₦airaland Forum

atlwireles:
Learn to keep your mouth close over issues you have no clue about.

Address the issue, the figures have been broken down for you to see.

Obiagelli:
You will wonder how roads, power plants, refineries were built in the 70s/80s, these things seem like rocket science for us in the 21st century

Its pure lack of sincerity, purpose and vision in governance.

Bjayjay:
Amaechi didn't inaugurate any transition committee neither did he hand over to wike. Is wike using that as an excuse not to perform?

You're comparing apples and oranges. If PMB and GEJ had the same bitterness between them, do you think they would have had all those joint transition meetings? Of course not.

mikeansy:
this is ridiculous argument!

If Buhari is a capitalist or socialist. You will expect his economic adviser to share this view and he should know who his Minister of finance should be regardless of the contents of the handover notes!

the same is true of all ministries!

Regardless of the contents of the handover notes or the state of our ministries. If Buhari has a clear direction on where to lead us to then his advisers will share this view and waiting even before elections!

He does not need Handover notes to know his miniters! That's a ridiculous excuse!

You are either a conservative, a liberal or centrist. Your views and by extension your choice of ministers do not change because of handover notes!

Lets take the Ministry of Agriculture for example, it was after the transition documents were studied that the recommendation to combine it with the Ministry of Water Resources was made. It would not be advisable to pre-empt the committee's recommendations by choosing a shadow cabinet. GEJ inherited his own cabinet, yet it took him six weeks to re-appoint the ministers.

mikeansy:
This is nonsense

APC simply had no plans nor programmes

Buhari is supposed to know his preferred cabinet even before election. He is supposed to have preferred advisers on various issues and these guys will naturally form his cabinet.

the talk about handover notes is childish excuse

How would he appoint a cabinet before sorting out the ministries? How would he sort out the ministries before having a detailed knowledge of their current state? Last time I checked, it was the same PDP that accused him of running a parallel government before assuming office.

If they did not intend to deliberately sabotage this government, they wouldn't have waited till May 28th before handing over the transition documents which the Joda committee were to study and make recommendations with. With PMB's plan to prune and restructure the ministries, how would that have been possible without knowing the state of each individual ministry?

Euro31:
oil things on your mind

You're funny.

quid:
http://www.bbc.com/hausa

That BBC Hausa report was reporting the ISIS and BH attacks. Don't try to deceive the gullible.

Freemanan:
Tony Anenih owns Setraco...
So do the maths.

Of course you wouldn't hear TANoids call their godfather to account. This is one of the reasons we will continue to under-develop ourselves.

Sweetlemon:
How anyone could think otherwise is beyond me! How can you mess with a man who is the only person who could ever dare OBJ and come out stronger than ever? OBJ of all people? How can you mess with a man who orchestrated the fall of a sitting President? Like seriously!

The PDP will do anything to get someone of his pedigree within their fold.

NDPVF:
[s][/s]You have always lied to be a Northerner,to diss others.Today you have blown upon your cover.shm.

Your lord and master Barca will tell you better. Why do you think my support for Tinubu must mean I'm from the SW? Can't you think without the cloud of ethnicity muddying your thoughts?

mikeansy:
lol what will Tinubu do?

anybody can dump anything in the media

when Tinubu goes to court then we know we are talking

APC rebels in the Senate do not have the votes to unseat Saraki

Tinubu will just make noise in the media and go back to rest. Saraki should remain still and strong. Nothing dey happen

Tinubu has a drug history that can also be published, so calm down!

Tinubu is neither occupying any post nor aspiring to run for any so I'm puzzled about the basis of your comparison. There are many ways to catch a thief, and the most obvious which you stated is usually the least effective.

Freemanan:
Setraco is a mess Mate...
They have embezzled half the money along with some government officials.

They should be probed and the shortfall squeezed out of them. It's ridiculous, over 100% above budget.

omenka:
Saraki hasn't seen anything yet. This is sooooo gonna be interesting!

He apparently forgot he's living in a glass house. Tinubu is not one to be toyed with.

Freemanan:
There is progress Mate.. Done with Delta, Working on Bayelsa and Rivers now, also there is work going on in Eket down to Rivers so they will connect...

That's great to know, its puzzling its taking this long considering the sum of N347 billion was the original budget for the project, and so far over N700 billion has been spent on it.

The 338 kilometer dual carriage east-west road is a project initiated in 2006 to transverse major towns in the Niger Delta region. The project has faced hiccups over the years leading to delays in its completion. The reasons for this delay allegedly include, untimely release of funds and incessant demands by communities on whose lands the highway is expected to transverse.

So is this project complete after the huge funds that has been spent on it? I remember Reuben Abati posted fake pictures of the progress of its construction before he was busted.

East-West road gulped N726bn under Jonathan

The administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan voted N725.771 billion for the East-West Road project in the Niger Delta region, checks by Daily Trust have revealed.

The funds were approved between August 2011 and December 2014 at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings presided over by Jonathan who hails from the benefiting region. The project is yet to be completed despite the huge funds so far expended on it.
Our correspondent reports that the 338km dual carriage East-West Road, which traverses towns in Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Delta States, was first awarded in 2006 for N211 billion by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Critics had queried the approval of funds, describing the multi-billion naira East-West Road as a conduit pipe for corruption. The Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs had also, on several occasions, sought clarifications on the award of the contract.

The East-West Road was initially divided into four sections, but Jonathan’s administration late last year added a fifth section to it, covering Oron to Calabar in Cross River State. The immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Stephen Oru, had stated at the ministerial briefing at the National Press Centre, Abuja on December 11, 2014 that “The Federal Executive Council had approved Section V of the East-West Road, covering Oron to Calabar in Cross River State; a distance of about 23.09 kilometres”. The ex-minister had also disclosed that the additional section of the East-West Road would be partly funded with a loan from the China Exim Bank.

On August 18, 2011, the FEC approved N245.9 billion as augmentation sum for Sections I, II-I and II-II of the East-West Road contracted to Messrs Setraco Nigeria Limited. The contract sum of Section I (Warri-Kaiama) in Delta State was revised from N64.1bn to N112.16bn; Section II-I (Port-Harcourt-Aoada-Kaiama) in Rivers State, from N29.9bn to N48.9bn and Section II-II (Aoada-Kaiama) in Rivers/Bayelsa States, from N44.8bn to N84.759bn. A sum of N671 million was on October 24, 2012 approved for the contract for consultancy services for the engineering design of the extension of the East-West Road (Section IV) from Oron in Akwa Ibom State to Calabar in Cross River State awarded to Messrs Siraj Nigeria Limited.In 2014 alone, a total sum of N479.2 billion was approved for the project. On October 22, a sum of N165.25bn was approved for the construction of Phase I, Section V of the road from Uyo/Oron Roundabout in Akwa Ibom State to Calabar-Odukpani Road in Calabar, Cross Rivers State, awarded to Messrs China Civil Engineering & Construction Company (CCECC).

The FEC also approved N269.383 billion as “revised estimated total cost 2” for the variation of engineering construction contracts for the dualisation of the East-West Road, Section I (Warri-Kaiama) in Delta State and Section II: Subsection II-I (Port Harcourt to Aoada) in Rivers State and Subsection II-II (Aoada-Kaiama) in Rivers/Bayelsa States awarded to Messrs Setraco Nigeria Limited. On November 12, 2014, a sum of N43.9 billion was approved for the upgrading of the 15km of the Section III of the road: Port Harcourt, from Eleme Junction to Onne Port Junction in Rivers State, awarded to Messrs Reynolds Construction Nigeria Limited. The Federal Executive Council, on December 3, 2014, approved N661.33 million for engineering supervision of the construction of Section V of the road (Oron-Calabar), Phase I in Akwa Ibom/Cross River States, awarded to Messrs Siraj Nigeria Limited. The former Minister of Niger Delta, Oru, had late last year disclosed that the East-West Road, initially scheduled for completion in December 2013, had to be shifted to the first quarter of 2015 because of inadequate funding. These sums give a total of N726bn.

“Due to paucity of funds and the short dry season prevalent in the region, the inauguration of sone of the completed sections has been shifted to the first quarter of 2015”, he had said. Barely two weeks to the end of Jonathan’s administration, Oru, while addressing State House journalists after the FEC meeting of May 13, 2015, had put the completion stage of the East-West Road at 90 percent. He had said: “You’re aware the East West Road is made up of four sections. Section one is from Warri to Kaiyema, Section II-I and II-II is from Kaiyema bridge to Port Harcourt, Section II is from Port Harcourt to the beginning of Akwa Ibom and from there to Oron. And the fifth section that was introduced is from Oron through Odukpani to Calabar. Most of the old sections from I-IV have virtually been completed. The second bridge at Patani will be completed with the next one week. Section I of that road, I can say is 99 percent completed. “I travelled on it recently and it took me less than one hour to get to Port Harcourt. Section II, there is a bridge problem in one area but order than that, about 90 percent of Section II is completed. Section III has a new section which was awarded last last year to RCC between zero zero to Onne port because of a lot of challenges which were not part of the east west road project when it was started, because that section was fully developed by the time the East-West Road projected started.

“It was already dualised but with the new project is going to be three lanes. The centre of the road because of the heavy axial trucks, the shoulders of the road is below the road. That was why a new contract was awarded around October last year. So, if you put everything together, we can say 90 percent of the road is completed apart from the new section from Oron through Odukpani to Calabar which is yet to be flagged off”.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/investigation/20950-east-west-road-gulped-n726bn-under-jonathan

This is exactly what is needed right now. This is in line with PMB's policy to diversify the economy as contained in his inaugural speech. This period will be a perfect opportunity to sensitize Nigerians on the futility of depending on oil as the sole mainstay of our economy, and encourage entrepreneurs in the agricultural and solid mineral sectors of our economy.

It has started...

He who sows the wind, should be ready to reap the whirlwind.

Sahara Reporters must be commended for their excellent and patriotic investigative journalism.

mikeansy:
[size=14pt]where is Buhari's certificate?[/size]

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2270990_buharicertificate_jpege720df1984146fe9326da77d40659c28

I'm Fulani, but I would love to be Efik (Calabar) for a day because of their beautiful culture, beautiful people and fun attitude towards life.

Just for a day though. I love my fula mojo.

The Presidency is clearly upset with Saraki, it's not surprising he has adopted a reconciliatory tone lately. His treachery will soon be treated by the same PDP he initially abandoned and is now romancing at the cost of his current party. His ultimate plan is to sieze the fairly revived PDP with Atiku and Yerima et al., and I believe the PDP is smart enough to know that.

As far as he does not cross the path of President Buhari or stand in the way of his reforms, he can keep fooling himself for now.

Whynotthetruth:
[s]Why not bring it on you supporter of a dullard...

1)Dullard...that northern Nigeria by virtue of its location is prone to desertification is it same thing as it is a desert...It is prone but not yet one...hence the tree planting or green initiative of Jonathan there...helicopters comfortably land there with ease and take off too...Did you gain admission based on recommendation letter too

2)Name a single idea Buhari has brought into governance after all the hype?...he's empty plzzz

3)After swindling myopic dullards like you with his luxury averse nomadic propaganda...here he is looking for helipad...and you're still sitting in the dust defending the fraud called buhari...smh...That's why I keep saying that APC is more of a cult than a political party...Remember Adolf Hitler and his NSDAP?...Remember Egyptian Muslim brotherhood?... any difference between them and APC?...[/s]

I don't even live in the country so shove your wishful thinking where the sun don't shine. I am only a patriotic Nigerian that is defending reason amidst propaganda from butthurt supporters of the past failed administration. Keep numbering your posts like you're making sense, as I stated earlier, you've lost the plot. Cheers.

mckenzzy:
I guess he also plans on building helipads in the other states he will b visiting during his tenure. .... so that he wldnt hv to travel with the eagle one since it's cheaper nd he's all abt cost minimization right?

Obviously his flights home will be more frequent than anywhere else.

Whynotthetruth:
[s] Mr zonal Interpreter!!! why are you cancelling out what you don't understand or can't interpret? be warned!!!

1)Plz is daura situated in the desert?...there are lots of area in my village that are purely sandy skill composed...so does that make my village a desert?...more than four helicopters were accommodated in our village football field during a burial ceremony there couple of months ago...notwithstanding its sandy environment...

2)When is buhari starting his commercial flight travels?

3)I am yet to see any original idea that's peculiar to Buhari since he took over governance... Not one...so who says he's not a dullard and a boisterous politician who plays to the gallery...

4)Have you considered the durability and multiplier effect of such direct flight...Anyway, I am more interested in when he's disposing of the presidential fleet...so when is that you pathetic supporter of a dullard...

5)When are you with that madridguy showing me evidence of the Otuoke helipad?

6)why is buhari looting our money up to 56billion in a none existent subsidy payment[/s]

You've lost the plot

Whynotthetruth:
[s]You can consider quoting Aristotle and waking up Socrates to come defend the dullard extravagance and treacherous swindling of the masses as pauper cum luxury averse nomad...

But the fact remains that;

1)Daura isn't an arid or desert area...That there is incidence of desert encroachment in some parts of north does not make it a desert...hence your brownout philosophy does not hold water here...Check out percentage rainfall in daura and a typical desert and see the difference... Quit rushing to Google for succour without sense...dullard son of Buhari

2)All the jamboree trip could be curtailed for business of governance if actually buhari knew what to do at home... but it is his lack of idea that is pushing him to mortgage our sovereignty to other colonialists and imperialists...He could do much cost cutting staying back...but what do u expect of a dullard... nemo dat quod non habet

3)Buhari can as well land with his helicopter in kastina airport...and use car to duara...BTW when is he disposing of the presidential fleets to start using commercial flight like David Cameron? No idea Mr zonal Interpreter

Alhaji dogoyaro Buhari dullard bubu is just a boisterous politician who lacks knowledge of the nittygrity of government and governance... including his sheepish support base...APC is more like a cult than a political party...[/s]

1. The soil is what makes a desert. The desert soil is sandy. Daura's soil is sandy. Brownouts will certainly occur.

2. The lack of a proper foundation is what cost GEJ his Presidency. Only a fool does the same thing twice and expects a different result.

3. It is senseless to accrue the additional cost of driving to Daura when you can land in Daura straight from the Villa, when you are on a cost-cutting drive.

You obviously lack the capacity to present your own argument.

Successobed:
some stupid mofo on here claims he is cutting cost. damm!
I guess Obama or David Cameron too has helipad in their private homes.
which world leader has a helipad in his home?

Don't go far. Your former Senate President David Mark had a customized helipad installed on his roof. He was exposed by the NUJ President.

Whynotthetruth:
Ignorant baboon

Helicopter can land in any open field or space...Helicopter can land seamlessly in the football field in your remote village and even comfortably in daura football field or any open space there...

So why not show me any iota of proof that Jonathan ever dreamt of building helipad in Otuoke throughout his term as president?

Dauradullard son of Buhari does he want to be flying to duara to drink bulukutu everyday

Mr Interpreter

Lol I see you just want to troll, I'll leave you with this.

In aviation, a brownout (or brown-out) is an in-flight visibility restriction due to dust or sand in the air.[1] In a brownout, the pilot cannot see nearby objects which provide the outside visual references necessary to control the aircraft near the ground.[2] This can cause spatial disorientation and loss of situational awareness leading to an accident.[3] Pilots have compared landing during brownouts to parallel parking an automobile with one's eyes closed.[4]

The brownout phenomenon causes accidents during helicopter landing and take-off operations in arid desert terrain. Intense, blinding dust clouds stirred up by the helicopter rotor downwash during near-ground flight causes significant flight safety risks from aircraft and ground obstacle collisions, and dynamic rollover due to sloped and uneven terrain.[5] Brownouts have claimed more helicopters in recent military operations than all other threats combined.[6]

There are several factors which affect the probability and severity of brownout:[6]

rotor disk loading
rotor configuration
soil composition
wind
approach speed and angle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownout_(aeronautics)

taharqa:
You know dat you are making a FOOOOL of yaself on this thread right?? Am sure deep down you know you are not making ANY sense whatsoever, but just trying to cliq unto a belief that is unraveling fast b4 ya very eyes.

By d way, which soil did Yar'adua helicopter land on in dat same Katsina?? Clayey soil?? Lolz

You are a bigger fool for for not coming up with a point before spamming my mentions.

OrlandoOwoh:
How does the Presidential Jet lands in a helipad? Is helipad not meant for helicopters without tyres?

Helicopters with tyres also land on helipads, or you assumed they taxi to take off and land? The tyres are usually for taxying from the helipad to the hangar where it is kept.

https://www.benbarden.co.uk/images/uploads/_MG_5244bg.jpg

Whynotthetruth:
madridguy :



Plz bro...quit embarrassing yourself...helicopter can land in any open field or space...hence Jonathan was able to land in an open space as shown in your link...

The helipad he used hitherto was in Bayelsa government house not in any private village or house like buhari's in daura...

Jonathan never built any helipad in otuoke...so get your facts right...

Buhari is actually cutting down cost

Hope you saw he has incurred over 56billion as subsidy in 30days...and since he said he doesn't understand any subsidy thing and APC said there's no subsidy...It all adds up or means that buhari has so far stolen over 56billion from the treasury through his cronies...QED

You have no point. That picture was of GEJ landing in Otueke from Port-Harcourt, you have not disproved that claim.

Secondly, it is profoundly ignorant to suggest a chopper can land in any open field or space without consideration of the terrain. Google brownouts.

Finally, he is cutting the cost of fuelling the Presidential Jumbo Jet to Katsina, before proceeding with his convoy to Daura among other costs, since he can fly directly from the villa.

You have no points whatsoever, you sound like a drowning man grasping on straws to stay afloat.

neocortex:
@ the bolded , from where ?
I guess you meant from Abuja. The cost from Abuja to Katsina remains constant
since an helipad does not replace a jet. In reality, the maintenance cost of an helipad is disproportionately huge especially when the weather is unfavorable. No wonder governmen5s are shelving the plans of building one.
Checkout this article : http://www.irishtimes.com/business/helipad-upgrade-at-galway-hospital-cost-more-than-three-times-original-estimate-1.2093273

A Jet would no longer be needed as the President would be able to take off from the Villa and land directly in Daura.

I have tackled the issue of maintenance severally. The link you posted was for an upgrade, stop being mischevious. If you understood the article it would be clear they were referring to the overall maintenance cost of the hospital.

All you really need is a mop, a broom and some replacement lightbulbs.

obayaya:
Really?

GEJ landed on tarred road many times..

Stop trying to defend this rubbish..

He doesn't need a Helipad... Period.

Thats not true, I challenge you to provide proof if you know what you're saying.