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AMINDA:
Spending 15 trillion (half of the country's budget) on a single road without procurement is not only misplaced, it's fraudulent. It does not help that the contractor (Chargoury) is a business partner of the contract awardee. That's conflict of interest. A quarter of that sum would have completed the linking of the entire country by rail, as envisioned by Buhari. That would have had far more impact in terms of travel, tourism, logistics, business opportunities and social development.

Thank you.

So very well said.

It still amazes me that Nigerians, especially the very young and ignorant generation, clap for this fraud.

phransix2:
The project never passed the transparency test also not in a time there's wild spread hunger and the country's huge debt profile.

Akpabio has the smart solution to hunger in the land.
Let's just pray we don't die in the stampedes.

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Shehu sani is deadly broke, he is looking for relevance and an appointment by all means.

As far as it is Nigerians who will drive on that road, it's not a waste. The money could have been stolen as well and there is nothing anybody can do about it.

emkz:
It is not wasteful.

Obasanjo was already in government when Nigeria had too much money. That was in the 70s. Nigeria could have done many ambitious projects like railways, built large roads, built factories, built several energy stations, built the Lagos-Calabar coastal road, developed infrastructure for gas, built new cities like Eko Atlantic, built more refineries, and set Nigeria on the path to a sustainable future.

Had the likes of Obasanjo contributed their quota with long term vision, Nigerians would have been enjoying the results till today. In my travels, many countries' infrastructure are aged but the people were still enjoying them. They are still building new ones and upgrading old ones.

The coastal highway will not only open new economic frontiers, it would provide jobs and reduce congestion in urban areas. People can work in urban areas and go to their homes on the weekends. Prices of commodities would reduce when the ease of transportation is guaranteed.

Go to major countries, infrastructure is a major thing. China? UAE? USA?

Those opposed to the coastal highway are likely jealous that it is being done by Tinubu and not by them.

I dont know what to say to you. I am aghast at this kind of blindness and stupidity.

Hellisreal70:
Shehu sanni is now the deputy to Reno

Has he flip flopped like him as well?

swaggerjack:
Reno Omokri: I Challenge Tinubu To Prove If He Was Not A Drug Lord In Chicago


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA7PoGtSvKo&feature=youtu.be

Or flip flopped like T-Pain who made Buhari APC messiah of change when he was nothing but master of shege

Prospect of a possible alliance between the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, was dashed yesterday in Kano as the leader of the party and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu described CPC as parading “expired leadership.”

Tinubu told ACN supporters in Kano during the party’s Presidential rally that: “What Nigerians need now is a transformation in leadership” as obtained in the advanced economy.

The two-term Governor of Lagos State explained that the leadership of ACN was offering Nigeria the brilliance of Nuhu Ribadu who, he said, is in the class of Nicolas Sarkozi of France, David Cameron of Britain, Medvedev of Russia and Barack Obama of the United States of America.

“What has CPC got to offer? We certainly don’t need expired leadership as we are offering the best in terms of brilliance, courage and patriotism in the class of Sarkozi of France, David Cameron of Britain and Barack Obama of the USA.”

Tinubu’s position came on the heels of Ribadu’s declaration penultimate week in Kaduna when he hinted during a political rally of a joint ticket between the two opposition parties to confront the dominance of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/03/tinubu-rules-out-alliance-with-cpc/

AnonPoet:
https://punchng.com/lagos-calabar-highway-project-not-wasteful-shehu-sani-replies-obasanjo/

Shehu Sani is always on point . .God bless him. Baba was biased in his opinion and assessment . The present president may not be perfect but he is a great visioner. . Long term vision is need to pull the nation out of her present economic mess. That road will open up many economic corridors. .It is not a misplaced priority at all.

kokoA:
As far as it is Nigerians who will drive on that road, it's not a waste. The money could have been stolen as well and there is nothing anybody can do about it.

Is everything ok with you

Do you want to go for deliverance from the Stockholm syndrome that is worrying you?

fuckJones:
(A case study of Nigeria citizens & their elected oppressors).

During the Soviet dictatorship of Joseph stalin. He was a brutal dictator with mind of his own. On one fateful day, stalin came to Politburo meeting with a live chicken. Standing in front of audience, He started to pluck the feathers of the live chicken off one by one. The chicken trembled in pain, blood tricking out of its pores. It gave out grievous cries, but stalin being a cruel dictator continued without remorse plucking the feathers out until the chicken was completely Unclad. After which, he threw the chicken on the ground. The Unclad chicken was staggering in pain. stalin goes into his pocket and from his pockets, he took out some chicken food and started to throw it at the poor & hapless creature. The poor chicken in pain started eating and stalin started walking towards his seat. As he walked away, he kept dropping some feeds on the floor & the chicken followed him and sat feeding from his feet.

Joseph stalin then turned to members of his political party leadership. He said, "This chicken represents the people". "You must disempower them, brutalise them, beat them up, starve them and then leave them". "If you do this, go into your pocket & give them peanuts when they are in that helpless and desperate situation, they will blindly follow you for the rest of their life, worshiping you". "They will think you are a hero forever. They will forget that, you're responsible for their sorrowful situation in the first place." Breath taking, isn't it ?

Now! Take a look at all the people some Nigerians are busy defending on social media. Take a look at those they call their heroes. They are the same people who plunged Nigeria into the situation she is. They are the same people who are responsible for their predicaments. Did you see the numbers of people that throng to Saraki's House during this Sallah period to go collect peanuts? People trooping to Bola Ahmed Tinubu Foundation offices to collect branded One kilo bag of Rice & Noddles. Did you see the number of people of all ages who troop out to welcome Ex- convict James Ibori to South South! Do you see the number of handle mop following obi as if he is a seat? what of the one following dino malaye?

Your guess is as good as mine. Nigerians kill those they should defend and defend those they should kill! Pass to all your contacts & let your Political & Religion Leaders read, understand & digest.

emkz:
It is not wasteful.

Obasanjo was already in government when Nigeria had too much money. That was in the 70s. Nigeria could have done many ambitious projects like railways, built large roads, built factories, built several energy stations, built the Lagos-Calabar coastal road, developed infrastructure for gas, built new cities like Eko Atlantic, built more refineries, and set Nigeria on the path to a sustainable future.

Had the likes of Obasanjo contributed their quota with long term vision, Nigerians would have been enjoying the results till today. In my travels, many countries' infrastructure are aged but the people were still enjoying them. They are still building new ones and upgrading old ones.

The coastal highway will not only open new economic frontiers, it would provide jobs and reduce congestion in urban areas. People can work in urban areas and go to their homes on the weekends. Prices of commodities would reduce when the ease of transportation is guaranteed.

Go to major countries, infrastructure is a major thing. China? UAE? USA?

Those opposed to the coastal highway are likely jealous that it is being done by Tinubu and not by them.

Obasanjo build refineries
He built roads and power plants as well
I don't know where you got the idea that Nigeria built nothing in the 70s or 80s
If nothing, it is during this democracy that we've built almost nothing just borrowing

Charly68:
Shehu Sani is always on point . .God bless him. Baba was biased in his opinion and assessment . The present president may not be perfect but he is a great visioner. . Long term vision is need to pull the nation out of her present economic mess. That road will open up many economic corridors. .It is not a misplaced priority at all.

Longer term than the 26 years of looting Lagosians into huge debts despite high IGR and federal allocations and PPP off balance sheet revenues, yet the place is a scamdemic water-less slum?

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#Statisense
(The Economist)

The lack of state-owned pipe-borne water in the homes of Lagos residents has continued to be a source of concern, a non-profit group, Corporate Accountability and Public Advocacy Africa (CAPPA) has said.

At a press event to mark this year’s World Water Day, the group said its monitoring team’s visit to state-owned waterworks showed that most of them are not operational.

The group said the waterworks it visited include the ones at Maryland, Mushin, Ikorodu, Obalende, Agbowa, Onikan, Ikoyi, and Amuwo Odofin.

Only the one in Ikoyi is producing water, according to CAPPA.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/450615-world-water-day-lagos-water-crisis-worsening-group-says.html

A 45-year-old resident and father of three, Mr.Fatai Lamide told PUNCH HealthWise that no building in the community has toilet facilities.

The Oyo State-born mechanic said, “We don’t have toilet in this area, including our compound. This canal that you see serves as toilet to all of us living in this area. We defecate inside nylon and throw it inside the canal.

“For people that don’t want to use nylon, they have a special bucket that they use after which they pour it inside the canal too.

https://punchng.com/cholera-outbreak-looms-in-lagos-communities-as-residents-use-canal-lagoon-as-toilet/

AsgardKing:
I do not think that small minds understand the value of that project to Nigerias future with regards to travel, tourism, logistics and the vast business opportunities and social development that it will birth.

That was how we thought having a functional refinery in Nigeria someday we bring succour to businesses and household ...here we are #830 per litre

i can write 20 advantages and benefit of a refinery even when i was a kid buh howfar ... still on O God

lonecatt:
this one has started his new job
if Obasanjo,Yar'Adua and co embarked on such projects and put the economy at ri Isk with lots of debt I don't think the government of the day will be breathing
Coastal highway to fraud is another avenue to embezzle funds.

You have noticed ... Tinubu just dey hire them dey go, shehu sanni don join dem reno office

Country without no light only billions and trillion you they hear but no light for 2025! Wicked politicians n dumb citizens. Suffered n smile 😃. Yeye people.

People like Shehu Sani are the main reasons Nigeria is a mess but they don't know. They provide their platforms and reputations as collateral for support to be given to crooks in government. They are easily deceived by the notion that those in Aso Rock were/are their friends. They live in the past while those they fight to defend have all moved on with squandermania in different government houses.

Rev Kukah is one of them too. He boldly stated during the campaigns that he prefers Tinubu to everyone else. Kept going on and on about how the nation needs Tinubu at these critical moments. A Catholic Bishop went for a Muslim over a Catholic Knight!!! According to him, Tinubu has the "experience" to do the job!. You and I can see how beuriful the ditch that Tibubu and his truckload of experience have driven us all into..

Hellisreal70:
Shehu sanni is now the deputy to Reno

na stomach cause am
Besides it just shows that all this so called activist none can be trusted, they all,have their prices
Fight for yourself nobody really send anybody, all na game

chopnaira:
The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, a 750-kilometer road, is being funded through a combination of government investment and private funding, with the contractor, Hitech Construction Company, securing 70% of the funds via an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Financing (EPC+F) agreement, while the government provides 30%.

Meanwhile obasanjo spent $16 Billion dollars (around 28.8 trillion naira) on fictitious power projects. Lets not forget how he made everything senate rotten by bribing them so that he could get a 3rd term.

A quarter of that sum would have completed the linking of the entire country by rail, as envisioned by Buhari. That would have had far more impact in terms of travel, tourism, logistics, business opportunities and social development.

Did you read this at all ?

This is much more better than a 750km road...

This is not about 3rd term whatever. Tinubu is here to steal. Tinubu doesn't have any good thing to offer Nigerians. Same Tinubu is still borrowing money.

Tinubu where is our fuel subsidy money?

anonimi:
Is everything ok with you

Do you want to go for deliverance from the Stockholm syndrome that is worrying you?

All talk no action, that's what we have in Nigeria, armchair critics. Emefiele stole equivalent of an entire region's budget and I bet you if the hadn't a personal beaf with the president nothing would happen to him.

AsgardKing:
I do not think that small minds understand the value of that project to Nigerias future with regards to travel, tourism, logistics and the vast business opportunities and social development that it will birth.

Does he ever wanted any president to do better than him? He sees himself as the best that has ever happened to Nigeria forgetting that he's just a pencil ✏️ that can be erased anytime by anyone.

AMINDA:
Spending 15 trillion (half of the country's budget) on a single road without procurement is not only misplaced, it's fraudulent. It does not help that the contractor (Chargoury) is a business partner of the contract awardee. That's conflict of interest. A quarter of that sum would have completed the linking of the entire country by rail, as envisioned by Buhari. That would have had far more impact in terms of travel, tourism, logistics, business opportunities and social development.

What is the percentage of transportation and good haulage by road vs by train?

The greatest resistance to change is people's current legal behaviour and habit.

Does Nigeria have time to build point to point trains, (without arteries by the way) educate people, and persuade haulage and road users to take trains irrespective of the absence of arterial connections? The answer is capital No.

When a person starts off by thinking their opponent is stupid without reviewing the data, they self fulfil their utterances.

Roads and their arterial connections, link people to small micro communities, Trains connect people to large significant areas ( at least at this stage)

Is their something scary in lifting up the "small people" ? Why do we hate and fear the 90% so much?

It is sad that some people defend what is obviously wrong. But then,this is Nigeria.

AMINDA:
Spending 15 trillion (half of the country's budget) on a single road without procurement is not only misplaced, it's fraudulent. It does not help that the contractor (Chargoury) is a business partner of the contract awardee. That's conflict of interest. A quarter of that sum would have completed the linking of the entire country by rail, as envisioned by Buhari. That would have had far more impact in terms of travel, tourism, logistics, business opportunities and social development.

If that money was pumped seriously into completing railway linking Nigeria, cargo and passenger how Nigeria for be. I say this people are bewitched

AMINDA:
Spending 15 trillion (half of the country's budget) on a single road without procurement is not only misplaced, it's fraudulent. It does not help that the contractor (Chargoury) is a business partner of the contract awardee. That's conflict of interest. A quarter of that sum would have completed the linking of the entire country by rail, as envisioned by Buhari. That would have had far more impact in terms of travel, tourism, logistics, business opportunities and social development.

People world say anything to demonize a person/project. I don’t expect you guys to ever understand the impact that project when completed will have on the states being linked. Keep talking money


Obasanjo and his friends wasted $16b on failed electricity projects. This project costs about half of this sum and is progressing nicely yet you all are crying.

A true freedom activist must be ready to tell the truth even when it involves himself or his household, much less his party

DeepSight:
I dont know what to say to you. I am aghast at this kind of blindness and stupidity.

The submission was not targeted at someone at an advanced stage of idiocy like you.

Move on.

Willie2015:
A quarter of that sum would have completed the linking of the entire country by rail, as envisioned by Buhari. That would have had far more impact in terms of travel, tourism, logistics, business opportunities and social development.

Did you read this at all ?

This is much more better than a 750km road...

Stop lying. Post Buhari’s estimates here. Including the cost of the completed rail projects. You guys lie too much without proof

Agbegbaorogboye:
Obasanjo build refineries
He built roads and power plants as well
I don't know where you got the idea that Nigeria built nothing in the 70s or 80s
If nothing, it is during this democracy that we've built almost nothing just borrowing

Perhaps try and read to understand. I never said Nigeria built nothing during the oil boom.

Remember Gowon said Nigeria had more money than could be spent.

I said we could have done ambitious projects. I went ahead to list examples. That was the crux of my entire submission.

AMINDA:
Spending 15 trillion (half of the country's budget) on a single road without procurement is not only misplaced, it's fraudulent. It does not help that the contractor (Chargoury) is a business partner of the contract awardee. That's conflict of interest. A quarter of that sum would have completed the linking of the entire country by rail, as envisioned by Buhari. That would have had far more impact in terms of travel, tourism, logistics, business opportunities and social development.

. Shehu Sani is a begoat a total disgrace, all because of his belly and his hatred for El rufa'i, so now anything from PBAT is good. Half of annual budget to be spent on a single project, with out bidding, procurement and other due process. I can't imagine Sani aligning with such dubious act. This has nothing to do with the importance of the project.

fixedhollies:
Very wasteful venture… such projects should’ve waited after economic recovery. Not a project to be done when the economy is bleeding.

What is the importance of road beside water, when we could use advanced water transportation around those areas or better still a rail system.

All d roads within the cities are totally down

You're very correct!

They think we don't know they did these things to loot as usual, Baba Obasanjo knows their plan perfectly because when he was the President these guys were like hungry lions coming to him with frivolous proposals which he might have rejected. So he knows what they can do.

AsgardKing:
I do not think that small minds understand the value of that project to Nigerias future with regards to travel, tourism, logistics and the vast business opportunities and social development that it will birth.

It’s people like you that have the small mind honestly. N15tn on a road in 2025? If you do not fix production and have stable policies to attract investment, a road will not perform magic to boost your economy. If you like build the most beautiful road in the world, if your production is not active then it is useless.

Dubai did not start building roads when they discovered oil. They invested in more strategic ventures and the profit built the roads. We are borrowing money to build road that we cannot maintain. Hope you realize that road will require maintenance every 5-10 years and we already have highways we cannot maintain. A heavy rail line would have even made more sense.

Do you know how many other things we could invest N15trillion that would bring in yields? If BAT knows one secret about how this road will bring on trillions to the economy let him tell us. Transparency is key if you want people to see your vision.

Talking from the other side of his mouth....