₦airaland Forum

26-year-old Timi Adeoye graduated
two years ago from the University
of Benin and was a frequent user of
the Benin-Ore route. According to
him, “traveling on Nigerian roads
used to be a nightmare for me; I
still remember spending twelve
long hours on a trip from Lagos to
Benin regularly since I got
admission eight years ago. “
“The memory of those trips still
leaves a distaste in my mouth”, he
continues, “but I had to continue
because I had to go school. “
Being
a road
that is
the
major
link
road
between the West and South of
Nigeria, it was appalling that it was
in that state of decay. From 2006 to
as recent as 2012, anyone who plied
the Benin-Ore route would have
easily testified to its horrific state.
The deplorable condition of the
road aside, there were daredevil
armed robbers who were lords of
the night and perpetual residents of
the area and it was inevitable that
travellers inclined to always say a
prayer to avert terrible traffic jam
lasting hours, and loss of lives and
property. As Adeoye aptly describes
it, it was “hell on Earth”.
Popular columnist, Sonala
Olumhense once said, “If you are a
Nigerian, chances are you know
someone who has spent an entire
day, at least once, traveling the 140-
mile Sagamu-Benin City road, or
been killed trying to do so.“
As the legend goes, a former
Minister of Works was reported to
have cried openly while inspecting
the said road once, calling it a
guzzler of lives. Citizen upon citizen
have resorted to pleading with
successive governments on national
television and through other media
to see to the swift repairs of the
said road. Despite all these coupled
with criticisms from traditional
monarchs especially the Oba of
Benin whose domain has been a
major victim, unfulfilled promises
continued to be the order of the
day.
Sagamu-Benin is part of the Lagos-
Mombasa, as well as Algiers-Lagos
sections of the Trans-Africa
Highway, and of Nigeria’s East-West
Road. First constructed in the 70s, it
was originally a three-hour route.
Since it began to deteriorate,
contracts have been awarded every
other year by different
governments. Somehow, nothing
concrete has been done.
Then good luck came along, even
literally. At last, the cries of
Nigerians had broken through to
the top echelons and the current
government’s determination to get
the road fixed and useable again
was to put a smile on the faces of
those who ply the road.
Tapping into the controversial
Subsidy Re-investment Programme
(SURE-P) funds, the federal
government decided to fix the
roads once and for all to ease the
suffering of commuters. In
September 2014, President
Goodluck Jonathan commissioned
the Phase 1 of the road, spanning
75 kilometres. The second phase, as
Minister of Works, Mike
Onolememen explained had not
been fully completed because of
technical challenges but was
commendably over 60% done.
An
excited
governor
Adams
Oshiomole of Edo state – a
prominent member of the
opposition All Progressives’
Congress (APC) – stressed that the
Federal Government’s effort in
reconstructing the road is “the most
outstanding intervention the road
has witnessed over the years.
A road that was once a death trap
began to wear a new face and is in
its present state, good as brand
new. A journey of twelve hours and
counting has now been reduced to
a third of that time – four hours or
less.
“God sent us his son in the form of
Goodluck Jonathan!” shrieks
Madam Veronica Omoregie who
travels every week from Lagos to
Asaba to buy goods for her trade
that has sustained her and her
three children since her husband
died tragically in an auto crash on
the same road, in 1999.
This transformation was even
buttressed by a recent survey
conducted by the NOI-Gallup Polls
on the 8th of January 2015, which
showed that 60% of Nigerians who
travelled during the yuletide season
acknowledged that the roads had
indeed been improved on.
According to the findings released,
majority of Nigeria road users
found it easier to travel to their
different destinations in various
parts of the country during the
Christmas holiday, unlike the
previous year.
The survey read in part, ‘Overall, 69
percent of respondents were of the
opinion that the roads had either
improved or had improved very
much.
As a result of the improved
condition of the Benin-Ore road
and others in general, transport
giants, ABC Transport Company
slashed its fare prices in a widely
circulated advert carried by The
Punch Newspaper in May 2014.
It reportedly added the words, ‘The
roads are getting better’, a phrase
that is a true reflection of the
government’s commitment to
infrastructure and national
development.
On his way to collect his transcripts
last week, Adeoye slept for most of
the journey in the 18-seater bus he
boarded from Lagos to the
university’s main campus in
Ugbowo, one of Benin’s many
sprawling districts. The inscription
“Welcome is the best journey” on
the lorry in front of his vehicle one
of the few times he was awake
barely registered until he got down
– the trip was too smooth for him to
care.
#Whynotgej
#Buharicanneverchange


Source: www.savethesouthwest.com

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Kola4uniadgog:
26-year-old Timi Adeoye graduated
two years ago from the University
of Benin and was a frequent user of
the Benin-Ore route. According to
him, “traveling on Nigerian roads
used to be a nightmare for me; I
still remember spending twelve
long hours on a trip from Lagos to
Benin regularly since I got
admission eight years ago. “
“The memory of those trips still
leaves a distaste in my mouth”, he
continues, “but I had to continue
because I had to go school. “
Being
a road
that is
the
major
link
road
between the West and South of
Nigeria, it was appalling that it was
in that state of decay. From 2006 to
as recent as 2012, anyone who plied
the Benin-Ore route would have
easily testified to its horrific state.
The deplorable condition of the
road aside, there were daredevil
armed robbers who were lords of
the night and perpetual residents of
the area and it was inevitable that
travellers inclined to always say a
prayer to avert terrible traffic jam
lasting hours, and loss of lives and
property. As Adeoye aptly describes
it, it was “hell on Earth”.
Popular columnist, Sonala
Olumhense once said, “If you are a
Nigerian, chances are you know
someone who has spent an entire
day, at least once, traveling the 140-
mile Sagamu-Benin City road, or
been killed trying to do so.“
As the legend goes, a former
Minister of Works was reported to
have cried openly while inspecting
the said road once, calling it a
guzzler of lives. Citizen upon citizen
have resorted to pleading with
successive governments on national
television and through other media
to see to the swift repairs of the
said road. Despite all these coupled
with criticisms from traditional
monarchs especially the Oba of
Benin whose domain has been a
major victim, unfulfilled promises
continued to be the order of the
day.
Sagamu-Benin is part of the Lagos-
Mombasa, as well as Algiers-Lagos
sections of the Trans-Africa
Highway, and of Nigeria’s East-West
Road. First constructed in the 70s, it
was originally a three-hour route.
Since it began to deteriorate,
contracts have been awarded every
other year by different
governments. Somehow, nothing
concrete has been done.
Then good luck came along, even
literally. At last, the cries of
Nigerians had broken through to
the top echelons and the current
government’s determination to get
the road fixed and useable again
was to put a smile on the faces of
those who ply the road.
Tapping into the controversial
Subsidy Re-investment Programme
(SURE-P) funds, the federal
government decided to fix the
roads once and for all to ease the
suffering of commuters. In
September 2014, President
Goodluck Jonathan commissioned
the Phase 1 of the road, spanning
75 kilometres. The second phase, as
Minister of Works, Mike
Onolememen explained had not
been fully completed because of
technical challenges but was
commendably over 60% done.
An
excited
governor
Adams
Oshiomole of Edo state – a
prominent member of the
opposition All Progressives’
Congress (APC) – stressed that the
Federal Government’s effort in
reconstructing the road is “the most
outstanding intervention the road
has witnessed over the years.
A road that was once a death trap
began to wear a new face and is in
its present state, good as brand
new. A journey of twelve hours and
counting has now been reduced to
a third of that time – four hours or
less.
“God sent us his son in the form of
Goodluck Jonathan!” shrieks
Madam Veronica Omoregie who
travels every week from Lagos to
Asaba to buy goods for her trade
that has sustained her and her
three children since her husband
died tragically in an auto crash on
the same road, in 1999.
This transformation was even
buttressed by a recent survey
conducted by the NOI-Gallup Polls
on the 8th of January 2015, which
showed that 60% of Nigerians who
travelled during the yuletide season
acknowledged that the roads had
indeed been improved on.
According to the findings released,
majority of Nigeria road users
found it easier to travel to their
different destinations in various
parts of the country during the
Christmas holiday, unlike the
previous year.
The survey read in part, ‘Overall, 69
percent of respondents were of the
opinion that the roads had either
improved or had improved very
much.
As a result of the improved
condition of the Benin-Ore road
and others in general, transport
giants, ABC Transport Company
slashed its fare prices in a widely
circulated advert carried by The
Punch Newspaper in May 2014.
It reportedly added the words, ‘The
roads are getting better’, a phrase
that is a true reflection of the
government’s commitment to
infrastructure and national
development.
On his way to collect his transcripts
last week, Adeoye slept for most of
the journey in the 18-seater bus he
boarded from Lagos to the
university’s main campus in
Ugbowo, one of Benin’s many
sprawling districts. The inscription
“Welcome is the best journey” on
the lorry in front of his vehicle one
of the few times he was awake
barely registered until he got down
– the trip was too smooth for him to
care.
#Whynotgej
#Buharicanneverchange

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Trash.

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Kola4uniadgog:
26-year-old Timi Adeoye graduated
two years ago from the University
of Benin and was a frequent user of
the Benin-Ore route. According to
him, “traveling on Nigerian roads
used to be a nightmare for me; I
still remember spending twelve
long hours on a trip from Lagos to
Benin regularly since I got
admission eight years ago. “
“The memory of those trips still
leaves a distaste in my mouth”, he
continues, “but I had to continue
because I had to go school. “
Being
a road
that is
the
major
link
road
between the West and South of
Nigeria, it was appalling that it was
in that state of decay. From 2006 to
as recent as 2012, anyone who plied
the Benin-Ore route would have
easily testified to its horrific state.
The deplorable condition of the
road aside, there were daredevil
armed robbers who were lords of
the night and perpetual residents of
the area and it was inevitable that
travellers inclined to always say a
prayer to avert terrible traffic jam
lasting hours, and loss of lives and
property. As Adeoye aptly describes
it, it was “hell on Earth”.
Popular columnist, Sonala
Olumhense once said, “If you are a
Nigerian, chances are you know
someone who has spent an entire
day, at least once, traveling the 140-
mile Sagamu-Benin City road, or
been killed trying to do so.“
As the legend goes, a former
Minister of Works was reported to
have cried openly while inspecting
the said road once, calling it a
guzzler of lives. Citizen upon citizen
have resorted to pleading with
successive governments on national
television and through other media
to see to the swift repairs of the
said road. Despite all these coupled
with criticisms from traditional
monarchs especially the Oba of
Benin whose domain has been a
major victim, unfulfilled promises
continued to be the order of the
day.
Sagamu-Benin is part of the Lagos-
Mombasa, as well as Algiers-Lagos
sections of the Trans-Africa
Highway, and of Nigeria’s East-West
Road. First constructed in the 70s, it
was originally a three-hour route.
Since it began to deteriorate,
contracts have been awarded every
other year by different
governments. Somehow, nothing
concrete has been done.
Then good luck came along, even
literally. At last, the cries of
Nigerians had broken through to
the top echelons and the current
government’s determination to get
the road fixed and useable again
was to put a smile on the faces of
those who ply the road.
Tapping into the controversial
Subsidy Re-investment Programme
(SURE-P) funds, the federal
government decided to fix the
roads once and for all to ease the
suffering of commuters. In
September 2014, President
Goodluck Jonathan commissioned
the Phase 1 of the road, spanning
75 kilometres. The second phase, as
Minister of Works, Mike
Onolememen explained had not
been fully completed because of
technical challenges but was
commendably over 60% done.
An
excited
governor
Adams
Oshiomole of Edo state – a
prominent member of the
opposition All Progressives’
Congress (APC) – stressed that the
Federal Government’s effort in
reconstructing the road is “the most
outstanding intervention the road
has witnessed over the years.
A road that was once a death trap
began to wear a new face and is in
its present state, good as brand
new. A journey of twelve hours and
counting has now been reduced to
a third of that time – four hours or
less.
“God sent us his son in the form of
Goodluck Jonathan!” shrieks
Madam Veronica Omoregie who
travels every week from Lagos to
Asaba to buy goods for her trade
that has sustained her and her
three children since her husband
died tragically in an auto crash on
the same road, in 1999.
This transformation was even
buttressed by a recent survey
conducted by the NOI-Gallup Polls
on the 8th of January 2015, which
showed that 60% of Nigerians who
travelled during the yuletide season
acknowledged that the roads had
indeed been improved on.
According to the findings released,
majority of Nigeria road users
found it easier to travel to their
different destinations in various
parts of the country during the
Christmas holiday, unlike the
previous year.
The survey read in part, ‘Overall, 69
percent of respondents were of the
opinion that the roads had either
improved or had improved very
much.
As a result of the improved
condition of the Benin-Ore road
and others in general, transport
giants, ABC Transport Company
slashed its fare prices in a widely
circulated advert carried by The
Punch Newspaper in May 2014.
It reportedly added the words, ‘The
roads are getting better’, a phrase
that is a true reflection of the
government’s commitment to
infrastructure and national
development.
On his way to collect his transcripts
last week, Adeoye slept for most of
the journey in the 18-seater bus he
boarded from Lagos to the
university’s main campus in
Ugbowo, one of Benin’s many
sprawling districts. The inscription
“Welcome is the best journey” on
the lorry in front of his vehicle one
of the few times he was awake
barely registered until he got down
– the trip was too smooth for him to
care.
#Whynotgej
#Buharicanneverchange

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Trash.

Thanks to GEJ! GEJ till 2019!!!

Mr TRASH, keep it up!!

sincerenigerian:
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