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The one along lag/badagry exp that CCECC is over 10yrs now and not close to completion,just confusion.

NairalandSARS:
Cool stuff..

any p why PM

Which nation is this? Must they demolish before doing what they want to do?

And build it with another borrowed money.. jisienu ike

Laying of tracks has already started in Fagba market and is progressing on both sides. How is this man oblivious of this?

free2ryhme:



so we award or embark on infrastructure contract that help increase employment, yet Nigeria government allowed the Chinese to import the steel and materials that is needed for this railway. This was a good time to invest in steel production that would be used to produce track for all these railway.
Nigeria government and their bad contract. we borrow money from the Chinese, pay interest, purchase the material from them and hire their own worker. These deals are always bad for Nigerian's

cc:real

Read today's Guardian newspaper editorial and you can't help but weep for our dear country.
At all financial turns, contractual deals and bilateral agreements, we keep cheating, fooling , robbing and roping ourselves the more.
Nigeria is so richly blessed, no need for loans, so much money sitting in bank vaults, surplus forex in the country at the moment but all to no avail.
The new $5.5 billion is totally uncalled for ,pray the National Assembly deflates it

Keneking:
Traffic would multiple in three and four folds

Ambode sef

Issues everywhere,Smh.

Spylord48:
Everytime
To do this,to do that,to build this to build that.
For how long will our politicians continue to use this word "TO"? Every time To yet there is nothing on ground to show for it.During election their keyword will be "To" do this, build that construct this yet we never see anything they are doing. They are only constructing and commissioning with their mouths and on papers!!

APC is just making noises up and down.

free2ryhme:



so we award or embark on infrastructure contract that help increase employment, yet Nigeria government allowed the Chinese to import the steel and materials that is needed for this railway. This was a good time to invest in steel production that would be used to produce track for all these railway.
Nigeria government and their bad contract. we borrow money from the Chinese, pay interest, purchase the material from them and hire their own worker. These deals are always bad for Nigerian's

cc:real

had no idea that there are still smart thinkers with understanding on this forum!



the sycophants we have in high places without functioning brains keep us running round in unprofitable circles endlessly!

U2077:
Read today's Guardian newspaper editorial and you can't help but weep for our dear country.
At all financial turns, contractual deals and bilateral agreements, we keep cheating, fooling , robbing and roping ourselves the more.
Nigeria is so richly blessed, no need for loans, so much money sitting in bank vaults, surplus forex in the country at the moment but all to no avail.
The new $5.5 billion is totally uncalled for ,pray the National Assembly deflates it

yet the only thing the clueless so-called finance minister knows is tax this and tax that, while the nations finances is headed downhill without brakes

Spylord48:
Everytime
To do this,to do that,to build this to build that.
For how long will our politicians continue to use this word "TO"? Every time To yet there is nothing on ground to show for it.During election their keyword will be "To" do this, build that construct this yet we never see anything they are doing. They are only constructing and commissioning with their mouths and on papers!!

.

Just visit these locations and clear your doubt. I understand your hatred for this administration but some of us do see that progress in being made. Just save some money for your rail transport by Dec 2018.

Can some one tell me.......

Danladi7:
I hate democracy.

Omo see PDP people and IPOBs comments above me.


The prayer of every opposition is for the ruling party to fall,fail and for all of us to suffer for not voting them

dont u have some cows to graze
#justsaying

Kagarko:
Fine!

if we're going to get world class rail system.

God bless Nigeria and Nigerians

world class rail system goes for Billions of Dollars. Nigeria doesnt have such.

1nigeriamyfoot:
Don't start what you can't finish!!!


These idiots should complete Lagos - Ibadan expressway first before thinking about the rail.

you are right

fearless2014:
Fellow Lagosians, let us all join hands together are fight away these lying demons from our state, they will soon start demolition of the bridges that are serving us and will never rebuild it, hoping to campaign with them for 2019.


Please chase them away.

I think you are only hindering progress.. Lagos state has beyond doubt shown that they stick to their words.. Eko Atlantic city that we thought was a hoax is a reality..


Modified.. You were right

Don't see how custain bridges come into play yet. And its definitely sm mediocre railway system dat no decent person may comfortably wana use as usual dats main problem.

Spylord48:
Everytime
To do this,to do that,to build this to build that.
For how long will our politicians continue to use this word "TO"? Every time To yet there is nothing on ground to show for it.During election their keyword will be "To" do this, build that construct this yet we never see anything they are doing. They are only constructing and commissioning with their mouths and on papers!!

God bless you for this. Thanks for articulating the same thing I had in mind.

Only for mouth

QueenOfNepal:
The only thing that this government will end up doing is taking a snapshot of Amaechi uncompleted monorail and then splash it all over social media through the likes of Cleverly Deomelo and Goke7 then tjpse ones will now start swearing that the project is 89% completed whereas you are standing underneath the destroyed Jibowu bridge

Abii oo... Just the same way some slimy pdp/jonathanian fraudsters took screen shots of computer generated images of roads in Cameroon just before the last general elections and claimed GEJ had built 25,000km of world standard roads including the Lagos-Ibadan, Onitsha-Enugu, PH-Enugu, Benin-Lokoja, PH-Owerri, Elele-Owerri, 2nd Niger Bridge etc.

Danladi7:
I have so many cows.I am selling one to chinedu in Anambra tomorrow.From observation,you need the urine of kanu which has taken over from blood of Jesus in Igboland in your life.Go and drink just 5mls

python1 u again?

These people are clueless. So is there no way to re route the tracks? Considering the fact that the bridges they are talking about is very important to people in Lagos. Why can't we use the cost for demolition to do other things like re-aligning the bridge of the railroad track to pass through other routes or if possible increasing the height of the railroad bridge. Don't start what you can't finish Mr Minister

QueenOfNepal:
This reminds me of the suitor that removed the zinc of his fiancee house because he promised to do a new one then before you say Jack the suitor was nowhere to be found .

Lagosians should not fall for APC gimmick.

Amaechi that left PH monorail uncompleted will finish this one.

I laugh in

Anonimi come ans show them pictures of Amaechi uncompleted monorail

You are one smart sharp woman.
E go hard to do you wayo oh.

Mogidi:
He delivered good governance hence his protégé was unsuccessful in his bid to become governor.
Amaechi is high on grade 1 Buhari urine.


https://www.monorails.org/webpix%203/cnstRivers02.jpg

ijekul:
As the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by the Rivers State Government to probe the sale of valued assets of the state and other matters continued its sitting on Friday, the technical consultant to the state on the monorail project, Arcus Gibbs revealed that  he advised former Governor Chibuike Amaechi against continuing with the project.

Managing Director of Arcus Gibbs Nig Ltd, Wiero Viguezang, however said his company gave the advice only after collecting N22.9bn from the Rivers State Government since its services were enlisted in March 1, 2010.

Viguezang spoke when he appeared before the commission to explain the role played by his company in the monorail project being probed by the commission.

While being cross-examined by counsel to the commission, Dr. Zaccheus Adangor, Viguezang, stated that the monorail project was no longer tenable considering the shortfall in the state’s revenue and the inability of its original technical and equity partners, TSI Nig Ltd, headed by the former military administrator of Rivers State, Brig-Gen Anthony Ukpo (Rtd.), to fulfil its obligations to contribute 80 per cent of its equity holdings.

He disclosed that the state owes his company N1.1bn for its services.
He also said the company had in a letter to the Rivers State through the ministry of transport, in April, made a six-point recommendation to the Rivers State on how to unbundle the monorail project in such a way that the state government can salvage some financial benefits out of the N33.9bn so far invested in the project. The monorail project was originally estimated to cost about Euros2250m.

The technical partner had in its sixth point of recommendation suggested to the Rivers State Government to unbundle the monorail project and approach the manufacturers of the mechanical components and rail tracks in Germany and exploit the possibility of reselling components at a lower price to the manufacturers.

He said the company also advised the state government to consider the option of using the monorail facilities for other commercially viable purposes, mentioning the spaces between pillars and surrounding areas of the monorail project, stressing that the area between Azikiwe Road and the UTC axis could be put into very fruitful commercial purpose.
Viguezang also told the commission that his company and the state government had planned to unveil the monorail project last April specifically to mislead the people of Rivers State into thinking that the project, which has gulped N33.9bn, was still on course.

He admitted that his company wrote a memo to the commissioner for transport to arrange the unveiling of the project essentially for media coverage since the project was “technically uncompleted”. 

According to Viguezang, “We actually wrote to the ministry of transport in January, to arrange for the governor to unveil the monorail project in April for the attention and coverage of the media based on the expectation of the people of the state.”

When asked to clarify if the unveiling was to deceive the people of Rivers State into believing that the controversial monorail project was ready, Viguezang admitted; “It was to deceive the people into believing that the monorail project was at last ready”.

The managing director, however, stressed that “apart from the media coverage and public attention that it is expected to generate, the monorail was not technically and commercially ready. Only phase 1a within phase 1 of the project was ready. So, there was no way the public would have been able to use the monorail as at April when we asked the ministry of transport to unveil the project to the media”.

Viguezang admitted that the Rivers State government enlisted services of Arcus Gibbs at the cost of N600 million from March 1, 2010 to December 1, 2010, after the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TSI collapsed because TSI could not raise revenue to fulfil the payment of its 80 per cent equity share capital.

He stated that part of its role as the technical service provider to the Rivers State government concerning the monorail project was to evaluate and assess the activities of TSI and give an independent opinion to the Rivers State government.


http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/how-technical-consultants-advised-amaechi-against-monorail-project-after-collecting-n22bn/218811/

Why destroy the existing bridges when the rail can be channeled above them or underground? We've seen that done in many countries around the world.

That will ease the huge burden on the Lagos - Ibadan express way for sure provided they can finish it.

That area will be trafficalised. Hmmm

free2ryhme:



so we award or embark on infrastructure contract that help increase employment, yet Nigeria government allowed the Chinese to import the steel and materials that is needed for this railway. This was a good time to invest in steel production that would be used to produce track for all these railway.
Nigeria government and their bad contract. we borrow money from the Chinese, pay interest, purchase the material from them and hire their own worker. These deals are always bad for Nigerian's

cc:real

Wasn't aware that Nigeria produced steel. Or has Ajaokuta started functioning?

Government should invest in steel production? I totally agree. But it isn't something that can be rushed in time for providing the much needed relief that the refill will being to users of that express way.

Let's Hope that the agreement signed with the Chinese stipulates that at least 80% of the work force must be Nigerians.