₦airaland Forum

Let’s be honest: for years, talking about federal infrastructure in the South-East felt like listening to old stories — plenty of promises, very little movement. So when people say the last two years under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu feel different, it’s not just political talk. There’s actual dust in the air, cones on the roads, and machines doing what they’re supposed to do.

Take the Second Niger Bridge, for example. Yes, the bridge itself existed before, but everyone knew the real joke was the access roads. A bridge you can’t properly reach is like buying a generator without fuel. The renewed push to complete and expand those access roads has finally started to make the bridge useful, easing movement between the South-East and the rest of the country and cutting travel stress in ways people can actually feel.

Then there are the major highways that South-Easterners know all too well — Enugu–Onitsha, Enugu–Abakaliki, Lokpanta–Enugu, Umuahia–Aba, Port Harcourt–Aba. For years, these roads were survival tests rather than transport routes. Over the last two years, many of them have come back to life, with long-abandoned sections receiving attention again. It’s not perfect yet, but when roads stop breaking cars and start saving time, people notice.

The federal government says it has committed hundreds of billions of naira to road projects in the South-East, and while Nigerians have every right to be skeptical of big numbers, the difference this time is visibility. You can argue politics all day, but you can’t argue with asphalt being laid and contractors actually on site.

Of course, this doesn’t mean all problems are solved. Some projects are slow, others are still ongoing, and decades of neglect can’t be erased in just two years. Frustration remains, and rightly so. The South-East didn’t start breaking down yesterday, so it won’t be fixed overnight.

Still, if we’re calling it as we see it, the last two years suggest a real attempt to move the South-East from the sidelines into the federal infrastructure conversation. The big question now is consistency. If these roads are completed, maintained, and expanded, this period might just be remembered as the moment when “abandoned project” stopped being the default South-East experience.

Stop spewing half truths here. Tinubu is not doing any new road in South East...all are roads already awarded by Buhari govt...which access road on the 2nd Niger bridge are you talking about...the axis that connects the bridge to Oko Kingdom, Ndokwa East, Delta State..no work going on..

The Oba access road was completed by Buhari.

Where is the Eastern Railway corridor from PH-Aba- Enugu-Maiduguri Tinubu said he has approved..
Enugu-Nsukka-Markurdi, that one is a death trap..
Owerri-PH is that one not Federal road...
Umuahia- IkotEkpene is that one not Federal road...Alex Otti is the one that have flagged off the construction of that Federal road.
Aba- PH flagged off under Okezie Ikpeazu, FH stopped the project that there's no money. Alex Otti completed it. Onitsha - Owerri needs maintenance...Gov. Hope Uzodimma have refurbished the Imo axis. The Anambra axis is waiting for Anambra govt who are not interested...

Stop saying rubbish here

The south east people will never acknowledge it.

ariesbull:
Let’s be honest: for years, talking about federal infrastructure in the South-East felt like listening to old stories — plenty of promises, very little movement. So when people say the last two years under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu feel different, it’s not just political talk. There’s actual dust in the air, cones on the roads, and machines doing what they’re supposed to do.

Take the Second Niger Bridge, for example. Yes, the bridge itself existed before, but everyone knew the real joke was the access roads. A bridge you can’t properly reach is like buying a generator without fuel. The renewed push to complete and expand those access roads has finally started to make the bridge useful, easing movement between the South-East and the rest of the country and cutting travel stress in ways people can actually feel.

Then there are the major highways that South-Easterners know all too well — Enugu–Onitsha, Enugu–Abakaliki, Lokpanta–Enugu, Umuahia–Aba, Port Harcourt–Aba. For years, these roads were survival tests rather than transport routes. Over the last two years, many of them have come back to life, with long-abandoned sections receiving attention again. It’s not perfect yet, but when roads stop breaking cars and start saving time, people notice.

The federal government says it has committed hundreds of billions of naira to road projects in the South-East, and while Nigerians have every right to be skeptical of big numbers, the difference this time is visibility. You can argue politics all day, but you can’t argue with asphalt being laid and contractors actually on site.

Of course, this doesn’t mean all problems are solved. Some projects are slow, others are still ongoing, and decades of neglect can’t be erased in just two years. Frustration remains, and rightly so. The South-East didn’t start breaking down yesterday, so it won’t be fixed overnight.

Still, if we’re calling it as we see it, the last two years suggest a real attempt to move the South-East from the sidelines into the federal infrastructure conversation. The big question now is consistency. If these roads are completed, maintained, and expanded, this period might just be remembered as the moment when “abandoned project” stopped being the default South-East experience.

Name one road APC federal government have started and finished in South East since 2015

Just one

2) name the road under construction since 2023 that has not been under construction before


When you finish propaganda please become ad hoc staff in South East n try to rig for Tinubu

But is the duty and right of feds to fix our roads without noise or propaganda

Nigeria I tire

Legacy is achieved, not claimed. Umahi who was Buhari’s sycophant until the end of his tenure publicly declared that Buhari never did anything for the Southeast. Today, all the projects he claims as Tinubu's handwork are infact, Buhari’s projects.

AMINDA:
Legacy is achieved, not claimed. Umahi who was Buhari’s sycophant until the end of his tenure publicly declared that Buhari never did anything for the Southeast. Today, all the projects he claims as Tinubu's handwork are infact, Buhari’s projects.

Muniru, Buhari’s projects after 8years ?
Please mention those phantom Buhari projects

mrvitalis:
Name one road APC federal government have started and finished in South East since 2015

Just one

2) name the road under construction since 2023 that has not been under construction before


When you finish propaganda please become ad hoc staff in South East n try to rig for Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu’s administration is executing several major road infrastructure projects in South East Igboland.

Key projects, often utilizing concrete pavement, include the Enugu–Onitsha Road, 2nd Niger Bridge access roads, and Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway.

Enugu–Onitsha Road (107 km): Funded partly via the MTN Tax Credit scheme.

Enugu–Onitsha Road (72 km): Reconstruction by CBC.

2nd Niger Bridge Access Road (17.5 km): Dualization and construction.

Enugu–Abakaliki Road (36 km): Ongoing construction.

Lokpanta–Enugu Road (61 km): Dualization.

Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway: Major rehabilitation sections.

Enugu Bridge at Artisan Market: Completed reconstruction.

Akpoha Bridge, Ebonyi State: Completed construction.

Aba-Owerri Road (NNPC Depot Expressway), Abia State: Rehabilitation.

Umuahia to Aba Road: Construction project.

Angingali-Udobi-Udona-Umo-Uwana-Ubalaka Road, Imo State: Construction.

These projects are part of the Renewed Hope Agenda, with the Federal Ministry of Works, led by David Umahi.

Putinofrussia:
President Bola Tinubu’s administration is executing several major road infrastructure projects in South East Igboland.

Key projects, often utilizing concrete pavement, include the Enugu–Onitsha Road, 2nd Niger Bridge access roads, and Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway.

Enugu–Onitsha Road (107 km): Funded partly via the MTN Tax Credit scheme.

Enugu–Onitsha Road (72 km): Reconstruction by CBC.

2nd Niger Bridge Access Road (17.5 km): Dualization and construction.

Enugu–Abakaliki Road (36 km): Ongoing construction.

Lokpanta–Enugu Road (61 km): Dualization.

Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway: Major rehabilitation sections.

Enugu Bridge at Artisan Market: Completed reconstruction.

Akpoha Bridge, Ebonyi State: Completed construction.

Aba-Owerri Road (NNPC Depot Expressway), Abia State: Rehabilitation.

Umuahia to Aba Road: Construction project.

Angingali-Udobi-Udona-Umo-Uwana-Ubalaka Road, Imo State: Construction.

These projects are part of the Renewed Hope Agenda, with the Federal Ministry of Works, led by David Umahi.

Do you have problem understanding basic English?

Which road has Tinubu started and completed in South East

Which road is he doing today that wasn't under construction before

Should I type in Yoruba?

mrvitalis:
Do you have problem understanding basic English?

Which road has Tinubu started and completed in South East

Which road is he doing today that wasn't under construction before

Should I type in Yoruba?

Less than 3 years, you dey whyne me. Government is a continuum. Let him finish abandoned projects first, he will construct the a fresh road that lead to your village

lordm:
The south east people will never acknowledge it.

Which road did award in southeast?

Ttalk:
Less than 3 years, you dey whyne me. Government is a continuum. Let him finish abandoned projects first, he will construct the a fresh road that lead to your village

So he does not have any road contract in southeast.

Is this the new format u want to use to beg for votes from SE after the following
1 Yoruba president jailing kanu
2. Lagos bringing down igbo properties because of 2023 election.
Yoruba president he has been will never see more than 10k votes this time

Ttalk:
Less than 3 years, you dey whyne me. Government is a continuum. Let him finish abandoned projects first, he will construct the a fresh road that lead to your village

Name one project he has started that wasn't under construction before

mrvitalis:
Do you have problem understanding basic English?

Which road has Tinubu started and completed in South East

Which road is he doing today that wasn't under construction before

Should I type in Yoruba?

lol
If you answer this correctly,I will give you a good answer:
1.How many roads did Obasanjo,Yaradua,Jonathan,Buhari start and finish in the SE?

2.How many roads didn't Obasanjo,Yaradua,Jonathan,Buhari start but were completed by each of them in the SE?




Meanwhile,President Bola Tinubu’s administration is executing several major road infrastructure projects in South East Igboland.

Key projects, often utilizing concrete pavement, include the Enugu–Onitsha Road, 2nd Niger Bridge access roads, and Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway.

Enugu–Onitsha Road (107 km): Funded partly via the MTN Tax Credit scheme.

Enugu–Onitsha Road (72 km): Reconstruction by CBC.

2nd Niger Bridge Access Road (17.5 km): Dualization and construction.

Enugu–Abakaliki Road (36 km): Ongoing construction.

Lokpanta–Enugu Road (61 km): Dualization.

Enugu–Port Harcourt Expressway: Major rehabilitation sections.

Enugu Bridge at Artisan Market: Completed reconstruction.

Akpoha Bridge, Ebonyi State: Completed construction.

Aba-Owerri Road (NNPC Depot Expressway), Abia State: Rehabilitation.

Umuahia to Aba Road: Construction project.

Angingali-Udobi-Udona-Umo-Uwana-Ubalaka Road, Imo State: Construction.

These projects are part of the Renewed Hope Agenda, with the Federal Ministry of Works, led by David Umahi.

Putinofrussia:
lol
If you answer this correctly,I will give you a good answer:
1.How many roads did Obasanjo,Yaradua,Jonathan,Buhari start and finish in the SE?

2.How many roads didn't Obasanjo,Yaradua,Jonathan,Buhari start but were completed by each of them in the SE?




Meanwhile

I would answer you if you accept Tinubu hasn't started and completed any project in South East

mrvitalis:
I would answer you if you accept Tinubu hasn't started and completed any project in South East

These are the projects Tinubu initiated and has completed and commissioned in the SE:


1.Oncology Centre, UNTH Nsukka: A world-class Oncology Centre was completed and commissioned at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Enugu State.

2.Artisan Bridge, Enugu: The reconstruction of the five-span Artisan Bridge in Enugu has been completed.

3.Akpoha Bridge, Ebonyi: A new bridge was constructed and completed at Akpoha, Ebonyi State.

4.Palliative Road Works: Numerous, smaller palliative road repairs designed to enhance inter-state mobility have been completed across the region.

5.Port Harcourt-Aba Railway: This railway project was reported as completed, delivered, and in operation.

6.NELFUND is also a project.

7.Free Technical colleges.

8.Old Pensioners free medical program.

Etc.

Tinubu will still do more.
Now let us see the ones for the other previous govts

Putinofrussia:
These are the projects Tinubu initiated and has completed and commissioned in the SE:


1.Oncology Centre, UNTH Nsukka: A world-class Oncology Centre was completed and commissioned at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Enugu State.

2.Artisan Bridge, Enugu: The reconstruction of the five-span Artisan Bridge in Enugu has been completed.

3.Akpoha Bridge, Ebonyi: A new bridge was constructed and completed at Akpoha, Ebonyi State.

4.Palliative Road Works: Numerous, smaller palliative road repairs designed to enhance inter-state mobility have been completed across the region.

5.Port Harcourt-Aba Railway: This railway project was reported as completed, delivered, and in operation.

6.NELFUND is also a project.

7.Free Technical colleges.

8.Old Pensioners free medical program.

Etc.

Tinubu will still do more.
Now let us see the ones for the other previous govts

You obviously have comprehensive issue with basic English

Won't waste time on you anymore

mrvitalis:
You obviously have comprehensive issue with basic English

Won't waste time on you anymore

mrvitalis:
I would answer you if you accept Tinubu hasn't started and completed any project in South East

You know you are a coward and failure when you flee during a non violent,facts based argument.

You asked for projects,not only road projects but because you have been defeated,you want to flee.

Don't flee,sir except you believe that you have failed.

Within just 3 years,Tinubu has defeated all previous govts with positive deliveries in the SE.
What brilliance!

Putinofrussia:
You know you are a coward and failure when you flee during a non violent,facts based argument.

You asked for projects,not only road projects but because you have been defeated,you want to flee.

Don't flee,sir except you believe that you have failed.

Within just 3 years,Tinubu gas defeated all previous govt with positive deliveries in the SE.
What brilliance!

I'm not ready to run in circle with you... Don't have that time arguing with someone who would never accept superior argument is for fools and I'm not fool

mrvitalis:
I'm not ready to run in circle with you... Don't have that time arguing with someone who would never accept superior argument is for fools and I'm not fool

Hope you have learnt a lesson or two?

A coward and failure always has excuses.
Ciao