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slivertongue:
we know, I thought lai said APC will make it toll free.

You're listening to Liar Mohamed?


How will the private firms collect their 75% stake

seunmsg:
Jonathan made arrangement for tolling the bridge after completion and not Buhari. It’s also important to note that if Buhari didn’t build the bridge, there would be nothing to toll. Be grateful.

At the end of the day, there's still going to be a toll gate on the bridge. Since its a PPP project with $600+ million.

Mama don collect her own N10,000. But she has to understand that her son was during strong head, cos he thought Wike is weak

seunmsg:
When will you guys stop playing this silly victim card?
Jonathan was in Aso rock for eight years and did not build the bridge. Still, your people voted massively for him and some are yet to stop crying till today that he lost.

The man that is building it is the one that is unforgiving on the people around the place where the bridge is sited. Why are you people so ungrateful like this?

As Julius Berger said, there's going to be a Toll Station on the bridge. Which Igbos will have to pay for the Bridge, so how ungrateful are the igbos if they're going to pay for the bridge.

Is Buhari using he's fathers money to give us a gift? The last time I checked there's no toll station along Lagos- Ibadan expressway

Supreme Court governor. A well known 419er that have been trying since 1999 to get into Douglas house to go and steal as usual

Thetruthalways:
You that isn't dumb where did your intelligence take you and your father to?

It took us to your mother's stinky ass

Afamed:
Definitely you identified another person, not that monicker you quoted

he knows what I'm saying, but are you that jobless, who put your mouth for the matter?

Nothing wey Fulana herdsmen no go see for bush.

richfriendsng:
push your business to your customer's doorstep this period of lockdown online, chat me let me create a business online presence for you where you can display your wares and get orders from people online.
07 017 880 751

People still dey do oga, hunger no go kill me, even if I don't work, I won't go hungry, but I prefer to work. I know how much I don't make this week alone by creating websites and blogs for people, and as well doing online web design tutorials.

I wish you all the best

Okoroawusa:
Standing in the scorching sun to vote President Muhammad Buhari in 2015 n again in 2019 has been one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life.

I don't ever regret it.

But you brought your leprosy legs on second Niger bridge thread to just hate

richfriendsng:
push your business to your customer's doorstep this period of lockdown online, chat me let me create a business online presence for you where you can display your wares and get orders from people online.
07 017 880 751

People still dey do website?

Oga find another hustle o, make hunger no kill you

Some people will just sit back and write rubbish and say (President Buhari) said this and that.

When you read he's Twitter posts, you will think he's related to Wole Soyinka or Chimamanda

Meanwhile, we all know the man is dumb as fck.

DanseMacabre:
Why don't you use the time spent on being a third-rate Nairaland e-tribalist in instead seeking for gainful employment?

Had it been you're gainfully employed you won't be on Nairaland 24/7 arguing with people about the obvious

uruba23:
Well because it is been flare in Oguta but can be transported to lagos into power turbines that would generated electricity for lagos and money for oguta lake kinsmen

until we see the money on our people life.

Dog said that he won't believe there is party going on in the village until he starts picking bones on the floor

DanseMacabre:
Your headline explicitly states that 'Igbos' will pay for the bridge via toll gates. Please enlighten me as to how this will be achieved. Maybe those collecting toll fees will ask for I.D before collecting.

So the Bridge is no longer for Igbos, it's now for Osun and Jigawa people any?

DanseMacabre:
Lol this post should be consigned to the refuse bin.


Nothing in your prevaricating post remotely corroborates your sensational headline.

That there won't be Toll gate as Julius Berger stated on their website?

Or it's not a PPP project?

OreMI22:
Nigerians will still be forced to pay for the bridge after using Abacha's loot to build it.

It tells you how unforgiving the FG is on the people around the place where the bridge is sited.

The truth is that we are being distracted,

on Julius Berger website, it says there will be a toll station on the bridge,

We are almost behaving like Cynthia Morgan by not reading contracts well.

It's a public and private partisanship which means the private company has to recoup their %75 investment.

The second Niger Bridge

The idea of second Niger bridge was initiated because there were concerns on the status of the first bridge. There were fears that the bridge could collapse at any time owing to old age and continuous impact of human and vehicular activities.

The then President Goodluck Jonathan's government came up with the idea and it was approved.

The new bridge is seen as a very significant piece of infrastructure with its ripple effects on lives and businesses around the places it cuts across. For instance, there are hopes that the bridge, when fully constructed and made open for public use, will improve road safety and ease traffic flow. It is also hoped that the states it cuts across will have improved socio-economic activities.



The project being handled by Julius Berger construction company encompasses 1.6 kilometres of bridge, 10.3 kilometers of highway and 1 toll station.

The construction of the second Niger bridge is being financed through an agreement model known as Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer (DFBOT) of a Public Private Partnership between Nigeria's federal government represented by the ministry of works alongside Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority and Julius Berger. The project is estimated to cost $653 million. Of this amount, the federal government will contribute only $150 million.

According to the government, the base of the second Niger bridge is estimated to last at least 100 years. Please note stat the information didn't come from the construction company but one of the aides of President Buhari.



What 'Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer' (DFBOT) model is

The DFBOT is a new model used to undertake large projects. Its involves an agreement between the government and a private individual, most often, a company or group of companies or investors to fund a large project. After the construction, the project would be operated by the firm or investors for an agreed period, which usually spans years.

In most cases, the firm or firms collect tolls from where they'll recoup their funds. At the end of the agreed years, the project would be handed over to the government.

What this entails is that tolls (money) are likely to be collected from people who would use the bridge. This is substantiated by the inclusion of a toll station in the project.



So, now you know. Nigerians may pay for using the second Niger bridge whenever it is completed.

My opinion

Truth be told, the media space, both the new and traditional media, is inundated with all kinds of stories on the second Niger bridge. Of course the completion date has been set as February 2022 but there are fears that it may not be achieved.



There are stories everywhere on how the government is using looted funds to finance the project, the latest being the Abacha loot repatriated to the country from the US recently. The government listed the project as one of the projects to be financed by the recovered loot, still, there are stories that part the funds for the project has been provided for in the budget.

Taking our minds back, this bridge was used as a campaign bait by former president Goodluck Jonathan. President Muhammadu Buhari used it also for the 2015 elections campaign as well as the 2019 campaign.



It's more like a campaign tool now. Don't be surprised that it will still be used as a campaign tool by both APC and PDP for the 2023 elections.

We don't want to see any Man U fan complain for here.

Una no get money

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I trust Ngige, na real bad belle

They will set them free, Osun should quickly poison them sharp sharp

Onyi22:
Wike is a noise maker

you mean when he's doing your mom?

[quote author= post=89906807]What
Short of words @ the moment!
Chisos!!



The thread is talking about how your people are withdrawing monies meant for you and your future kids giving to them by the FG to better your lives in the Oil producing state,
BUT, all you can type is OK and asking about how much did the president withdrew.

Sane and right thinking Nairalanders,
can you see why some people will remain the way they are till they grow old?
What manner of kids are these for krissake?!
Pathetic.[/quote]Tell us the Buhari and he's forty thieves withdrew from our country. Thiefnubuu has to even use Bullion van to carry his own around while Ganduje has to stuff he's own in agbada in an open camera.

So go to hell

MBimbo:
This episode long to


Kindly show some love to a friend in need. Make person buy food. Any amount biko

Acces Bank 0012614633

No one will give you 1 naira, you're a lazy man. It's obvious. You are too lazy not to read a page of book but you know how to beg all day like almaljiri

Warlord2012:
A blood line back stab....i don't expect such a comment from peter, maybe he should employ a media adviser.

In life there are ups and downs...why is that we always give glory to ourselves when at the top,but always find someone to put the blame on whenever we fall to bottom.

Cynthia ,depression is natural, but don't stay on it for too long.... I am sure you will get back on your feet.

You're one hell of a confuse fool. So all the artist Jude has use satanic clause to destroy are fools, abi?

May D was rendered useless by Jude cos of contract too.

teamsynergy:
This niggar still never dey alrite with im brothers

Something is wrong with people like you,

So what May D, C. Morgan and co are passing through is rubbish abi? Jude is a greedy man. The twin love each other but there will always be that third brother or sister to fck things up

Afamed:
REPORT OF MY INVESTIGATION INTO AN ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION AND PUBLIC DECEIT IN THE CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM.

Earlier today, 13th April 2020, a respected member of this forum made a sensational allegation that the picture of his late Aunt from Anambra who died in December 2018 was being shared by Officials of the Conditional Cash Transfer as one of those who benefited from the disbursement of N20,000 CCT in Anambra state last week.

Considering the seriousness and sensitivity of the allegation, I launched an investigation into the matter. I promised that I will to get to the root of the matter and I have done so and I now report back to us.

First I requested the forumite to send me the picture he was referring to which he did.

Next, I went to the @HUPcct Twitter handle and confirmed that indeed that picture was there but contrary to the claim by the forumite that it was used for Anambra state, the picture was put as one of the beneficiaries from Aboh Mbaise in Imo state.

It is worthy of mention here that the same picture of the same woman has been used by certain blog sites alleging that the beneficiary (the same woman) said that after their pictures were taken with the N20,000, it was taken from them and they were given N2,000 instead.

Armed with those information and screenshots, I escalated the matter and forwarded all the materials gathered to the HUPcct through Mr Henry Ayade an official of the program. In fact he handles their official Twitter handle and uploaded the said picture(s) himself.

I had earlier explained to the forumite that the Twitter handle only uploads information sent by the state Coordinators of the program.

Mr Ayade promptly got back to me after confronting the Imo State Coordinator of the Program, Mr Joseph Odoemena with the sensational and serious allegation(s).
He said the Coordinator affirmed without prevarication that the picture was taken on Saturday at Aboh Mbaise, Imo state and that he personally forwarded it to the headquarters.

He further said he would send me the coordinator's number which he did. I called the Coordinator and presented the allegations.
He told me unequivocally that there was no mistake. That the picture in question was taken on Saturday at Aboh Mbaise, that the woman in the picture was from Aboh Mbaise and couldn't have been dead as she was one of those who received money on Saturday.

I also asked him about the allegations by some blogs (although not credible sites) that the same woman said the N20,000 was taken away from them after snapping pictures with it and they were given N2,000 instead. He said that was a wicked lie.

The Imo state Coordinator then offered to go to Aboh Mbaise to trace the woman in the picture and if and when he finds her, he will take pictures and even interview her on video. I agreed.

He went to Aboh Mbaise and indeed saw the same woman in the picture and actually did a video which he has sent to me. There is also an interview with the woman's son.

I want us to carefully watch the videos as attached and compare with the picture of the woman.

The videos are in Igbo. Therefore for the benefit of those who do not understand Igbo, I have transcribed the two videos below.

#VideoOne
WITH THE WOMAN.

Q. Where are you from?

Woman: I'm from Umuodaa in Ahiaato Aboh Mbaise.

Q: On this day, you are talking like someone who is alive. Is that correct?

Woman: Yes!! Yes!!!

Q: .. because they said you were dead .... but you are not dead. God will keep you alive in Jesus' name.

Woman: Amen!!

Q: When did you people receive that money?

Woman: It was on Saturday afternoon.

Q: How much were you given?

Woman: Twenty Thousand.

Q: Did anyone collect money from you after you were given the money?

Answer: No!!! No body!!
They gave me, I looked for a "cyclist" because I couldn't go to Afor Enyiogwugwu (market). I'm not strong. I returned to Umuwoko, Umuodaa in Ahiaato.

Q: God bless you.

Woman: Amen oo.

Q: Tell the entire world that you are alive.

Woman: The entire world, I'm alive oo. God (crying).

Q: Thank you.

#Video2
THE WOMAN'S SON:

"This is Mrs Cordelia Linus Ewurum from Umulogho, Umuodaa, Nguru, Aboh Mbaise LGA.

She's alive and healthy.

Last Saturday, she went to Choko, Umunze and collected her token, N20,000 as was given to others.

There was no problem and nobody objected that she is answering her own name or any other thing.

But all I know is she's alive and she collected the money on behalf of herself.

Thank you."

#Conclusion
From the foregoing and the videos and pictures, it is very clear, without any iota of doubt that the woman in the video is the same woman in the picture the forumite said was the picture of his late Aunt who died in December 2018.

She is from Aboh Mbaise in Imo state. She is alive and collected her N20,000 CCT money herself and the picture posted by the HUPcct and shared by many of us is correct and not a photoshop as alleged.

Also the allegation by some faceless blogs that she said they were given N2,000 after taking pictures with N20,000 is untrue and #FakeNews.

I will urge us all to always make effort to verify every information we receive and to be very sure of our facts before making any allegations.

I want to sincerely thank all of us and especially Mr Henry Ayade of HUPcct Abuja and Mr Joseph Odoemena, the Imo state Coordinator of HUPcct.

They are shining examples of what a public servant should be - diligent, upright, accountable, dedicated and swift in action.

Thank you all.

Dr Uche Diala

Ogun slap you mad there

ThreeBlackBird:
When insecurity begins, we'll know if it's Abuja that will feel the heat.

Well the same abuja has taken over since 1960s so wetin eyes nova see

QueenSuccubus:
It is really depressing if you worked so hard to be where you want to be and then suddenly everything seems falling apart

Why can't she fight back by suing her record label?

Sue Jude Psquare? That guy has PHD in strangling artist with contracts, just like May D

Which governors, abegi make we here word.

Those thieves