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mktinsight:
PPP has failed on 2nd Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway—Fasholay Business Hilights On Jan 24, 2018Babatunde Fashola explaining issues on the go to President Buhari and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi recently.Considering what can best be described as observed cold feet of supposed investors in the development of several key infrastructure projects across the country including the 2nd Niger Bridge construction and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway expansion, [b] the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Barr. Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday, made it clear before the House of Representatives Committee on Works, that PPP is dead.Accordingly, he argued that for the two key projects to see the light of the day, the Federal Government must take full control of the multibillion naira projects now or allow them to become abandoned projects.
He noted further that the highly celebrated Public Private Partnership (PPP) option on both schemes will only continue to delay the projects, much as it appears attractive to core investors.[/b]Business Hilights recalls that the Second Niger Bridge had two groups of core investors according to an existing arrangement prepared by the last administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.By that arrangement, whereas the federal government will foot about 20 per cent of the cost, both Anambra and Delta States’ government will contribute 40 per cent while the remaining 40 per cent will come from corporate investors which the government had refused to make public.However, towards the end of the former Governor Peter Obi administration in Anabmra, he came out to reject the PPP arrangement, saying that as the economic situation appears, Anambra can no longer foot the 20 per cent out of the 40 per cent to be contributed alongside with Delta State government.t is also on record that the Delta State government followed Anambra State government to pull out of the 2nd Niger Bridge development PPP agreement citing similar reasons.urther investigations by Business Hilights South East Bureau Chief showed that the pull out of the two states also raise confidence crisis in the minds of the veiled corporate investors on the bridge, thus leaving the construction expenditure on the shoulders of the federal government till now.t would also be recalled that the key attraction for the corporate investors was the clause of tolling the bridge and road, but the emerging assumption of full responsibility by the federal government may definitely collapse the planned tolling as it would be an issue of marginalization if after building infrastructure across the federation with commonwealth, some will be tolled while others will be free.

mktinsight:
Goodluck had 5 years to complete second Niger Bridge. In 2015 less than 2% of work on the bridge had happened. It was structured as a PPP project and the FGN was to contribute just 20% with the rest raised by private investors. As it was NSIA had not found any investors willing to fund it.

It was Fashola as Minister of Works who got the FGN to fund the entire project which is when real work started and is why it is today at over 50% completion. As owner of the bridge the FGN cannot toll it not unless it tolls other bridges and expressways in the country. This is still being debated because second niger bridge is in the same boat as Lagos Ibadan expressway which is also a PPP project taken over by government that originally was to be tolled.

As for Enugu airport, Hadi Sirika was very right about shutting down a runway that was a disaster waiting to happen. Safety is the first concern of aviation. Of course people questioned why it was taking so long to reopen and its because of budgetary problems that happened in the wake of covid 19 with oil prices collapsing. I do not know Sirika from Adam but he made the right call to get things right rather than do what is politically correct. I have a British classmate who was a corporate jet pilot and he told me that the Abuja, Enugu and Asaba runways were some of the worst he had landed in while flying in Nigeria between 2010-2014.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/05/20/airport-runways-as-death-traps/

https://m.guardian.ng/news/enugu-airport-is-unsafe-south-east-governors-warn/

eduj:
Their is no debate about tolling the second Niger bridge, part of the contract stipulates jb build a tool gate

https://www.second-river-niger-bridge.com/

Even their are plans to toll the Enugu-ph road also when it's completed.That my friend is what is being debated about.

Contrary to what you are claiming, work was going on before 2015 buhari stopped it for 2 years after coming into power

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/why-fg-must-complete-2nd-niger-bridge-ndigbo-others-tell-buhari/


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/buhari-to-probe-2nd-niger-bridge-contract/
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funding was never an issue.JB would have built it then tolled it to recover their money

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/159540-apc-igbo-group-rage-suspension-second-niger-bridge-contract.html

That's how the question of tolling it came about.Now that it's being funded with Abacha loot etc, why is it still being tolled ?

Let me point out that by 2015, the fed government had paid their counterpart fund to the project.
Go to Julius Berger's site,you would see pics of work from 2014-2015.It isn't hidden.

Yes it's good that this project even after a 2 year delay has gathered momentum,but I believe it isn't because of this present administrations love for the East.

And oh about the Enugu airport, why is a paltry sum of 2 billion Naira still holding the completion of the International terminal of the airport? most especially since same project in every other part of Nigeria has been completed.

yes the did goog revamping the runway,but have you noticed that Enugu international airport isn't part of the regional airport concessioning roadmap in the country?

why do you think our governor's got tired of the politics behind the Enugu airport and began building their own airports ?

I won't be surprised that noteworthy continental carrier's would land in the Anambra airport before that of Enugu

mktinsight:
Second Niger Bridge was conceived as a PPP under Obasanjo who signed the contract in 2007 but never funded it. Goodluck inherited the project from yaradua and promised to complete it by 2015 but only started the dredging and piling 1 year before elections budgeting less than 10b for the entire project. So much for Ebele Azikiwe.As for Enugu airport it is not the only terminal not completed. The Lagos terminal has not been completed either. It is also like the Port Harcourt airport one that lacks a fence and one where developers have encroached on its air side space. These issues are what they are addressing now. As for SE building a large number of state airports it does not help us. One major regional airport has more value than 5 small airports that lack world class infrastructure. The entire South East has the same population as Ghana with more traveller's and airports yet doesn't boast a single airport like Kotoka because we are the masters of one man business and lack the ability to collaborate on grand projects.

eduj:
Their is no debate about tolling the second Niger bridge, part of the contract stipulates jb build a tool gate

https://www.second-river-niger-bridge.com/

Even their are plans to toll the Enugu-ph road also when it's completed.That my friend is what is being debated about.

Contrary to what you are claiming, work was going on before 2015 buhari stopped it for 2 years after coming into power

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/why-fg-must-complete-2nd-niger-bridge-ndigbo-others-tell-buhari/


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/buhari-to-probe-2nd-niger-bridge-contract/
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funding was never an issue.JB would have built it then tolled it to recover their money

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/159540-apc-igbo-group-rage-suspension-second-niger-bridge-contract.html

That's how the question of tolling it came about.Now that it's being funded with Abacha loot etc, why is it still being tolled ?

Let me point out that by 2015, the fed government had paid their counterpart fund to the project.
Go to Julius Berger's site,you would see pics of work from 2014-2015.It isn't hidden.

Yes it's good that this project even after a 2 year delay has gathered momentum,but I believe it isn't because of this present administrations love for the East.

And oh about the Enugu airport, why is a paltry sum of 2 billion Naira still holding the completion of the International terminal of the airport? most especially since same project in every other part of Nigeria has been completed.

yes the did goog revamping the runway,but have you noticed that Enugu international airport isn't part of the regional airport concessioning roadmap in the country?

why do you think our governor's got tired of the politics behind the Enugu airport and began building their own airports ?

I won't be surprised that noteworthy continental carrier's would land in the Anambra airport before that of Enugu

mktinsight:
As for SE building a large number of state airports it does not help us. One major regional airport has more value than 5 small airports that lack world class infrastructure. The entire South East has the same population as Ghana with more traveller's and airports yet doesn't boast a single airport like Kotoka because we are the masters of one man business and lack the ability to collaborate on grand projects.

Rocksvibes234:
Unlike In America where each City state has up to or more than 5 airports.
I no blame you shaa

mktinsight:
Second Niger Bridge was conceived as a PPP under Obasanjo who signed the contract in 2007 but never funded it. Goodluck inherited the project from yaradua and promised to complete it by 2015 but only started the dredging and piling 1 year before elections budgeting less than 10b for the entire project. So much for Ebele Azikiwe.

As for Enugu airport it is not the only terminal not completed. The Lagos terminal has not been completed either. It is also like the Port Harcourt airport one that lacks a fence and one where developers have encroached on its air side space. These issues are what they are addressing now.

As for SE building a large number of state airports it does not help us. One major regional airport has more value than 5 small airports that lack world class infrastructure. The entire South East has the same population as Ghana with more traveller's and airports yet doesn't boast a single airport like Kotoka because we are the masters of one man business and lack the ability to collaborate on grand projects.

BastardWike:
You're not making sense at the part in bold. When you consider the cost/benefit analysis of building an airport, you won't be saying this. The truth is that every state that wants to attract investors, both foreign and local should make the building of airport a top priority. Do you even know that a lack of airport can deny a state an investment that could generate employment and also boost the economy? If you're an investor would you go to a state with no airport and considering the fact that most interstate roads are bad thus making it difficult for you to access your investments?

Do you know the impact of Sam Mbakwe airport has made on Imo State over the years?

You're even comparing the national airport of a country like Ghana with lots of embassies and diplomatic missions as well as the fact that tourism is popular there to airports in Igboland? SMH!

BastardWike:
You're not making sense at the part in bold. When you consider the cost/benefit analysis of building an airport, you won't be saying this. The truth is that every state that wants to attract investors, both foreign and local should make the building of airport a top priority. Do you even know that a lack of airport can deny a state an investment that could generate employment and also boost the economy? If you're an investor would you go to a state with no airport and considering the fact that most interstate roads are bad thus making it difficult for you to access your investments?

Do you know the impact of Sam Mbakwe airport has made on Imo State over the years?

You're even comparing the national airport of a country like Ghana with lots of embassies and diplomatic missions as well as the fact that tourism is popular there to airports in Igboland? SMH!

Cjrane2:
The truth is that the minion mktinsight knows the SE needs the airports to even stand a chance of developing the region at all. Everyone knows that in the absence or modern reliable rail infrastructure and roads, it does not make any sense to have one airport in the Southeast that is inaccessible by either road or rail. Even in countries with fantastic road and rail transport systems as in America, they still have airports every 100 KM or so. Even in places that are not so densely populated like Igboland. While in densely populated parts of America such as cities, they have up to 5 airports in many cases.

I totally don't understand why Yorubas are often the ones that feel highly threatened whenever there is an airport in the southeast. Perhaps they know that they have unfairly subjugated the region to force it to only use airports in Yoruba land. While they couldn't do such to northerners who have their airports in every state capital mostly built by FG and use Abuja and Kano airports as their regional hub. Yorubas typically look the other way when airports are built in Gombe, Lafia, Birnin-Kebbi, Katsina, Dutse, New-Bussa, Bauchi and many other places in the north that have built airports recently. But, once they see the location of the airport is in southeast, the wail and fall over themselves why it should not be built. I don't understand why they feel so threatened about development (especially airports) in the southeast.

I am only glad that Igbos have suffered so much in Nigeria to understand the the grand plan of these people is to under-develop Igboland under the guise of "one Nigeria" and use all sorts of sick logic to justify why Igboland should remain undeveloped, while their regions develop using the resources of the Federal Government.

Cjrane2:
The truth is that the minion mktinsight knows the SE needs the airports to even stand a chance of developing the region at all. Everyone knows that in the absence or modern reliable rail infrastructure and roads, it does not make any sense to have one airport in the Southeast that is inaccessible by either road or rail. Even in countries with fantastic road and rail transport systems as in America, they still have airports every 100 KM or so. Even in places that are not so densely populated like Igboland. While in densely populated parts of America such as cities, they have up to 5 airports in many cases.

I totally don't understand why Yorubas are often the ones that feel highly threatened whenever there is an airport in the southeast. Perhaps they know that they have unfairly subjugated the region to force it to only use airports in Yoruba land. While they couldn't do such to northerners who have their airports in every state capital mostly built by FG and use Abuja and Kano airports as their regional hub. Yorubas typically look the other way when airports are built in Gombe, Lafia, Birnin-Kebbi, Katsina, Dutse, New-Bussa, Bauchi and many other places in the north that have built airports recently. But, once they see the location of the airport is in southeast, the wail and fall over themselves why it should not be built. I don't understand why they feel so threatened about development (especially airports) in the southeast.

I am only glad that Igbos have suffered so much in Nigeria to understand the the grand plan of these people is to under-develop Igboland under the guise of "one Nigeria" and use all sorts of sick logic to justify why Igboland should remain undeveloped, while their regions develop using the resources of the Federal Government.

Maduawuchukwu:
Wetin concern Yoruba with wetin that guy talk now? Why are you guys doing this to us? Everything that we do not like we blame it on outsiders. It is becoming unbecoming. We are grooming a failed generation of youths who are not action oriented but blame all our problems on outsiders. It is very bad.

Cjrane2:
The guy is a bloody Yoruba and comes here to promote their silly "advise" agenda. If you want to know if Yorubas are truly on the fore-front of calumny campaign against airport development in the southeast region, then do yourself a favor and do a little google search on Internationalization of Enugu airport will kill domestic airlines, case on the Unviability of Owerri airport, downgrade Asaba airport because the runway is too dangerous, Anambra airport is an unneeded white elephant project etc. You will find that all those taking their time to dissuade the development of these airports in the southeast are 100% Yorubas. Yet, the same people don't often find the need for such press releases for airports in the north, even when it is clear some northern airports are probably only patronized by the state government officials and in many cases using the federal government resources for their construction.

What is it about southeast airports that gives Yorubas sleepless nights?? Even when the airports are not funded by the federal government as in the north, but by the cash strapped state governments or even the ordinary citizens.

mktinsight:
Second Niger Bridge was conceived as a PPP under Obasanjo who signed the contract in 2007 but never funded it. Goodluck inherited the project from yaradua and promised to complete it by 2015 but only started the dredging and piling 1 year before elections budgeting less than 10b for the entire project. So much for Ebele Azikiwe.

As for Enugu airport it is not the only terminal not completed. The Lagos terminal has not been completed either. It is also like the Port Harcourt airport one that lacks a fence and one where developers have encroached on its air side space. These issues are what they are addressing now.

As for SE building a large number of state airports it does not help us. One major regional airport has more value than 5 small airports that lack world class infrastructure. The entire South East has the same population as Ghana with more traveller's and airports yet doesn't boast a single airport like Kotoka because we are the masters of one man business and lack the ability to collaborate on grand projects.

BastardWike:
You're not making sense at the part in bold. When you consider the cost/benefit analysis of building an airport, you won't be saying this. The truth is that every state that wants to attract investors, both foreign and local should make the building of airport a top priority. Do you even know that a lack of airport can deny a state an investment that could generate employment and also boost the economy? If you're an investor would you go to a state with no airport and considering the fact that most interstate roads are bad thus making it difficult for you to access your investments?

Do you know the impact of Sam Mbakwe airport has made on Imo State over the years?

You're even comparing the national airport of a country like Ghana with lots of embassies and diplomatic missions as well as the fact that tourism is popular there to airports in Igboland? SMH!

Cjrane2:
The truth is that the minion mktinsight knows the SE needs the airports to even stand a chance of developing the region at all. Everyone knows that in the absence or modern reliable rail infrastructure and roads, it does not make any sense to have one airport in the Southeast that is inaccessible by either road or rail. Even in countries with fantastic road and rail transport systems as in America, they still have airports every 100 KM or so. Even in places that are not so densely populated like Igboland. While in densely populated parts of America such as cities, they have up to 5 airports in many cases.

I totally don't understand why Yorubas are often the ones that feel highly threatened whenever there is an airport in the southeast. Perhaps they know that they have unfairly subjugated the region to force it to only use airports in Yoruba land. While they couldn't do such to northerners who have their airports in every state capital mostly built by FG and use Abuja and Kano airports as their regional hub. Yorubas typically look the other way when airports are built in Gombe, Lafia, Birnin-Kebbi, Katsina, Dutse, New-Bussa, Bauchi and many other places in the north that have built airports recently. But, once they see the location of the airport is in southeast, the wail and fall over themselves why it should not be built. I don't understand why they feel so threatened about development (especially airports) in the southeast.

I am only glad that Igbos have suffered so much in Nigeria to understand the the grand plan of these people is to under-develop Igboland under the guise of "one Nigeria" and use all sorts of sick logic to justify why Igboland should remain undeveloped, while their regions develop using the resources of the Federal Government.

Afam4eva:
Before you start listing the airports in the north, you should tell us the distance between those airports and you will see why a new Airport, despite it's importance is not a top priority to the South East. Enugu to Wherever that airport is cannot be more than 1.5 hours. Asaba to that airport cannot be more than 1 hour and you think it makes sense for Anambra to build an airport. It's not as if the airport will be given an International status. The only thing it will do is to wrestle some traffic from Enugu and Asaba airports.

Cjrane2:
The guy is a bloody Yoruba and comes here to promote their silly "advise" agenda. If you want to know if Yorubas are truly on the fore-front of calumny campaign against airport development in the southeast region, then do yourself a favor and do a little google search on Internationalization of Enugu airport will kill domestic airlines, case on the Unviability of Owerri airport, downgrade Asaba airport because the runway is too dangerous, Anambra airport is an unneeded white elephant project etc. You will find that all those taking their time to dissuade the development of these airports in the southeast are 100% Yorubas. Yet, the same people don't often find the need for such press releases for airports in the north, even when it is clear some northern airports are probably only patronized by the state government officials and in many cases using the federal government resources for their construction.

What is it about southeast airports that gives Yorubas sleepless nights?? Even when the airports are not funded by the federal government as in the north, but by the cash strapped state governments or even the ordinary citizens.

Obi1kenobi:
24/7, Yorubas haunt you in your dreams. What is the basis for your claim that the guy is Yoruba? Anybody that disagrees with the agenda you favor is Yoruba, abi? Some of us don't want to see taxpayer money squandered on white elephant, vanity projects, and we actually want to see impactful projects that would deliver the greatest benefits to the greatest number of people. Because we care more about the welfare of people in our state than we care about the ability to brag that "we sef get our own airport". We don't care about the North. It's their business whether they choose to invest in white elephants (which they're very good at doing), or in human capital that will help their people thrive. Also, the vast landmass of the North makes it understandable why they may need more airports than the SE. Many Anambrarians are closer to 4 airports (Asaba, Enugu, Owerri, Port Harcourt) than a resident of Kaduna is to the airport in his own state. Same with many Northern states. People don't seem to factor the geographic peculiarities of the SE when they make a lot of claims.

Afam4eva:
Before you start listing the airports in the north, you should tell us the distance between those airports and you will see why a new Airport, despite it's importance is not a top priority to the South East. Enugu to Wherever that airport is cannot be more than 1.5 hours. Asaba to that airport cannot be more than 1 hour and you think it makes sense for Anambra to build an airport. It's not as if the airport will be given an International status. The only thing it will do is to wrestle some traffic from Enugu and Asaba airports.

TEDHorsePower:
Southeast is no longer operating a regional government. So you people should stop using the term wrongly. Every state has its priorities when it comes to infrastructures. That's why every state government is building it's own infrastructure, not minding what's in the next state.

For what's worth, Anambra is the only state in SE that should have airport if we start looking at it from the regional traffic and capacity to sustain traffic. Every other airport including the one in Enugu should be converted to massive warehouses for food storage.

Even unviable ebonyi is building airport, but lots of you are not crying over that one, but the fear of what an international airport shall do in Anambra is why most of you are jittery, not because it is borne of genuine concerns. You people should swallow the bitter pill because Anambra international airport is due for commission soon.


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Obi1kenobi:
Ogun state, Nigeria's industrial capital, has been Nigeria's top recepient of Foreign Direct Investment for several years now, and it doesn't have any airport. There are capital investments that can bring investors, like gas pipelines to industrial clusters (which Ogun benefited heavily from since Obasanjo's presidency), or IPP power projects to deliver more output to the under-served Anambra grid. Imo state have had an airport for a very long time and it didn't transform the state. Enugu have had a Federal international airport for a long time and it hasn't done any magic in the state either: the little that they attracted in their state is the legacy of their days as capital of the Eastern region. For majority of states that own airports, it's just a money-guzzling vanity project that often decays because they are not self-sustaining without Federal government bailouts.You are kidding yourself if you think an airport in Anambra will become a national flight hub that will transform Anambra. Incidentally, I'm picking my mum up from the Lagos airport on Tuesday from an Enugu flight. She's in Anambra and it should have been a Monday flight from Asaba but I couldn't find any flights to book for her in Asaba airport because there are so few flights from that airport. So I had to find a flight leaving Enugu and the earliest one I found was Tuesday. If Anambra residents can't make Asaba airport a busy flight hub, they won't do it either to an Anambra airport. Asaba airport is less than 5 minutes drive from Onitsha. You can literally see it from right across the Niger bridge. Far closer than most residents of Lagos are to MMA (you would expect at least an hour drive going from VI in Lagos to MMA). And that's not mentioning Enugu and Imo airports which also serve Anambrarians. We're surrounded by airports in a very small geographic area (Anambra, Enugu and Imo combined are smaller than most Northern states and even Southern states like Oyo and Cross River). So an airport won't work the magic many of you think it would. In light of far greater priorities in the state that could transform lives, I can only deduce that we're building it for vanity purposes so we can say "we sef get our own airport".

Afam4eva:
So, you're building an airport just to massage your ego rather than it being imperative. Here's the reason why people laugh at us because everything seems like a competition to small minds like yourself. Rather than look at the big picture, all you want is to further that insane thought that Anambra is superior to other Igbo states.

eduj:
Booked a flight online for someone coming from Lagos.In the process,I discovered about 3 airlines run lagos-imo flights daily (even on Sundays).
Before I could confirm my payment online,I was informed the flight was all filled up.I had to book a flight two days away because that of the next day was also booked up.
Even at that,what I eventually paid for wasn't even first class. It made me realize how much patronage that imo airport is getting.
Imo state isn't even among the top 3 industrialised states in the East. so my brother, anyone saying we don't need airports or rails in the East is just being mischievous

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Obi1kenobi:
Ogun state, Nigeria's industrial capital, has been Nigeria's top recepient of Foreign Direct Investment for several years now, and it doesn't have any airport. There are capital investments that can bring investors, like gas pipelines to industrial clusters (which Ogun benefited heavily from since Obasanjo's presidency), or IPP power projects to deliver more output to the under-served Anambra grid. Imo state have had an airport for a very long time and it didn't transform the state. Enugu have had a Federal international airport for a long time and it hasn't done any magic in the state either: the little that they attracted in their state is the legacy of their days as capital of the Eastern region. For majority of states that own airports, it's just a money-guzzling vanity project that often decays because they are not self-sustaining without Federal government bailouts.

You are kidding yourself if you think an airport in Anambra will become a national flight hub that will transform Anambra. Incidentally, I'm picking my mum up from the Lagos airport on Tuesday from an Enugu flight. She's in Anambra and it should have been a Monday flight from Asaba but I couldn't find any flights to book for her in Asaba airport because there are so few flights from that airport. So I had to find a flight leaving Enugu and the earliest one I found was Tuesday. If Anambra residents can't make Asaba airport a busy flight hub, they won't do it either to an Anambra airport. Asaba airport is less than 5 minutes drive from Onitsha. You can literally see it from right across the Niger bridge. Far closer than most residents of Lagos are to MMA (you would expect at least an hour drive going from VI in Lagos to MMA). And that's not mentioning Enugu and Imo airports which also serve Anambrarians. We're surrounded by airports in a very small geographic area (Anambra, Enugu and Imo combined are smaller than most Northern states and even Southern states like Oyo and Cross River). So an airport won't work the magic many of you think it would. In light of far greater priorities in the state that could transform lives, I can only deduce that we're building it for vanity purposes so we can say "we sef get our own airport".