femi4:
Nigerians and irrelevant bragging


For every new update on Lagos-Ibadan railway, I got the pictures as well as the video(s) first while many others are still searching.

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

Ruddyman:
What's the essence of this thread?

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

megacity:
If the project design wasnt already there, Buhari sure would have done nothing


This government seem incapable of conceiving any meaningful project of their own





Kudos to Obasanjo for conceiving the project

Born2Breed:


We know who had the idea and who started it.

GEJ started with the Kaduna and the second would have been the Lagos-Ibadan. But liars will always be liars!!!! With APC lie is their nickname.

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

deomelo:
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I hope you are ready to do boy boy and follow athiefKulooter to retirement in Dubai after athiefKulooter's defeat.

FriendNG:
History will not be fair if we allow the misleading thread on front page about the construction of Lagos Ibadan Railway. While "AutoReport.Ng" might be doing so unintentionally, there is still need to put the record straight.

Currently, I believe there is not a single nairalander that follow-up infrastructural development threads like I and "Blue.3k." Especially when it comes to railway and transportation related threads.

For every new update on Lagos-Ibadan railway, I got the pictures as well as the video(s) first while many others are still searching.

Now back to the matter: AutoReport.NG claimed that Lagos-Ibadan railway starts with the administration of President Good luck Jonathan.
https://www.nairaland.com/5006756/fact-check-started-lagos-ibadan


Now the word Start might be very complex but we will decode it.

Start what exactly?

There is a clear difference between starting a project practically and starting a project theoretically on paper.

The Lagos-ibadan railway is only a segment of the larger Lagos - Kano Standard Guage Rail, which is divided into four segments.

a. Lagos-Ibadan.
b. Ibadan-Abuja.
c. Abuja-Kaduna.
d. Finally kaduna-kano.

However it was later redesigned to accommodate other state capitals like Ado Ekiti, Minna, Akure etc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos–Kano_Standard_Gauge_Railway


Idea & Construction Of The Project On Paper:

In 2006, the Nigerian government awarded a $8.3 billion contract to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation to construct a standard gauge railway from Lagos to Kano.

The idea of the project starts during the administration of President Obasanjo. The word awarded doesn't mean you have started the work. It's just a mere written commitment and not the work.
That is why despite Obasanjo awarding the project, not a single stone or brick was put on ground.

Due to lack of funding, the rail project was divided into 4 segments.


Abuja–Kaduna Segments ($876 million) : The construction of this segment starts with President Good luck Jonathan in 2011 and completed by President Buhari in 2016.

It is all clear President Jonathan starts the construction of Abuja - Kaduna railway segment of Lagos - Kano rail. And it was completed by President Buhari.



Lagos–Ibadan Segment

1. Who Awarded The Contract On Paper?

It was awarded by President Obasanjo in 2006 on paper and re-awarded by President Jonathan in 2012 on paper. And then renegotiated by President Buhari Administration.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/07/fg-to-award-lagos-ibadan-rail-contract-soon-—jonathan/


2. Who Paid For The Contract?

I watched the vice presidential candidate of a party lying on national television that "the Administration of Goodluck pay for the rail project before leaving office." That is not only false but unbecoming of someone that once occupied the seat of power.

The first and full counterpart funding of Lagos Ibadan Railway was released by the Administration of Muhammad Buhari after a series of negotiation between China & Nigeria.

(The Nigerian Team includes: H.E Rotimi Amaechi, Hon. Kemi Adeosun, among others)


Buhari Released N72BN Full Counter Part Funding For Lagos-Ibadan Railway (Jan 2017)

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/01/fg-releases-n72bn-full-counterpart-funding-lagos-ibadan-rail/


3. Who Start / Flag Off The Practical Construction Of Lagos-Ibadan Railway?

The ground breaking which marks the initial commencement of construction works for the Lagos-ibadan railway was performed by H.E the acting president Prof Yemi Osinbajo in March 2017


https://www.legit.ng/amp/1092288-osinbajo-storms-lagos-flag-lagos-ibadan-rail-line-project.html

https://lagosstate.gov.ng/blog/2017/03/07/acting-president-osinbajo-gov-ambode-at-ground-breaking-ceremony-of-lagos-ibadan-railway-project-at-nigerian-railway-corporation-compound-ebute-metta-lagos/

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/excitement-anxiety-as-work-begins-on-lagos-ibadan-rail-project/amp/


If awarding of contract on paper means you have start the project then for every railway built by another administration, we can say Buhari started it. How?


Connect rail to 36 state capitals, Buhari directs

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/10/connect-rail-36-state-capitals-buhari-directs/



For The Records

1. The idea of Lagos Kano rail become more pronounced during the time of Obasanjo in 2016.

2. The Abuja - Kaduna segment was started by Goodluck administration in 2012 and Completed by the Buhari administration in 2016.

3. The Lagos Ibadan segment started with Buhari administration & it is already nearing completion.

FriendNG:
History will not be fair if we allow the misleading thread on front page about the construction of Lagos Ibadan Railway. While "AutoReport.Ng" might be doing so unintentionally, there is still need to put the record straight.

Currently, I believe there is not a single nairalander that follow-up infrastructural development threads like I and Blue3k

AntiWailer:



Craaap


So he should start a new project and abandon existing ones to proof u wrong ?

Clown

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

SalamRushdie:
The bottom line is that Buhari is known not to have the mental capacity to be able to envision any original project since the 80s and it has remained so till date ..Our point still remains that you show us an original capital project he envisioned

tempest01:
The rail master plan. Was concieved, it was to be carried out in stages, starting from the Abuja metro. That Binary came, and did his part of releasing funds for the continuation of the master plan does not mean he is the only brain behind the project. Give credit to whom credit is due.

A simple act of inviting GEJ for commissioning will show sportsmanship. You cannot rewrite history in this internet age. The traces is there for the younger ones to see. Posterity is now digitally armed.

Jaideyone:
yes buhari should have abandoned all uncompleted projects from the previous administration. you are not intelligent

kunmiiii:


Huh?? Bro, you fall my hand oo!! Which kain unintelligent elementary school comment be this?!

Ahhh!! You fall hand totally SalamRushdie, you fall hand!!