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steg0miah: The Vice Chancellor of FUTO, Chidozie Asiabaka, in his speech, expressed joy at the completion of the structure.

Mr. Asiabaka noted that the projects had gone a long way in tackling the dearth of basic infrastructure in the school.

“The dearth of classrooms, lecture theatres, power supply, student hostels, office accommodation, library space and facilities are major challenges my administration faced when I assumed office two years-ago,’’ he said.

The vice chancellor said with the intervention of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, the university got 1000 sitting-capacity lecture theatre, Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies Building.

He said the inaugurated projects are the new Engineering Technology, School of Environmental Technology Building, Centre for Nuclear Energy Studies and Training and the School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology building complexes.

The others are the School of Environmental Technology building, landscaping of the campus and the provision of solar energy lights on the campus.

He also commended the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on the completion of the giant student hostel building in the university.

He lauded the Federal Government for the release of N1 billion for the development of capital projects in each public funded university.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/143567-there-is-no-need-for-ASUU-to-continue-strike-jonathan.html

edi287: Thought i was the only one...

awodman: Now that was some PRO-AGGRESSIVE stone throwed

otokx: ALUU and UNIPORT have been having 18 hours of light daily for the past 2 days. GEJ is working.

Boss13: [/b]It seems that the vigilante civilian JTF know these insurgents. From the questions they were asking, it certainly show that they have good knowledge about their operations[/b].

For now I may need to accept that shekau is dead. Good job

naptu2: Yesterday I said "next destination is the Eastern Line" and today I saw this. So now I'll say, next destination is the Central Line (Itakpe to Warri). (Let's see if the magic will work again).

talktimi: i like the way you always pretend to be intelligent... Ok

Exmay: I went through this thread and I can't but feel sorry for my country men... Somebody is spending FG's/Tax payers' money in doing projects and I see e-praisesingers singing his praise as if he did this with his money...

#smhformycountrymen....

Yungwizzzy: hmmmmmm
still doesn't change anything

Symphony007: rome was not built in a day and it was'nt built in a century either. While your government is busy rehabilitating colonial railways, others are building high speed, semi high speed rails. Maybe it will take nigeria a billion years to get there since rome was not built in a day.

naptu2: 2)

A) Heavy rail: This thread is about improvements in the heavy rail network. Rail lines and services that were dormant are being revived (including the rail links to Apapa and Port Harcourt Quays). This move is very important for our economy.

Goods like wheat, cement, mattresses, petroleum products, etc are now being transported by trains. This makes it cheaper for manufacturers to move raw materials directly from the port to their facilities and move finished goods the other way. It also makes life easier for importers.

Wempco has set up its steel factory in Lagos. It needs iron to be able to produce sheet steel. The iron mines are at Itakpe in Kogi State. The dilemma is how to transport iron from Itakpe to Lagos. Well, the Iddo-Kano rail line has a branch that leads to Itakpe. The revival of the rail system makes life easier for Wempco.

One of the problems we've had with the heavy rail system is that the Colonial Government laid narrow gauge tracks, which are very slow. I read of a reception for Lord Lugard in which the Resident (colonial administrator) complained that he needed standard gauge rail tracks because the trains were so slow that sacks of groundnuts were being built up into pyramids in Kano rather than being conveyed to the port in Lagos.

Standard gauge tracks are now being laid.


B) High speed rail: The proposal for a high speed rail link between Lagos and Abuja has been made since the Obasanjo era. Now the government is getting Chinese help to build it.



The future
https://www.nrc-ng.org/gallery/Future-Rail.jpg

However, these high speed trains do not carry goods.

C) Metro: This is very important, particularly in the big cities of Lagos, Abuja and Port-Harcourt. The Lagos and Abuja metro systems are currently being built, but I hear that the Port-Harcourt Monorail project is experiencing some difficulties.

awodman: 247ureports..about what they said on the failure of Offor's lobbying

chiteny: Another failed venture from inception and means of massive looting and corruption by our Government.

I will just sit back and watch this happen right after the lunch of the "national carrier".

All hopes are lost in this my beloved country as long as we dont have a government that is accountable its people.

oyb: oga stop lying

i have posted a link to the pdf

nowhere does it say nigeria is ranked 14th

it references 2012

the countries are groupd in alphabethical order

there were 5 accidents in africa in 2012

two involved fatalities
there was a total of 167 fatalities in africa
Nigeria had 163


so rather than bizarre celebration that involves an accident that has still not been satisfactorily resolved - ban dana today, unban them tomorrow, unresolved issues of poor safety practices, i suggest you come to terms with the fact that your employers are bad market

Clerverly: Some people are really shameless bigots. That a certain Giant of africa as we are made to believe, is ranked 14th in Africa and some paid e rats are here popping champagne with different monikers and liking their post shows how low we have sunk as a country. Smh! Cant wait for 2015 to give them Soludo treatment. Ndi ara!

Rossikk: The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has listed Nigeria as one of the 14 countries in Africa that have achieved effective air safety implementation above the global average of 61 per cent.

This rating is contained in the ICAO 2013 Safety Report compiled by its Auditors...

The ICAO 2013 Safety Report lends credence to the Category One certification granted Nigeria in 2011 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States of America for meeting stipulated international standards and practices on safety and security.

Nigeria has over the years implemented several safety improvement programmes which also earned it the Category One Certification by the US Aviation Authorities.

http://leadership.ng/news/220813/icao-audit-nigeria-makes-list-14-best-africa

4llerbuntu: ARE YOU AWARE THAT IT IS THE [size=18pt]NATIONAL[/size] JUDICIAL COUNCIL THAT RECOMMENDS A CANDIDATE TO THE GOVERNOR AND THAT CHOICE IS RATIFIED BY THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (NOW THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN RIVERS CASE)?
Section 281(1) Constitution 2004 FRN


are u also aware this man's name has been forwarded to the national assembly for ratification?


Are you aware of the qualifications prescribed the the Rivers State Laws for Customary Court Judges? Per s281(3)
You should be able to verify that the man does not qualify under that too before dishing out your "opinions"

I know some states specifically require the President of the Customary Court to be a High Court Judge at the time of appointment.


It may well be that this man is of the same cadre as the high court judges and probably got his earlier appointment because he was the most senior judge following the former CJ of the state.




So is this really a case of "Amaechi" choosing the wrong person??

PDP arselickers sha........ LEARNED IGNORANCE

Anniettie ufia: "The minister said that 138 direct and 1,380 indirect jobs would becreated at the six substations expected to be completed in eightmonths.
On"

The minister is steal busy creating jobs,
While Nigerian are yearning for Light ,
Which one is the prior need for the masses ?
I think it is high time this minister start giving us light which is what we want from your ministry,

Leave THE report of JOB CREATION for ministry of Labour & productivity.

practitioner: Section 271(4) of d 1999 constitution,which is applicable here provides as follows" if d office of d chief judge of a state is vacant or if d person holding d office is for any reason unable to perform d functions of d office, then until a person has been appointed to and has assumed the function of that office or until the person holdings d office has resumed those functions,the Governor of d state shall appoint the most senior judge of d High court to perform those functions".Going by d report, d Governor appointed d president of d customary court of appeal as d most senior judge, but d constitution provides that d appointee shall be d most senior judge of the HIGH COURT.Justice Agumagu not being a judge of d high court, is not qualified constitutionally for d appointment. To that extent,Governor Amechi got it wrong.

erinolu: Very true..The Abakiliki Mbok road work kicked off before 2010, why should this present government take credit for it

awodman: He also said that the Corporation will commission some
newly acquired assets which include four 1800HP
locomotives and two 100-ton telescopic cranes.



Source:businessdayonline.com/2013/08/railways-flags-off-movement-of-container-freights-from-lagos-to-kano/

awodman: To set the ball rolling, initially, 20 wagons carrying 20 to 40 containers will be moved per trip with the intention to
making 3 trips a week. The commencement of the
container traffic will, no doubt, help in decongesting the
ports as well as help in facilitating the establishment and
use of Inland Container Depots (ICDs) along the track
corridors.


In his words “Single train haulage of 20 containers is
equivalent to 20 trailers or 40 trucks on the road and this
goes a long way to improve the economic, health, safety
and environmental sustainability of the nation”, he added.


Source:businessdayonline.com/2013/08/railways-flags-off-movement-of-container-freights-from-lagos-to-kano/