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SalamRushdie:
go and sleep jare , you can follow him to Daura and complete his cow fence

SalamRushdie:
Do you realise the most these projects were already scheduled and budgeted for by the past govt and they are not abandoned like Buharist like to claim bit have always been within progress and some of them were even delayed by the Buhari govt ..

Are you aware that in his first stint as head of state in the 80s Buhari achieved Zero capital project implementation and are you also aware that the first 2 years of this current govt also scored zero in capital budget implementation only for them to start commissioning Jonathan's scheduled projects as election approach and they have nothing to hold on to.

Are you aware that every single Nigerian president has a power plant project to his name except Buhari ... See a leader without vision cannot take you your vision.

SalamRushdie:
No Sir Buhari is the one certified not intelligent and you that are supporting him are not intelligent ...

Do you realise that most of the projects were already scheduled and paid for and not abandoned like you claim .

Buhari said Jonathan did nothing yet the only thing he is commissioning are Jonathan scheduled projects.


Buhari said Jonathan did not but weapons for the military but the he hadn't ordered a single rifle since he came on board and keeps claiming weapons ordered by Jonathan ..

keep fooling yourself because of a dull demented vile failed man

FriendNG:
[s]History will not be fair if we allow the misleading thread on front page about the construction of Lagos Ibadan Railway. While "AutoReport.Ng" might be doing so unintentionally, there is still need to put the record straight.

Currently, I believe there is not a single nairalander that follow-up infrastructural development threads like I and "Blue.3k." Especially when it comes to railway and transportation related threads.

For every new update on Lagos-Ibadan railway, I got the pictures as well as the video(s) first while many others are still searching.

Now back to the matter: AutoReport.NG claimed that Lagos-Ibadan railway starts with the administration of President Good luck Jonathan.
https://www.nairaland.com/5006756/fact-check-started-lagos-ibadan


Now the word Start might be very complex but we will decode it.

Start what exactly?

There is a clear difference between starting a project practically and starting a project theoretically on paper.

The Lagos-ibadan railway is only a segment of the larger Lagos - Kano Standard Guage Rail, which is divided into four segments.

a. Lagos-Ibadan.
b. Ibadan-Abuja.
c. Abuja-Kaduna.
d. Finally kaduna-kano.

However it was later redesigned to accommodate other state capitals like Ado Ekiti, Minna, Akure etc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos–Kano_Standard_Gauge_Railway


Idea & Construction Of The Project On Paper:

In 2006, the Nigerian government awarded a $8.3 billion contract to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to construct a standard gauge railway from Lagos to Kano.

The idea of the project starts during the administration of President Obasanjo. The word awarded doesn't mean you have started the work. It's just a mere written commitment and not the work.
That is why despite Obasanjo awarding the project, not a single stone or brick was put on ground.

Due to lack of funding, the rail project was divided into 4 segments.


Abuja–Kaduna Segments ($876 million) : The construction of this segment starts with President Good luck Jonathan in 2011 and completed by President Buhari in 2016.

It is all clear President Jonathan starts the construction of Abuja - Kaduna railway segment of Lagos - Kano rail. And it was completed by President Buhari.



Lagos–Ibadan Segment

1. Who Awarded The Contract On Paper?

It was awarded by President Obasanjo in 2006 on paper and re-awarded by President Jonathan in 2012 on paper. And then renegotiated by President Buhari Administration.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/fg-to-award-lagos-ibadan-rail-contract-soon-—jonathan/


2. Who Paid For The Contract?

I watched the vice presidential candidate of a party lying on national television that "the Administration of Goodluck pay for the rail project before leaving office." That is not only false but unbecoming of someone that once occupied the seat of power.

The first and full counterpart funding of Lagos Ibadan Railway was released by the Administration of Muhammad Buhari after a series of negotiation between China & Nigeria.

(The Nigerian Team includes: H.E Rotimi Amaechi, Hon. Kemi Adeosun, among others)


Buhari Released N72BN Full Counter Part Funding For Lagos-Ibadan Railway (Jan 2017)

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/fg-releases-n72bn-full-counterpart-funding-lagos-ibadan-rail/


3. Who Start / Flag Off The Practical Construction Of Lagos-Ibadan Railway?

The ground breaking which marks the initial commencement of construction works for the Lagos-ibadan railway was performed by H.E the acting president Prof Yemi Osinbajo in March 2017


https://www.legit.ng/amp/1092288-osinbajo-storms-lagos-flag-lagos-ibadan-rail-line-project.html

https://lagosstate.gov.ng/blog/2017/03/07/acting-president-osinbajo-gov-ambode-at-ground-breaking-ceremony-of-lagos-ibadan-railway-project-at-nigerian-railway-corporation-compound-ebute-metta-lagos/

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/excitement-anxiety-as-work-begins-on-lagos-ibadan-rail-project/amp/


If awarding of contract on paper means you have start the project then for every railway built by another administration, we can say Buhari started it. How?


Connect rail to 36 state capitals, Buhari directs

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/connect-rail-36-state-capitals-buhari-directs/



For The Records

1. The idea of Lagos Kano rail become more pronounced during the time of Obasanjo in 2016.

2. The Abuja - Kaduna segment was started by Goodluck administration in 2012 and Completed by the Buhari administration in 2016.

3. The Lagos Ibadan segment started with Buhari administration & it is already nearing completion.

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megacity:
If the project design wasnt already there, Buhari sure would have done nothing


This government seem incapable of conceiving any meaningful project of their own
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You see your life. For the mere fact that you say you are going to marry, Does that mean you are married.
Your Vice Presidential candidate said Jonathan paid for the proje9 on Telly. It's that not shameful? Just cover your face snd clear road before I sound your face.





Kudos to Obasanjo for conceiving the project

Seetto:
Buhari completing abandoned projects, we bear witness to that.

SalamRushdie:
Are you aware that every single Nigerian president has a power plant project to his name except Buhari ... See a leader without vision cannot take you your vision.

Omololu001:
with all this useless powerplant, why is there no better power supply throughout the country?

SalamRushdie:
if Buhari had built 2 in the 80s we will have more power now

livelymatilda22:
Tell us how many refineries weekend have in Nigeria and how many of them were built by Buhari? All Pdp government put together and Obasanjo..

February 16 is close... Thunder will fire you if you deactivate this username at least 10 days after election.. Shameless lying and hypocritical wailing zombie .

This is why you don't find sleep morning, afternoon and night... You are always here spewing thrash with your bitterness.

SalamRushdie:
Buhari never built any refinery..he is a liar

Tetehjewels:
Cameroon

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

RemiOAjayi:
Olodo ni e. We have countless abandoned projects and you said u want to see what the president envisioned and some idiots like u gave u likes, should he not complete the abandoned projects ? Do we have all the cash to throw around ? Is envisioning that benefits people or the actual functional projects? U lack capacity to reason properly

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

SalamRushdie:
stop calling scheduled projects abandoned , those projects are not abandoned in any way

mfm04622:
Why does he need to envision new projects when we have a thousand abandoned projects around the country? It is people like you that encourages politicians to abandon projects started by other administrations to start their own that will also be abandoned when they leave office. This government has completed projects started by Buhari as a military government! Let is get our priorities right!

RemiOAjayi:
Scheduled to finish when ?

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

supereagle:
Construction of 158km Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail,* with 10 Stations: Apapa, Ebute Metta, Agege, Agbado, Kajola, Papalanto, Abeokuta, Olodo, Omi-Adio and Ibadan. (ongoing) done by PMB. Atiku is only good at selling national assets at cheap price to himself and friends .

SalamRushdie:
go and sleep jare , you can follow him to Daura and complete his cow fence

deomelo:
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Typical ipob miscreant nonsense..

Realdeals:
The contractor CCECC cannot obviously handle the project all at once, hence it was splitted starting with the Kaduna-Abuja rail line. Kudos should still go to Obasanjo administration that conceived, design and negotiated the loan financing the project.

SalamRushdie:
go and sleep jare , you can follow him to Daura and complete his cow fence