₦airaland Forum

dayokanu: You are a morron. The picture was in the link posted by the OP. But you bleeping psychophant has head sruck far away in your asss to see

If there is any justice in the world you should be fed to pigs

You are a very HOPEFUL ijiot!!!

So cos the PIC was in a link to a Blog, therefore it is Enugu Airport as it is now?

I thought the article was talking about the place been in a 'mess' cos of the ongoing remodeling/reconstruction? DUNCE....

Kobojunkie: ^^^ That has been the same picture since Yar adua was in office. All this administration has done to date is make claim after claim of work it is doing but it seems all on paper as there does not seem to be actual work, started by this administration, on that airport. Most every information I have found can be traced back to the last administration.

If you actually believe that this PIC that @Dayokanu posted above is the more recent pic of the Enugu Airport, then you are even more a DUNCE than he is...

Please try to read through this article from Businessday. Its EXTREMELY Informative...

Q:What are the critical updates on the power sector reform?
A:I can speak about the efforts to privatize the companies in the Power Sector and things that have to do with the Economic Management Team because I am a member and it is where things are tabled for discussion.



The Power Sector is a critical element in the whole overall National Transformation Agenda but there are also other elements apart from Power and Power is part of physical infrastructure. So one has to move beyond just the Power Sector to Transportation and this is where we talk about Loads Rail and it is very important because the things that hinder business in Nigeria is that the business man has to provide his own infrastructure and that’s what we want to correct because it should not be.

If you have to provide your own infrastructure then you cannot compete with the outside world because they don’t have to do the same. The government should focus at Federal and State Level in helping you to meet your infrastructural need; be it power or water or giving you Motorable roads, rail roads to move your goods to the ports and get your goods out of the ports efficiently, be it your imports or your exports, which is what Government owes you, getting the infrastructure moving efficiently.

The whole Agenda to Transform also embraces all of the above and you are not going to transform some of those sectors relying only on government resources, you also have to open up the sectors so that the Private Sector can invest . That’s why when I gave example on the Power sector, I said it is even more important we have cost reflective tariffs. We had a regulator that was serious and credible and then we had arrangements like the bulk trader that would make it possible for people to come in, establish their own IPPs, have an agreement with the bulk trader, provide Power to him, they deliver and get paid. Because when you have that kind of arrangement that are transparent and people have confidence in you, then you can get massive inflow of funds from the Private Sector to invest in this same Power Sector.

If you don’t have that kind of clarity, you can make all the noise in the world, no Private sector person is going to put his money into a sector when he thinks that he is going to walk into a trap or where there is going to be an obvious failure. So then the arrangements must make business sense . I think the arrangements we have for power, if they are allowed to function, make business sense.

Could you shed more light on all these companies you have dealt with that you think will be coming for listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and how soon would that be?
Yes, I explained that for the distribution companies in particular which is where the focus is concentrated , we are not selling 100% to the Core Investors; it is only 60%, the balance of 40% would be held by the Federal Government, State Government and Staff and there is nothing wrong with that like we did once we make quick arrangements to sell those shares to the Public and even if that fails or if it does not happen in some cases, it is possible that the Core Investor himself in due course may want to raise revenue to service his needs to expand his business. Sometimes, when you are trying to raise money to grow the business then you want to take money from outside so that some of the current investors may opt eventually through raising more capital or dilute their share holding from 60% to 51% that would still give them control , so it’s a possibility. What I am saying is that we are making remarkable progress

[b]Your presentation gives so much hope on what to expect from the power reform. Can you shed more light?
Let me explain. I don’t know how old you are but from the day I was born till date, in fact especially the last forty years in particular, the Power Sector in Nigeria was going nowhere . Even a blind man knew that and this was so because the only sources of funding it were two; one, the Tariffs you and I paid which were much too low ; and two, Federal Government budgetary allocations; the sum of those two was never going to be able to provide enough money to finance the Sector to grow and expand like Telecom has done in the last ten years. Therefore, you had low funding which was going to lead to a low level equilibrium; the second thing was that the arrangements for the Sector were such that they did not make sense for the Private Person to bring his money in so we have to do two things: first, we have to increase the availability of Funds for the Sector, make the Value chain healthy by raising the tariffs which has been done effective June 1, this year. Then secondly and simultaneously, we have to change the arrangements for the sector so that the Private Companies can come and invest massively like they have done in Telecoms. And I mention seven critical steps in the Power Sectors of the Federal Government and each of those seven were vital towards creating an environment that would ensure that you would move from a low equilibrium trap to what I call the High Growth trajectory. The seven steps were as follows;

1. To empower the regulator
NERC and that has been done.

2. To bring in place a bulk trader.

3. Introduce cost reflective
tariffs that were done on the
1st of June.

4. Management contractor
for transmission.

5. To privatize generating
companies (gencos)

6. To privatize distributional
companies (discos)

7. To strengthen the fuel to power arrangements.
Interesting thing is that, as soon as you have even done the first three, you would have covered a great deal of work.. If you get those steps right and don’t get me wrong if you leave out any of those seven you have a problem because if you do the first six and there are no arrangements for bringing fuel to Power there is a problem.

You need those seven to work in unison and am saying that what I see and what some of us were brought in to do was to help to ensure that some of the critical steps in those seven were taken care of and that’s why I have been involved in the last fifteen months in helping to privatize transformation in terms of management contractor, distribution and also the gencos .

But let me explain this, if you have a value chain where the consumer alone is paying very low tariffs because the tariffs are too low there is not enough money flowing from the consumer to distribution through transmission to gencos and back to the supplier of fuel. Whereas if the consumer is paying enough money upfront, the money he is paying pays for distribution, transmission, generation and the fuel as well so if the price is right and you pay the right price which we are doing now there is enough money to finance every budget in the value chain all the way to the value supplier.

In Telecom some of us don’t understand why there is growth in Telecom and it’s because the tariffs you are paying are enough to finance the entire value chain so even up to the people that supply fuel to MTN or Globalcom for the cell sites are paid for everything. And what we have in Power is not just to have the single tariffs that are cost reflective on June 1st this year, we have in place the multi layer tariff order, so there is a formula which will adjust naturally already built into it.

There are things like the cost of fuel, inflation and others in it so that it would adjust naturally so that your tariff is not set once forever and ever and then a fight would ensue when it’s been changed. It’s something that would be changed constantly . The tariffs would reflect other realities. For instance if the price of fuel comes down your tariff comes down naturally and that’s why investors are buying into that formula which they see as satisfactory.
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Some say your independent approach to issues could be a critical factor in making the reform process to work.
I don’t want us to personalize anything because a tree cannot make the forest as there are many people who are involved in this process right from the President all the way down to the lowest level employee so it is not good to personalize it.
I was brought in to add value which is what I have been doing but some of the things am talking about here are almost irreversible. For instance I mentioned seven things, if you have cost reflective tariffs and you put in place a formula for the Multiyear Tariff , whether am here or not or you are here or not if a formula is in place the formula stands . Somebody would have to come and destroy it for it not to be effective anymore. And I tell you one thing, there are some things that as soon as you put them in place they are so logical everybody gets the benefits and they are difficult to destroy.

That’s why I wanted all of you to be the advocates because if all of you understand how the seven steps are important, as soon as somebody gets up to destroy it, you will be the one shouting, stop this man the man is a nuisance.
That is why you have to sell the reform programme to a wider audience which is why I came today. Let all these people in the Capital Market join in understanding this reform and then defending, and protecting it making sure they hold on to the gains because it’s only these reforms, the seven steps that would bring light to your house and my house forever and ever.
So if you are convinced about these you on your own , you will start shouting when anybody takes any step to reverse the reforms.

For the winners of gencos is there a possibility of fast tracking delivery of Power even before that target period given to them?
If you look at the documentation carefully when I put the next steps on the board, the next steps said after they negotiate and pay 25%, within six months they pay the balance. They didn’t say after six months . They said within so that somebody that has sorted out everything can pay earlier than the six months and take possession and move on. Then and again some of them are eager to move as fast as possible. Why would you want to pay for something partially and allow it drag because once you take money out you take money out, you only begin to get money in after you step in there and take possession.

[b]Like I explained, the beauty of this for me, why this should succeed is because there is now a proper alignment of goals which we never had between those in charge of the Power Sector and you and I as the consumers that want light in our houses. I explained earlier that inside the old arrangement the government employee in PHCN whether he gives you light or not, gets his salary which is assured even if you are in darkness he collects his money and goes home. Now the union is fighting for their entitlements nobody is asking if they gave you light or not they are just demanding whatever they think they were promised.

And when you move to this arrangement that is privatized then there is alignment of goals in the sense that the only time a distribution company gets money is when there is power supply in individuals houses and the meter is running. So he is the one that is more interested than even myself to keep the meter running same as with Telecom if the system is down they would put it back up because they want to charge you and they cannot charge you when things are down, they can only charge you when you can make a phone call. So we are moving into a system that is market oriented but there is a regulator to ensure discipline and there are rules that would make it possible for the Private Sector to come in and invest massively because we need massive investment from the Private sector to leap forward and for once for all break out of these vicious circle and then allow the Power situation in Nigeria to improve dramatically in the next 2/3 years and forever[/b].

Just how important can stabilized power be to the economy?
Whatever you say, I believe that the single most incubator to economic growth in Nigeria in terms of people’s businesses and why people have not been able to compete has to be power. Power has to be number one, you can talk about number two Transportation or something else .But don’t forget that when you don’t give People Power from the National grid, they have to get Power by themselves; they buy generators, fuel them on diesel or petrol. Look, the most efficient generator you can buy for yourself is about four/five/six times more expensive than Power from the grid. If you are a business man, doing any kind of business, if you can move away from wasting your money on generators, maintain them and fueling them to just paying your bills to a disco and bring your cost down there are possibilities that you can compete and create more jobs etc. So when the cost of generating electricity personally is out of the way, a business man can expand his business because he has brought his cost down and has been able to compete more and grow his business. So when he grows his business, he employs more people so it’s all linked.

http://www.businessdayonline.com/NG/index.php/news/76-hot-topic/49462-the-power-reform-is-irreversible

Lagusta: You forgot to tell him about the christians that carried his forefathers into slavery...

What of the niger delta militants, when them bomb innocent pple for the region, nobody talk, but who granted them amnesty.... A MUSLIM!!!

You people should realize that, the greatest terrorist in the world is not osama, not even sadam hussein, but ADOLF HITLER, who killed about 6million jews, he was a christian ooo

What of the guy that sormed a school in US and killed innocent CHIILDREN, YES CHILDREN... He is a muslim with long beard and turban shouting "Allahu akbar" abi #yimu

Instead of you guyz to pray for the country to move ahead, we are busy pointing accusing fingers, whereas your "pastors" are busy using private jets and flying overseas the way they feel...

NIGERIA, I HAIL THEE!!!! KAAAAIIIIII!!!

My Friend WAKE UP. It is Day-break already.

Nobody is saying that ISLAM itself is the problem; just that some MAD MEN are successfully hijacking your religion and using it as a weapon to achieving their personal aims (whether confused or clear-eyed). They are the REAL ENEMIES who are bringing unimaginable DISGRACE to the name of your God (Allah), your prophet and every thing you hold dear. STOP RATIONALIZING THIS BY INVOKING THE EVILS THAT OTHER PERSONS COMMIT.

Those people you quoted, though they say they are Christians, didn't do any of these EVILS IN THE NAME OF THEIR RELIGION. If they did, believe me I would spend every energy and opportunity I've got to CONDEMN and RESIST without equivocation, and would NEVER make any EXCUSES for the despicable things they are perpetuating in the name of the God I call on. That would be my DUTY.

Like I said earlier, the MODERATES are losing the battle to a group of crazy RADICALS....

mazaje: Islam is a political religion. . .This Sheikh is a FOOOOOOOOOL. . . .

I would have to largely agree with the @BOLD. This is clearly the case with Upper Northern Muslims.

I used to think that the most important reason why you have a widespread and very DEEP dislike (even HATRED in a few instances) for the WEST, culminating in the Terrorist campaign of radical Islam against the West, was cos of some of the atrocities and arrogance of the West in the Middle East (and other parts of the world); BUT I am now completely convinced from studying the 'relationship' that it is actually a very DEEP BELIEF of many Muslims that they are pre-determined by Allah to RULE the world, hence the dislike (or HATRED) for the West!! While the arrogance of the West aggravates this, it is more often than not used as a weapon of mobilization by some of the more radical IMAMS/SHEIKHS (like Sheikh Gumi here) to pursue that HATE and Power game that would still be there even if the West were saints.


The MODERATE Muslims, who are in the majority, is loosing the battle for the religion that has been hijacked by a small group of Mad men.

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY.

Just imagine what is coming out OPENLY from the mouth of one of the most influential IMAMS in northern Nigeria, and you may start to understand why the Upper North is the way it is today!!!

The guy just said (amongst others) that the Nigerian Security Agencies IS WORSE THAN Boko Haram!! No need to wonder too much why MOST upper Northerners vehemently oppose the Security agencies while giving excuses for Boko Haram..

NIGERIA really needs God's special intervention....

[quote author=Omo_Tier1]FYI, majority of the travellers to Warri, Asaba, go through Benin City itself and not by-pass, so your claim is absolutely falsehood. From Main gate at Uniben to Dawson road will have three lanes like Sapele road hence the demolition of houses on both sides of the road. The overall plan is the outer lane will be used to connect Federal medical stores road and other axis off the highway.

Anyone who have pass through the rehabilitated portion of that road would confirm exactly what I said about the road being rehabilitated with earthen works. Apart from the section at ore where you have those food joints, all other sectios did not have their core base shored up with rocks like yo would find them do in gwagwalada in Abuja!

The end of the matter is this; that road rehabilitation is not nothing worth celebrating and not worth even calling an achievement! You do not celebrate a child that fail school sat 5 times and got only a D in the sixth attempt! Oh we'll maybe in PDP they do [/quote]Any person going to Asaba or (Onitsha for that matter) and decides to go through Benin itself (Ikpoba hill road) doeen't know what he is doing esp if he is coming from Benin-Ore- the bye-pass links directly to Benin-Asaba-Onitsha road without having to pass through Benin itself. You are right on Warri though- if you are on the Benin-Ore road, passing through Benin via Sapele road to Benin-Warri road is the best bet; BUT most of the traffic on Benin-Ore is towards Benin-Asaba-Onitsha anyways.
FYI, there is NO 3-lane road anywhere WITHIN Benin. Shee, your interpretation of a 3-lane road is 3 lanes on either side , (making it 6), right? Then there is NONE in Benin. Ugbowo-Dawson (through Urubi) has already been expanded, and IT IS NOT A 3-LANE ROAD.

Keep sayig that the rehabilitated sections of the Benin-Ore road is 'earthen work' if it helps you sleep this night....

[quote author=Omo_Tier1]As a pathological liar, I expect nothing less from you by the way. If I may educate you, the main portion of the Benin Lagos that has been a night for Travellers is Ore. Ofosu largely has been okay, however it was considered a dangerous portion of that road because of the high rate of robbery that do take place there. If you call Oluku (former toll gate) to Dawson in consequential, then Ofosu to Ore must be minute indeed and the FG should have reconstructed that portion within 18months! Alas, the PDP government have been it for we'll over 9years.

FYI Oshiomhole is not patch patching that portion of the road, instead He is expanding both sides to three lanes like He did on Sapele road.
Your comments about Ofosu still been rehabilitated just goes to show you know little to nothing of what you are commenting on. Dude like I said previously, you should be ashamed of yourself for singing praises of this leaking gravy train of a project. Abuja Minna road is far less an important road economically, yet that road is being reconstructed with two lanes and is almost nearing completion yet Benin Ore road is being patched patched with earthen works that would not last 10years.[/quote]@BOLD1: What is this thing you are yanning about the TINY Benin portion of this road for God's sake (it is VERY INCONSEQUENTIAL now cos of the bye-pass- it is now for all intents and purpose, just one of the many 'internal' roads WITHIN GREATER BENIN). And how is Oshiomohle turning it to a 3-carriage way? THAT IS A SILLY LIE. Guy, you are talking to someone who have spent most of his life in Benin- i passed tru that road almost every day when I was in school. That section of the road(esp the Ugbowo end) has always looked like a on-way route; Oshiomohle is only adding another lane to it, and that is not even for all the route- from Uselu market down to New Benin (or to Dawson) is still the 1-lane arrangement except for an expanded side-walk and drainage.
Count yur teeth more carefully next time before making any assertions here, k?

@BOLD2: So parts of Ofosu is not been rehabilitated now (almost finished though)?

@BOLD3: that you just said that the rehabilitated portions of the Benin-ore is just been 'patched with earthen work' simply means that I ought not to waste my time on you any longer....

ballabriggs: Mr Man, don't you get our point? Work has been going on on that road since 1999! It is still the same old story. For over 10 years now, RCC has been on that road.

This work e no dey finish? Na everyday we dey make "progress" on the road we have been on for over 10 years and still counting? Look for where I dey now, some parts of the M1 have been expanded with 3 lanes on both sides with hard shoulders, no noise about it. I no even remember when they started the project, all I know is that the road is wider now and I can drive smoothly on that road.

This our own rehabilitation no dey finish? We wan build am till Jesus come?

E don dey finish NOW..na im we dey try tell you.

Previously people sleep on that road but if you ply the road now, you would find that you will get to Lagos in about 3-4 hrs (and you would hardly see any of those many VERY FAILED sections)...na all these make we dey say the REHABILITATION of the road don dey FINISH now. Undastad??

ballabriggs: HEY! HEY!! You are a liar, a Chartered Certfied Liar (CCL). You see yourself now. That road has always been a dual carriage way, so when did they award a contract to turn parts to a dual carriage way? EHN, EHN? GTFOH!!!

Hehehehe..... Are you MADT??

You are right though, the road was always a dual carriage way (My mistake). The new contract was meant to do RECONSTRUCTIONS of phase3 (phase 1 and phase 2 are the parts that are been completed now) of parts of the road and expand it TO 3-CARRIAGEWAYS.

And like I said previously, it is a diff contract from the REHABILITATION of certain sections of the road which given in 2006 i believe:

Succour is on the way for commuters on the Benin-Sagamu expressway as the Federal Executive Council yesterday approved the reconstruction of outstanding sections of Benin-Ofosu-Ore-Ajebandele-Shagamu expressway phase 111.

The contract which was awarded in the sum of N65,223,155,642.34 with a completion period of 36 months, according to Minister of Information Labaran Maku “will not only improve the socio-economic activities of the area, but will also reduce vehicle operating costs, travel time and accidents on the road”.

The Minister who was flanked by his colleagues, the Minister of Works, Mike Onomelemen and Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Olajumoke Akinjide, said the “outstanding sections of the road are in disrepair’ there is need to reconstruct them to ease traffic flow along the road.

He said when completed, the project will generate employment for Nigerians as well as impact positively on the informal sector of the economy.

Speaking on the project, Mr Onolememen said the scope of work would include the complete reconstruction of Km 9 to Km 18 and Km 75 to Km 162 of the road, adding that it would have three lanes on both carriage ways at the completion of the project[b][/b].

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/fg-approves-contract-on-benin-sagamu-phase-3/

[quote author=Omo_Tier1]You GEJ apologist never seizes to amaze me! Benin-Lagos express way rehabilitation is a joke in itself. Nigerians have been abused in all ramifications that mediocrity is now consider excellence.
What the OP failed to mention is that the Expansion work to Dawson is not being done by FG, rather oshiomhole is the one handling that portion of that road and more progress would have been made by the Edo State government but the FG refused to cooperate as per refund of project cost to Edo State government coffers.

The pictures posted by the OP completely discredit the alleged work done so far as a sham! At Ofosu, some portions rehabilitated are already beginning to fail![/quote]Now, you my friend are a shameless TOOL and an ijiot. Just imagine how you twisted the words of the @OP in order to make your silly points.

This was what the @OP said:

Both sides of the road have been largely fixed from Ore to just before Ofosu, and then from the Edo State boundary up to Oluku in Benin. Work is ongoing at Ofosu area and also at Ugbowo end in Benin up to Dawson junction.

You specifically chose the two areas that the @OP already admitted where the two very small areas that the rehabilitation is still ongoing, to make it look like the rehabiltation was 'a joke' as you put it.

1st off, whether it is Oshiomohle who is presently rehabilitating the Ugbowo-Dawson (Ugbowo-New Benin) VERY TINY, almost inconsequential section (not only cos it is just too small but also cos of the Bye-pass) is so besides the point. I know there was a misunderstanding bw the FG and the Edo state govt, and if it is the Edo state govt that is doing it now, I expect them to demand for refunds from the FG soon.

The @OP also said clearly that a section close to Ofosu is still been rehabilitating, yet you are already calling it a 'failed portion'. What a DUNCE...

THIS IS A LIE AND SHAMELESS PROPAGANDA. 'Massive criticisms' Or 'massive Felicitation/Commendation'?

This is the President's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jonathangoodluck

Go through the comments and see for yourself if by far MOST of the persons who commented fecilitated and commended the President Or they did otherwise. See esp almost 10,000 comments before this Punch report.


SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS ARE NO LONGER PRETENDING TO HAVE ANY IOTA OF SHAME IN THE PURSUIT OF THE PROPAGANDIST BIDDINGS OF THEIR PAY MASTERS.

I can't understand how people can LIE so openly Publicly; I just dont get it....*smh*

vanstanzy: Did i mention entire lenght? Cos lasttime i checked, i didn't. Surely, it must have been a while since u travelled that route. I made a travel thru that route on the 23rd. U mean from that day to the 26th, FG has completed the entire stretch of road without patching? FG must be a wizard!

Just tk d correction my friend and stop talking about Drains in relation to federal roads; dats like ridiculous (and i made d correctn nicely enuf)....... See, large stretches of dat road was completed dilabilitatd, and you dont do 'patch-patch' work on those kinds of sections, you RECOVER them - and dat implies total rehabilitatn or even reconstructions of those section, not 'patch-patch' work which is usd mostly for potholes. If u usd that road b4 now and u know d state it is in right now, u wud nt be talking about 'patch-patch' (at least nt for sm sections). Like i said in my 1st comment, anoda contract was awarded dis yr to expand and turn parts of d expressway to a dual-carriage way (dis is diff from d Rehabilitation of bad sections contract which was initially given in 2006)..... And oh, I neva said d entire road has bn completely rehabilitatd; i bliv dat d term i usd was 'virtuali fixed', and if u actuali usd d road as early as d 23rd u wud attest to dis

Let me just say again that its a GOOD tin dat Aregbe is doing. Its part of a very POSITIVE trend that I hv bn noticing lately wit many of d governors. There seem to be much better schools (sm of them of real good quality) across the nation by some state governors in d say last 5 yrs than we eva had in sm decades. From Edo to Rivers, to Akwa ibom, to Jigawa, to Imo, to Lagos and some odas (even d yeye Delta state govt are raising up sm very good structure fast in recent times). It is good for the students, and i pray it continues.... Once again, Kudos Aregbe; plz complete all of them...

Standing5: Hmm Aregbe dey try sha!!!. I hope Sincere 9gerian and co are watching. That's two reasons for GEJ to have headache Aregbe and Fashola.

Must u guys always bring GEJ to ya local politics... Here u are mastur.bating over d thread cos Aregbe built a Nice model Secondary school (which is a good tin, as we pray for more of such) and then hving d strong urge to comparing him with GEJ; when GEJ has completed 86 Standard Model schools for Almajiri and Girl- child educatn tru out d nation IN LESS THAN 8 MONTHS (out of d 106 dat were supposd to be built dis yr and about 400 b4 2015)!!!

The same GEJ apart from rehabilitating d Unity Secondary schools, is building modern libraries for ALL 72 of them unda a year (sm of dem already completd while most odas shld be completd by 1st quarter of nx year).

GEJ has also built 9 NEW Universities in all d states without a federal university IN LESS THAN 1 YEAR AND 6 MONTHS!!

Ironically, d same GEJ wud likely contribute to d building of sm these Aregbe's schools (esp those in d pre-Senior Secondary) as UBEC funds wud be usd for these schools.....plz stop d comparisons already, okay?

ballabriggs: Mr man, are you aware that OBJ constructed the dual lane on the Benin to Asaba highway? Are you aware that OBJ constructed the Benin bypass? Are you aware that OBJ started the work on the Onitsha Owerri road with the ground breaking in 2003? Are you aware that OBJ completed the dual carriage Ife-Ijesha highway? That is not to say OBJ is not a criminal like the rest of the PDP mafia, however, what we have now is a totally irresponsible government. The level of theft and irresponsibility as we have it today makes me look at OBJ and call him, "Saint OBJ".

Am just trying to undastad why u quotd my comment if dis was what u were going to write? Did d comment u bliv u are responding to say in any form dat Obj didn't do SOME roads? Or was it just wondering what dat oda poster meant by 'reasonably pliable' during Obj days and 'minimally improvd' today?..... Plz tk d patience to read my comments b4 responding; i might not be dis kind nx time....... By d way, who told u dat d Onitsha-Owerri expressway is still ongoing?

vanstanzy: But why do Nigerians love taking temporary measures? Its the same $h!7 that's affecting our FG. GEJ claims he is assumed slow cos he doesn't like taking hasty decisions and wants to give Nigerians a more permanent solution.
These patch-patch on our road is it in anyway permanent, and without drains?

Guy, which Federal road have Drains along its entire length?....and who told u it was a 'patch-patch' work ?

doctokwus: Let someone tell us how much dey spent on d patch patch dey did.For somebody to say dis road has not bn dis gud for vehicles to ply is a blatant lie.D road evn days of Obasanjo was reasonably pliable during some times of d year,only to go bad again after some time;so dose who want to raise d flag for any minimal improvement during dis regime shd wait a bit to reassess any project.
Again,I ask dis rehabilitation has bn done @what cost?

You call it 'Minimal improvement'? When last did u use dis road? Sm of u are just UNBELIEVABLE!!.. 'Reasonably pliable' during Obj yrs? Which Obj are u talking about? What does 'reasonably pliable' CONNOTE in dis instance sef? The contract for dis road was awarded in 2006, and bw then and smtime last yr d road grew WORSE, rainy or dry season. I hv bn plying d road even b4 then. Shld I tell u hw many times i had bn stuckd on dat road Or for hw many HOURS. Shld I tell u hw many times i had hv to pass a completely diff state to get to Benin, negotiating small paths and roads in God's knows where in d thick of d night cos Ore section was COMPLETELY BLOCK? Again, what does 'reasonably pliable' connote and which Obj were u talking about?..... CRITICISM is Not a Job; tking it as such mks one a Complete TOOL..

READ: http://www.google.com.ng/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=agricultural+transformation+agenda+by+adesina+in+london&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&ved=0CEUQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newworldnigeria.com%2Fpdf%2FAdesinaLondonBOIForumfinal.pdf&ei=5gbbUNKRC_HJ0AWl_YGYDw&usg=AFQjCNG6v3-hX81L10WXDwiMr2BK_vX9Qw

The perennially bad Benin-Ore Road has been largely FIXED, so there was a much better driving experience on that road than in the last 10 years.

The main road I ply though is the Benin-Asaba Expressway which has always been GOOD (even before GEJ), though the Asaba end witnessed a lot of traffic build-up these few day cos of people rushing to their places this Xmas.

Yea, Benin-Ore has been virtually FIXED afta very many years of failed promises. Those who plied it this Xmas season would testify to that.

The Reconstruction/Expansion of a section of the road (closer to Lagos) into a Dual-carriage Way is however still on going....

This is the President's facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jonathangoodluck

Go through the comments and see for yourself if by far MOST of the persons who commented fecilitated and commended the President Or they did otherwise. See esp almost 10,000 comments before this Punch report.


SOME NIGERIAN NEWSPAPERS ARE NO LONGER PRETENDING TO HAVE ANY IOTA OF SHAME IN THE PURSUIT OF THE PROPAGANDIST BIDDINGS OF THEIR PAY MASTERS.

I can't understand how people can LIE so opnly Publicly; I just dont get it....*smh*

Hope nobody died...

k2039: As expected, you never seem to dissapoint me with your speech, complete and utter bulshit, nonesense.

Again you just demonstrated plain and obvious stupidity with your lame and dumb excuses.

The earlier this man keeps his mouth shut and stops spewing dust the better for him. The more he talks the more she shows he is a slo.w poke.

A doctorate degree doesn't guarantee intelligence and smartness.

MUMU-ish, since u are so smart, point out the 'nonsense' in d speech and let me 'go ova' them wit u... The way u just chose to express yr view show that yr parents FAILED woefully in yr upbringing.. I 'pity' them

Eko Ile: So, after his patient and methodical thinking, he gave us Anenih as the NPA Boss? What a lowly built dullard and barrel bottom thinker.



This man is not only ridiculing us, he's insulting our intelligence.

SHUT dat yr mouth there HYPOCRITE. In as much as i loath Anenih, is he more CORRUPT (or seen as such) than Tinubu yr master? Is Tinubu, d chap u praise to high heavens here and who virtuali CONTROLS govts in d SW, any beta?....SHUT yr trap there again..

I don laugh sotire laugh tire me ... The HYPOCRISY of the resident ACN Goons demanding PERFECTION from GEJ for the mess he inherited UNDER 2 YEARS while making EXCUSES for Fash who has ruled for 6yrs (who I like personally), has been very thoroughly EXPOSED.

I am actually commenting on this thread so that I can have it on my Post History. Great thread from @lastpope..

Demdem: basically, seun is saying Achebe hall of shame thread remains. Voting is ongoing, peeps kindly go there and cast ur votes.
Retardeen Ebele Jonathan is a wise choice IMO

https://www.nairaland.com/1139345/nairaland-politics-section-hall-shame/9

MUMU-ish ...hehehehe..

One day, we go hear say @Demdem don 'die'; 'wetin killi am', people go dey ask? 'Na im acute Negative OBSESSION with anoda pesin na im cause am', go bi the answer....

Get a Life, dude.........

Prof Corruption: You can not build a society where you commend the good alone without castigating the bad and the ugly. There were rules and nomination procedures that were followed in putting Achebe on that list. Seun, which of the rules has been broken? Did the moderators nominate him?

Two, tell me how is Achebe suddenly more important than the Nigerian president? If GEJ could be conferred with such award in 2011, who is Achebe that can not be so honored in similar fashion? You can't change the goal post when the game is on.

Seun, what's more shameful than gagging the opinions of majority of Nairalanders who nominated him?

STOP foooling yrself wit this 'majority of nairalands' CRAP.. Many of a few of u hv up to 10 different ID's for God's sake. 10 ID's * 10 persons = 100 'persons' on NL... 'Majority' my very fine azzz..

[quote author=Omo_Tier1]Only fools believe empty promises again and again! Tell him to fix the power sector and revive the agricultural road map obasanjo left behind![/quote]Just curious: what Agric Road map did OBJ leave behind?

oyb: Muppet is too kind for you - you're dumber than a kindegarten stick man

and an illterate witches are chasing me noisemaker to boot

is that what you use to console your drunken master - oga , it is witches and wizards that are spoiling your fresh air?

jona and the superstitious monkeys

Why is 'he' saying... Abi, KOLO don enter DIABOLICAL mata?

naptu2: Hahahahahahahahahahahhaha!

1) I can write a book on Nigerian and US security

2) I can show you a thread where it appeared as if I was defending GEJ on this same issue of motorcades and road closures, but that's not what I'm doing, I'm looking for the best practice for Nigeria because I want a better Nigeria (I'm not one of you "GEJ till I die" or "GEJ bashers", I want a better Nigeria period!

3) On that same thread I told them that it's not about comparisons. Why? Because I'm not one of those follow follow people. If the US makes a mistake, does that mean that we should make the same mistake? If a Nigerian makes an innovation, does that mean that we should discard it because it's not done in the US?

@naptu2, let me just say that i believe you. You are not d frivolous type, and i was not actuali directly responding to you but to d THOUGHTS of sm oda persons on dis thread (even if i directly quotd yr comment)..... I wud hv lovd to debate hw best Presidents can move around with d LEAST POSSIBLE disruptns on d activities of odas (as u did in yr 1st comment on pg1- where i clickd 'like' by d way), but u know well dat this was not why dis thread was opend and brought to d FP..... Anoda time perhaps?