₦airaland Forum

chesterlee:
Only God knows how many billions he will steal this time around


BTW he doesn't sign cheques...

BIGERBOY1:
[s]You won't hear northeasterners crying marginalisation[/s].

OZAOEKPE:
onto wating?

baralatie:
2000mW is not rice

Sincere9gerian:
Did APC promise extra 2000 megawatts or total of 20,000 megawatts?

Anyway, we're waiting!

baralatie:
2000mW is not rice

baralatie:
You do realise that you are talking about yourself

dammytosh:
and some peeps will scream stop blaming past Govt.

How do we move forward without looking at where we are coming from.

They stopped all projects since March stealing the money to fund Party election

realjoker:
*Sets Lagos-Ibadan expressway,
*Second Niger bridge as top priority


The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has officially unveiled his short term plans to address housing deficits, provide good roads and urgently increase power generation in the country with extra 2, 000 megawatts.
Fashola said, during his maiden press briefing in Abuja that the Lagos-Ibadan expressway which has been under construction and the second Niger Bridge are of great importance to the current administration, thus would get urgent attention.

He said year 2002 was the last time the sum of N200 billion was budgeted for road constructions in the country.

The Minister further disclosed that work would soon commence on all roads that link the 36 States of the federation, adding that major roads which had been suspended due to paucity of funds and are vital to boost social economic activities in the country would be quickly revisited.

It was Fashola’s maiden briefing since his resumption to office.

He spoke on plans to partner with the private sector and fully privatise the power sector in order for the country to witness genuine development like the telecommunication.

Part of his plans is also to immediately restore the jobs of construction workers who were laid off by local and international construction companies in the country.

His words: “The records that have been made available from previous budgets show that the last time Nigeria budgeted over N200 Billion in a year’s budget for roads was in 2002. It seems that as our income from oil prices increased over the last decade, our spending on roads decreased.

“As far as status reports go, the federal government budgeted N18.132Billion in 2015 and the Ministry of Works got N13Billion for all roads and highways in 2015, although it has contracts for 206 roads, covering over 6,000km with contract price of over N2 Trillion.”

‎However, Fashola stated that government’s ability to achieve connectivity of Inter-state roads would largely depend on capital spending in the 2016 budget.

He said it became imperative to pay contractors and get them back to work as soon as possible.

“Our short term strategy will be to start with roads that have made some progress and can be quickly completed to facilitate connectivity. We will prioritize within this strategy by choosing first the roads that connect states together and from that grouping start with those that bear the heaviest traffic.

“As at May 2015, many contractors have stopped work because of payment, and many fathers and wives employed by them have been laid off as a result.

“Some of the numbers from only four companies that were sampled, suggest that at least 5,150 workers have been laid as at March 11, 2015; and if we realize that there are at least 200 contracts pending, on the basis of 1(one) company per contract,” he said.

Analysing the unfortunate situation, Fashola explained that, “If each contractor has only 100 employees at each of the 200 contract sites, it means at least that 20,000 people who lost their jobs can return to work if the right budget is put in place and funded for contractors to get paid.

“The possibility to return those who have just lost their jobs back to work is the kind of change that we expect to see by this short term strategy.”

“In order to make the roads safer, we intend to re-claim the full width and set back of all Federal roads, representing 16% and about 36,000km of Nigeria’s road network by immediately now asking all those who are infringing on our highways, whether by parking, trading, or erection of any inappropriate structure to immediately remove, relocate or dismantle such things voluntarily. This will be the biggest contribution that citizens can offer our country as proof that we all want things to change for the better,” Fashola added.

Source:http://thenationonlineng.net/fashola-unveils-agenda-for-roads-power-and-housing/

ThisMeansWars:
so you also agreed that second naija bridge and Lagos ibadan express way that PDP has been fixing since the days of obasanjo is gejs project ...

Mumu number 2..
Mumus everywhere

anigbajumo:
Av u by pass Lagos Ibadan express way early this year and after election?

I was there live when GEJ came to flag off the project not knowing it was another step to loot fund's.Thou there was few construction but 2month before the election nothing has been done till now.They loot the money for yeye campaign.

anigbajumo:
Av u by pass Lagos Ibadan express way early this year and after election?

I was there live when GEJ came to flag off the project not knowing it was another step to loot fund's.Thou there was few construction but 2month before the election nothing has been done till now.They loot the money for yeye campaign.

jlinkd78:
Wishing Fashola well. U can see dat d Ipob protest has forced d FG not to abandon d 2nd Niger Bridge.

VOICEOFJUSTICE:
TO PROVIDE COMMON BASIC AMENITIES NA PROMISE.
TO GIVE LIGHT NA PROMISE
TO BUILD ROAD NA PROMISE
TO EVEN PAY SALARY SEF NA PROMISE
A.P.C. ======= PROMISE TO THE PEOPLE

MODIFIED,

AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE WAILING WAILERS, WE WANT TO STATE THAT WE ARE TIRED OF EMPTY APC PROMISES. GET DOWN TO BUSINESS AND STOP TALKING.

Sincere9gerian:
Did APC promise extra 2000 megawatts or total of 20,000 megawatts?

Anyway, we're waiting!

jlinkd78:
Wishing Fashola well. U can see dat d Ipob protest has forced d FG not to abandon d 2nd Niger Bridge.