₦airaland Forum

Goke7:
Cross river is already planning one which has the blessings of FG, there is nothing wrong in railway dear, stop the politics. FG has just approved more international flight destinations for the SE from Enugu and an indigenous airline for that. This will reduce the heavy traffic in Lagos airports and create more economic activities in the SE.

A seaport is not a job for the state government alone. The FG either deliberately or otherwise is taking up irrelevant projects and leaving vital ones to the largely incompetent States. Smh
The enugu airport deal had been in progress long before buhari got In.
In fact, it had to take a daughter of the soil to make that airport international after years of deliberate neglect.

Gext22:
of course you wouldn't know about the proposed seaport in abia state, you mindless simpleton.
I am not as particular with having any seaport in the Se as I am with having a very standard one in close proximity to the eastern region due to the obvious advantages to the east, which was why I gave the Ibaka example.
A waterway that has the capacity for much bigger ships and has a much longer coastline than Lagos.

OK. It has to be South-South then. Your description of Ibaka waterways really makes it attractive for a port proposal. I vote for a port in Ibaka - South-South.

Thank you for the information. I wish you a lovely day.

Wallade:
OK. It has to be South-South then. Your description of Ibaka waterways really makes it attractive for a port proposal. I vote for a port in Ibaka - South-South.

Thank you for the information. I wish you a lovely day.

A seaport of Lagos class in the SS would be tremendous for the east.
Have a good day too.

Wallade:
I didn't want to dignify you with a response earlier but when I saw this rejoinder you made, I felt the need to make a position.

Let's look critically at the existence of a Lagos - Calabar railine. It will pass through a lot of states where there can be stop overs and products, both locally manufactured and imported raw materials or unfinished goods, can be delivered timely, efficiently and effectively at less cost.

It is only logical to take more advantage of Lagos port because of proximity and the ability of the port to accommodate bigger vessels. Why do you think it is so convenient for ships to stop in Lagos rather than other ports in Nigeria.

Moreover, ships can also stop at Calabar ports too and the products can be distributed via the rail lines to states along the Calabar - Lagos route.

Have you thought of all the trailers/tankers falling and traffic on the interstate roads. Do you know how many heavy duty trucks move goods along the interstate roads managing the risks along such roads. Do you think about wear and damages to those roads due to the constant use especially by heavy duty trucks.

Your problem is basic - your thoughts are shallow. How could someone like you possibly think out of the box?

Lagos - Calabar railway is good and needs to be done; but you must understand & address the peoples' concerns appropriately.

You can't sit in your house and determine whats' best for you and do the same for the others. If the people from the other side wants a seaport first, lets understand it and work towards making it available instead of all these noise from your quarter in telling people what's good for them or not. You/your people knows absolutely nothing about what the others feel or the challenges they face; so, you/your people should stop all these I-Know-It-All mentality and face issues challenging your communities.

Thank you.

Mr Senator, would you be bold enough to say this in Abuja?

Gext22:
A seaport is not a job for the state government alone. The FG either deliberately or otherwise is taking up irrelevant projects and leaving vital ones to the largely incompetent States. Smh
The enugu airport deal had been in progress long before buhari got In.
In fact, it had to take a daughter of the soil to make that airport international after years of deliberate neglect.

oh so the states are now incompetent, thought you guys said the PMB's FG is incompetent, the way you guys speak from both ends of the mouth is so amazing. Yes the enugu project deal has been on the cards yet your beloved hero did not approve it ba? Even if PMB build a seaport for you guys now, you will credit to the previous govt. You guys are playing politics without common sense all because of a failed party called the Peoples destruction party otherwise known as pdp.

PMB is even too nice for my liking, he would have left it to your daughter of the soil to come and approve it for you. smh

You've already left Egypt.why then do you want your people to be part of the Egyptian government?

Truckpusher:
Ekweremadu should just shut up and watch Buhari carry out his draconian policies with zero respect for our diversity ? It's high time we all must sit and talk or we will talk under the barrels and the nozzle of the gun.

Nigeria has a date with destiny, whether you leeches and back biters like it or not, we must talk now or never - I will also remind you that 1967 isn't 2016.

Don't reason like a truckpusher,reason like a truckowner.

khSteel:
Lagos - Calabar railway is good and needs to be done; but you must understand & address the peoples' concerns appropriately.

You can't sit in your house and determine whats' best for you and do the same for the others. If the people from the other side wants a seaport first, lets understand it and work towards making it available instead of all these noise from your quarter in telling people what's good for them or not. You/your people knows absolutely nothing about what the others feel or the challenges they face; so, you/your people should stop all these I-Know-It-All mentality and face issues challenging your communities.

Thank you.

Point noted and taken. However, I don't think there is any complain or opposition from every community and states the proposed rail line would access.

khSteel:
Lagos - Calabar railway is good and needs to be done; but you must understand & address the peoples' concerns appropriately.

You can't sit in your house and determine whats' best for you and do the same for the others. If the people from the other side wants a seaport first, lets understand it and work towards making it available instead of all these noise from your quarter in telling people what's good for them or not. You/your people knows absolutely nothing about what the others feel or the challenges they face; so, you/your people should stop all these I-Know-It-All mentality and face issues challenging your communities.

Thank you.

Can we stop this dumb politics of seaport, how is a seaport an excuse for not having railway. Someone should please stop making the SE a laughing stock.

AtlanticBreeze:
These are the type of leaders we need in igboland. I just found a new respect for Ekweremmadu since this Buhari's regime. Anyway, the failure of Buhari and APC has shown that Nigeria cannot progress without igbos. Nigeria is already a failed state. I just pity the next president that will take over from Buhari

Why would you find respect in such a man-ekweremadu? He is part of the ignoble elite in this country that has ruined everything for the rest of us. Look at the whole Igbo land, what have the leaders done for ndigbo? What major investment has he brought to igboland to occupy the unemployed? How has he used his position to discourage the looting by the governors down to slag chairmen?

For me, there's no respect for ekerremadu. He's trying to fan ethnic sentiment in his favor.

kayfra:
Sounds fake. No sitting senator will vomit this bile.

Your call! Sitting presidents vomit theirs on international TV in forein lands.

Stop using Igbo for your personal interest. Keep your mouth shut you would never distract Nigerians of government determination to reposition the country.

afoobabs:
Chief wailer, i think that wailing is in their blood. Even if you make them the president they will still wail.
Oga where were you when lagos-calabar rail was removed from the budget. as the vice president of the senate, u ar at a vantage point to know what transpired in the budget.

Lagos- calabar rail line indeed! Why can't u Rcall it southwest rail agenda. Wetin concern the east with ur agenda. Let those south west APC push for it. It is their agenda not Ndi Igbos. Adding calabar to it is a cunning agenda too

Goke7:
oh so the states are now incompetent, thought you guys said the PMB's FG is incompetent, the way you guys speak from both ends of the mouth is so amazing. Yes the enugu project deal has been on the cards yet your beloved hero did not approve it ba? Even if PMB build a seaport for you guys now, you will credit to the previous govt. You guys are playing politics without common sense all because of a failed party called the Peoples destruction party otherwise known as pdp.

PMB is even too nice for my liking, he would have left it to your daughter of the soil to come and approve it for you. smh

of course, my meaning of incompetence would fly over a political jobber like you.
How is a state with barely enough to pay salaries competent enough to build a seaport?
Political jobber.

Ekweremadu should shut up his fucking mouth already. He and his Igbo cronies in the national assembly are the ones shortchanging the igbos for their selfish interest. When his party held sway for 16 years, what did he in particular and his party in general do for the igbos? Now he thinks he has a clean hands and so must go to equity. With the kind of support the Igbos gave Ekweremadu's party for 16 years, that part of Nigeria should be the most developed but for greedy and selfish motherfuckers like Ekweremadu.

Uduak2019:
BUSTED SAME PERSON WITH TWO MONIKERS!





SAME PERSON WITH TWO ACCOUNTS...STOP FOOLING YOURSELF. IGBOS KNOW YOU ARE YORUBA FROM YOUR MISSPELLING OF "NDIGBO" AS "INDIGBO" AND USE OF SAME PHRASE "IGBO PEOPLE" IN BOTH POSTS UNDER DIFFERENT MONIKERS! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS? SOME OF YOU ARE SICK...VERY SICK IN THE HEAD!

This is how Odumegu Ojukwu pushed many of you into avoidable death. He knew from beginning that the war will consumed majority of his people and can't be won, yet he pushed you into it.
Another devil is at it again, beating war drum that would see an end to his tribe just for selfish reason. He's been in the senate enjoying like bee, he follow share money instead of sharing and implementing bright ideas that will move the nation forward. But the reason why these idiots are using you to execute their evil is because of poverty driven economy they operate with. The frustration and agony of Jonathan lost can never be easily forgotten. It is one Nigeria and if PMB complete his term Yoruba person will come in.
Go and die!

Gext22:
of course, my meaning of incompetence would fly over a political jobber like you.
How is a state with barely enough to pay salaries competent enough to build a seaport?
Political jobber.

you resort to casting aspersions just because I exposed your hypocrisy, Sir you are not as smart as I thought

asorocker:
Where did you see me calling Lagos no man's land. The point I am trying to make is the economic benefits that the Lagos Calabar rail line will serve. If it is to ship imported goods from Lagos to Calabar then the project is dead on arrival.

Nigeria is in big economic mess the right thing is to expand the economic base of the nation with the little resources the country can get .open up the coastal maritime economy of the Niger delta so that agricultural products from benue, taraba, adamawa, nassarawa can be evacuated easily .the loan should be used to build a deep sea port in Calabar and a rail line to the north eastern part of the country.
God bless Nigeria.
God bless Buhari God bless APC

I'm surprised the way you thinks

Goke7:
you resort to casting aspersions just because I exposed your hypocrisy, Sir you are not as smart as I thought

You are sillier than I thought.
How is a state with barely enough to pay salaries competent enough to pay seaports ?

jaso1:
This is how Odumegu Ojukwu pushed many of you into avoidable death. He knew from beginning that the war will consumed majority of his people and can't be won, yet he pushed you into it.
Another devil is at it again, beating war drum that would see an end to his tribe just for selfish reason. He's been in the senate enjoying like bee, he follow share money instead of sharing and implementing bright ideas that will move the nation forward. But the reason why these idiots are using you to execute their evil is because of poverty driven economy they operate with. The frustration and agony of Jonathan lost can never be easily forgotten. It is one Nigeria and if PMB complete his term Yoruba person will come in.
Go and die!

why not call awolowo the jail bird to come back and rule.?
See his mouth like Yoruba person.

okeyglm:
the man blaming buhari, where were you and other igbo senators when lagos - calabar rail and 2nd niger bridge was removed from the budget .

was he among the committee that reviewed the budget? budget review was tasked to a committee, How are u connecting it to him? that's the problem with u Apc's... always looking for whom to blame for your failures

odomanis:
Did you not hear that the project was not in the budget submitted to the national assembly by Buhari in the first place ? The question should be Why ? Why would it be Amaechi including it during budget defence ? The minister is there to defend the budget already submitted and instead of doing that, he brings a new one. Need I not remind you that it is the president and not ministers that send budgets to the National assembly. The big question is : Why was the project not included in the proposal submitted by Buhari ?

pls who is the minister working for? do you think ameachi can include any project in that budget without the consent of pmb or is he (amaechi) going to use his own money for the project ***common sense*** for the fact that the proposal has nt been concluded before buhari submitted the budget does nt mean that the project is nt meant to be there

asorocker:
The Lagos Calabar rail serves Nigeria no useful purpose .importing goods into Lagos ports and shipping them via rail line to the Eastern coast is an economic blunder. The right thing is to use every available funds to develop deep sea ports in Calabar and link Calabar to the north and Abuja via a rail line.

the reason I just want to say something on your comment is not to abuse or looking down on you but to correct the impression of majority of you that saying lagos- calabar rail serve no purpose to the development of the country or to the people of south south-south east. In any economic development or in a developed country one those factors that make their country a better land is good transportation system. You should be able to know that, the cost of production will definitely be cheaper when there is a good transport. Easy and safe movement of people and goods will be enhanced. It will also bring industries to calabar and it's environs. Also our roads linking lagos - will be safe due to the fact that, lorries and trailers carrying goods will be reduced etc. Please don't support people saying it has nothing to benefit calabar or the entire country as they are saying.

Gext22:
why not call awolowo the jail bird to come back and rule.?
See his mouth like Yoruba person.

AWOLOWO ? NIGERIA BIGGEST THIEF OF ALL YIME

This is another ploy to use ordinary Nigerians to achieve personal ambition. Nigerian politicians have always used the method of "Divide and Rule" for personal agenda. This useless Deputy Senate President is trying to use this method when he knows that his days are numbered. The impending storm that will carry Saraki will definitely sweep him too and he's much aware of that. He can shout and cry for al we care, he will definitely loose that seat. He has benefitted no Igbo man and his position has no benefit to any Igbo man. Useless buffon

thewarrior72:
Keep ur railway to ur southwest for now. The priority for ss people is a functioning sea port not railway. The 6 ss state, as the chicken that lay the golden egg deserveed to have at least one functioning sea port. The people who their land are pillaged and their water poluted to feed and develop ur region are tired of traveling thousands of miles to clear their goods in ur region.

look at this wicked soul do u know for how long ss have been forgoting. even under GEJ THEY get no rail nt to talk of seaport nw pmb has remembered them and make them relevant again do you know what might follow after the rail. Do u think u know whats better for ss than amaechi. Lagos - calabar rail is nt proper but completion of second niger bridge u see nothing bad in that. hypocricy at its peak i know u hate ss

asorocker:
The Lagos Calabar rail serves Nigeria no useful purpose .importing goods into Lagos ports and shipping them via rail line to the Eastern coast is an economic blunder. The right thing is to use every available funds to develop deep sea ports in Calabar and link Calabar to the north and Abuja via a rail line.

Azikwe GEJ for do am when oil was being sold for $140 nah... No be SS/SE president im be?

Gext22:
You are sillier than I thought.
How is a state with barely enough to pay salaries competent enough to pay seaports ?

bitterness is the just the lot of you guys and there is no remedy

AtlanticBreeze:
These are the type of leaders we need in igboland. I just found a new respect for Ekweremmadu since this Buhari's regime. Anyway, the failure of Buhari and APC has shown that Nigeria cannot progress without igbos. Nigeria is already a failed state. I just pity the next president that will take over from Buhari

This is exactly what he came out to achieve, to incite people. Let me tell you, Nigerian politicians do not have any good intention for anybody, not even their tribe. He is an enemy of Igbo tribe just like all others are enemies of their tribe too. Cant you read in between the lines? He's trying to gather sympathy so that he wont loose his seat. Ask yourself, since he got to that position, fo what benefit has he been to you. I am shocked that Nigerians are yet to understand this from this agents of lucipher called politicians

okeyglm:
the man blaming buhari, where were you and other igbo senators when lagos - calabar rail and 2nd niger bridge was removed from the budget .

was this project in the budget sent by the president to the national assembly? Or was it in the supplementary budget? Enlighten us, please

We Are No Longer Safe In Bayelsa, Igbo Traders Tell Police.

Igbo traders in Bayelsa State, yesterday, marched the streets of Yenagoa, the state capital, in protest of the continual murder of Igbo businessmen in the state capital by unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers and hired assassins.
They were particularly angry over the gruesome murder of Agodo Martins by gunmen at his Yenagoa residence early hours of Monday.
The hoodlums were said to have broken into the house of Martins, who owns a popular boutique called Omars Fashion Plaza at the Ompadec area of the Yenagoa-Mbiama Road.
It was gathered that the gunmen who stormed the house of Martins located at the Punch Road area demanded money from their victim.
The deceased reportedly told his assailants that there was no cash at home because shops in the capital city were shut down for about four days in honour of the late Governor of the state, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was buried on Saturday.
After ransacking his house, the gunmen were said to have shot and killed Martin in cold blood in the presence of his new wife.
The traders led by the President, Ohaneze Youth Council (OYC), Chief Chinedu Arthur-Ugwa, also lamented that Martin was killed a few days after gunmen suspected to be assassins murdered another successful Igbo businessman, Ugochukwu, popularly called Ugo Best.
It was gathered that Ugochukwu was killed along the Azikoro village on his way home after business of that day.
A source who spoke in confidence said: “He was close to his house in company with his wife when gunmen operating in commercial tricycles blocked his car. They dragged him out of the car and forced into the tricycle.
“His corpse was discovered the next day at the Azikoro cemetery with his hands and legs tied up. He was a successful businessman who built a big house at the Azikoro village. We are scared”.
The traders also related how another businessman was gruesomely murdered at the Tombia area adding that others were being harassed and injured by arm-bearing youths.
The traders assembled at the front of Omars boutique, forced shops to close down and marched with anger to the state command of the police.
They were received by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Peter Ogunyawo, and other senior police officers.
Presenting their grievances, Arthur-Ugwa said: “The Igbos are no longer safe in Bayelsa. We are being killed by gunmen. One was killed at Azikoro, the other one was killed at Tombia and today another one who just got married was killed in cold blood.
“We are not happy and we have closed down our business to come and tell you at the headquarters that we are not safe. If you cannot guarantee our safety, we will relocate our business and families out of the state. We are pleading for your assistance”.
Ogunyawo in his response, told the grieving traders that crimes exist everywhere and were not targeted at the Igbos.
He said death is one debt everybody must pay and that nobody knows how it will be paid.
He said the command was doing everything possible to check the crime wave in the state and asked the traders to furnish the police with information to enable them become effective.
“We can’t be effective if you don’t partner with us. Once you have feelings of any crime, let us know. You don’t need to run to anywhere because crimes exist everywhere”, he said.
http://thenationonlineng.net/no-longer-safe-bayelsa-igbo-traders-tell-police/