highchief1:
is Obi in the race?

cilaas:
I doubt if the Igbo men I know will vote for APC because of the Bridge

Stolen:
http://www.authorityngr.com/2016/03/Outrage-as-FG-abandons-N140bn-2nd-Niger-Bridge-/


Outrage as FG abandons N140bn 2nd Niger Bridge
By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, Chuks Collins (Awka), Isaac Ojo (Nnewi), Angela Nkwo-Akpolu (Owerri), Steve Oko (Umuahia), Chidi Asonye (Aba), Alphonsus Nweze (Onitsha) and Felix Uka (Abakaliki) On 31/03/2016 08:15:18 AM Share Outrage as FG abandons N140bn 2nd Niger Bridge
...Buhari should order Julius Berger back to site - Stakeholders

There is anger in the South East zone over the Federal Government’s abandonment of the N140 billion ($700 million) 2nd Niger Bridge.
Investigations by The AUTHORITY revealed that the contractor, Julius Berger Construction Company, stopped work on the project which is being constructed under Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement since April 2015.
Concerned citizens of Eastern Nigeria and other stakeholders are appealing to President Buhari to direct the construction company to resume work on the project.
After a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on August 26, 2015, the Director
General of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Aminu Diko, had hinted that work on the vital bridge would be suspended.

jlinkd78:
Noted
If Fashola had been in d race for Presidential election e for no easy to decide between him and Obi

Aareakinwunmi:
Good one. Roads are critical components of a nations infrastructure.

jlinkd78:
Noted
If Fashola had been in d race for Presidential election e for no easy to decide between him and Obi

yahmohy27:

We don't care

Olivera23:
I wonder what is wrong with our leaders, a bridge without a link road, i[b]s now ready for use[/b]. May God help us all.

jlinkd78:
Noted
If Fashola had been in d race for Presidential election e for no easy to decide between him and Obi

pluto04:
fashola-battles-to-justify-lasu-fee-hike

Okay. Not exactly what he said. But that is exactly what he implied. How much is the minimum wage of Lagos state civil servants? He seems to be out of touch and his statements are highly irresponsible!

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/12/fashola-battles-to-justify-lasu-fee-hike/

Governor Babatunde Fashola battled hard weekend, to justify the astronomical hike in tuition fees recently introduced in Lagos State University, LASU, by the state government. Recall that the state government had increased tuition fees paid in the university from N25,000 to N250,000 per session.

Fashola, who spoke at Government College, Ughelli’s, annual luncheon party in Lagos, said Nigerians were unconsciously making the country one where there would be separate schools for the rich and poor.

According to him, critics of the increment are indirectly calling for a Nigerian society which will be divided into poor university for the poor and rich university for rich people.


He said: “Countries that do not prioritise education are always at the mercy of those who place a high premium on education.

“Where in the world have we seen tuition fee of university of N25,000? You cannot find this anywhere. Even the nations that are developed and wealthy do not give education for N25,000.

“LASU started very well and over the years, the population grew and beyond the available facilities and the school began to deteriorate. We are determined to rescue LASU and we will not make it a school for the poor.

“We are unconsciously making Nigeria a society where there will be a school for the rich and one for the poor.
“Several people in this country pay so much for education abroad while the schools here continue to deteriorate. It is only in the university that the children of the rich and children of the poor can sit in the same classroom.”

MathsChic:
Some days ago, I was at a secondary school in Surulere (across the bridge from the Island) in Lagos for a friend's event where he is educating secondary students about the perils of peer pressure. I honestly wasn't expecting what I saw as the state of this secondary school.
It left me wondering if this was a school or a dump yard. Why in heaven's name are Nigerian leaders looking the other way while the young ones study in this sorry environment?

The attached pictures are what I saw. This is no secondary school. It's a hopeless shanty. I hope this gets to front page and attracts the necessary attention.

Realdeals:
1. The first governor to present a billion Naira state budget in Nigeria.

2. He phased out the shift system in Lagos schools in three months. He built functional classrooms to absorb those who only attend schools for three hours a day.

3. He opened up what is now known as the Lekki Corridor.

4. He built the biggest Housing estate by a state government at Abesan, along with five other estates.

5. He built LASU, LACOED, LASPOTECH and Technical schools to absorb the products of the free education policy.

6 He built General Hospitals and Health centers in all the five divisions of Lagos. He also upgraded General Hospital Ikeja to the Medical arm of LASU.

7. He created the Agric hub at Oko Oba. He also created similar hubs in Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry.

8. His government’s strict adherence to the party manifesto of Free Education, Free Health care, Rural integration and Housing for all, along with other UPN governors, created the largest pool of human resources in Nigeria.

9. He moved the Lagos State Government Secretariat from PWD to Alausa, which he built from scratch. He also lived in his personal house and drove his personal car throughout his tenure.

Gani Kayode Balogun Jr

https://www.newsheadlines.com.ng/showtime-people/2019/07/24/jakande-90-9-achievements-of-alhaji-lateef-jakande-as-lagos-governor/

robosky02:
Can't they do something like London bridge

robosky02:
Can't they do something like London bridge

Buckeyemedia1:
You cannot pick and choose, you have to be correct historically, if pdp and Jonathan had not handed over our electricity infrastructure to quacks on November 7th 2013, signed to a 25 year agreement, things would have been a lot lot easier.

The blame starts with Peter Obi and Atiku’s Pdp.

Lordave:
agos– Ibadan Expressway: As A Responsible Govt, We Had To Intervene – Jonathan

President Good-luck Jonathan Friday, flagged off the reconstruction and expansion of Lagos-Ibadan express way, 35 years after its construction during the administration General Olusegun Obasanjo as Nigeria’s militaryHead of State.

Jonathan said that job on the 127. 6 kilometre road which would cost N 167billion would be completed in 48 months, even as he reiterated the commitment of his administration to the provision of enduring and sustainable transportation networks across the country.
Two companies, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, Limited were awarded contracts. Julius Berger would handle Section 1, stretching about 43. 6 kilometres from Lagos to Shagamu Interchange while RCC is to execute section 11 of the project, which is about 84 kilometres starting from Shagamu to Ibadan in Oyo State. The projects were earlier awarded to Bi-Courtney Highway Services before the contract was revoked in controversial circumstances last year.

Jonathan described the dual carriageway, as very important because of high volume of traffic it carries … estimated at 84,000 vehicles daily.’’

He said that the’’Federal Government in 2009 entered into a concession agreement with a concessionaire as a premier Public Private Partnership, PPP, scheme in the road sector in the country’s economic development,’’ because it was a major artery that connects Lagos, the economic nerve centre of the nation and the host of major Nigerian seaports to other statesof the federation.’’

According to him, “at the regional level, it is a section of Trans-Saharan highway that links Lagos on the Atlantic Ocean to Algiers on the Mediterranean Sea. The road is therefore of great socio-economic importance not only to Nigeria, but to the sub-region at large.

Four years later and due to non-performance by the concessionaire, which resulted in recurring fatal accidents, unprecedented traffic jams, security breaches, compromised public health and safety as well as the continued public outcry on the state of disrepair of this road, the concession agreement was terminated in May, 2012.

“As a responsible government, we had to intervene immediately in order to ameliorate the hardship faced by the general public on this road.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/lagos-ibandan-expressway-as-a-responsible-government-we-had-to-intervene-jonathan/

emmanuel596:
Another campaign tool.... imagine building a single bridge for 8 years


We didn't hear anything about the scam ogoni clean up again

jlinkd78:
Noted
If Fashola had been in d race for Presidential election e for no easy to decide between him and Obi

Kwanza:


https://punchng.com/breaking-second-niger-bridge-completed-says-fashola/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1666174671-1

Kwanza:


https://punchng.com/breaking-second-niger-bridge-completed-says-fashola/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1666174671-1

omenka:
Misplaced priorities. They could have deployed the resources for this to more useful endeavours. There was nothing wrong with the first bridge, why build a second?

Okwyjesus:


Its a good project and we appreciate the work Buhari did. But APC is a no no no come 2023.

We are not different from other thinkings around the country

SpecialAdviser:

The bridge is a good one but don't tell us to vote APC because of it.

See the problem with you lots is that you have refused abruptly to make use of your brain.
A government that spent 8 years and you are using bridge as the only indices of it's measurements.

What about the economy?
What about security?
What about debt profile?
What about health sectors?
What about education?

Soon many of you will start asking what PDP did. Such an unreasonable line of argument.
To make matters worse, APC candidate is an old man who hardly speak to the issues on ground.

This bridge connects South South to South East and wonder why you lots always drag Igbos about it. I expect Nigerians to queue behind Peter Obi for a better Nigeria. Thank you.

jlinkd78:
Obi is in d race to assist urchins like u being manipulated with crumbs