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gistyinka:
“When you (Ambode) took over, I know you inherited a burden of debt. The debt profile of Lagos was high, I was wondering how you will reengineer and face the challenges to make progress.

Na me collect the LARGE DEBT?? Abi na PDP? Abi na SDP/NRC

This post is NOT in support of the SENATE or SAGAY it is a post to highlight a POINT OF LAW not emotion. The popular narrative is that the Senate is wrong. In my opinion the 1999 Constitution gives them enabling power to summon anyone (witness implies giving testimony and does not preclude the individual him/herself).

It is also to POINT OUT to Nigerian's that a country is run on laws NOT emotion or popularity. This is one reason we keep going round in circles. Keep yourself abreast of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.

Keneking:
Act 1957 - is been cited here

nickxtra:
O.P. - out of point

olaboy33:
@ op
the part you quoted is under
"power of committee to order attendance of WITNESS "
In sagay's case, he was invited for his comments on the senate.... and not as a witness nor to give evidence to any committee
I wonder what happened to freedom of speech

Jabioro:
As amended in 1999 is invoke not as my little daughter would say Odindin lohunlohun.. means long long ago.. as in colloquial expression ..Sagay is right, OP just keep the obstinate books on the shelf and it rest in peace..

Keneking:
Act 1957 - is been cited here

LEGISLATIVE HOUSES (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES) ACT

An Act to declare and define certain powers, privileges and immunities of the Legislative Houses established under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and of the members of such Legislative Houses; to regulate the conduct of members and other persons connected with the proceedings thereof and for matters concerned therewith.

[16 of 1953. 30 of 1957.)

[30th April, 1953] [Commencement.)

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Chamber" in relation to a Legislative House, means the place in which the Legislative House sits in session for the transaction of business;

"Committee" means a standing, select or special committee and includes any such committee of a Legislative House which joins with a committee of any other Legislative House;

"Constitution" means the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999;

[Cap. C23.)

Below is a screenshot and link to the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act 1957.

4. Power of committee to order attendance of witnesses

A committee of a Legislative House authorised by the standing orders thereof or by a resolution of the House to send for persons, papers and records may order any person-



http://lawnigeria.com/LawsoftheFederation/LEGISLATIVE-HOUSES-(POWERS-AND-PRIVILEGES)-ACT.html


credit to twitter user @segalink

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Never knew Davido and Co were Rocket Scientists

Will the people that didn't support #FreeAudu trend #FreeOmoyele?

If they do then question is why the inconsistencies

In summary you need a specific number of signatures or endorsements from the constituency the issue however is that following the recall new elections will be held.

The candidate recalled has the right to participate in the new elections.

Doesn't mean the electorate should be discouraged.

the crux of the matter is that there is no explicit provision for referendum in the Nigerian Constitution of 1999, this means the National Assembly must pas a motion.

for a successful campaign, Nigerians who so desire a referendum must demand same from their Representatives and Senators (where this request is not acceded to motions to recall these representatives and senators should commence}

Why will there be electricity?

9jakohai:
They are not. The problem is that government needs the dollars..(hence CBN restrictions)....and is actively restricting dollar outflows from the country(The varied exchange rates and roundtripping too does not help matters).

Add the fact that it is naturally difficult to do business in Nigeria.....it costs a lot....and thus many foreign investors are running for their lives.

It has happened before...back in the period 1982-2003....when thanks to oil price lows, things were tough dollar wise. (The big difference between then and now is that our dollar needs were not too high...now with everyone buying things from abroad, and everyone going to school abroad...things are tough).

My comment captures the governments actions, inactions and responses since inauguration which have given rise to your comment in bold above

DrinkWater10:
OP please kindly give us a summary of your post, in layman terms.
what effect will the rise in sea level due to global warming have on this project?

Fundamentally the major test that the designers of the 'Great Wall' undertook was the subjecting of waves to a scale model of the Lagos Coastline at Bar Beach. See video below

The Great Wall is like a fence built in water that shields the coast against the strength of waves which erode the coastline (remember the perennial Bar Beach flooding wahala?).

The Fence will 'ring in' a body of water. It is this body of water that is being sand filled to create Eko Atlantic City.

The Fence model tested by the dutch designers was a scale model so scientifically the question is? Can you scale water? Can you scale sand?

If you cannot scale water the way you can scale say a 1 metre diameter ball to a 1cm diameter ball (reducing scale) then how can you effectively predict the effect of water on the sand?

With sea water rising the basic theory of the Great Wall will be subjected to LIVE tests which go over and beyond laboratory tests.

With regard to EIA, neighbouring beaches are experiencing higher levels of flooding and erosion after the commencement of dredging for Eko Atlantic.

With regard to transport, Lagos vehicular traffic around Victoria Islanf and Ikoyi will be further aggravated as Eko Atlantic becomes more populated.


See the documents and link below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBK7_nEn8Ac

https://www.royalhaskoningdhv.com/-/.../eko_atlantic_-_the_great_wall_of_lagos.pdf

Be careful what you do under the cover of darkness...

sar33:
Gradually finding my Answers.
Thanks Mr Ololade Bamidele

Just be educated up to School Certificate level.
Interpretation: Even if you have F9 or D7 in Maths or English. Sha go to school, sit for your SSCE/NECO. Present your certificate to INEC...
Yes Ke! You can contest.
Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2017/03/see-photo-of-academic-qualifications.html?m=1

This right here is THE problem

Best? ...

March 26, 2017 Abel Ejikeme

In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Olalekan Owojori, the Director Wellbeck Consulting Limited and consultant to the Association of Waste Managers in Nigeria, speaks about the challenges faced by private waste operators in Lagos, government’s failed interventions, and the recent move to replace the local waste collectors with some foreign investors

PT: What is the position of the Association of Waste Managers with regards to the outcome of the meeting with the Lagos State Commissioner of Environment?

Olalekan: As you are aware, at the last court hearing, the judge ordered us to find alternative dispute resolution which is the meeting where we tried to resolve matters between the government and the association. We have had two meetings to that effect, the commissioner was not present at both meetings, but the legal counsel of the government, our legal counsel and our members were present. At the two meetings, we laid down our position with regards to what we are looking for. Just to remind you, the government’s position is they want to take away the residential waste collection from the existing PSP operators and offer it to foreign investors and we feel that’s unfair because that is going to affect our livelihood. The government pointed out that they are giving us the commercial waste collection and that they are going to increase the value of that collection. We pointed out to the government that we are already carrying out the commercial waste collection. So you are only giving us what we are already doing. Having said that, we recognise that the government is now saying that instead of sharing the money, the revenue from commercial waste collection 60-40 in our favour, we are going to keep ninety-nine percent of that money and only pay one percent in form of royalty to the government. While that is a welcome development, the total value of that is still not enough to take care of the existing operators because what that will mean if we accept, is that a lot of businesses will fold up, a lot of businesses will have to suffer downsizing of both their staff and cost, because the cost structure that we have is around the residential.
What I mean is that, an operator has to have an office in the area in which they are operating, so an operator in Oshodi has to have an office in Oshodi to service the residential clients in Oshodi. He may have one or two commercial clients but his cost structure is not based around commercial clients but the residential clients in other to give customer service. We have 377 local government and local council development areas political wards in Lagos and in each of these political wards there is an office of PSP operator to service the residential clients.
So if you move us away from the residential clients, those costs will no longer be incurred by us. Those who have built offices will have to give up those offices, those who have rented offices will as well give up their rented offices. They will have to reduce their staff and face the commercial operators and it’s going to result to downsizing invariably and that’s what we made clear to the government so, that to us does not change our position with regards to that.
The government, on the other hand, is very adamant that they have done a deal with this foreign company, they signed a contract, therefore there is no going back on that. So at this stage, I think we are on an impasse and we are due to go back to court on April 6.

PT: The government said they don’t want to tax the people and that they don’t have the funds to put into waste management. Do you think they will go ahead and tax Lagosians to fund this scheme?

Olalekan: I don’t understand what they mean by that because Lagosians have come to acknowledge and accept that waste collection is a service and a service they need to pay for. The government is now proposing to introduce a Public Utility Levy and this when introduced will be paid annually, similar to the Land Use Charge. So that to me is a form of tax. This will be based on the property and location of that property similar to the land use charge.

So the public utility levy as far as I am concerned is going to be compulsory and that to me is like taxation. So I don’t understand when the government says they cannot tax the people because they are still going to tax the people even with the arrival of the foreign investors, because somebody has to pay for it.

With this foreign investor what the government is doing is that they are providing them with what I will call a luxury red carpet treatment. You are offering this company a ten years irrevocable service contract. That means in the next ten years they will be collecting the residential wastes of Lagos state and their payment is guaranteed by the government.
In the executive bill that was passed to the state House of Assembly, it was stated in there that there will be a first line charge on the income of the state. What that means is that before the governor even pays his own salary, they will pay this foreign company for the services they have provided. That is a guaranteed income, guaranteed by the state. With such instrument, anybody can raise funds in the international market with such guarantee. We don’t have such guarantee, we are the local investors, we have invested over N6 billion in this industry and we were not given such condition and terms and the government is going to recoup the money from the public utility levy.

PT: How much will the new public utility levy be?

Olalekan: I am not quite sure exactly what the actual levy will be, but as it says, it’s going to be on property charge, so people living in Ikoyi will pay more than people living in Mushin. Now what the rate is, is yet to be determined. The truth of the matter is that government can afford to come in low in terms of charges and use the economic scales, it’s just robbing Peter to pay Paul, they can do that. So that’s what the taxation is all about and there is nothing wrong with that so long as it meets the objective.
We had an initial objection to that because what we were saying is that since over the years we have tried this method and it’s failed. They brought in the revenue collection, it failed twice, they brought in the banks, it failed twice. As at the last result, they said to the PSP operators, you’re the ones investing in the trucks, you are the ones providing the service, go and collect your revenue. So when that reform came we were reluctant saying, you the government could not collect the revenue, why do you expect us to collect the revenue?
They insisted we do that and we have done that successfully, because about 65 percent of the people are actually paying. So now going back to a system that didn’t work in the past, obviously we are sceptical. Having said that, if the government agenda is that they want to collect these revenues and pay us for the services rendered, yes we will accept that, so long as we are providing the services, but giving a foreign company a ten-year irrevocable contract and a first line charge at the revenue of the state?
You can raise any amount of money in the foreign market with that kind of condition and recouping that money through the public utility levy is a challenge the government is ready to take that risk. What’s the success rate in collecting land use charge? If you go round the streets of Lagos, you have houses pasted with the land use charge and that’s what will happen with the public utility levy. So why destroy a system that is working for a system that is yet to work and has failed in the past? That’s taking risk with the environment. The most important thing for us is that we have successfully cleaned up Lagos and if Lagos is going to be cleaner we should not be discriminated against.

PT: Having already signed a $135 million agreement with a foreign firm as part of its new waste management policy, do you think there is still any chance of agreeing to your proposals?

Olalekan: On the issue that the contract has been signed, I don’t know about the contract but what we read on the pages of the newspapers, the MOU seemed to have been signed that will attract N86 billion. As far as I am concerned the reason why we are in court is because the government did not carry us along, inform us, did not communicate to us and as critical stakeholders, our livelihood is at stake.
So having failed to listen to us, we had no other option than to go to court and we are going to court for justice and I want to believe in the legal system, in the separation of power, that the common man can still find justice in the court no matter what contract may have been signed. I don’t believe the contract was signed in good faith and that’s why we are going to court and I will leave that for the court to decide.
We are saying right now that if you are insisting on getting the foreign investors, then let’s share the market, give us the same conditions as them and let’s share the market 50-50. I think that’s fair enough.

PT: Justice Oyekan Abdullahi recently said refuse heaps had found their ways back into Lagos. Is this as a result of negligence on the part of waste managers?

Olalekan: Going about the fact that there are heaps of refuse around Lagos, we are very concerned and these are the reasons. We need to be very critical about the reasons. We believe that this is an attempt by the government to give the PSP a bad name in other to hang them.
Firstly, the state of the dump sites, you don’t need to take my word for it, go to the dump sites. It is the final resting place at the moment for our refuse. It takes sometimes two to three days for a truck to dump its waste at the dump site. While waiting to dump its waste, the truck goes back to collect waste, because the ones that have been evacuated have not been dumped. Over time, we have written to the government on this, we have written to LAWMA on this and we have made so much noise on this to say let’s sort out the dump sites and nothing has been done.
Recently, the government is telling us that they are working so hard to sort out the dump site and we are very sceptical about that because sooner or later they want these foreign investors to take over the waste collection service. So they are fixing the dump sites in other for them to have a soft landing. The dump sites we have been clamouring for ought to have been sorted over the years and, in the last one year, government have been neglecting the dump sites.

The monthly expenditure for the dump site is about N300 million but in recent times it has been reduced to about N100 million and that means the dump site management is suffering and that’s affecting our effectiveness. We are not responsible for the dump sites management, that’s the LAWMA and the government’s responsibility. So they have failed in that responsibility and that means if we can’t dump the waste there is a backlog as a result of that.
Secondly, on the highways, our public roads are meant to be taken care of by LAWMA and not the PSP. Because of the lack of capacity in terms of trucks on the part of LAWMA, we have sub-contracted it to some of our PSP members to evacuate wastes on the highways. This is the issue, most people instead of them waiting for the PSP operators to come and evacuate their wastes they bring their wastes on to the highways, the local markets, the informal markets and that’s unaccepted practices and because the government is not enforcing that, you now have a lot of wastes coming onto the highways and that’s the ripple effect as a result of lack of enforcement.
Again, the public enlightenment programmes the government used to do like two years ago have stopped. Hardly do you hear any jingles or programme talking about waste management and this basically means that Lagosians have gone back to their old habit of not containerising their wastes. Basically whatever waste is generated on a daily basis, they take it to the high road, expecting someone to cart it away. Meanwhile that waste is meant to be carted away weekly which entails bagging the waste and putting it into a container. If you don’t enforce that, then you will always find heaps of waste around the place.
Lagos state government is owing PSP operators for commercial waste for up to five months. Recently they have tried to clear the backlogs and as I speak to you now we are still expecting Novembers’ payment. So the work done for November and December is yet to be paid and this is the cash needed for the PSP operators to fix their trucks and to reinvest in their trucks.
So the dumpsite is bad, you are not paying us on time for services we have rendered for commercial entities that you have collected the money for and you are not enforcing. What that simply means is that Lagos is getting back to what it used to be, which is a dirty city.

Read the rest at

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/227174-interview-lagos-govts-new-policy-will-destroy-businesses-worsen-waste-problem-waste-managers-consultant.html

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja

The Federal Government will still carry out another round of upgrade works on the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for 18 weeks after the facility would have been reopened for operations on April 19.

A top Presidency official who spoke on the condition of anonymity disclosed this to journalists in Abuja on Sunday.




The airport is currently shut to allow reconstruction work on its runway. The work which is in its third week is expected to last six weeks.

Quoting from a report of the Federal Government Coordinating Committee overseeing the management of the airport repair, closure and relocation, the Presidency official said unlike the ongoing work on the runway, the 18-week upgrade would not necessitate closure of the airport.

He said the upgrade would be done in the night, hence will not disrupt flight operations.

“After the Abuja Airport reopens for operations on April 19, upgrade works on the runway will continue for another 18 weeks.

“This second phase of upgrade works on the runway will be carried out at night, with no disruption to flight schedules,” he said.

He added that a media tour to allow journalists observe and assess the progress on the airport’s runway repair will hold this week as the repair enters its mid-point on Wednesday


http://punchng.com/abuja-airports-runway-to-undergo-another-18-week-upgrade/

Most Governors (since 1999) WILL NOT based on educational qualification, life experience and exposure BE ALLOWED to man a branch of any Nigerian Bank as manager!

Unfortunately these have been allowed access to the highest office in states across Nigeria (same for highest office in the land).

It is therefore no surprise that Nigeria is where it is today as there is no educational requirement, life experience or exposure to MISSAPPROPRIATE FUNDS and run state economies into the ground.

dre11:
"I have enrolled in a part-time PhD programme at the University-Merit in the Netherlands. It was the vice president that wrote the recommendation for me to get admitted into the programme, so I am not doing it without the knowledge of the authorities. It is a programme that requires me to go to the Netherlands for two weeks and most of it is research-based. I do the research in my spare time."

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/politics/why-apc-members-with-2019-presidential-ambition-are-after-me-el-rufai/190830.html

He actually has spare time?

Some people's sole reason for voting APC/Ambode was so that 'Federal and State' would finally align by having same party at both ends.

I wonder how that's working out?

By Paul Carsten and Alexis Akwagyiram | ABUJA

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to warn Nigeria its economy needs urgent reform, according to a report seen by Reuters that could delay talks over $1.4 billion in international loans.

The Washington-based fund will urge Nigeria, a major oil producer, to introduce immediate changes to its exchange rate policy and say its recent reform plan is not enough to drag Africa's biggest economy out of recession, according to the 68-page report.

"Much more needs to be done," the IMF said in the document, written after a final meeting between its representatives and top officials in the capital Abuja before the fund issues its verdict on Nigeria's economy, expected on March 29.

"Further actions are urgently needed," it said.

The report - from the fund's acting secretary and addressed to members of its executive board - is set to form part of the IMF's verdict, although Nigeria can request alterations.

Three people familiar with the negotiations said it would send an important signal to institutional lenders.

The World Bank has been in talks with Nigeria for a loan of at least $1 billion for more than a year and the African Development Bank (AfDB) has $400 million on offer, but discussions have stalled over economic reforms.

Nigeria is seeking the funding for infrastructure investment and to help plug an expected record deficit in this year's budget as it boosts spending to try to end a recession.

"The tone of the IMF will be critical in terms of signaling," said one of the people familiar with the negotiations, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media.

Two of the people with knowledge of the loan talks said the lenders were unlikely to withhold funding entirely.

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected a devaluation of the naira currency and backed curbs imposed by the central bank that force firms to buy dollars needed for imports for a premium on the black market.

Nigeria has at least five exchange rates - the official one, a rate for Muslim pilgrims traveling to Saudi Arabia, one for school fees abroad and a retail rate set by licensed exchange bureaus.

The IMF said that if Nigeria did not remove foreign exchange restrictions and unify the exchange rates, it risked "further deterioration in (forex) reserves" and "a disorderly exchange rate depreciation".

The report said Nigeria should also tackle its over-dependence on oil, low government revenues, a large infrastructure deficit, a rising debt service and double-digit inflation.

Nigeria has not asked the IMF for fiscal support. An IMF spokeswoman declined to comment.

A spokesman for the presidency directed inquiries to the ministries of finance and budget and national planning. The finance ministry and central bank did not respond to repeated attempts to seek comment. A budget and planning ministry spokesman declined to comment.

A World Bank spokeswoman said the lender was continuing its discussions with Nigeria and other partners and "will determine with the government the most appropriate lending instrument to support the implementation" of reform plans.

The AfDB declined to comment.

POLITICAL RISK

Earlier this month, Nigeria released an Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) for 2017 to 2020 calling for a market-determined exchange rate. But it offers few concrete steps.

The ERGP "is more optimistic on growth than (IMF) staff... does not explicitly call for tighter monetary and fiscal policy in the near term, and assumes no immediate change in exchange rate policy - all of which are essential to reduce vulnerabilities and increase investors' interest," said the IMF.

Delays in adopting these policies increase vulnerabilities and risk reforms being politicised ahead of the 2019 elections, the IMF said.

Nigeria's woes go beyond its economy, said the report, piling additional challenges onto the government. The northeast is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, which is threatening millions with starvation.

Adoption of a fully flexible exchange rate would likely see the naira, which is propped up by the central bank but trades around 30 percent weaker on the parallel market, plummet in value.

Buhari, a 74-year-old former military ruler who led the country for 20 months in the 1980s, resisted pressure from the IMF and World Bank to devalue the naira in his previous tenure before being deposed in a coup.

Two of the people with knowledge of the negotiations said even without the IMF's proposed reforms, the World Bank and AfDB were likely to offer the loans to Nigeria.

"There might be some eye-rolling but then they'll still go through with the loans," said one, a diplomat, adding that the World Bank could offer its money in tranches as a way of holding back and enforcing reforms.

The report said Nigeria should articulate a sustainable fiscal policy and adopt structural reforms to diversify the economy away from its dependence on oil and promote competitiveness.

"The outlook is challenging, with growth expected to remain flat and macroeconomic imbalances to persist," it said.

(Reporting by Paul Carsten and Alexis Akwagyiram; Additional reporting by David Lawder in Washington and Felix Onuah in Abuja; Editing by Ulf Laessing and Philippa Fletcher)

http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-imf-exclusive-idUKKBN16V1SC

Ok but it would be fair to let people know the risks, NO?

Follow This Thread (appealed for it to be brought to FP, created before this PROMOTIONAL one)

https://www.nairaland.com/3697353/why-eko-atlantic-may-just

Why EKO ATLANTIC May Just Be The Largest Plot of Water In Africa



snapshot in case this post is banned

Seun

There are indications that the Federal Government may wield the big stick on some power generating companies (GenCos) as well as distribution companies (DisCos) operating in the country very soon.

Government’s grouse is that DisCos and GenCos have been churning out epileptic power supplies in the country for which the current administration is taking bulk of the blames.

All this may have prompted a fresh approach by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari adopting a new resolution to review the operational and financial interventions where necessary.


Government is also interested in knowing where it can come in to improve transparency, service delivery, and performance as they affect the DisCos, transmission companies, among others.

Power Privitisation

Power privitisation policy in Nigeria dates back to the administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo but it is still believed to be giving the current administration cause for concern hence its decision to look at the entire value chain with a view to rejigging it.

According to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, despite the sorry state of power sector, government was not considering going back to the old system where power was driven by the public sector rather mechanisms would be adopted to put the private sector drivers on their feet henceforth.

Fashola, who briefed State House reporters on some of council’s resolution, said the anti-corruption policy of the government may be visited on the private sector drivers, even as the botched contract for the Katsina wind energy farm project has been revived.

He said projects of this nature fell under the power sector recovery programme for which government has become more committed to.

“FEC approved the power sector recovery programme which we presented to council. It’s a programme that comprises many policy actions, operational and financial interventions that needs to be carried out by government to improve transparency, service delivery, performance of DisCos, transmissions companies, the entire value chain in order to create more viable power sector that is private sector driven.

“Some of the highlights of the programme would be to expose ways of simplifying and reducing the cash deficits that have accumulated ‎as a result of previous unilateral reductions of tariff by the last administration during the running of the elections, how to make the DisCos viable, accountable, responsive to customers, ensure stability of the grid and expansion of the grid and transparency and communication within the sector.

“We would look into the processes for ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) debts‎ and how to improve sector governance, our roles in the buzz, the quality of personnel on the board of the DisCos, it addresses access to renewable energy especially in rural areas using mini-grids and stand alone solutions and how we are going to carry out the solutions that have been developed for 37 federal universities and seven tertiary hospitals.

“The resolution of the Niger Delta problem would also come under scrutiny including how to ensure there is stable and predictable foreign exchange policy for the sector so that it is somewhat protected from sudden head winds of the volatility of the foreign exchange market so that they can plan and deliver.

“Not forgetting issues of vandalism at consumer and production levels of pipelines and so on as this will help bring confidence to the market and stimulate the appetite that currently exists globally for Nigeria’s power sector.

“We see a lot of people who want to invest but some of them are tied to what other international financial institutions do‎ and the institutions are also waiting to see us commit to these things”, he said.

Katsina Wind Farm Project


On the Katsina wind farm project, Fashola said it was awarded in 2010 and should have been completed in 2013 but that the expatriate who was implementing it were kidnapped.

When he was eventually rescued he never returned back to the project site and that delayed the project.

“We have revived the project; a new contracting team is back on site. The contract of the consultants representing us has expired and so we are extending his contract to cover new period of completion,” he said.

N150m Design Link Roads

Meanwhile, the Federal Government voted a contract sum of N150 million just to design link roads leading to the proposed second Niger Bridge in the South East.

A timeframe of six months was also given for the design work to be completed, while the roads are to be linked through from Asaba in Delta State and Onitsha in Anambra State.

Again, minister of power, works and housing, who gave insights to the project, said with the link roads design now approved, it signaled the construction works for the second Niger Bridge project valued at N14.4 billion.

Besides the bridge contracts, approval was also given for construction of 12 federal roads at a cost of N80 billion.

Some of the roads are to cut across states particularly Numan, Jalingo roads connecting Adamawa‎ and Taraba states, replacement of bridges at Mayachi along Guza-Sokoto road in Zamfara State, construction of roads in Bauchi, Plateau, Osun, Kwara, Kano, Oyo, Enugu, Kaduna, Kano.

He said, “Approval was given for the engineering and consultancy design for access road 1 and 2 ‎to link Asaba in Delta State and Onitsha in Anambra State to link the Second Niger Bridge project.”

FEC also deliberated on a number of projects to be constructed within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The project includes contract for Phase Two of the Abuja Mass Transit Lot 1B (26.77km) from Ring Road I, linking through Area 10 beside Wuse Market, Berger

Junction, Jabi Motor Park, through Life Camp to Gwagwa.

Others are Jahi District Infrastructure at a cost of N19.473 billion and a 5km road to link Ring Road III to Wasa Junction with Karshi -Ara-Apo Road at a cost of N2.454 billion.

According to Mohammed Bello, council approved the resolution to approach the Nigerian Export Import (NEXIM) Bank to fund part of the projects at a cost of $1.79 billion.



VIA

INNOCENT OWEH ABUJA

http://independent.ng/discos-gencos-bringing-shame-to-govt-fashola/

Nalikedis:
Sponsored coordinated attack against Eko Atlantic project

edoyad:
The question is why ? Those against it probably didn't believe it would ever be completed, like other projects in Nigeria.

If indeed this and other articles or views are 'sponsored coordinated attacks' then it implies that the promoters and consultants are an integral part of the sponsored attacks!

Why did they not carry out an extensive Environmental Impact assessment PRIOR to commencing dredging? Is it those who are 'against' the project that tied their hands?

Do you realise that there is no Traffic Impact Assessment for this project!

In your estimation is it Ahmadu Bello Way, Akin Adesola and Adetokunbo Ademola that will suffice for access and exit of the massive vehicular traffic from all those high rises you are seeing?

In fact, the whole Lagos State does not have a current Traffic Master Plan in consonance with the recently released Ikoyi/VI Master Plan!

2kass:
When Dubai did theirs, no one complained. It was done successfully.

Abeg make Una dey pray to get land for there instead of hating.

It is just like a man who does not have the capacity to maintain a 504 being delirious with ecstasy because he was 'gifted' a Rolls Royce!

Lagos currently cannot sustain Eko Atlantic City! This does not mean it cannot EVER it just means engaging with the proper 'tried and tested' process that cities committed to Good Urban Governance such as Dubai went through to achieve their dreams.

Someone is a House of Rep member and is House Majority Leader

http://newswirengr.com/2015/05/06/nigerian-speaker-aspirant-femi-gbajabiamila-suspended-in-georgia-for-collecting-25000/#

EmmaFantastic:
In other words ), EAC is not "land reclamation" (that is, recovering of land) but "land creation" (that is, they are creating new land where there was no land). Well, I hope what they are doing is safe...in the long term.

This ↑↑↑ sir, is the Koko of the matter!!!

lalasticlala kindly oblige and move to 'Firm & Confirmed DRY Ground'

meanwhile this BusinessDay (https://www.businessdayonline.com/eko-atlantics-great-wall-lagos-exceeds-6km-length/) article apears to be a response to the Nairaland thread (https://www.nairaland.com/3692183/5-mile-island-built-save-lagoss) and main Quartz Africa article (https://qz.com/923142/the-flaw-in-the-construction-of-eko-atlantic-island-in-lagos/)

The assertions though repeated that land existed in 1905 is STILL FALSE!

Was an Environmental Impact Assesment carried out PRIOR to commencement of Dredging Activities?

NO! "The EIA was submitted 3 years after the commencement of dredging activites. This is a contravention to the rules of the EIA Act 2004. There is no evidence that FME approved the construction." Heinrich Boll Stiftung Nigeria https://ng.boell.org

EIA was done and submitted to FME after outcry from concerned individuals and NGOs

http://allafrica.com/stories/201509221344.html
https://ng.boell.org/sites/default/files/uploads/2012/12/eko_atlantic_project_-_fact_sheet.pdf

Was there land at the same spot in 1905?

RoyalHaskoning (Project Consultants) claims that Eko Atlantic City existed as a land form in 1905

Below are map overlays from 1907 and 1918 showing that there was no land at the current Eko Atlantic City Site

Also shown is a view of the Lagos Coast from the State House towards Tincan/Snake Island/Tarkwa Bay in 1923 with no evidence of Eko Atlantic at the current site.

https://www.royalhaskoningdhv.com/-/media/royalhaskoningdhvcorporate/files/global/services/eko_atlantic_-_the_great_wall_of_lagos.pdf
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/maps/africa/zoomify136510.html
http://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/100205710
Lagos 1923 Photo https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/bird-s-eye-view/5gH_3D4B0y9Kwg?hl=en-GB&ms=%7B"x"%3A0.5%2C"y"%3A0.5%2C"z"%3A9.578870651485552%2C"size"%3A%7B"width"%3A1.254442683223441%2C"height"%3A2.2713445341374685%7D%7D

Definition of Land Reclamation

Land that was under the sea or was in a very poor condition, but has been improved so that it can be used for farming or building on - Cambridge Dictionary

'LAND RECLAMATION' is a misleading misnomer - it does not mean reclaiming LOST land but NEW Land (ie land previously under the sea). There is no proof that EAC existed as a land mass.

WHY LAGOS FLOODS
1. Clogged Drains - Silt & Waste (Government and Citizens both have roles to prevent this)
2. Poorly Constructed Roads - do not allow proper runoff and encourage pot-holes
3. No Drainage Plan - all of Lagos should have a drainage plan like the veins on a leaf from small to big
4. No Storm Control Plan
5. High Water Table (Lagos Island & Lekki)
6. Concrete Paving Trend - Residents and home owners paving the inside of their compounds with concrete preventing water returning/percolating into the ground)

NO MORE LAGOS FLOODS
1. Comprehensive Sewage System
2. Public Awareness & Sensitisation
3. Reduction in Concrete Cover
4. Sump Pits
5. Drainage Clearance & Desilting

three:
WHY LAGOS FLOODS
1. Clogged Drains - Silt & Waste
2. Poorly Constructed Roads
3. No Drainage Plan
4. No Storm Control Plan
5. High Water Table (Lagos Island & Lekki)

NO MORE LAGOS FLOODS
1. Sewage System
2. Public Awareness & Sensitisation
3. Reduction in Concrete Cover
4. Sump Pits
5. Drainage Clearance & Desilting

First shared June 09 2016