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Bigchief46:
My brother, it amazes me when people simply refuse to use that grey matter in their head. Amaechi has been shouting himself hoarse that the National Assembly "REMOVED" the Lagos-Calabar Rail Project from the Budget. The simple question is: can NASS be accused of removing something that was never there in the first place? It is a different thing to say that they refused to accept his plea for it to be included during the budget defence. Amaechi who failed to include such a strategic project in the budget in the first place is now blameless while he uses his own mouth to insult the NASS? Smh

Beeman1:
Nonsense.

God bless PMB

God bless Ameachi

God bless naija.

Abeyjide:
resign? When the chief of corruption saraki the chairman of senate is saying he won't resign despite all the allegation.they are joking. God destroy all the enemy of this nation Nigeria.

tuale4u:
All dis nothern senators is not thier fault. If not for d stupidity of my Niger Delta brothers who are so fixated on Hating Buhari due to Instigation by the Igbos as a result of Jonathan loss, this senators wont be bold enough to openly admit adding more money to Kano rail at the expence of Calabar rail. When in d same speech, the same senator is telling us they have d power to add and remove any item from d budget.

If they can add and remove any item from d budget as they claim, why is it Niger Delta project that they are removing due to flimsy excuse that it was not on d original document despite d fact that it was presented to them in d senate as an addedum.

The simple question we need to ask this senators defending d ommission of Calabar lagos rail is this: All d constituency project they added to d budget were they in d original budget submitted to them? The increase in d amount 4 Kano rail was it in d budget submitted to them? All d new road linking thier states they added to d budget was it in in d original document submitted to them? If they can add items not submitted to them on d original document, what stop them from adding the Calabar Lagos rail project that was clearly successfully defended, discussed and submitted to them as an ammendment or addendum? Thier argument that it was not on d original document submitted to them is lame, completely outrageous and dead on arrival!!!!This people must be thinking they are speaking to morons!!!!

The greatest traitors to d Niger Delta right now are those fools, and extreme bitter people who are ready to kill d development of Niger Delta just because they hate Buhari 4 cheap political point.


The truth is dat Buhari got nothing to lose. He is a 72year old man who has been Governor, Minister, millitary head of state and today democratically elected president. He is already a great achiever.


We Niger Delta people are being foolish and myopic. We must protest against NASS.

We must not give away what belong to us just because Jonathan lost election. Niger Delta is bigger than Jonathan loss. We must move on and stop harming ourselves. Jonathan is a Beneficiary of Niger Delta Struggle. He was never part of d struggle. We must not destroy our region just because of a benefiary who never contributed much to our region when he got d opportunity.

We are just being stupid and foolish.


According to Peter Obi former Governor of Anambra state, Igbo are d cause of thier maginalisation because they dont know how to negotiate politically when others (North and South west) are negotiating for thier people.

My Niger delta brothers, please we must not end up like them. We should be wiser.

The Lagos Calabar rail is just named Lagos Calabar . The Rail actually goes from Lagos to Calabar to Aba to PortHarcourt to Ughelli to Sapele to Benin and to Ore to Ibadan and back to lagos. It is South west, South South and South East rail. The rail is expected to also link Onitcha and Asaba and Warri.

We claim we are more educated than the North. We brag with our worthless PhDs. Notherners with ordinary primary Six certificates are dribbling our PhD senators like Lionel Messi.

Obiagelli:
Wetin be amaechi own for the matter? Hold your transport commitee, vanguard newspaper responsible.

By extension you can also add nairaland for hiding this thread

www.nairaland.com/3040897/vanguard-broke-news-lagos-calabar-costal#44602776

ozimec:
You were obviously more interested in becoming FTC than to read the whole story. Just consider this;
"We make bold to say however, that the said Lagos-Calabar rail project was not included in the budget proposal presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari and we challenge anyone who has any evidence to the contrary to present such to Nigerians."

Tex42:
To those in the know, which states will the Lagos - calabar rail cut across?

tuale4u:
All dis nothern senators is not thier fault. If not for d stupidity of my Niger Delta brothers who are so fixated on Hating Buhari due to Instigation by the Igbos as a result of Jonathan loss, this senators wont be bold enough to openly admit adding more money to Kano rail at the expence of Calabar rail. When in d same speech, the same senator is telling us they have d power to add and remove any item from d budget.

If they can add and remove any item from d budget as they claim, why is it Niger Delta project that they are removing due to flimsy excuse that it was not on d original document despite d fact that it was presented to them in d senate as an addedum.

The simple question we need to ask this senators defending d ommission of Calabar lagos rail is this: All d constituency project they added to d budget were they in d original budget submitted to them? The increase in d amount 4 Kano rail was it in d budget submitted to them? All d new road linking thier states they added to d budget was it in in d original document submitted to them? If they can add items not submitted to them on d original document, what stop them from adding the Calabar Lagos rail project that was clearly successfully defended, discussed and submitted to them as an ammendment or addendum? Thier argument that it was not on d original document submitted to them is lame, completely outrageous and dead on arrival!!!!This people must be thinking they are speaking to morons!!!!

The greatest traitors to d Niger Delta right now are those fools, and extreme bitter people who are ready to kill d development of Niger Delta just because they hate Buhari 4 cheap political point.


The truth is dat Buhari got nothing to lose. He is a 72year old man who has been Governor, Minister, millitary head of state and today democratically elected president. He is already a great achiever. We Niger Delta people are being foolish and myopic. We must protest against NASS.

We must not give away what belong to us just because Jonathan lost election. Niger Delta is bigger than Jonathan loss. We must move on and stop harming ourselves. Jonathan is a Beneficiary of Niger Delta Struggle. He was never part of d struggle. We must not destroy our region just because of a benefiary who never contributed much to our region when he got d opportunity. We are just being stupid and foolish.


According to Peter Obi former Governor of Anambra state, Igbo are d cause of thier maginalisation because they dont know how to negotiate politically when others (North and South west) are negotiating for thier people. My Niger delta brothers, please we must not end up like them. We should be wiser.

The Lagos Calabar rail is just named Lagos Calabar . The Rail actually goes from Lagos to Calabar to Aba to PortHarcourt to Ughelli to Sapele to Benin and to Ore to Ibadan and back to lagos. It is South west, South South and South East rail. The rail is expected to also link Onitcha and Asaba and Warri.

We claim we are more educated than the North. We brag with our worthless PhDs. Notherners with ordinary primary Six certificates are dribbling our PhD senators like Lionel Messi.







Excerpt from thisday compiled by Modath below clearly explain the whole issue.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/04/12/calabar-lagos-rail-project-that-was-never-listed-triggers-a-spat/

TheGoodJoe:

I guess you did not read this.

The Lagos to Calabar rail modernisation project was therefore included in the Senate Committee on Land Transports recommendation to the Senate Committee on Appropriations... Senator Gbenga Ashafa

http://saharareporters.com/2016/04/11/federal-government-included-and-defended-inclusion-lagos-calabar-rail-2016-budget-senate

Bigchief46:
For Christ's sake how can you make a recommendation in favor of a project that is not in the budget? Please let us remove sentiments when discussing very urgent National issues. A budget is submitted to the entire Assembly not to Committees. Even when aspects of it are directed to appropriate Committees for action, fact remains that the duty of Committees is to discuss WHAT IS IN THE BUDGET. Those saying that a supplementary budget was sent don't know what they are talking about; there can be no supplementary budget when the original budget is yet to be signed into law. In any case, my point was very simple: it does not make sense to say that an item WAS REMOVED from the budget if it was never there in the first place. Whether it was discussed by relevant Committees notwithstanding that it was not budgeted in the first instance & recommendations made is a different thing altogether

Chidinho10:
I am from the South East but will never shy away from the truth!

First of all, GEJ was not voted out for tribalism, he was voted out for his incompetence. I am from the South East but I will never shy away from the truth. Forget about the core North and South, look at results from the middle belt states where PDP previously controlled. PDP lost Benue States because GEJ kept quiet when the Fulanis butchered the Tivs in their homeland. GEJ lost because he kept quiet ad watch Suswam run the state like his personal possession. He lost out not because of tribalism but because of incompetence. In 2011, he defeated the same candidate with a wide margin, the same people that voted him in 2011, voted him out for his incompetence.

SO NEVER YOU PUT THE BLAME ON TRIBALISM, BLAME IT ON HIS INCOMPETENCE

Buhari has not made any significant impact since he became President, but you will agree with me that the level of power supply increased since he became President. Don't tell me GEJ owns the glory because power generation when he came in was a little above 4000 MW and he left us with less than 1000MW on May 29th.

ALSO NOTE THAT IT IS UNFAIR TO JUDGE A GOVT THAT INHERITED POWER WITH OIL PRICE THIS LOW. What was the performance of GEJ with oil price above $100 pb for five consecutive years? Is it fair to compare such a govt with another govt that has never witnessed oil price above $50 pb?

Its true we have fuel scarcity but is this the first time we are experiencing it in Nigeria. The last fuel scarcity occurred during GEJs era and we witnessed the closure of banks, airports, online portals and several other businesses for the first time in Nigeria's history. I guess you turned a blind eye then but now you are geared up to attack PMB for this setback. Fuel scarcities will always come and go, this isn't the first and will not be the last.

PMB has his flaws, just like every other human but he is very much better than GEJ. Nigeria made the right choice because I wonder how things would have been if GEJ had won the past elections.

The dude is correct in his assertions whether he is black, white, Igbo, non Igbo, South South or South West. Thank you

TheGoodJoe:
We have gone beyond removed a long time ago. The point is that the Senate has a process, set up Committees and the committees made suggestions that Hon. Jibrin accepted some and rejected some.

So the ones he accepted and added were they in the budget.

His colleagues are saying they set aside fund for the project. He should stop jumping from pillar to post and agree he would put the project back when the Federal Government returns the budget to the house.

Bigchief46:
With respect Sir, THE POINT IS THAT YOU MISS THE POINT. I want this project budgeted & executed; it is one of my dream projects. If you read my posts carefully, you will understand that my simple point is that it does not lie in the mouth of the Presidency/Amaechi to attack the NASS over the project when the Presidency itself never included it in the budget they presented to NASS; that is all I am saying. You & I can shout about it but I am saying the Presidency should not claim to be the good guys here while the NASS become the villains. If what you are saying is the facts then it means it was NASS (through it's Committee on Transport) that recommended the project sequel to the budget defence while the same NASS (through its Committee on Appropriations) rejected the recommendation. My point therefore is that while the rest of us ordinary citizens can scream at NASS for refusing the recommendation, etc, the Presidency has no moral grounds to scream at NASS for excluding a project the Presidency itself failed to include in the budget they sent to NASS. THE WAY FORWARD: instead of the Presidency to waste everyone's time throwing stones at NASS; they should sign the budget into law & immediately send a supplementary budget to NASS for the Calabar-Lagos Rail project

Bigchief46:
With respect Sir, THE POINT IS THAT YOU MISS THE POINT. I want this project budgeted & executed; it is one of my dream projects. If you read my posts carefully, you will understand that my simple point is that it does not lie in the mouth of the Presidency/Amaechi to attack the NASS over the project when the Presidency itself never included it in the budget they presented to NASS; that is all I am saying. You & I can shout about it but I am saying the Presidency should not claim to be the good guys here while the NASS become the villains. If what you are saying are the facts then it means it was NASS (through it's Committee on Transport) that recommended the project sequel to the budget defence while the same NASS (through its Committee on Appropriations) rejected the recommendation. My point therefore is that while the rest of us ordinary citizens can scream at NASS for refusing the recommendation, etc, the Presidency has no moral grounds to scream at NASS for excluding a project the Presidency itself failed to include in the budget they sent to NASS. THE WAY FORWARD: instead of the Presidency to waste everyone's time throwing stones at NASS; they should sign the budget into law & immediately send a supplementary budget to NASS for the Calabar-Lagos Rail project

TheGoodJoe:
Speaking with THISDAY in Abuja on Monday, the presidency source, who pleaded anonymity, said when the error committed by the Budget Office was discovered, Ameachi quickly forwarded a memo to the Budget Office, drawing its attention to the error and it was quickly corrected.

The source added: “Minister Ameachi did not stop there, he followed it up with several meetings with Senator Gbenga Ashafa and during the defence of the budget, Amaechi informed the committee of the omission of the Lagos-Calabar rail modernisation project and indeed sent a supplementary copy of the ministry’s budget to the committee, which contained the said project.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/04/12/calabar-lagos-rail-project-that-was-never-listed-triggers-a-spat/


Niger Delta People and Senators, Fight Amaechi. Fight him well and let me see who will fight for you in Abuja.

Disgrace him for GEJ.

Anikulhapo:
Well said

pasol4real:
U are just as dumb as the animal u support.
It is clear u are visionless ,giving stewpid excuses for ur blind support for a dull n clueless president.
How can any sane person justify this regime so far.
A president that took forever to appoint ministers ,ministers so old ,ineffective n completely dumb.
The country is completely dead,n buhari n Apc government killed it .

aresa:
Unfortunately, these strays are too far gone to reach with your sane and thoughtful post because they function on pure hate, anger, bitterness, bigotry and unadulterated tribalism even when it's detrimental to their well being and way of life.

LONGFUELCUE:
Zombie speedily converted to almajiri.

Bigchief46:
You state that:
"The source added: “Minister Ameachi did not stop there, he followed it up with several meetings with Senator Gbenga Ashafa and during the defence of the budget, Amaechi informed the committee of the omission of the Lagos-Calabar rail modernisation project and indeed sent a supplementary copy of the ministry’s budget to the committee, which contained the said project."

My brother, no one is above mistakes & the Presidency clearly made several in this budget imbroglio; let them accept their mistakes & move on instead of trying to justify it cos then you keep making matters worse. HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT AMAECHI (A MINISTER) SENT AN AMENDED BUDGET TO A SENATE COMMITTEE? The power to SIGN & send budgets (whether original or amended) Constitutionally lies EXCLUSIVELY with the President of the Republic. The power to receive budgets (whether original or amended) Constitutionally lies EXCLUSIVELY with the Senate President. Clearly, we are in "silly season" again. ENOUGH

cynhamscakes:
Gov Amaechi in the news again. Since there is an option of apologizing, he will simply do it.

LadyExcellency:
Do you know why those against 2nd Niger bridge and Akannu Ibiam Airport are supporting this so-called fictitious Lagos - Cal rail line proposal and blaming the Easterners for the non inclusion of the project in the budget?

Stop taking people for fools and better still mind your own business and stop claiming to fight for the interest of the people you so much hate. Your hypocrisy is all glaring for any discerning mind to see.

You think witchcraft and mind manipulation are part of intelligence quotient? Never, rather discernment is?

Another contractor with zero percent job completion ratio is Dari Investments, which received N69.7million as an advance on the contract for the installation of AFL at Owerri Airport. The total sum is N464, 743, 790.29.

ARDC, which won the contract for the refurbishment of existing VIP lounges at Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Enugu airports was paid N272, 388, 246.29 out of N464,262, 437.63 but is adjudged by FAAN to have scored zero percent regarding completion.

Obis Associates, which won the contract to build the pilgrims terminal at Enugu Airport has done 30 per cent of the job but has received N314, 806, 718.50 out of a total of N402, 384, 437. 28.

he contract for the procurement of illumination and floodlighting items for 16 airports awarded to Merry Communication, Electronics and Industrials Nigeria Limited is at zero percent completion most probably because the contractor is yet to be paid anything out of the sum of N2.8billion, which is the total contract sum.

In July 2013, the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) had alleged in a petition that Oduah had awarded contracts to crony firms at bloated costs.