Kobojunkie: I wish there was a way to get images of these roads so those who are not aware can see for themselves. That a road is not cover in black shining tar in the sun DOES NOT then imply said road is not pliable. The Ado to Afao road for instance, I know has not been tarred in recent years, but I doubt the claim that the road is not pliable. So I went through the pain of finding a google map that could give us a seemingly good picture of said roads to Afao. Please go right ahead and tell us where the TERRIBLE points on the road is please? maybe we can narrow this down to the exact stretch that we need to focus on.


P.S. Many of the roads mentioned there are Federal Roads, not roads leading to villages. The Governor here is using limited state funds to dualize federal roads, among other things. If the roads in Ekiti were in such a terrible state, as some would like us to believe, why then is the Government instead choosing to spend so much on dualizing the Federal roads, and neglecting these TERRIBLE local roads?


http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/44582-ekiti-pays-n275m-compensation-to-property-owners.html

http://archive.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200609080465571

I am telling you, there were places in Abia( we tried to visit some of the village markets back some time ago) that are cut off from the rest of the state. I remember a couple of years back, erosion essentially destroyed the main road out of some of the villages and for months, nothing was done. That is terrible, driving over untarred, but still pliable road is not terrible(It is done even here in rural America).Terrible road is what you find mostly on the Highways(mostly Federal roads) with holes that could swallow up cars even or reduce the lifespan of any engine that attempts it.

f i o: Na wa for naija o! If bad road is not our problem again then something is wrong.

Kobojunkie: Ado-Afao road in excellent condition? Probably not responding to my post because I see no how anyone could falsify any of the claims I have made in clear words there.

Kobojunkie: hm . . 2012 Satellite pictures are outdated? interesting. . .

Kilode?!:
I've not had the opportunity to drive on Abia local roads. So maybe what I consider terrible is an expressway compared to those, who knows.

rhymz: trust me bro, the roads in Abia states are death traps, more annoying is the fact that unlike Ekiti state that evidently do not have much funds at her disposal, Abia state in comparison has a way better financial prospectus yet has nothing to show for it. That is why it is important these days that governmnt spends money on projects that can generate economic activities. For instance, instead of wasting resources building federal roads that will only end up in an ownership dispute with the FG, funds should be channeled to intercity roads that link communities with potentials for agro allied industries, build more link roads to market places and towns. They should support the efforts of local farmers and heavily subsidize their cost. Government can actively start a campaign geared at attracting known local business men from the state and neigbouring states to invest in the burgeoning agro allied industries. They should find a way to exploit and highlight the areas where they can actually compete favourably with others. Building of roads is no doubt a good thing but it should be tied to a strategic importance else they might end up in thesame quagmire like many nothern states with enviable roads all over the place but little serious human and economic activities.
Seriously state governments need to start first with investment from the people of the state before looking out, that is the best way to attract others. Businesses bring other businesses.

bayooooooo:

If I want to follow your argument, then there is no point for states building independent power projects?

Ekiti is a very small state and building the so called intercity roads is at best hair dressing. If there is a good interstate rail system, your argument would have be solid but market for many farm produce in Ekiti are not even in Ekiti but in far away Lagos and the likes. In any case, you made a lot good points but such initiatives will also depend on having good infrastructure on ground.

Ekiti can not be like Northern Nigeria. Why? We are very stubborn and can fight any useless government to a stand still. We can not be taken for granted. Jusk kidding. But the real point is there is strong opposition and these guys know the best way to retain power is to perform.

rhymz: trust me bro, the roads in Abia states are death traps, more annoying is the fact that unlike Ekiti state that evidently do not have much funds at her disposal, Abia state in comparison has a way better financial prospectus yet has nothing to show for it. That is why it is important these days that governmnt spends money on projects that can generate economic activities. For instance, instead of wasting resources building federal roads that will only end up in an ownership dispute with the FG, funds should be channeled to intercity roads that link communities with potentials for agro allied industries, build more link roads to market places and towns. They should support the efforts of local farmers and heavily subsidize their cost. Government can actively start a campaign geared at attracting known local business men from the state and neigbouring states to invest in the burgeoning agro allied industries. They should find a way to exploit and highlight the areas where they can actually compete favourably with others. Building of roads is no doubt a good thing but it should be tied to a strategic importance else they might end up in thesame quagmire like many nothern states with enviable roads all over the place but little serious human and economic activities.
Seriously state governments need to start first with investment from the people of the state before looking out, that is the best way to attract others. Businesses bring other businesses.

f i o:

please go and read your elementary agric. Science and list out the problems facing agriculture in west africa, before talking about business and agro whatever. OGA OO!

rhymz: you sound so angry like somebody is trying so hard to discredit the message of your propagander. As long as Ekiti is a rural state, all that big talk about industrilization and big ticket projects for now is not in their reach. While you are busy thinking elementry like the cretins in governments are doing, some serious minded societies have the development of their agro industries to swell their GDP, FDI opportunities and used it as a launch pad to attract the needed developments and funds for big ticket projects that attract both FDI and investors. And yes thesame mistake made by some northern states that concentrated all her efforts on building every road in the states can be replicated in Ekiti state if his only plan with the state's very limited resources is majorly concentrated on building and repairing roads in the magnitude that will sap other sectors of needed funds. Abi you think say na paper im go take pay for the "Huge construction site im dey talk about ni?"
By the way, what exactly do you think agro allied industry is? Just shut up if you don't know what it is all about.

yinkhar: Rossikk,you are a bunch of lie.there is no place like that in ekiti state university and also is it fayemi that built pathfinder hotel owned by ayeni.the road u showed is a work out art cos am in ado presently and I can't see it here.stop lying and come out with the bitter truth

yinkhar: Rossikk,you are a bunch of lie.there is no place like that in ekiti state university and also is it fayemi that built pathfinder hotel owned by ayeni.the road u showed is a work out art cos am in ado presently and I can't see it here.stop lying and come out with the bitter truth

Kobojunkie:

I am with you on the dates on the images being off. 2006? 2010? What has that to do with Fayemi who came in towards the end of 2010?

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wait oo where is that building in my school? you just made a fool of yourself, university of ado ekiti does not have that kind of building...your pictures are from ado fajuyi of course the govt buildings will be fine nah..the rest of the place is bull shit..i repeat bullshit, imagine a university that cant provide electricity for its students..EKITI IS rubbish

lari03:
Spoken like a true Ekiti man, people will first criticize rather than objectively appraise the man and allow time to prove himself.
Questions (since you have the best interest of ekiti at heart)
1. Has Ekiti ever previously experienced any welfare plan,like the one this current governor has?
2. Do you know that the governor's office was converted by Fayose from a hotel to governor's office and this government just wants return back to the original plan.
3. when all the road projects are completed, who will ply these roads,spirits or ekiti people?
4. Are you aware that the beautification project that you are waiting for is what is been executed in phases?
5. What is your defintion of white elephant projects?
6. how is John kayode Fayemi like Segun Oni?
pls answer this honestly.
sorry folks that y'all gotta strain your necks to see those pictures, consider it some exercise.lol

Kobojunkie:

I am with you on the dates on the images being off. 2006? 2010? What has that to do with Fayemi who came in towards the end of 2010?

yinkhar:
Dnt mind the liars,was he there in 2006,2008,2010?mayb his ghost did I then and as for rossikk,where is that in unad?will u pls take me there tommorow?let's say the truth he's nt working.am not a supporter of any party,let's call a spade a spade

PapaBrowne: So Gbawe, two years out of a Governor's existence have passed and the pictures you have in those links are proof of performance?? I cry!!
Two years is half a Governor's tenure for crying out loud!! With these pictures in defence of Fayemi, you have totally lost your moral validation on critiquing Jonathan's performance in anyway!!
Go to Edo state and see Oshiomole's works!. Go to Akpabio's Akwa Ibom and see his good works. Even Chime's Enugu with very minuscule FG allocation did so much in a short while. If after two year in office we have no pictures of commissioned projects, then I sympathize with Ekiti.

I'm embarrased at what you've termed "huge construction site". I always knew ACN's reputation ended with Fashola and Oshiomaole and that as soon as more entrants join them, the true colors would begin to appear.It wasn't about the party, it was about the persons. Fashola and Oshiomole have great capacity and their performance has nothing to do with the party they belong in the same way the performance of Donald Duke, Amaechi, Akpabio, Chime and the likes have nothing to do with the party they belong in.

So please stop all these partisanship. Don't come here to talk about "huge construction site" and show us works even a LGA chairman would be ashamed of.

yinkhar:
Dnt mind the liars,was he there in 2006,2008,2010?mayb his ghost did I then and as for rossikk,where is that in unad?will u pls take me there tommorow?let's say the truth he's nt working.am not a supporter of any party,let's call a spade a spade

Kobojunkie:

It is really sad that more than 50 years into the mess we have created, there are still so many people out there who cannot see past the party politicians whose arses their faces are stuck on.

We are talking of using of very limited resources available to a state with a population well over a million, in such a way that at least half of the very poor citizens(many of whom cannot even afford cars to play any tarred roads that may exists)benefit, some are posting pictures of cracks in the roads and SHINY tar roads as achievements. The last administration spent billions on fixing roads, And 2 years after, the new Governor is still spending Bilions of state money on road construction. Is that all infrastructure that the state needs?