₦airaland Forum

Deltavariant:
Don't be fooled by that..., the still hate Nigerians

BULLSHIIT.

IT IS YOU THAT HATES YOURSELF AND NIGERIANS.

THE WORLD IS FALLING IN LOVE WITH NIGERIA.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LMt1a4FpNk&ab_channel=KhalidAlAmeri


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XozlMDeC4JI&ab_channel=ACExMB

owobokiri:
Because the colonialist empires made sure to hand over power to those African groups that were willing to do their biddings post independence. Don't forget that all these African countries were coupled together by the colonialists, . So the former colonial powers know all the demographic realities and flashpoints in these areas. In other to maintain their legacies post independence, the retiring colonial powers identified willing serfs within these emerging "independent" enclaves and used all means available to empower them.

These "black representatives" are the most vicious proponents of the status quo within the continent since their political relevance largely depends on their abilities to remain in the good books of their western overlords. Essentially, the real independence hasn't happened in Africa yet, because colonialism by proxy is still enforce. This is the same reason why the heinous tales of colonialism and slavery are largely hidden from the young ones since the former colonialists working through their proxies, ensure that such tales won't make it into the school curriculums.

Very well put..

But there are further questions involved here.

For instance, WHAT THEN can Africans do to correct the colonial boundaries?

Returning to the precolonial ethnic boundaries seems impracticable, and even inadvisable.

Don't forget it was the fragmented nature of African society, with so many isolated, self-contained communities, that made it so easy for the continent to be conquered by outsiders.

Africa needs to either unite as one nation politically, or hold just 3 to 5 large centralized nations, to make it more protected and powerful.

jerseyboy:
NA IBO GIRL. SHE TOO LIE.

SHUT YOUR TRAP. SHE NEVER LIED ABOUT ANYTHING.

Not surprised you self hating slaves will come here and side with her racist tormentors in the palace and English media.

Michelle70:
Nigeria is a big country and a big name.

Na inferiority complex deh worry ona for this side, Every rich and powerful people across the world who are Nigerians has found joy identifying with the country.

Don't mind these self-haters. Go on YouTube and see millions of foreigners going gaga over that name NIGERIA.

Over the ingenuity and creativity of her people.

The effects of our music alone that has taken over the entire world needs to be seen to be believed.

Even Nigerian FOOD has been trending on TikTok etc for the past year, leading to foreigners queuing up outside Nigerian restaurants in the USA, UK, France etc to have a taste of the online sensation ''fufu and egusi soup''.

It goes on and on. Haven't even mentioned Nollywood and the inroads its made in Netflix etc.

I mean, it goes on and on....Nigerian excellence.

It's only on Nairaland you come and see all these bitter people condemning their country/continent/race, etc.

Thankfully, the world doesn't click on Nairaland to read their disgraceful comments.

DeadCountry:
She must be Igbo. Her positive rebellious nature gives her away.

That's more like Efik women to be honest.

phemmyfour:
Signing deals that the next government will truncate

No way. These are binding legal contracts, and withdrawing would lead to hefty payment of damages (possibly in the billions of dollars) as adjudicated by the international court of arbitration.

NaijaRoyalty:
8yrs is enough to fix the so called electricity problem but the failure of a president failed to do so

Oh sure. I'm sure you would have ''fixed it'' in 3 months as president.

Armchair experts. If they give you the opportunity now, we will start to hear stories.

Buhari inherited a depleted economy suffering a severe recession after the oil price crash of 2015. His priority was stabilizing the economy after nearly 2 decades of PDP misrule and grand corruption.

In 2019 he signed an MOU with Siemens to start the project, and then the 'pandemic' slowed it down for 2 years.

Now we are back on track, and there is no reason why it should not be completed with success, like all the other infrastructure projects he has completed.

This is not PDP that budgets money for projects, and you'd never hear of it again (Diezaninomics).

gaby:
Well done Mr Literate...

Oya waka go front go play with your mates...

Nitwit

Crawl back under the little rock you crawled out of, you hate-filled maggot.

We know positive news in Nigeria torments your demonic self.

gaby:
It is well..lol

Una never fit maintain and distribute the meagre 4000MW una dey deceive unaselves with 25000MW.

Na pocket una go put am begin share am give consumers.

Yeye

What an illiterate contribution.

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The above-noted achievements in infrastructure mean you've got to take the man serious when he says the Siemens deal is on course to deliver as promised.
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ROADS

– Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF), investing over a billion dollars in three flagship projects: Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (for completion in 2022), Second Niger Bridge (for completion in 2022), Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway (first phase for completion in 2023).

– Issued by President Buhari on January 25, 2019, Executive Order #7 of 2019, on the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme, allows companies that are willing and able to spend their own funds on constructing critical roads, to recover their construction costs by paying reduced taxes, over a period of time, and in a transparent manner.

– So far, more than a trillion Naira has been mobilised through Executive Order 7, for road projects across all six geopolitical zones of the country, like Bodo-Bonny in Rivers and Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonshoki-Ojota in Lagos.

– Highway Development and Management Initiative (HDMI), a public-private partnership program to mobilise, in its first Phase, over a Trillion Naira in private investment into the development and maintenance of 12 Roads, amounting to 1,963km in length.

– More than 600 billion Naira worth of Sukuk Bonds raised since 2017 for more than 40 critical road projects across all six geopolitical zones. Between November 25 and December 13, 2021, the Federal Government handed over to benefiting communities 941 km of completed Sukuk road projects connecting 10 states in five geo-political zones of the country.


AIR AND SEA PORTS

– Completion of New Terminals for International Airports in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Port Harcourt

– Construction completed on New Runways for the Abuja and Enugu International Airports. The Abuja International AirportRunway was reconstructed in 2017, for the first time since the Airport was built in the early 1980s. In 2019 President Buhari approved a special fund of 10 Billion Naira for the reconstruction of the Enugu Airport Runway; it was completed and reopened in August 2020).

– Presidential approval for four International Airports as Special Economic Zones: Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Port Harcourt.

– President Buhari approved funds for the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) to build a world-class Flight Safety Laboratory (FSL) in Abuja, and train personnel to run it. Now Nigeria no longer has to send aircraft Cockpit Voice Recorders and Flight Data Recorders (“Black Box”) abroad for downloading and analysis.

– The Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, has undergone a transformation under President Buhari: A new Boeing 737 Full Flight Simulator has been installed in the College, as well as a fully-automated Fire and Smoke Aircraft Training Simulator. Prior to the installation of the Fire and Smoke Simulator, Nigeria was sending personnel to Cameroon for the relevant training.

– NCAT has also acquired 7 brand new Training Planes (1 multi-engine and 6 single-engine) that use Jet A1 fuel; to replace the old training planes that were expensive to maintain.

– The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) in July 2017 received the ISO 9001:2015 certification (re-certified in August 2020) for aeronautical meteorological services delivery, making Nigeria the first-ever African country to achieve this feat.

– Significant infrastructural upgrades at various Airports nationwide: Cat-3 ILS/DME (ILS = Instrument Landing System; DME = Distance Measuring Equipment) installed in Lagos and Abuja Airports in 2019 — which allows planes to land in zero visibility. Installation in progress in 3 more Airports

– Cat-2 ILS/DME installed in 10 airports around the country, another 4 in progress Doppler Omni-directional Range (DVOR) / DME installed in 8 airports o Air Traffic Control (ATC) Mobile Towers installed in Lagos and Abuja Airports. Ow Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) installed in more than a dozen airports (the Sosoliso Crash of 2005 and ADC Crash of 2006 were reportedly caused by the absence of that equipment).

– The procurement processes for the establishment of an Aviation Leasing Company in Nigeria, a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Centre, and the development of Aerotropolis (Airport Cities) in Lagos and Abuja are all ongoing, for completion in 2022, according to the project timelines.

– Lekki Deep Sea Port – the first new Sea Port in Nigeria in decades – now more than 90 percent completed.

– Ground-breaking done for Bonny Deep Sea Port in March 2021

– Commissioning of Kaduna Inland Dry Port in 2018.

- Construction of Kano and Katsina Inland Dry Ports ongoing, for completion in 2022.

– Commissioning of the ‘Deep Blue’ Maritime Security Project, completed in 2021. The project includes 17 Special Mission Vessels, 2 Special Mission Aircraft, and 3 Helicopters.

– Launch of a new Cabotage Compliance Strategy, in 2019, by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), to enforce the implementation of the Cabotage Act.

– Introduction of Electronic Call-up system by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), to substantially address the challenges of traffic gridlock caused by the Lagos Ports, using technology.

– Designation of the Lilypond Container Terminal in Ijora, Lagos as a specialized processing and handling facility for the export of locally-made agricultural and finished goods.

– Commencement of indigenous survey and charting of Nigeria’s offshore waters, by the Nigerian Navy’s new Hydrographic Survey Vessel, NNS LANA.

– Cabinet approval for award of 30-year Concession of Onitsha River Port, under a Rehabilitate, Operate and Transfer (ROT) arrangement, February in 2022.

Development of capacity at the Eastern Ports:

– Reduction of Tariff (10% Rebate) on Harbour Dues for vessels calling at the Eastern Ports, as part of incentives to encourage vessel traffic to the Eastern Ports.

– In December 2017, Calabar Port commenced export of bulk cement to Tema Port in Ghana

– In 2019, 3 container ships berthed at Calabar Port, for the first time in eleven years

– Dredging of Warri Port (Escravos Bar—Warri Port channel) completed in 2018

– On October 30, 2019, an LPG Tanker operated by NLNG, berthed in Port Harcourt – the first time ever an LPG ship berthed in any of the Eastern Ports

– On December 8, 2019, Onne Port received JPO VOLANS (owned by Maersk), the FIRST gearless and largest container vessel (265.07 metres) to call at any Eastern Port in Nigeria.

– On August 1, 2019, Onne Port’s Brawal Terminal received MSC GRACE, its first container vessel since 2012.

– In March 2021, the export of 7,000 metric tonnes of cocoa through Calabar Port to the United States, for the first time in about 14 years.

– The two largest containerships to ever berth at any Nigerian port, have been in Onne, in the last 3 years: Maersk Stadelhorn, 300m long & 48m wide, on August 15, 2020, and Lady Jane on April 13, 2022. 294.5m long and 32.3m wide.

havcinc:
Name the exact promise Buhari made in 2015 that he has fulfilled and received a prize.

Far too many to list here. Click below to read the achievements. It's a LONG LIST of achievements and it's all verifiable.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/promoted/533609-factsheet-highlights-of-achievements-on-the-seventh-anniversary-of-the-buhari-administration-may-2022.html


THIS IS JUST FOR RAIL. (The list for roads, airports etc is even longer)

RAIL

– 156km Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge Rail completed and commissioned, within a Nigerian-record-time of 4 years (2017 to 2021).

– 8.72km extension to Lagos-Ibadan Rail Line, to Lagos Port Complex, completed in 2021.

– 186km Abuja-Kaduna Standard Gauge Rail Line, completed and commissioned in 2016.

– 327km Itakpe-Warri Standard Gauge Rail completed and commissioned in 2020, 33 years after construction began.

– As part of this project, there was the full rehabilitation of the Railway Village, Agbor, as well as construction of a Railway Ancillary Facilities Yard, also in Agbor. In 2021 the Line commenced commercial freight haulage, transporting pipelines for the AKK Gas Pipeline project.

– Commencement of the E-Ticketing concession process for the Lagos-Ibadan and Warri-Itakpe Standard Gauge Rail Lines. The scope of the project is to Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Manage Secure Ticketing Solution systems (Hardware and Software) for the two lines.

– Completion of the E-Ticketing concession process on Abuja-Kaduna Route in 2021, which increased the monthly generated revenue from less than N200 Million to N400 Million.

– Abuja Light Rail completed in 2018.

– Construction has commenced on Kaduna-Kano Standard Gauge Rail Line, following the ground-breaking by President Buhari in July 2021.

– Ground-breaking done by President Buhari for construction of 284km Kano-Maradi Standard Gauge Rail (with branch line to Dutse), preliminary works started 2021.

– Ground-breaking done by President Buhari for complete revamp of Port Harcourt–Maiduguri Narrow Gauge Rail. Work has kicked off in 2022.

– 377 Wagons, 64 Coaches, and 21 Locomotives (including DMUs) purchased for the Standard Gauge network, between 2016 and 2021.

– Jobs, Training and Capacity Building: More than 11,000 new jobs created from the on-going rail modernization projects in the country. More than 100 qualified young Nigerians awarded full international scholarships for undergraduate/graduate courses in rail engineering and transport in China, from 2018. In addition, dozens of Nigerian Engineers have been trained as part of the railway modernization projects.

– Establishment of a new Transportation University in Daura, Katsina State, and establishment of a new Rail Wagon Assembly Plant in Kajola, Ogun State – both nearing completion of construction.

– Three thousand tons of cement are transported monthly through train freight service from Lagos to Kano.

havcinc:
After failing intoto on every campaign promise made in 2015 our president is still talking about power generation

Stop lying. He's fulfilled some promises, particularly in infrastructure.

IS MUHAMMADU BUHARI, GCFR, THE PRESIDENT THAT WILL FINALLY SOLVE THE POWER CRISIS?

IT'S STARTING TO SEEM THAT WAY.


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Nigeria’s Power Sector To Receive Boost with 25,000 MW from Siemens AG Partnership

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The recurrent collapse of the power grid is set to be redressed by the Federal Government after President Muhammadu Buhari revealed an ongoing partnership with German Siemens AG.

The president gave the assurance at the 3rd Ministerial Performance Review Retreat on Monday in Abuja, while noting a timeline of 25,000MW to be added to the national power grid on completion of the project.

He added that the implementation of a ‘Willing Buyer-Willing Seller’ policy introduced by the Federal Government has opened up opportunities for increased delivery of electricity to underserved homes and industries.

”We are also executing a number of critical projects through the Transmission Rehabilitation and Expansion Programme, which will result in achieving the national goal of improved power supply by 2025.''

”It is important to state that the partnership between the Federal Government of Nigeria and German Siemens AG through the Presidential Power Initiative to increase electricity generation to 25,000 Megawatts (MW) in six years is on course,” he said.

He announced that the first batch of the transformers had arrived in Nigeria already.

Regarding the oil and gas industry, the president noted that he had signed the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) into law on August 16, 2021. This act established a legal, governance, regulatory, and budgetary framework for the Nigerian petroleum industry as well as for the development of host communities and other relevant issues..

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/nigerias-power-sector-to-receive-boost-with-25000-mw-from-siemens-ag-partnership/

tuborme:
Yet, Nigerians don’t want a Nigerian to be president because he is Igbo.

Have the British people told you that they want an Indian-born Prime Minister?

They haven't, so shut up.

On social media there are numerous debates on, with some white Brits saying he's not ''really English'' and so should not be PM.

EngrKemp:
We are in that era where competent speaks.
The new British prime minister is about to be named and an Indian is likely to be the new prime minister.

What does Nigeria has to learn from this as we seek another election next year.

Nigeria has nothing to learn, because no election is being held in Britain.

The British public are outraged that their antiquated political system means that only a handful of Conservative Party faithful get to vote in the next prime minister.

The people want general elections but the ruling party gets to decide when the elections are held. They can schedule it for when they are highest in the polls.

If a general election was held, Rishi Sunak would not win, as the British public have a serious problem with racism, and are not ready for a non-white prime-minister.

How does Nigeria have anything to learn from all that confusion and mago-mago?

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LEARN FROM THEM. FASHION OUT YOUR OWN FAIR AND JUST SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR YOU.

Perfectbeing:
Yes. By the 3rd quarter of next we go see tremendous improvement.

Also 40,000MW can't be wished into the country no matter how emotional we are about it.. It takes time.

Forget about how Egypt got over 20k MW in 4 years. Underground work happened before that 4 years.
Just like how this new Lagos Lekki seaport looks like it's happening in Sanwo Olu tenure (in 4 years). Whereas it's origin started more than 16 years ago during Tinubu's tenure.

Development takes time.

This thing you've explained is something that 98% of Nigerians do not understand.

women...na dem way... no sense.

Revolution2022:
This donation is from his personal pocket.He doesn't get contract from any governors like tinubu alphabeta.He doesn't have agbero who remit payment to him as well.
Has buhari donated money from his own salary and military pension?
He should not squander the dollars that USA president donate to flood victims like he did with covid 19 palliatives O.

Obi said on Arise news that he has 15 million dollars in the bank.

This donation I'm seeing here is not commensurate with such an income.

00FFT00:
The topic regulates.
Note that I did not want to use the word "Ugly".

Please take it from here.

Nutrition. Poor wages. Stress.

money121:
Nice one

Indeed. Congrats to our brothers in the SE.