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Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by OGwales(m): 11:07pm On Nov 07, 2025
Which region generates most revenue?
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by odinga1of: 11:13pm On Nov 07, 2025
fergie001:
Ganduje cannot do anything, he has been tamed. Infact, the choice to move into APC or not is in RMK's hands..
Between Ganduje & RMK today, who will deliver Kano?
Insightful! RMK na Kano Godfather
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by YeyeGbami: 11:13pm On Nov 07, 2025
When e reach your turn, do otherwise. For now na people wey dey in charge dey talk
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by Chachalogo(m): 11:16pm On Nov 07, 2025
APC can crumble for all I care.
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by SmartPolician: 11:16pm On Nov 07, 2025
OGwales:
Which region generates most revenue?
South South feeds Nigeria
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by U09ce: 11:22pm On Nov 07, 2025
Shawarmagirl:
Yorubas will be shouting 'IT IS THE TURN OF THE SOUTH'. But in reality, all projects goes to South West.

The North should shut up and face their front. When Buhari was doing it, they accepted it and throw blind eyes just as South West accept it now and throw blind eyes. Another President from another region will eventually emerge and the Yoruba will come and wail as the North is Wailing now.
Tell us one project Buhari did in the north that doesn't have an equivalent in the south
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by gabbytabby: 11:23pm On Nov 07, 2025
4th Mainland Bridge they have been talking about it for over 30years.

They are just correcting an anomaly. Rotimi Ameachi just use his Ministry do I beg vote for me for North. A major new bridge was also built in Onitsha to Delta.

No new major project for South West and all major connections and states along the route benefit not just Badagry and Sokoto so a legacy project.

They must think only the north deserves new infrastructure just wait your turn. Also coastal reduces the number of houses to be demolished.

[quote author=fergie001 post=137397272]A former Special Adviser to former Kano State Governor, Salihu, has insisted that yesterday's Federal Executive Council meeting was a "South West FEC meeting".

Salihu who posted on X has been a constant critic of the alleged lopsided infrastructural raise and allocations to the South West, especially Lagos, the President's home state.

The FEC yesterday approved the following projects....

Yesterday, the FEC approved several fresh and revised road project contracts:

1. Sokoto–Badagry Coastal Superhighway Section 3
163 km (Badagry → Ogun-Oyo border)
₦553 billion (₦3.39 bn/km, full concrete)

2. Ota–Idiroko Section I + Flyover
14 km road + 509 m flyover, Ogun
₦98 bn (road) + ₦23 bn (flyover) = ₦121 billion total

3. Ijebu Igbo–Etapa–Owoyen Road
37 km (Ogun-Oyo link, +7 km added)
₦53 billion (from ₦13 bn original)
307% increase, now full concrete with upgraded base.

4. Lagos–Ibadan Expressway Phase II Section II
Fresh award: ₦43.73 billion
Includes underpasses, ramps, side roads.

5. Ilorin–Omu Aran–Egba Road Phase I
31 km (out of 207 km), Kwara
₦43 billion

6. Wasasa–Turunku–Mararaba Phase II
42 km, Kaduna
₦30.23 billion
Continues earlier 7.8 km section.

7. Enugu–Onitsha Road Phase I
35 km (OP Junction → Anambra border)
₦28.47 billion total (₦7 bn balance pending).

8. Mushin–NNPC–Apapa–Oshodi Dualisation
14.4 km, Lagos ports access
₦19.09 billion (up from ₦11 bn).

9. East–West Road (restructured)
PH–Warri axis + 3 flyovers + 2 bridges
Inherited ₦156 billion package
Two new flyovers (Abuloma & Refinery)

Salihu's reply
https://x.com/dawisu/status/1986748878272811049?t=TKIVmo3YLVCn4H4jXUBxEQ&s=19[/quote]
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by owobokiri(m): 11:24pm On Nov 07, 2025
ShoeMarket:
To tell you guys how low these people are, when you talk they will reference Buhari time. The question is couldn't you people have done things differently and say no to Buhari kind of nepotism? But no, you must retaliate the evil.
How can they condemn Buhari when they were the ones who made Buhari?
Tinubu formed APC with this wack ideology based on nepotism, before inviting like minds from the north.

If you watch him carefully, especially how he seem to have embraced tribalism wholeheartedly, you would know he was the brain behind APCs persistent crave for petty politics.

Time will prove him wrong for this..
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by MICHEALADEX(m): 11:26pm On Nov 07, 2025
ariesbull:
Ans they will borrow money and use 75% to do RONU region and expect other parts of the nation to pay the loan back


Do these people think others are just daft ?
If he reach your turn, become Jonathan who it's took Buhari to fix otuoke road to Jonathan village

The North has charmed the previous presidents but Tinubu wise up

Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by U09ce: 11:32pm On Nov 07, 2025
delpee:
The bulk of the Sokoto-Badagry expressway lies within the North.

This is one meeting. It's wise to look at all the approved/ongoing projects for proper perspective.

PMB stopped Ibadan - Abuja rail line and the SE line in favor of Kano- Maradi rail line. He favored the North more in every way.
Who started and completed the only standard gauge railway in the south west?
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by OpinionCounts(m): 11:33pm On Nov 07, 2025
Shawarmagirl:
Yorubas will be shouting 'IT IS THE TURN OF THE SOUTH'. But in reality, all projects goes to South West.

The North should shut up and face their front. When Buhari was doing it, they accepted it and throw blind eyes just as South West accept it now and throw blind eyes. Another President from another region will eventually emerge and the Yoruba will come and wail as the North is Wailing now.
This is why till tomorrow the South South Region still considers Jonathan's tenure a waste of South South opportunity. Even in Bayelsa his home state, no roads, no portable water, no hospitals, nothing, absolutely nothing to show for a people that had their son as president for a wooping 6years tenure. Imagine what Tinubu would do for the yorubas with a six year tenure.

Majority of the LGAs in Bayelsa can only be accessed by boats, no road networks. The East West Road which is a major economic link road for the Niger delta states was abandoned, Ogoni oil spill cleanup abandoned, onne port, and all the ports within the south South, all abandoned, I can go on and on. Yet Jonathan was president for a full 6years.
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by Afonja007: 11:35pm On Nov 07, 2025
156 billion naira for the region Nigeria will use the money gotten from their oil mean while south west that produce .01% of crude oil will get 785 billion naira who will Reno omokri or asari dukubo will attack for this ? Pete obi of course,Niger delta tufiaa
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by Ten06(m): 11:42pm On Nov 07, 2025
I just hope these flyovers between Warri and PH are not the ones already constructed by delta state and rivers state are not the ones that are being paid for?
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by emmykk(m): 11:48pm On Nov 07, 2025
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Shawarmagirl:
Yorubas will be shouting 'IT IS THE TURN OF THE SOUTH'. But in reality, all projects goes to South West.

The North should shut up and face their front. When Buhari was doing it, they accepted it and throw blind eyes just as South West accept it now and throw blind eyes. Another President from another region will eventually emerge and the Yoruba will come and wail as the North is Wailing now.
This is not how to be a leader That is why there is problem
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by Itwas: 11:48pm On Nov 07, 2025
ariesbull:
Ans they will borrow money and use 75% to do RONU region and expect other parts of the nation to pay the loan back


Do these people think others are just daft ?
Yoruba people dey always think say dem get sense .
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by ejieddy: 11:59pm On Nov 07, 2025
Say what you want, these roads have significant economic importance. I'm from the east but stay here in Ota and I can tell you how excited I am to see the OTA Idiroko road being in the budget... That road is important to the nation and it's in a terrible state. Same with Lagos Ibadan road. So I've got no complaints, only for the Minister to deliver. Let them just do the job well
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by GODISGREAT123: 12:12am On Nov 08, 2025
Olaide1295:
Fake breakdown. When did Sokoto become a part of south west?
Sokoto-Badagry expressway is the larger fraction of the funds.
Go back to the breakdown and see the actual distance for which the over ₦500bn was approved. You have eyes
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by Globad(f):
delpee:
The bulk of the Sokoto-Badagry expressway lies within the North.

This is one meeting. It's wise to look at all the approved/ongoing projects for proper perspective.

PMB stopped Ibadan - Abuja rail line and the SE line in favor of Kano- Maradi rail line. He favored the North more in every way.
Sigh

A sensible comment after wading through nonsensical comments

It’s hard to govern Nigerians
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by sreamsense:
Ezeama400:
You can’t be ruling Nigeria like a poutry farm and expect a smooth ride.. Tinubu is deceiving himself, and he knows that
Ok, cool down for a minute! What do you actually want? You are not talking or writing down what you actually need or is it KANU that will be sentenced on the 20th that is confusing you? Is that all the roads that are being embarked upon throughout the country? Buhari was there and was carrying project to the north than elsewhere.

Let south west enjoy themselves too. South east also should wait for Obi. You did not vote for Tinubu, you have little to comment even though Tinubu is trying to balance, you don't expect 100% balancing. Any project done in south west is actually for all Nigerians because when Bokoharam and ipob/ESN send you away, your destination is south west
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by RaptorX: 12:55am On Nov 08, 2025
GODISGREAT123:
Go back to the breakdown and see the actual distance for which the over ₦500bn was approved. You have eyes
163 kilometers for N553 billion, corruption have finished this country.
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by Nozarashi: 1:10am On Nov 08, 2025
Why didn't he post all the contracts that have been awarded since this government came into power.
This list is a revised/ new list.
Ex-aides bank account seems to be dwindling.
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by Kdon2: 1:30am On Nov 08, 2025
Ezeama400:
You can’t be ruling Nigeria like a poutry farm and expect a smooth ride.. Tinubu is deceiving himself, and he knows that
Do your worzt
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by plumcomm: 1:30am On Nov 08, 2025
sreamsense:
Ok, cool down for a minute! What do you actually want? You are not talking or write what you need or is it KANU that will be sentenced on the 20th that is confusing you? Is that all the road that they are embarking on throughout the country? Buhari was there and carrying project to the north.

Let south west enjoy themselves too. South east also should wait for Obi. You did not vote for Tinubu, you have little to comment even though Tinubu is trying to balance, you don't expect 100% balancing. Any project done in south west is actually for all Nigerians because when Bokoharam and ipob/ESN send you away, your destination is south west
their buhari did road from Nigeria to Niger but no body talk
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by Kdon2: 1:31am On Nov 08, 2025
ariesbull:
Ans they will borrow money and use 75% to do RONU region and expect other parts of the nation to pay the loan back


Do these people think others are just daft ?
When all appointments were in southeast do you people think we are daft
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by Antisubsidy: 1:48am On Nov 08, 2025
ariesbull:
Ans they will borrow money and use 75% to do RONU region and expect other parts of the nation to pay the loan back


Do these people think others are just daft ?
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by nafada2: 1:51am On Nov 08, 2025
Nothing here for East. East West Road is in PortHarcourt which is in South South. Niot South East. He compensated Wike
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by anonimi: 1:59am On Nov 08, 2025
Ezeama400:
You can’t be ruling Nigeria like a poutry farm and expect a smooth ride..

Tinubu is deceiving himself, and he knows that
How can he be deceiving himself when he has broken the opposition parties and all the governors are queuing up to join Oshiomhole’s Assembly of Past Criminals, APC?

What do you think Tinubu is doing with the 53% increased revenue that is for the federal government alone, while the 36 states scramble for 27% huh

He is bribing politicians who will mobilise stomach infrastructure to buy votes from deliberately impoverished masses, in Stalinist style of Stockholm Syndrome.


https://www.nairaland.com/post/125340351



What will stop him from getting his 3rd term? Who will stop him from being a life president like Biya in Cameroon? How will he not succeed where Obasanjo failed?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPytmuhYDAU


NaijaRoyalty:
…Says Buhari doesn’t have my kind of money

However, Buhari doesn’t have the kind of money I can steal neither does he have the money I can collect. He doesn’t even have the money for Lagos votes. So, whatever I promise, it’s for real and is coming from my pocket. It’s not until I go to Alausa before I get money to give you.”

Addressing APC supporters on the need to deliver votes, Tinubu said handsome cash rewards await those who can deliver votes for the party.

He said he would not make mistakes of the past where people would collect money in advance and not deliver on election day.

Tinubu added, “Those of you that say you come to Bourdillon for mobilisation, it is mobilisation that we are doing here or don’t you understand? Definitely, if you know people in your neighbourhood, our members, how we used to do.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/i-said-i-was-richer-than-osun-state-tinubu-admits/%3famp
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by CodeTemplarr: 2:03am On Nov 08, 2025
South West: ₦789billion (75%)
South South: ₦156billion (14%)
North Central: ₦43billion (4%)
North West: ₦30billion (2%)
South East: ₦28billion (2%)
North East: ₦0billion (0%)
how about they add defence expenditure to this and publish side by side. Don't expect to enjoy N30B bombs and more in funds to repentant banits, then get lion's share of project's.
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by anonimi: 2:05am On Nov 08, 2025
nafada2:
Nothing here for East. East West Road is in PortHarcourt which is in South South. Niot South East.

He compensated Wike
The Abuja land grabber that is building houses to compromise judges while buying properties in sane America is doing a great job of continuing to scatter PDP in favour of Tinubu’s reelection, with life President in view through a 3rd term agenda.

jameshankss:
Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”

Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.

He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/soludo-i-wont-succumb-to-bullies-obi-knows-he-cant-win/
>>
>>>>

2023: PDP and politics of healing Wike’s self-inflicted injury

Then, the race began in earnest for three years now, reaching a frenzy with the works of the two PDP committees on zoning. The first was the Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi committee on the zoning of the PDP party offices. The Ugwuanyi committee quickly told the world the committee’s assignment did not cover zoning the office of the president. Though this was true, the question is: why didn’t the Ugwuanyi committee zone the PDP chairmanship to the North without aligning it to the divide that would produce the PDP presidential flag-bearer? The second committee headed by Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue state was specifically on the zoning of the presidential ticket and, with the votes of the representatives of all the 17 Southern states without any exception, the Committee unanimously recommended throwing open the PDP presidential ticket, which the PDP NEC simply upheld.

One thing irrefutably stands out – Wike shot himself in the leg. Here was a man who had an overarching influence on both committees but could not insist that the ticket be zoned South. Many had wondered why? The reason is also relatively in plain sight: the Southeast factor. As the clamour for zoning of the presidential ticket of the PDP to South reached its crescendo, many had pointed out the fact that though the PDP Constitution had prescribed zoning of the office of the president to be between North and South since the South-west and South-south had taken their turns in producing the president and the vice in this current dispensation in the persons of Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, zoning this time around, should not just be to the South but the Southeast.

Atiku Abubakar went a step further by offering to step down from the race if it would be agreed that the touted zoning to the South would mean micro-zoning to the Southeast. Wike and the rest could not take the Atiku challenge maybe because Atiku would likely back Peter Obi, who was his vice-presidential running mate in 2019 and an ally. The prospects of Peter Obi picking the ticket if PDP zoned South was so real compelling Wike to go for an open contest, believing he could pick it up ahead of Atiku, Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, given his large war chest.

https://www.thecable.ng/2023-pdp-and-politics-of-healing-wikes-self-inflicted-injury/amp

ddippset:
Says a man who hijacked the party and singlehandedly produced the last 4 National Chairmen of the party for his own selfishness.

Says a man who accepted nomination to be running mate to Fulani Atiku.
He knew it was injustice to give Atiku the ticket yet he lobbied to be the VP.
grin grin

He knew the party had to go South for the 2023 election, yet he still put Secondus as National Chaiman just to hijack the party..
Only to push Secondus out because he wanted the ticket 2023.


This man remains the biggest problem of PDP.

He can only deceive and fool his minions, not reasonable people.
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by anonimi: 2:08am On Nov 08, 2025
CodeTemplarr:
how about they add defence expenditure to this and publish side by side.

Don't expect to enjoy N30B bombs and more in funds to repentant banits, then get lion's share of project's.
Are you being sarcastic here or do you prefer to have your own region and tribe bombed out with N30 billion as you enjoy with repentant separatists or money ritual criminals?
Re: South-West FEC Meeting: Salihu Yakasai Criticises Lopsided Projects Distribution by bowen2018: 2:31am On Nov 08, 2025
This is just a minor out of what Buhari did for Fulani nation during his tenure. Go and fact check
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