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Infrastructure In The Nigerian Context Can't Drive Economy by Johnrake69: 8:28am On Jul 03, 2022
The type of infrastructure being pushed forward by this government will never improve our economy.

Indians and Chinese make up a bulk of the work force.

There's no local content. Our schools are on strike. It's same way we spent money to build Ajaokuta steel and refinery that we have to rely on the Russians to maintain it. No single input by our institutions. We rely � on foreign help.

We can't keep putting the cart before the horse.

On the other hand compare the world's floating tunnel being built in Norway known as the E39 project. The contract is handled by Norwegian Public Roads Administration in collaboration with 3 of the largest universities in Norway. And currently, 50 PhD students are all working to solve engineering challenges of the project.

Can we mention any project in Nigeria with collaboration with our tertiary institutions?

What politicians do is borrow money to start a bogus project at a ridiculous amount then take their kickback to Europe to hide. There's no impact or whatsoever on the economy.

If the said project breaks down we're screwed like the Ajaokuta steel and our refinery too.

We must grow organically.

The machines and materials for the Projects are all imported. The diesel that fuel the same imported machines are also imported while we have crude oil running beneath us.

We have ended up with over $100 billion of debt with nothing to show for it.

The trains and machines being operated at various work sites by Chinese and Indians can be done by average Nigerians if trained. The Nigerian project most be done by Nigerians.

This will spore patriotism. But what we have is a situation the masses are looking afar from a project. And at the some people will continue to steal from the sites because they can't relate with the project.

We're building Railway with � borrowed funds, men and materials while having increasing unemployment rate that has created insecurity.

Before Obi became a governor in Anambra in 2006. Onitsha most especially was filled with restless youths hanging around head bridge and Upper iweka. This was the first state in Nigeria where a sitting governor was kidnapped.

Obi's solution was to encourage factories setup. Male child school enrollment. And today, Anambra is among the top states in every developmental indices in Nigeria.

sound education is fundamental to economic growth and development. We're simply building castle in the air as illustrated with the last attack on the Abuja-Kaduna railway

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