I dont believe VP Osinbanjo made the above statement. l dont trust Nigeria media.

3rdlegxxx:
SMH .. So all these comments are coming from some graduates, what a shame, someone even made a very dumb af point by saying extra lanes are NEW roads, no wonder we are so easily deceived, illiteracy even among the educated is really so high in Nigeria, No NEW Roads were built not repaired or patched, a brand new road like what Fashola built linking Ikoyi to Lekki Phase 1... The VP has a point, why are most of u so silly and senseless as to easily come out and insult your Vice President, I understand the APC, PDP thing but insulting and embarrassing your VP and President all over social media with low level of grasping information and thinking..

did we have new states to build new roads?
fashola built new road linking ikoyi to lekki phase 1 cos lekki phase one is a new locality.with ur point I think u shud be ashamed u r a graduate.
unless u tell us all d states in nigeria aint linked by roads n deserves to be linked.

He said the FG has not built a single 'NEW ROAD'. New road means that the road is new from design to completion. Is that not true? GEJ did his bit revamping old roads. Lagos-Ibadan expressway, benin-Sagamu, Ore....all those are old roads. It is worth commending when those old roads are revamped and FASOLA did commend GEJ's government.

It is still a matter of fact that Nigeria has hardly built new roads, except in some states.

ionsman:
You read through the first page and shake your head in disgust. Most of the people who commented there are definitely graduates but their great show of shame is amusing.

So, you guys don't know what constructing a NEW road means?

SHAME ON YOU ALL!

why construct new roads when the existing ones r in deplorable state?
why did he even say all these on pulpit.. was it to be pitied or what?

soloyes:
I can see that Nairaland is gradually becoming a hangout spot for jobless people. This issue is very simple. The VP said no road in 10 years so if you have any road in your area that was constructed why not come up and say it to disprove his statement instead of making silly side comments?

federal govt under pdp rehabilitated old roads, state govrs from pdp created new roads n rehabilitated some existing old roads. in nigeria we hv federal road network n state n local roads. fed govt takes care of federal roads n u dont expect dem to build roads linking ur village town hall to the palace of ur emir.

Hmmm, this is why pastors should not involve in politics.

koboko69:


You guys are really dumb. Are you aware that there was a road from Ota to Abk before the one that passes through Ewekoro now. Are u aware there was an old Ibadan lagos Ibadan Express road before now, Are aware there was an ild Benin-Ore road before the one one that have just be rehabilated?

The essense of new roads is for easier accessibility, decongestion and development of local areas.

Another good example of a new road is the benin Bypass. Which was a brand new road....with that road...motorists dont need to congest the already congested benin city, wasting hours in traffic gridlocks. They simply ply the new road to avoid benin entirely.

I really pity u guys. Smh

There are 3 reasons why you are a mumu forever
1. That motor vehichle is not the only means of trasport and that alot of NEW train tracks where built in order to dicongest the roads as u like to put it.

2. That its common sense to prioritze things. When already familiar roads are broken you rehabilitate them 1st and when you are all done you continue development by building new ones. In 4yrs a govt can only do so as much as it can. Nothing stops osinbade from continuing from where they stopped and go ahead to build new roads. Dont blame him he is just a mere comissioner.

3. That Osinbade has no reason, if not devilish spite, to raise issue of NEW roads. For heaven sakes where did that arise from if not to find a reason to continue the blame game. Never has nigerians complained for new roads, at least its not been in any way near how much they cry for 'good roads'.

It just shows hate has made pastor osinbade delusional..........and the funny thing is that you are his zombie because you dont like to see the flip side of things and be rational

sweetgala:


Therefore can the road be concluded to be new, the answer remains no.

my dear if u were complaining of bad roads and d govt jumps priority to build new ones instead of fixing the old one 1st, what will u say.

And hold on.....wait a minute, are we all really discussing this issue of new road?? Has road network ever been our problem or lack of good roads. Is osinbade not stupid to raise issue when there is none. So of all our problems its new roads that pained him most not bad roads. Guy now I understand why they call u guys zombies. You dont think whether the people u support are making ordinary common sense or not

Dee60:

He said the FG has not built a single 'NEW ROAD'. New road means that the road is new from design to completion. Is that not true? GEJ did his bit revamping old roads. Lagos-Ibadan expressway, benin-Sagamu, Ore....all those are old roads. It is worth commending when those old roads are revamped and FASOLA did commend GEJ's government.

It is still a matter of fact that Nigeria has hardly built new roads, except in some states.

Have you been and seen east west roads and auchi road plus uromi delta roads excluding the roads in the north!
Osinbajo was very off about the comments on new roads

Lionsclaw:
There are 3 reasons why you are a mumu forever
1. That motor vehichle is not the only means of trasport and that alot of NEW train tracks where built in order to dicongest the roads as u like to put it.

2. That its common sense to prioritze things. When already familiar roads are broken you rehabilitate them 1st and when you are all done you continue development by building new ones. In 4yrs a govt can only do so as much as it can. Nothing stops osinbade from continuing from where they stopped and go ahead to build new roads. Dont blame him he is just a mere comissioner.

3. That Osinbade has no reason, if not devilish spite, to raise issue of NEW roads. For heaven sakes where did that arise from if not to find a reason to continue the blame game. Never has nigerians complained for new roads, at least its not been in any way near how much they cry for 'good roads'.

It just shows hate has made pastor osinbade delusional..........and the funny thing is that you are his zombie because you dont like to see the flip side of things and be rational

I dont expect wailers to be smart. You mean those old roads that were exisiting b4 the new roads constructed could not have been rehabilitated too and the new ones ignored by which ever government did it?

You keep doing rehabilitation and ignore new roads that can ease traffic/pressure on the one you are rehabitating and at the same time bring development to the area the new roads pass through.

If u aint so.daft you will know that there are new many roads that needs to be constructed....Nigeria does not have a good road networking....

If you keep rehabilitating without constructing more access roads....how do we move forward?

kITATITA:

I passed through the East West Road two years ago and I saw serious work in progress. But it is not an entirely new Road.

Then yoy did not pass it when it was a single cariage way.that work you saw was for an entire brand new 2 lanes rd.it used to be a single cariage way.

To counter this Proffessor,come forth with facts & evidence..I know that profs don't speak without having proofs

rolchi:


Did you pass through the E/W Road 15 years ago?

Now, who will go to start building a "new" E/W Road when he can 'cheaply' remedy or upgrade or expand or dualize or repair the existing E/W Road?

Please, show just show us where a 'new' road is required to connect states in Nigeria?

Sir, when you hear that a road is being 'dualized', it means you are building a completely new traffic lane. Now consider it...what is it called, if not a new road?

Even at that. They have to dig up the old East West rd and start from fresh. And they also forgot the 2nd Niger bridge. Let's see if this govt will even continue

Charly68:
To counter this Proffessor,come forth with facts & evidence..I know that profs don't speak without having proofs

He knew people like U will buy it hence his statement. Are you guys not fed up with the fg repeating itself by blaming previous fg.if we all do same den we should blame pme too cos he did na da. Let us wait until he builds a brand new rd frm ABJ to D aura.

Gej may have allowed his govt to squander a lot of money but saying He did not build roads is not fair at all especially coming from the VP.I personally travel for business and I know with network of roads Gej built it's amazing compared to any govt.He actually did much in the north.He started the Lagos-benin road that we all thought will never see the light of day. Remember it was said that Obj govt squandered N300b meant for it.

Someone should please ask Osinbajo to tell us at least two points that needed to be linked with a new road.
We all know that apart from corruption and inadequate resources, the next major challenge facing development in Nigeria is our poor maintenance culture. Scattered around the nooks and crannies of Nigeria are edifices in terrible state of disrepair and one wonders why the VP is more concerned with new roads when we have so many calling for repairs. You build if there's need to but majorly repair already built ones.

In any case, let's assume that GEJ didn't build nor repaired, how many has Buhari and Osinbajo built or repairs almost 10 months on?
GEJ established new universities, but the APC would not appreciate it instead they tell us there is no need for new universities when they ones already in existence in have poor standard. Why ask him to build new roads when the ones already built are bad?

can this guys just shut the hell up...

Can you even trust a Yoruba man?

I will rather trust the devil than trust a Yoruba man.

Evil people. They are all evil and jealous liars. Even their so called pastors are evil as hell.

koboko69:


I dont expect wailers to be smart. You mean those old roads that were exisiting b4 the new roads constructed could not have been rehabilitated too and the new ones ignored by which ever government did it?

You keep doing rehabilitation and ignore new roads that can ease traffic/pressure on the one you are rehabitating and at the same time bring development to the area the new roads pass through.

If u aint so.daft you will know that there are new many roads that needs to be constructed....Nigeria does not have a good road networking....

If you keep rehabilitating without constructing more access roads....how do we move forward?

You are osinbade are zombies in arm and u guys are alone in your dream land. Go and tell your father that new road is ur issue with govt and watch him give u a dirty slap

Lionsclaw:

You are osinbade are zombies in arm and u guys are alone in your dream land. Go and tell your father that new road is ur issue with govt and watch him give u a dirty slap

I am not a toddler that u are.

Your dad probably still slaps u around.

Little wonder u talk like a child.

koboko69:


I am not a toddler that u are.

Your dad probably still slaps u around.

Little wonder u talk like a child.

my friend get lost already go and read peoples opinion on this thread and see how myopic u and osinbade are.

baralatie:

Have you been and seen east west roads and auchi road plus uromi delta roads excluding the roads in the north!
Osinbajo was very off about the comments on new roads

Is the east-west road new?. .. is the benin auchi road new?... in fact was the planned dualisation of the benin auchi road progressed at all?.... and what percentage of the east west road dualisation did GEJ do?

The daftness of most Jonathanians truly knows no bounds. 10 pages already exhausted on this thread with pained Jonathanians who do not know the meaning of the word 'NEW.'

Very Wonderful!

emmasege:
This is why I am more comfortable addressing the VP as Prof and not Pastor. Addressing this one as a Pastor tarnishes the name and body of Christ.
Does he even travel by roads? APC is a wrong association for anyone.

Sorry bro, he isn't tarnishing the image of Christ, rather you are the one tarnishing the image of all the schools you attended from childhood for not knowing the meaning of the word 'new.'

BabaO2:

Osinbajo is a prof, Fashola is a learner. I am sure he knows the points he's driving at. To build road is to start afresh/New ideas not patch-patch and modifications of roads and other sectors Jonathan government was found of doing

these APC people they complain too much. A leader with vision and goals put 2% on blames and 98% on how to get things done were the previous adminstration failed. but that of APC is not like that. may God deliver us from the hands of these evil politicians.

Oh Proff, from today u loose my respect because i now know that there is no single gentleman in APC. I had thought you have a little 'medicom' of honour in you. I didnt know apc is full of liars who are competing to over do the chief liar himself- lie mohd. Shame!

kutchs:

Can you and the VP tell us where there should have been new roads built?

If you are half as educated as I guessed you should, you would know that we have planners, civil engineers and others qualified in such fields, all the local towns and places that could do with new roads, bridges and more, if not for Former Governor Fashola who made people feel what it is like to have a working and concerned government, that aside so your point is Nigeria is perfect as it, we don't need new roads right, in all those shanty local areas across the north, all the bushy landmarks across the south, abeg let me waste my time and intelligence on better conversations

obailala:
Sorry bro, he isn't tarnishing the image of Christ, rather you are the one tarnishing the image of all the schools you attended from childhood for not knowing the meaning of the word 'new.'

Answer not a fool according to his foolishness, lest you be counted as one.

3rdlegxxx:


now this is a reasonable point, one worth thinking on, the ikoyi linking phase 1 was newly built, even tho a bridge, it is still a road i think Fashola didn't use the word built and i am sure he meant reconstructed; this all points to the facts that we don't have a record keeping portal of such, where every and anyone can go and get information about the country

You said in all in tbe quoted. That could reduce propaganda to a large extent but with some1 like Lai Mohammed, who knows

It was a nice idea for Fashola to build the Lekki/Ikoyi link road. But as usual, it's not free. He used Lagos state money to build the road but we need to pay through our nose.

We need proper information in this country but not lies.

Interesting times Indeed !

GEJ build no road -Osibande

The GEJ regime most be commended for Road build_ Fashola


Wo do we believe ?

No sync in this Government obviously.

Short man short sense... osibanjo receive sense from 2day.

johnmartus:
not far from truth. all the roads we are witness today was constructed by military government

Receive sense....Ply mokwa-bida road., Benin- oore road to mention but a few