Jaidey-one:
The transformation being recorded within 2yrs of ajimobi wasn't achieved in 8yrs of pdp leadership. Shame on pdp, shame on accord party.

Ifecoded: leave am, e no sabi wetin dem dey call barrier... Buy 2 barrier get 1 free, each costs #3b......lols baba barrier

Pukkah:

Fact. The challenge is out there.

Let it be countered by Akala (PDP) or Ladoja (formerly PDP, now Accord).

If Ladoja had shame, he would not be talking at all. He merely warmed the seat as a governor. What did he achieve? What did Akala achieve? How did Adedibu/Obasanjo as godfathers benefit the Oyo people?

Honestly, Ajimobi is not perfect and there's no government that can't be criticized but Ajimobi stands tall compared to his predecessors. I interact with Oyo people and their opinions agree with this.

Right now, there is so much construction activity in Ibadan, Ogbomoso, Oyo and Iseyin that you begin to wonder where the money or the zeal came from. More so, Oyo under Ajimobi is yet to start borrowing funds.

A few groups have emerged that try to campaign against Ajimobi's second coming, I simply ignore them.

Jilo83: Ladoja and his co-travellers 2 d land of destructn should shut up their fucking mouths. Substandard or not, we like it.

Mr Aboki: I still remember how Ndi Yoruba abused me when I said that this Makola Bridge is what Fashola builds in Lagos and calls it Pedestrian bridge...

So the bridge cant accomodate large vehicles..

3 Billion Naira.. for a One lane Birdge that cant carry large vehicles.

I laugh!!

Gbawe:

The simple truth is that all the massive infrastructural development being seen throughout the SW are the very same the previous PDP administrators stated that money was not available to facilitate.

As you rhetorically ask "where is the zeal and money coming from" when we all know such never existed before. Is it not time failed past leaders like Alao-Akala et al leave politics and find something else to do?

Did they not have their turn with the only result being that the SW, in as much as 8 years, did not see anything near the giant strides being witnessed now in a few years under the ACN/APC? Did Ajimobi not build and complete the first new market in Oyo in 30 years? What stopped others before him from doing same when they had the chance? If Nigeria is a politically sophisticated nation, it will not be those who have messed up badly who should be disturbing those who are delivering what they woefully failed to offer the electorate.

ACM10: 3 billion NAIRA for this barrier? Who says that APC is less corrupt than PDP?

mister josh: Dat bridge must truly b substandard, imagine d havoc it wuld av caused if 'd accident' happened during d day

obadiah777: dayummm why demolish it

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Skirtelnino:
point of correction, the project is not the barrier but the bridge in whole. Nigerians should stop jumping to conclusion

wellmax:

You have learnt how to read, next learn how to comprehend.
Where did you hear them say the barrier cost N3B?
The barrier was meant to prevent heavy duty vehicles from using the flyover since there is an alternative route for them (a common practice all over Nigeria).
Its a pity how we politicize everything.

Abok1:


There's a painful trend that is noticeable on Nairaland based on the replies posted so far. Rather than facing the issue and calling out people who should be cautioned against breaking the laws, majority of Nigerians would rather capitalize on the issue to score cheap political points.

If we call ourselves adults, I wonder what we would be teaching our children by supporting acts of lawlessness. We should learn to separate issues from personalities.

In saner climes, no one in his right senses would drive on a restricted road, and the process of limiting vehicular activities on bridges doesn't necessarily depict that the structure is sub-standard, there are specifications for different infrastructures (this is what the layman would call the lifespan), although we don't respect this in Nigeria hence the persistent breakdown of machineries and infrastructures. While the governor was sensible enough to stick with the plan and specifications of the designer of the bridge, some illiterate politicians are playing politics with the bridge.

The salient questions remains:
Are the politicians more informed than the civil engineers responsible for the evaluation of the project?
Do they know if the foundations of the said bridge is wide enough to support a wider bridge which would in turn enable the bridge to conveniently support heavy duty vehicles?

I weep for Nigeria's future leaders if these replies represents the mindset of Nigerians.

wellmax:

You have learnt how to read, next learn how to comprehend.
Where did you hear them say the barrier cost N3B?
The barrier was meant to prevent heavy duty vehicles from using the flyover since there is an alternative route for them (a common practice all over Nigeria).
Its a pity how we politicize everything.

deeptesting:


My friend with all the parameters you have stated for a standard bridge 3 billion Naira is more than enough to meet all the standard for a heavy duty truck to ply the bridge.....Simple...the bridge is substandard and what evidence does the government have to prove that the barrier was intentionally destroyed by the opposition other than there unverifiable security report claim.

oiseworld:

Even at that, should that small bridge cost 3billion? Haba. 3 Billion just for a flyover.

These APC people are the fathers of THIEVES!!!

oiseworld:

Even at that, should that small bridge cost 3billion? Haba. 3 Billion just for a flyover.

These APC people are the fathers of THIEVES!!!

Mr Aboki: I still remember how Ndi Yoruba abused me when I said that this Makola Bridge is what Fashola builds in Lagos and calls it Pedestrian bridge...

So the bridge cant accomodate large vehicles..

3 Billion Naira.. for a One lane Birdge that cant carry large vehicles.

I laugh!!

kobenol:
Quite unfortunate. You are even boasting your knowledge deficiency.
Yes it is a single lane bridge! It accomodates fast lane ALONE! (service lane is at ground level!)
...And trucks SHOULD never ascend it (NOT because its load factor is overbearing...NO) Trucks CAN NOT negotiate a fast-through on such inclination and descent (danger!).
And NO...There is no room for pedestrians on such bridge...ELSE such individual is sorrily re.tarded (mean you would climb that steep ascent? For Cardio?) When you would safely and more easily move on ped. way on the ground, even use the round about as a traffic island.
....Now that's how fast-through flyovers are designed on highways, everywhere!
That bridge will support truck loads, they will only slow down traffic movement with their grinding acceleration and so they can (SHOULD) move on service lane ON THE GROUND.
Any car can as well move on the ground if they dread heights...

Illiterates wouldn't learn...I hear this rubbish jest talk of Mokola bridge and I cant take it again!...ki lo de??

Pukkah:

I would be happy if informed people could prove that the cost of the flyover is too high. Ajimobi is doing well and the people are generally happy with him but that should not be a reason for inflation of contracts. Like an average person, I prefer more to less. If the cost of 1 flyover can build 1 and a half, why not?

In as much as I want Ajimobi and other governors to be scrutinized, we should do so on the basis of facts and not emotions.

By the way, what's your definition of a sub-standard flyover?

deeptesting:

When a purported and concocted 3 billion naira is spent on building a bridge that trucks are barred from its usage then it is sub-standard and what is your definition of a standard bridge?

deeptesting:

When a purported and concocted 3 billion naira is spent on building a bridge that trucks are barred from its usage then it is sub-standard and what is your definition of a standard bridge?

deeptesting:


My friend with all the parameters you have stated for a standard bridge 3 billion Naira is more than enough to meet all the standard for a heavy duty truck to ply the bridge.....Simple...the bridge is substandard and what evidence does the government have to prove that the barrier was intentionally destroyed by the opposition other than there unverifiable security report claim.

agbameta:


Sounds like you are inferring that this bridge is sub standard simply because trucks are not allowed on this bridge, but shouldn't common sense tell you that the best way to increase the life of this bridge is to prevent trucks and heavy load vehicles from plying the bridge and also due to the fact that trucks can not safely climb and maneuver around on this bridge.

If you are going to argue and criticize, feel free to do so, but not with bogus and layman reasonings..

deeptesting:

I still repeat the fact that 3 billion Naira cannot be spent to build a bridge that trucks cannot safely climb and heavy duty trucks cannot ply....Now using the life span to justify the ban of trucks on the bridge is just ridiculous when you and I know that it is the continuous maintenance of the bridge that will prolong its life span and not the plying of the trucks on it, if at all 3 billion was spent on it..

wellmax:

You have learnt how to read, next learn how to comprehend.
Where did you hear them say the barrier cost N3B?
The barrier was meant to prevent heavy duty vehicles from using the flyover since there is an alternative route for them (a common practice all over Nigeria).
Its a pity how we politicize everything.