project budget under Jonathan and reviewed by Buhari? Is concrete road of 10 lanes in some places not supposed to be higher than railway project?

Is FG not only required to fund 15% of the whole project while the investor funds the 85%? Is there any road like that in Nigeria?
Succinctly stated.

I've been quietly reading this thread from page 1 and you're one of the few who CLEARLY articulated your views on this thread topic by using verifiable figures and emphasizing on the PPP nature and funding sources for the project.

Majority of those who are attacking this Coastal highway construction are from the South East and one of them bluntly revealed what's hurting a lot of them by blurted out that the road should have passed through the Ibo South East.

The fact is that this Coastal highway construction had already been planned for decades by previous Nigerian goverments with Jonathan and Buhari bringing the project to public knowledge, BUT the President Tinubu administration kick-started it in order to accelerate the opening of a third economic road and rail link since the North and West are connected already, the North and East are connected, therefore there is an urgent need to connect the South of South states and the West of Nigeria together to complete the road linkages for accelerated development of communities and stimulation of commerce.

Many of these uninformed critics here also do NOT realize that the reclaiming of the land that had disappeared into the ocean to form Eko Atlantic City HELPED to protect the entire Victoria Island from disappearing under water. If Eko Atlantic had not been built to act as a BUFFER, Victoria Island would have been gone due to severe climate change issues. Though it's expensive to buy land there, it is what it is... and would gradually develop as MANY entities have already bought land there at Eko Atlantic, most significant of all is the U.S. Embassy which bought huge tracts of land there and it shows how dear Eko Atlantic is to the U.S. goverment in terms of real estate development.

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Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Konquest: 2:05am On Apr 23
Danielnicks:


Thank you for your generous compliments, I am quite honoured.

Let me simplify this for you, permit me to use numbers here; Nigeria dethroned South Africa as Africa's biggest economy since 2013, during GEJ's era and as been at the summit since 2013 till now. IMF projections lately shows that before 2025, Nigeria's economy would be 4th in Africa due to the devaluation of our currency.
Now to put it in perspective, South Africa's 2024 budget is totalled at a $100bn+, whilst the biggest budget ever proposed in Nigeria is Tinubu's 2024 budget at 25bn dollars. In which 9bn dollars would be borrowed. So we can't even effectively fund our budget. Note; no budget since 1999 has been entirely funded by our revenue. They'd always have to borrow, infact the borrowing was so deep that some our debt was forgiven by the Paris fund of 2005. Our biggest annual internally generated revenue was in 2023 at NGN12trn. Whist our budget in naira this year is 28trn. You see how whack our economy truly is? Numbers don't lie

South Africa's internally generated revenue is $80bn.
We are one of the least taxed countries in Africa, it is not magic our revenue doesn't correlate with the state of our economy. Ergo, a padded economy. If we are the biggest economy we ought to have the biggest financial power!

Egypt's defence budget last year was $6bn, Algeria was $5bn, Morroco $5bn, South Africa was $11bn. Nigeria was just a measly $3bn and yet we complain about insecurity, we have more security personnel than these countries but they spend more on security than we do. All we know how to do is lament and complain, not research. A truly patriotic citizen would take his or her time to digest the intricacies of the state of our economy.
Succinctly put.

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Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by professorPABX: 3:40am On Apr 23
Konquest:

Succinctly stated.

I've been quietly reading this thread from page 1 and you're one of the few who CLEARLY articulated your views on this thread topic by using verifiable figures and emphasizing on the PPP nature and funding sources for the project.

Majority of those who are attacking this Coastal highway construction are from the South East and one of them bluntly revealed what's hurting a lot of them by blurted out that the road should have passed through the Ibo South East.

The fact is that this Coastal highway construction had already been planned for decades by previous Nigerian goverments with Jonathan and Buhari bringing the project to public knowledge, BUT the President Tinubu administration kick-started it in order to accelerate the opening of a third economic road and rail link since the North and West are connected already, the North and East are connected, therefore there is an urgent need to connect the South of South states and the West of Nigeria together to complete the road linkages for accelerated development of communities and stimulation of commerce.

Many of these uninformed critics here also do NOT realize that the reclaiming of the land that had disappeared into the ocean to form Eko Atlantic City HELPED to protect the entire Victoria Island from disappearing under water. If Eko Atlantic had not been built to act as a BUFFER, Victoria Island would have been gone due to severe climate change issues. Though it's expensive to buy land there, it is what it is... and would gradually develop as MANY entities have already bought land there at Eko Atlantic, most significant of all is the U.S. Embassy which bought huge tracts of land there and it shows how dear Eko Atlantic is to the U.S. goverment in terms of real estate development.

Thanks sir. I am not a Social Media person but have few young people that are always on Social Media. Secondly, I spent 6 years in Federal University in IBO land several years ago for my First Degree, I know them very well, most of them are never objective and that is why Alumni Associations of their Universities are not working properly. There is no any logic or reasoning that is workable to them except it is IBOS before others (IBOS).

The Yorubas need to unite to chart a course out of Nigeria. The IBOS hijacked Jonathan government and wasted/looted over $100 billion dollars, spent Obasanjo money in the reserve and borrowed heavily without saving one Kobo. Buhari government borrowed money to complete some of the projects met at inception and others 20% stage. The North knows what happened under Jonathan and use Buhari government to get back and kickstart their projects and empowered themselves.

Coming back to this project, MKO ABIOLA mentioned Coastal Highway Project during his campaign though I never knew what he meant.
This shows that the project has been on ground for decades. If it is not done now, people will continue to encroach on the land.

On Atlantic City, you are a bit wrong sir, it is not only VI that would have been submerged by Atlantic Ocean, it is the entire VI, Lekki and Ajah.

The Bar Beach close to my base encroached over 2 kilometers to the main road of Ahmadu Bello way with ocean surge threatening VI, Lekki & Ajah. The only solution was for those fighting TINUBU to put stones and rocks as ocean breakers and later gave a forecast that Atlantic Ocean would submerge the entire VI, Lekki Ajah. At this point most people were vacating and the environment almost dead.

When the Ocean and the breaker took half of Ahmadu Bello way leaving only portion of the dual carriage way, we deserted our buildings. Before this period Tinubu had recommended solutions but FG claimed ownership of the Ocean until it became aggravated and worsened. It was the courage and resilience and foresight of Tinubu that created the Atlantic City and the new Lagos. While Tinubu was looking for solutions, OBASANJO in Abuja said Lagos is a JUNGLE.

Ever since this Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway Project was announced on FACEBOOK, some International Highway Civil Engineering Companies have been advertising their highway projects targeting Africa. African countries have now started to display the super highways, road networks, new high-rise, towers and new cities development in their countries. It created Africa countries development index on Facebook and other Social Media. Most Africa countries are already aware of this project.

On FACEBOOK, it created awareness among Africa countries. While SA displays Jo'burg, Capetown and Durban, Egypt has a new city development, other countries also show theirs. Nigerians turned it to other things exposing internal psychological warfare and intertribal rivalry display. The whole Africa is already aware of the problem in Nigeria.

Is there any major road in Nigeria funded on PPP? OBASANJO is alive today to witness everything.

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Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by blueAgent(m): 3:52am On Apr 23
IPIGSRSHALLOW:

Just because poverty is prevalent in your DNA and you have been living a miserable low life existence, you are quick to assume that everyone is as poor mentally and financially as you.
I'm not the reason for your miserable existence, go and blame your fore fathers that brainwashed you to hate everyone.
Bye

I don't hate everyone,

It's obvious you are the one that hates OBI.
Am very successful in my Career.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by blueAgent(m): 3:53am On Apr 23
professorPABX:


Thanks sir. I am not a Social Media person but have few young people that are always on Social Media. Secondly, I spent 6 years in Federal University in IBO land several years ago for my First Degree, I know them very well, most of them are never objective and that is why Alumni Associations of their Universities are not working properly. There is no any logic or reasoning that is workable to them except it is IBOS before others (IBOS).

The Yorubas need to unite to chart a course out of Nigeria. The IBOS hijacked Jonathan government and wasted/looted over $100 billion dollars, spent Obasanjo money in the reserve and borrowed heavily without saving one Kobo. Buhari government borrowed money to complete some of the projects met at inception and others 20% stage. The North knows what happened under Jonathan and use Buhari government to get back and kickstart their projects and empowered themselves.

Coming back to this project, MKO ABIOLA mentioned Coastal Highway Project during his campaign though I never knew what he meant.
This shows that the project has been on ground for decades. If it is not done now, people will continue to encroach on the land.

On Atlantic City, you are a bit wrong sir, it is not only VI that would have been submerged by Atlantic Ocean, it is the entire VI, Lekki and Ajah.

The Bar Beach close to my base encroached over 2 kilometers to the main road of Ahmadu Bello way with ocean surge threatening VI, Lekki & Ajah. The only solution was for those fighting TINUBU to put stones and rocks as ocean breakers and later gave a forecast that Atlantic Ocean would submerge the entire VI, Lekki Ajah. At this point most people were vacating and the environment almost dead.

When the Ocean and the breaker took half of Ahmadu Bello way leaving only portion of the dual carriage way, we deserted our buildings. Before this period Tinubu had recommended solutions but FG claimed ownership of the Ocean until it became aggravated and worsened. It was the courage and resilience and foresight of Tinubu that created the Atlantic City and the new Lagos. While Tinubu was looking for solutions, OBASANJO in Abuja said Lagos is a JUNGLE.

Ever since this Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway Project was announced on FACEBOOK, some International Highway Civil Engineering Companies have been advertising their highway projects targeting Africa. African countries have now started to display the super highways, road networks, new high-rise, towers and new cities development in their countries. It created Africa countries development index on Facebook and other Social Media. Most Africa countries are already aware of this project.

On FACEBOOK, it created awareness among Africa countries. While SA displays Jo'burg, Capetown and Durban, Egypt has a new city development, other countries also show theirs. Nigerians turned it to other things exposing internal psychological warfare and intertribal rivalry display. The whole Africa is already aware of the problem in Nigeria.

Is there any major road in Nigeria funded on PPP? OBASANJO is alive today to witness everything.





Propaganda
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by professorPABX: 5:10am On Apr 23
blueAgent:


Propaganda

Propaganda for what is on record?

Your late Uncle Chukwumerije started propaganda in Nigeria. We were told he was the Biafra Director of Information. While thousands of Biafra people were dying he was boasting and bragging on Biafra Radio that Biafra soldiers have killed Nigerian soldiers. He said they killed Murtala Muhammed and the soldiers. He said so many things. He said they killed Benjamin Adekunle and the entire Marine Commando .

It is not in our characters to spread propaganda. I believe the way things are going another Chukwumerije will carry another propaganda again. During war, victimization crying will no longer work.

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Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Paraman: 6:35am On Apr 23
BitterTruth01:



Who were you talking to then ? Were you talking to yourself on a public forum ?

You said Obi wants FG to fox all the roads in a year . Show me where he said that in the article or my point stands
Tchewww
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by blueAgent(m): 6:43am On Apr 23
professorPABX:


Propaganda for what is on record?

Your late Uncle Chukwumerije started propaganda in Nigeria. We were told he was the Biafra Director of Information. While thousands of Biafra people were dying he was boasting and bragging on Biafra Radio that Biafra soldiers have killed Nigerian soldiers. He said they killed Murtala Muhammed and the soldiers. He said so many things. He said they killed Benjamin Adekunle and the entire Marine Commando .

It is not in our characters to spread propaganda. I believe the way things are going another Chukwumerije will carry another propaganda again. During war, victimization crying will no longer work.


Keep fooling yourself.

You hired fake Bishops, Forged School certificates and other false claims and you say it is not in your character to spread propaganda.

Now you are spread propaganda of having good character.

FAKE PPL.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by TOPMAN4LIFE: 7:15am On Apr 23
Themandator:


East -West road doesn't lead to Lagos from Calabar. Try dey travel.
I lived in calabar up to 12 years and l always travel from there to South West.
I don't think you have traveled out of your state before, that is why you don't know east west road
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Christistruth00: 7:27am On Apr 23
Terrahawk:
An 8 year old Peter Obi during the Biafra war 1968. Picture obtained from Instagram account of a family member.


Please delete this

Those kids probably died because of Ojukwu’s Ego
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by garykoeman: 7:38am On Apr 23
blueAgent:


I don't hate everyone,

It's obvious you are the one that hates OBI.
Am very successful in my Career.


Any reasonable being will hate obi lack of foresight

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Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Afamed: 8:11am On Apr 23
blueAgent:


Clown way never eat well they offer $ 500.

Audio 500dollars. grin grin grin

Just prove me wrong.
Tell us or show us, the school either Primary or Secondary school your Gbajue started and completed when he was a Gov for 8 yrs

Then if I am unable to give you the $500.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Truths9ja: 9:14am On Apr 23
Hmm 🤔
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by duro4chang(m): 9:21am On Apr 23
blueAgent:


His not desperate like your fraudulent press- resident that hired pastors and Bishop, certificates, INEC and of course brains of ZOMBIES LIKE YOU. grin grin grin
obi is a desperate bigot jumping from one party to another. Yes daddy. He will never never never be president

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Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Konquest: 10:23am On Apr 23
professorPABX:


Thanks sir. I am not a Social Media person but have few young people that are always on Social Media. Secondly, I spent 6 years in Federal University in IBO land several years ago for my First Degree, I know them very well, most of them are never objective and that is why Alumni Associations of their Universities are not working properly. There is no any logic or reasoning that is workable to them except it is IBOS before others (IBOS).

The Yorubas need to unite to chart a course out of Nigeria. The IBOS hijacked Jonathan government and wasted/looted over $100 billion dollars, spent Obasanjo money in the reserve and borrowed heavily without saving one Kobo. Buhari government borrowed money to complete some of the projects met at inception and others 20% stage. The North knows what happened under Jonathan and use Buhari government to get back and kickstart their projects and empowered themselves.

Coming back to this project, MKO ABIOLA mentioned Coastal Highway Project during his campaign though I never knew what he meant.
This shows that the project has been on ground for decades. If it is not done now, people will continue to encroach on the land.

On Atlantic City, you are a bit wrong sir, it is not only VI that would have been submerged by Atlantic Ocean, it is the entire VI, Lekki and Ajah.

The Bar Beach close to my base encroached over 2 kilometers to the main road of Ahmadu Bello way with ocean surge threatening VI, Lekki & Ajah. The only solution was for those fighting TINUBU to put stones and rocks as ocean breakers and later gave a forecast that Atlantic Ocean would submerge the entire VI, Lekki Ajah. At this point most people were vacating and the environment almost dead.


When the Ocean and the breaker took half of Ahmadu Bello way leaving only portion of the dual carriage way, we deserted our buildings. Before this period Tinubu had recommended solutions but FG claimed ownership of the Ocean until it became aggravated and worsened. It was the courage and resilience and foresight of Tinubu that created the Atlantic City and the new Lagos. While Tinubu was looking for solutions, OBASANJO in Abuja said Lagos is a JUNGLE.

Ever since this Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway Project was announced on FACEBOOK, some International Highway Civil Engineering Companies have been advertising their highway projects targeting Africa. African countries have now started to display the super highways, road networks, new high-rise, towers and new cities development in their countries. It created Africa countries development index on Facebook and other Social Media. Most Africa countries are already aware of this project.

On FACEBOOK, it created awareness among Africa countries. While SA displays Jo'burg, Capetown and Durban, Egypt has a new city development, other countries also show theirs. Nigerians turned it to other things exposing internal psychological warfare and intertribal rivalry display. The whole Africa is already aware of the problem in Nigeria.

Is there any major road in Nigeria funded on PPP? OBASANJO is alive today to witness everything.
Indeed, well said.

Ah! I emphasized on Victoria Island because it is the immediate location that was affected by the yearly floods on Modupe Osikoya, Ahmadu Bello Way, etc, around the Bar Beach on VI. Other areas such as Lekki/Ajah that you mentioned were indeed threatened with being submerged by the Atlantic ocean but the foresight of the then Governor Tinubu of Lagos State to reclaim the land or areas lost to the ocean surges and create Eko Atlantic City in partnership with Gilbert Chagoury's company saved the day with former POTUS Bill Clinton in attendance at the inauguration of construction work on the project.

The reclaimed land area called Eko Atlantic used to be undisturbed SOLID LAND back in the 1950s but gradually got submerged into the sea. A lot of the younger folks criticizing Eko Atlantic don't even know this FACT. They WRONGLY assume that the land was sand filled but in actual sense, it's the sand on the ocean floor that had been submerged that was dredged back up to the surface with advanced equipment to reclaim the original lost land that existed back in the 1950s and before that era. Eko Atlantic was then fortified round with shoreline protection or water barriers to withstand the most severe kind of ocean surges in the near future. It's truly an iconic project.

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Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by spiralwedge(m): 11:16am On Apr 23
EmeeNaka:
Peter Obi is right. The so called coastal highway from Lagos- Calabar is a huge project such as which Nigeria has no history of completing. That is why they started constructing from Lagos axis, just to ensure that Lagos is completed before the 8years or 4 years tenure elapses. We know about East-West Road that had taken ages, yet not completed.
It is important for Federal government to put in place a plan for adequate funding of all uncompleted Federal Road project littered across the country before embarking on another monumental projects.

By the time Tinubu is done with Nigeria, successive governments (which he would influence to emerge) would be building up on roadmaps and visions he would have laid down. He is visionary and you cannot take that from him. In his tenure, he will not build everything, but he will ensure groundwork is done for the future.

This is the major reasons majority of Nigerians who love this country voted for him. People who didn't, had different opinions - religious, tribal, selfish interests... but they are minority. The good will win over evil in this country.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Bouncing2(m): 11:34am On Apr 23
I’ve always reiterated the fact that this coastal highway is useless in the life of an average Nigerian!..

We have a pressing issue of power(electricity),,
it’s for the best interest of the masses for any sitting government to wade in and wage a serious war against the issue of power.

Nigeria in all its glory should be boasting of uninterrupted power supply by now.

Then complete all other uncompleted roads scattered all over the country,,maybe build functioning railway tracks all over the 6 goe -political zones too.

I still maintain that this coastal highway is a white elephant project that will never stand under Tinubu regime,,infact it won’t function in his lifetime!.
It’s just an avenue for them to milk the country dry completely!.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by professorPABX: 12:06pm On Apr 23
Konquest:

Indeed, well said.

Ah! I emphasized on Victoria Island because it is the immediate location that was affected by the yearly floods on Modupe Osikoya, Ahmadu Bello Way, etc, around the Bar Beach on VI. Other areas such as Lekki/Ajah that you mentioned were indeed threatened with being submerged by the Atlantic ocean but the foresight of the then Governor Tinubu of Lagos State to reclaim the land or areas lost to the ocean surges and create Eko Atlantic City in partnership with Gilbert Chagoury's company saved the day with former POTUS Bill Clinton in attendance at the inauguration of construction work on the project.

The reclaimed land area called Eko Atlantic used to be undisturbed SOLID LAND back in the 1950s but gradually got submerged into the sea. A lot of the younger folks criticizing Eko Atlantic don't even know this FACT. They WRONGLY assume that the land was sand filled but in actual sense, it's the sand on the ocean floor that had been submerged that was dredged back up to the surface with advanced equipment to reclaim the original lost land that existed back in the 1950s and before that era. Eko Atlantic was then fortified round with shoreline protection or water barriers to withstand the most severe kind of ocean surges in the near future. It's truly an iconic project.

Sir, thanks for this information. It is very useful. Sir, can I have your permission to use some information here for reference purposes?

When I was a little boy we visited the beach, the beach was about 2 kilometers to the main road. You have to trek a distance to get to the Ocean. Later, before reclamation, after Naval Dockyard, just immediately after Oceanography School junction, half of Ahmadu Bello way had been taken. From Best Western Hotel or former IMB plaza you can see the Ocean.

Gilbert & Ronald are more like Nigerians. Their parents lived most of their lives in Nigeria.

All the opposition to the project is because of Atlantic City, Lekki Deep Seaport and access route to Dangote Refineries. They are particularly sad and bittered when the pictures of the Atlantic City when fully developed appeared on Social Media. I think somebody used the picture of similar city somewhere and called it Eko Atlantic City which generated a lot of commendations across Africa and criticism from Nigerians.

The good thing is that Obasanjo is alive to witness everything.

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Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Konquest: 12:44pm On Apr 23
professorPABX:


Sir, thanks for this information. It is very useful. Sir, can I have your permission to use some information here for reference purposes?

When I was a little boy we visited the beach, the beach was about 2 kilometers to the main road. You have to trek a distance to get to the Ocean. Later, before reclamation, after Naval Dockyard, just immediately after Oceanography School junction, half of Ahmadu Bello way had been taken. From Best Western Hotel or former IMB plaza you can see the Ocean.

Gilbert & Ronald are more like Nigerians. Their parents lived most of their lives in Nigeria.

All the opposition to the project is because of Atlantic City, Lekki Deep Seaport and access route to Dangote Refineries. They are particularly sad and bittered when the pictures of the Atlantic City when fully developed appeared on Social Media. I think somebody used the picture of similar city somewhere and called it Eko Atlantic City which generated a lot of commendations across Africa and criticism from Nigerians.

The good thing is that Obasanjo is alive to witness everything.

Thank you too my brother for your deep historical insights here. Nairaland has always had a hardcore group of folks who are very knowledgeable and even if wrong in their assertions, would openly correct themselves without being too self-conscious or cocky like some newer NL monikers that engage in blatant trolling and spread of hate speeches and disinformation on this platform. This is the reason why I have stayed on here as a member since 2005 with an older NL moniker.

You're indeed very familiar with Victoria Island from back in the day when the Atlantic ocean had NOT overwhelmed Bar Beach. Yes indeed, you can use the info here for any reference purposes. Applied information is POWER!

Gilbert and Ronald Chagoury are indeed Lebanese-Nigerians haven been born in Nigeria and got granted with Nigerian passports and citizenships. The first Lebanese migrants arrived Nigeria on boats originally heading towards Brazil from Lebanon in the 1890s. The only time I had issues with the Chagoury brothers was their relationship with that brutal, very corrupt dark goggled Kano-born Kanuri Military dictator back in the 1990s who stole over 4 billion USD of Nigerian money majorly through the Nigerian Central Bank and stashed them in various International offshore banks and tax havens. But then again, it can be quite difficult for good folks not to come in contact with such people like Abacha in the society who mix up with good folks in recreation clubs, business clubs, mosques, and more.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by blueAgent(m): 1:54pm On Apr 23
duro4chang:
obi is a desperate bigot jumping from one party to another. Yes daddy. He will never never never be president

Clown.

How Circus grin grin grin
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by blueAgent(m): 1:56pm On Apr 23
[quote author=Afamed post=129585442]

Just prove me wrong.
Tell us or show us, the school either Primary or Secondary school your Gbajue started and completed when he was a Gov for 8 yrs

Then if I am unable to give you the $500.[/quote
Hungry man
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by blueAgent(m): 1:59pm On Apr 23
garykoeman:


Any reasonable being will hate obi lack of foresight

More crap.

Someone who had an idea and blueprint during his election does not have foresight.

It's a drug baron who knows neither left from right that has foresight?

Sorry you need help.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by duro4chang(m): 1:59pm On Apr 23
blueAgent:


Clown.

How Circus grin grin grin
I have hit obi your lord and saviour? Obi is a pathological liar. An ethnic jingoist. We reject him.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Ibrahimmantu79: 2:05pm On Apr 23
Tareq1105:


Development would cash up with the new route and people would start buying land and building houses on the axis.
Buying land on a coastal path?
Do you even know the meaning of coastal?
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by duro4chang(m): 2:09pm On Apr 23
blueAgent:

Clown. It's obvious you have no job except for your 30000naria online advocacy job.
I pity your life.
Clown Go get a life.
E pain am. Obi is a loser. A pathological liar.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Cantonese: 3:04pm On Apr 23
Paraman:
The GDP is still growing in Naira. The economy is still solid and improving.

In 2022 our GDP was N202.4 trillion

In 2023 it was N234.4 trillion

It's projected to hit N296.4 trillion this year.

When the naira gain more value against the dollar, we will regain our first position in Africa


Exactly why they keep saying that you APC supporters are willing to be used as lab experiments on how poverty works.

Nigeria under GEJ became the biggest economy in Africa, overtaking South Africa and Egypt. In 2024, Nigeria is projected to become the fourth biggest economy.

Tell us how the country has moved forward.
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by Christistruth00: 3:17pm On Apr 23
EmeeNaka:
Peter Obi is right. The so called coastal highway from Lagos- Calabar is a huge project such as which Nigeria has no history of completing. That is why they started constructing from Lagos axis, just to ensure that Lagos is completed before the 8years or 4 years tenure elapses. We know about East-West Road that had taken ages, yet not completed.
It is important for Federal government to put in place a plan for adequate funding of all uncompleted Federal Road project littered across the country before embarking on another monumental projects.


Nigeria Completed Abuja and can complete the Lagos Calabar Highway
Re: ‘Misplaced Priority’ – Obi Questions Lagos-calabar Super Highway Project by blueAgent(m): 3:47pm On Apr 23
duro4chang:
E pain am. Obi is a loser. A pathological liar.
Na jobless ppl like you, dey vex for matter way no dey profit you.

Jobless clown.

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