Deportation of some Osun indigenes shouldn't be a surprise to anyone because the reason they were deported was obvious; Lagos government didn't feel their presence added value to the state. What I want to talk about is some facts why Lagos State isn't for the extremely poor:
1. Lagos Government is more interested in building a mega city than poverty alleviation
2. Lagos Government is not a fan of hawkers and Street traders
3. Housing in Lagos can be quite expensive
4. From the trending #Tinubuschoolseries, you can see public school education in Lagos isn't perfect
5. Agberos might be everywhere, but they are much in Lagos indicating unchecked poverty levels
6. Lagos slums hardly receive government attention to improve their living conditions
7. Evictions of poor people from their shanty homes is just another working day for Lagos Government officials. Example from a 2020 article from BBC news: "And earlier this year, an estimated 10,000 people were given an hour to pack up their things before being asked to leave the beachfront community of Tarkwa Bay, a popular weekend destination for Lagosians"

aguluobi:
Is Reno now why you obidient ipob are lying that Yeye Bello lied about what he never taught of talk more of speaking about it like the OP lied ?!

I need an interpreter please!!!

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

07067346458 watsap this number

Is Reno now why you obidient ipob are lying that Yeye Bello lied about what he never taught of talk more of speaking about it like the OP lied ?!

Usmanovic95:
Reno's kind of obsession with anything related to peter obi is no longer healthy. Shit is getting toxic day by day,he should take some days off.

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

Contact verydarkblackman on Instagram. He'll help you blow this out of proportion. In few hours the entire world will see this and take it up from there.

Nellinis:


When they talk about the importance of Bruno, this is what they mean; Utd created only 5 chances today and 2 big chances. Bruno on his worst day will give you 4 chances himself. Now imagine the whole team combined contributing 5 chances whereas only Bruno can do that by himself in a first half.
Make una try dey avoid sentiments

Bruno is a selfish and indisiplined brat.

LIVINGICONREBOR:
guobe, u don come again with this your betting for fun talk. You go soon see something.🤔

Lol

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

you try this shit with my mother you are dead I swear to God

ahaz:

Oga abeg swarve, keep selling your ancestral lands to us to register for you.. The report is apt and lucid, the 30 percent registration is not someone shanties and brown roofs cos una never see food chop talk more of changing your roofs or registering a death trap you call bulding.

Like I initially reiterated, ignorance is not an excuse in law.

Na this kind mentality una dey enter Lagos come buy property without perfected title, thinking that South West Nigeria, is backward region like Eastern Nigeria.

favor914:
Such a clueless & Obnoxious naive minded statement.

Are you praising your ignorance, or are you not aware that under the title of registration act, all title to land must be registered in accordance with the provisions of The Land Use Act?

Oga abeg swarve, keep selling your ancestral lands to us to register for you.. The report is apt and lucid, the 30 percent registration is not someone shanties and brown roofs cos una never see food chop talk more of changing your roofs or registering a death trap you call bulding.

Only the living ride on roads

Food price is high
Fuel price is high
Naira to dollar is high

And you are here talk trash

Remember this ,any country with no opposition politician will never do well

If Nigerians die of hunger who will use your coastal road?

You are the child
You neither know history nor how things work

Gowon was abroad
Idiagbon the stronger one was abroad
Edogan was abroad during attempted coup

Alot of other coups in several countries too

Gajagojo:

What is the connection?
So their presence will stop soldiers?
Very childish talk?
Is Is every country that has a vice president or deputy head of government?
There is usually nothing like that in a parliamentary system
And so by your logic the Prime minister going abroad is an invitation to could
Many of you have ever little exposure and knowledge but think you must have an opinion

Only the living ride on roads

Food price is high
Fuel price is high
Naira to dollar is high

And you are here talk trash
You keep calling Peter Obis name .He just a man like you , like your father , like your uncle and like your brother. All of you put together are not better than he is

Remember this ,any country with no opposition politician will never do well

If Nigerians die of hunger who will use your coastal road?

Only the living ride on roads

Food price is high
Fuel price is high
Naira to dollar is high

And you are here talk trash
You keep calling Peter Obis name .He just a man like you , like your father , like your uncle and like your brother. All of you put together are not better than he is

Remember this ,any country with no opposition politician will never do well

If Nigerians die of hunger who will use your coastal road?

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

If I were in your shoes, I would report the incident to the police, ensure they question him, consider pursuing legal action if feasible, and then entrust the outcome to God. However, it's often said that divine retribution, though delayed, is severe. As the scripture says, "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord."

Melagros:
COMRADES, leave this talk abeg, before I streamed the video I thought it was a poor man's child who was homeless I no know say
Na billionaire piking, that bundle of money cannot afford him the type of phone he wants

They will never remember a poor man pikin like that I know 100%

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

U da stay Lagos post us pictures on nairaland?
You are not a true Rivers son
Something wey u 4 reach home sharp sharp and arrange boys for town carry go the yeye man go one side for bush flog him wela. Shoot gun community scatter. Flog the Igwe with 2 by 2 plank.

Make this evil go away from me cos I go kill person

Double0h7:
My sister just enjoy the money and keep quiet. You knew exactly what to do and how to do it. There’s no need acting all innocent and helpless now. Invest that money and pull yourself out of poverty because your husband isn’t husbanding at all. When you need more money you know where to go. Case closed.

Your brain isn't braining at all... Foolish talk

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

any man born of a woman who hits or beat my mother or wife is dead

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

use street level take solve this matter

Caaz:
It's never easy anywhere.
Me as a boss of my own...e go get how body go do me I go jejely rest
For house.
Life na one....na sense I take de livam.

Very good comment. When I turn off my phones every week day at 7pm and refuse to take it into my bedroom and only switch it on the next day people don't understand what I am purposefully doing.

Knowing that sleep is the best medicine, I don't joke with my 8 hours minimum nightly sleep with more at the weekends.

A lot of people doing care work in the UK choose to do nights and some work round the clock and the next day WatsApp will not let them sleep and eventually it takes its toll on their physical health whilst the constant night work damages their mental health.

RIP to the Lawyer who died just months into her relocating to the UK. Her system is probably not used to the extreme stress in the UK.

UK is not for the faint hearted.

In my days as a student Accountant in London, I was a mini cab driver when I had just brought my then 7 month old son and my Ex from Naija to London and to make extra money, I borrowed my brothers extra car and went on a long mini cab shift lasting 60 hours (2 and a half days) without sleep (in those days you had to put in the hours to make anything from mini cabbing) and on the way home after the 60 hour shift I started feeling sleepy and I wound down my windows so that the winter cold will keep me awake as I was only 20 minutes or so from home.

What saved my life was that the Met police stopped me just as I was approaching the entrance to Rotherhite tunnel and asked me to put on my seat belt which I did.
As I exited the East London end of the tunnel and turned right towards Stratford, I dozed off for a split second and crashed the "borrowed" car into the central road divider. I was not injured but the car was a write off (although UK write off is not as serious as Naija one). The police came and called an ambulance and I was certified fine at the hospital.

The police later charged me to court for "driving without due care and attention" 'cos in their summation, the minute I started feeling sleepy, I should have pulled over, reclined my seat and slept for a while instead of carrying on driving. I was fined £250 at the court and had 6 penalty points docked from my license.

I have a neighbor living in the same building in London and she studied law in the UK, went back to Naija and did law school and to my chagrin she still came back to London to continue doing care work round the clock when she should have been looking for at least an office job ??

The thing is that if she stuck to her guns and decided to only accept office work, since she had UK papers, the UK Govt will pay her rent plus feeding allowance until she got the office job as long as she shows them evidence that she is job hunting and in the meantime she can intensify her job hunt for the office or law job she really wants.

But because a lot of Nigerians can not tolerate temporary lack of "show off" money, they get stuck in care jobs which tires and wears them down that they don;t have the energy to put a CV together talk less of job hunting which is a job in itself.

We worship money in Nigeria and most Nigerians look down on those without money and this is "partly" responsible for some people who already have papers in the UK to still be willing to spend ages doing menial jobs instead of stopping the menial work to focus on "full time" job hunting for a job related to what they studied since the UK Govt will pay their rent and feeding allowance whilst they hunted for the right job for them. But they are so short sighted and blinded by the money coming from the care work they are doing round the clock without pausing to think that if they only worked the normal 35 hour week, then they will see that they are not earning that much from care work.

Care work wey be say one wrong twist when lifting a heavy client has caused some Naija carers to have slipped vertebral discs. A job you can't do into old age ??

I remember many years ago when I came back to the UK after I closed the restaurant I went to open in Naija due to staff theft, I dated a Naija carer and she suggested to me that since cleaners then earned £13 per hour, I should consider applying for a cleaning job since there was a recession in the UK at the time and it affected the service sector the most. I simply told her that if she wanted the relationship to last, she should not mention such to me again as I would rather work as an accountant earning £3 per hour than as a cleaner earning £13 per hour. The relationship did not last.

I once worked as a database programmer at UCL (University College London) and I almost cried the day I saw the name of an old friend and former classmate at UI Medical school in the HR database at UCL as a cleaner. It brought back memories of when myself and this chap used to pay the Neuro Anatomy lab attendant at UI extra money to allow us stay extra hours dissecting the human brain in the lab before exams. Luckily enough my friend passed his medical conversion exams in the UK and he now practices medicine in the UK.

Confirmedzombie:
Fubara will be impeached on or before 25th May.

He will be picked up by DSS. Those hailing him have pushed him to his doom.

I have no sympathy for him. FG will withhold his monthly allocation and also derecognize him.

He has no powers to make this pronouncements but only the courts can do and this is already in court.

Fubara, you have lost this and all those hailing you will abandon you.

talk is cheap

Let's see how this country will move forward if we continue to follow this route everytime . A sitting governor cannot be allowed to work cos if godfatherism

Keep us posted and email me if you want this to get on a National Newspaper...Police will act when they go viral...but the reporter will want to know if police took steps and if he is being charged. If yes, he might tell you to wait to see if you get justice before publishing the story. Either way, connect with me

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

No cap, if this happened to my mum, by this time, the villagers will be planning a burial ceremony for the man. I fit go prison but that will be after they had buried the man.

lady or not, ensure this is the last time he does anything to anybody in his life. do not use the police for this matter o. if you no use soldiers, use timberland squad.

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

Beeb1e:
Hello everyone, I got a call from a man in the Village (Elele, Rivers State) on Tuesday night, that we should look for a way to come and carry our mother as she has slumped and was rushed to a hospital, where she was in coma.

He explained to me that my mother went to demand for the payment of the debt the man is owing her and he angrily beat her up, he stripped her , tore her clothes, her underwear was torn too. I’m literally crying as I type this. Everyone that tried to stop him he chased with the machete. Now my dad is late , else he won’t have tried this.

I am in Lagos so I’ve not seen her my sister that was able to travel to Elele to see her sent me the pictures.

She is out of coma now, but still unable to sit or stand or talk. We also noticed she is bleeding from her private part.

We arrested the evil man with the Elele police but the community Igwe bailed him, he is a known person in the community and owns a hotel there.

I really want this man to receive this level of Physical pain or more, because my mum almost lost her life.

I don’t know what to do or how to go about getting justice for her.

We are at military hospital port harcourt now.

My dear,that case is a serious one,that is manslaughter and attempt to life.Go to police headquarters and tell the PPRO the problem or state CID.they will re arrest the man and prosecute him or dey will settle it out of court.10 millionaria settlement with a good lawyer.if you need help.dm me

oliverano:




Xavi makes me laugh honestly....

We lost 8:4 to Girona after two legs and he came out to say that Barca was the better team in both games. Person pipe you twice you no fit keep quiet or admit that your team failed. SMFH.

His lack of responsibility is now robbing on the squad. For Araujo to come out and confidently say that he was not responsible for the loss Vs PSG was something. He's learning so well from his boss.

Soon Curbasi will make a mistake and say he's not responsible. How we take dey here, I no grab. Top to bottom we're a clown fest at the moment!

.....and then we have a midfielder as GK!

And this is the reason why Araujo makes me angry these days. He play rubbish and cost the team a potential final appearance and weyrey dey talk say he's not responsible. Lack of responsibility and very stupid thing to say. Uncharacteristic of a captain. That reason alone makes him out of the conversation of Captaincy.

Ok noted, or do you have any other thing to say? talk is free in Nigeria.

REDshouse:
growing up many times our parent won't be around and still they will still dictate our meal and welfare ... They don't have to be home all the time

Rubbish talk

Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road: Leave the talk, let’s face the business

6th May, 2024

By Dada Olusegun

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2024/05/06/lagos-calabar-coastal-road-leave-the-talk-lets-face-the-business/

A coastal superhighway


The Lagos-Calabar coastal road project is undoubtedly Nigeria’s most ambitious transport infrastructure project since independence. In terms of scope, distance covered, and connectivity, not even the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos, the 2nd Niger Bridge in Onitsha/Asaba, or the Abuja-Kano expressway comes close. It is simply a world-class iconic project.

Before I go further, I want us to take a brief trip back to history. The idea for a major coastal federal road in Nigeria was first conceptualized in 1955 by the then Federal Commissioner of Finance, Late Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, who hails from present-day Delta State. Okotie-Eboh proposed the development of a network of rail and road routes from Lokoja-Benin City-Koko-Warri-Onitsha to aid the movement of goods.

Specifically, he proposed the Koko-Ogheye-Epe dual carriageway project that was to traverse Delta and Ondo states and terminate at Epe in Lagos. This road is basically meant to hug the coastal areas of Delta and Ondo states and shorten travel distance between Lagos and the Niger Delta and the rest of the Eastern region. The project did not take off in the first Republic.

During the administration of Olusegun Obasanjo as civilian president, he elected to commence construction of a variant of the coastal road from Warri in Delta State to Calabar. This was what came to be known as the East-West road.

In 2010, however, the government of President Goodluck Jonathan through NDDC also awarded the Koko-Ogheye-Epe road to Levant Construction Ltd. The Lagos State government on its part during the administration of then-Governor Bola Tinubu was also independently planning to build a coastal road that will span the entire Lekki-Epe axis, which it foresaw as the next major economic frontier in Lagos and the country. Thirteen years later, the chief visionary of that Lagos coastal road is now Nigeria’s President.

President Tinubu then decided to marry his Lagos coastal road vision with that of Okotie-Eboh’s Koko-Ogheye-Epe coastal road vision in addition to the thinking behind the East-West road to come up with a variant of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road that we have now.
What is the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road Project?

This is simply a 700km mega-highway that starts from Victoria Island in Lagos and ends in Calabar, Cross River State. It will pass through Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom states before terminating at Calabar. This coastal highway is the first of its kind in the world. First and foremost, it comprises a 10-lane boulevard with five lanes on each side of the dual carriageway and a standard gauge train track in the middle. Concrete pavement technology is to be adopted in the construction of the entire stretch of the road.





The Lagos-Calabar coastal road has two major spurs. First is the 1000km Badagry-Sokoto road, which will connect the South West to the North Central and the North West through the shortest route possible, terminating at Sokoto. The second spur is the Enugu-Abakaliki-Ogoja road going to Cameroon, which essentially connects the South East to the coastal road.

This spur continues from Enugu to Oturkpo to Nasarawa to Apo in Abuja. Essentially, the Lagos-Calabar coastal road is an arterial road that connects the six geopolitical zones.

Synopsis of the Funding for the Coastal Road Project

The total estimated cost of the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal road project is put at N15.6 trillion. The funding model for the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project is EPC+ (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Financing) where the federal government would put up a counterpart financing of around 30% while the contractor funds the remainder.

Last October, FEC approved the EPC+ model for this project in favor of Hitech Construction company. Going by the estimated N15.6 trillion cost for the entire coastal road stretch, the federal government’s counterpart fund is around N4.68 trillion.

The federal government, in a bid to hasten the commencement of the project, decided to finance construction of the first 47km in phase 1 of the road project, which runs from Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island to the Lekki Deep Sea port. The contract sum of N1.06 trillion was awarded for this section by FEC to Hitech, and construction is ongoing with unprecedented speed.

Whatever funding FG is providing for this section of the road will come under the FG’s counterpart fund. I must emphasize that this funding model adopted by the Tinubu administration is the best model possible, considering the country’s revenue size. This is a monumental infra project being majorly funded with private finance. This is possible because the coastal road is extremely viable.


Benefits of the Coastal Road

Most of the unnecessary controversies that have been amplified by some people over this coastal road project have centered on demolition of structures along the path of the road, as well as misconceptions about the funding model, with critics of the project having an erroneous impression that the federal government would fund the entire project. Little attention has been paid to the staggering benefits that the Lagos-Calabar coastal road would bring about. I want to briefly lay them out now.

– Job Creation: Critics talk about exaggerated job losses that may be witnessed as a result of demolition of structures on the coastal road’s right of way, especially in Lagos, but few pause for a moment to look at the immense amount of new jobs that this massive project will create, both directly and indirectly.

Already, the project has started creating thousands of direct and indirect jobs courtesy of the actual construction work currently ongoing at multiple sections of the 47km stretch. The workers that would be part of this project are not ghosts; they are Nigerians. The construction of the railway component of this coastal road is another source of massive job creation. Hundreds of permanent jobs will also be required after completion of construction, as people would be engaged to carry out toll management, road maintenance, etc.

New industries, filling stations, CNG stations, auto-mechanic workshops, shopping malls, hotels, etc., will dot the iconic coastal road axis while creating many jobs in the process. This is one of the direct effects of having that road.

– GDP Growth: The Lagos-Calabar coastal project is a very important project with unparalleled economic value. This is a road that connects Nigeria’s biggest economic zone, Lekki Free Trade Zone housing the Dangote refinery, Lekki Deep sea port, and many existing and potential industries to the rest of the south and the north via a 10-lane dual carriageway. The potential impact of this road on our GDP growth is huge, considering the fact that it will facilitate an increase in economic activity as well as improve ease of movement of goods and people and invariably ease of doing business.

Like I mentioned earlier, the road will drastically cut down travel time between Lagos to the South-South and South-East to less than six hours through an alternative shorter route and open new corridors of development.

With the 1000km spur from Badagry in the Atlantic coast to Sokoto on the edge of the Sahel, we would also have a North-South modern highway that smoothens land transport, connectivity, and trade between the north and south. As a growing nation that keeps expanding, it doesn’t make sense to limit ourselves to existing roads (which are equally getting massive attention by the Renewed Hope administration). We need to plan for the future. When the 3rd Mainland bridge was being conceptualized, many back then argued that it was not necessary or not a priority since there were already two bridges connecting the Lagos island to the mainland, but look at the importance of the bridge today.

In fact, the Lagos State government has approved the design for the 4th mainland bridge – a more ambitious undertaking. That’s grand vision!

– Tourism: One of the most regurgitated lines by critics of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road project is that it would kill tourism (especially along the existing coastline in Lagos) and destroy our beaches (also especially in Lagos). How wrong they are! Contrary to this false insinuation, the most immediate impact of the new Lagos-Calabar coastal road is definitely going to be a massive boost in tourism.

This is not even debatable. Every known major coastal road across the world is always a magnet for tourism. The Lagos-Calabar coastal road, which will be one of the best coastal roads in the world upon completion, cannot be an exception. The coastal road is not going to run exclusively on the coastline. For example, around the Eleko axis, the road alignment is not on the beach front. Even in the landmark and Oniru beach axis, after construction of the coastal road, the tourism value of these areas would skyrocket.

It simply requires innovation by players in the tourism industry to make the most out of the coastal road. In fact, there are countless beaches along the path of the coastal road in Lagos, Ondo, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Akwa Ibom that can become Nigeria’s top tourist destinations.

The Ilashe Island beach off the Lagos coast along the Badagry Creek with its beautifully arranged coconut trees and crystal white sand is one of such that can benefit from the Badagry spur.

The Ibeno beach in Akwa Ibom, which is the longest sand beach in West Africa and stretching for about 30 kilometers from Ibeno to James Town along the Atlantic coastline of Akwa Ibom State, is yet another tourism goldmine that the coastal road can trigger its extraction. It will only take innovative thinking and belief.

Sadly, many of our compatriots are instead exuding pessimism and pedestrian thinking with their opposition to this grand project.

As I conclude, I want to state that the hallmark of extraordinary leadership is having the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. A leader inspires the power and energy to get things done. He has a poorly developed sense of fear and overlooks the concept of the odds against him. His focus is not usually on the present nor on the obstacles that may stand in the way of his vision but on how to attain that vision by surmounting the obstacles.

While many critics of the colossal Lagos-Calabar coastal road are busy extrapolating how many decades it may take to complete the project using other existing roads of different models to judge or how the funding will come, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is looking at the various pathways that will deliver the project.

On the evidence of the pace of construction on the project sites, it is obvious that he has found many pathways. President Bola Tinubu is a visionary. He creates the vision of the future. He sees what others do not readily see, which is why people usually criticize his vision at the onset and later turn to embrace or even copy them. This is one of such times.

The birth of a modern Nigeria has begun with President Tinubu in charge and I have only one admonition for our dear compatriots who are still skeptical about this journey; Leave the talk, let’s face the business!

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2024/05/06/lagos-calabar-coastal-road-leave-the-talk-lets-face-the-business/

danijesus:
APC is a disaster,all hand must be on deck to kick them out

Like una talk exactly this time last year....

opamoses1:
Same Peter Obi that deported Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom people during his tenure as governor of Anambra state. This man

Just ignore the bastard talking nonsense. Is like grigory don dey run mad small small because if not he is the last person to even talk on this because he did the worst as a Governor.

The Rivers Assembly should hurry up and impeach this fool so that Obidients can remove their bad luck from Coastal Road and talk about something else.