amaniro:


Only one week since he assumed office. You expect him to do initial gra gra or build flyovers allover owerri. He is putting two in two together so Just ni su ru..

amaniro:

Dude. Why the focus on southern Nigeria? Why can't you bully all those greedy northern governor's like this?? There is too much unnecessary focus in the south and as long as I know. The south is more developed than the north.

Ijaya123:


In my own opinion, there is no need to release new hotlines.

The existing emergency lines of 767 and 211 can still accomodate this by expanding the call care personnel to take care of the new section.

the people are not interested in endless streak of excuses. He maintained that the actions of the governor assuming office “showed that he is not serious and does not seem to have any cut out plan or blueprint for governance, except the desperation to grab power”.

Nwosu, who was reacting to claims by the governor that his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, did not do a proper handing over and so he was finding it difficult to take off, admonished the governor to jettison the excuses and focus on his campaign promises of rebuilding Imo.

The Imo State governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Uche Nwosu, has urged Governor Emeka Ihedioha to unfold his programmes for the people instead of embarking on a “wild goose chase”.

Nwosu, who was reacting to claims by the governor that his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, did not do a proper handing over and so he was finding it difficult to take off, admonished the governor to jettison the excuses and focus on his campaign promises of rebuilding Imo.

According to him, the people are not interested in endless streak of excuses. He maintained that the actions of the governor assuming office “showed that he is not serious and does not seem to have any cut out plan or blueprint for governance, except the desperation to grab power”.

Nwosu said: “The people did not vote for him to start chasing shadows. For the time he will stay as the governor, he should unfold his plans and programme for the people. No one is interested in excuses, what the people want is performance and nothing less. The people want concrete statement on what the programmes of the government are, what the government intends to do and how it would deliver dividends of democracy to them, and not embarking on a mission to pull down Rochas Okorocha.



https://thenationonlineng.net/nwosu-to-ihedioha-focus-on-governance/

NigeriaIsDoomed:
Ogbeni, na you dey support corrupt elements. I wouldn't mind if all those corrupt politicians were executed if it were possible.
My grouse with the present government is high level of hypocrisy.

It was re-awarded to the same contractor by the Goodluck Jonathan administration in 2012 for execution in six phases, starting with the Lagos-Ibadan stretch.

Okheria also said arrangements were being finalised to start the construction of the Lagos-Calabar and Kaduna-Kano rail lines.

“The contract was awarded by the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan for $11.917bn. When we took over at the ministry, we renegotiated with the CCECC and we succeeded in reducing the contract sum from $11.917bn to $11.117bn and we are able to save $800m after the renegotiation,” he had explained.





https://punchng.com/n458bn-lagos-ibadan-new-rail-project-begin-feb/

NigeriaIsDoomed:
You are lucky to be a Nigerian, if it were China you and those corrupt government officials would have been executed by now to deter other criminal elements.
Continue to support criminals because of the crumbs you are picking from the table.
Folks like you is why Nigeria has been stripped of everything by criminals since 1960.

Splashme:



Oga, is Buhari's govt funding the Lagos-Ibadan railway?

Is signing a loan agreement with China for a project an achievement?

Who cannot do such a simple task?

Didn't GEJ do it in the case of Abuja-Kaduna railway, airport terminals and Abuja MetroLine projects?

See, I only respect leaders who prudently manage resources and fund their own projects.

Engaging China to fund a project with massive loans for future generations to pay is not an achievement.

royal231:
Una want make Ambode re award contract wey fashola big thief Don pay finish for

Another 4 years of Ambode for show fowl yansh

So dem comot am to hide fowl yansh

“Lagos has gotten progressively less transparent today, they don’t even bother,” said Tunde Leye, Consulting Partner at SBM Intelligence.


We know exactly the cost of building the Lekki Ikoyi Bridge. Compare to Ambode where we do not know how much he spent to build the Ajah flyover or anything else. Civil society has tried to invoke the freedom of information (FOI) act repeatedly but they have either been ignored or blown off. Lagos is very opaque.”

http://www.businessdayonline.com/inside-lagosvisionscape-deal-costs-taxpayers-n85bn/

jideflash:
See their plan, they frustrated ambode with impeachment distractions and delays in fund release, so that his performance will be stalled, just because the guy no let some others veteran thieves chop with am. Even govt agencies leadership under the state govt joined the fight against the past governor by slowing pace of work and pledge allegiance to the Powers that be. You could see the result of the primaries. The governor was surrounded by enemies disguised as friends. How can one perform when all around are people trying to sabotage your efforts.

Immediately sanwo-olu entered now, they released budget, the man and the agencies are jumping around with promises.
The state roads are so bad, that any slight fix performed today, will bring a great relief and show sign of hope (mass mind control), leaving lagosians to shout sanwo-olu praises hereby validating to lagosians minds why they changed the last guy.

So now. lets think well, do you think all the strong tussle that happen regarding the said matter, is due to the love of the state. Nah, Political wars have never been about the people of the state, its about the state of the people holding the political powers and their self-interest.

Make you una continue to use us play. #OurMUMUneverDO

JAWBONE:


Yes. they are both railway projects constructed by the same company.

NigeriaIsDoomed:
Criminal element and enemy of the state you cannot defend the indefensible.
I spit on you!

NigeriaIsDoomed:
Enemy of the state, first cure yourself of ignorance and foolishness before you bring your madness to the cyberspace.
Please go back and read what the article says very well and stop being dumb. It is quite obvious that you did not read with comprehension unless you were drunk while reading it.

Apart from the cost of relocating some facilities, especially the Nigerian Army 81 Ordinance Corps in Yaba which is estimated at over N5 billion, there is also the relocation of oil and gas pipelines within the Lagos axis. Also, the commitment of government to connect the rail line to the country’s premier port in Apapa comes at a huge cost going by recent presentations made to the minister by the contractor and technical consultant.

Also, the Apapa Port rail sidings initially estimated at 2.4km in the project are now to extend to 6.4km for seamless connection of the standard gauge to all port terminals.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/1-5bn-lagos-ibadan-fast-rail-fec-gets-cost-overrun-request-from-amaechi.html

Splashme:



Bro, are you OK?
How dare you compare this Lagos-Ibadan crap to the Ethiopia double track electric speed railway?

Stop defending glaring corruption!
Buhari, Amaechi, APC are big thieves and this rail project just exposed them once more.

JAWBONE:


Yes. they are both railway projects constructed by the same company.

Aiyk2333:

Why have u chosen to remain an internet jostling mofo, have u gone to IMO and confirmed this picture for yourself?? IMO is in a sorry state, it's a shithole especially this rainy season. stop this and have it in mind Rochas is a good philanthropist he'd tainted his image with his last 8yrs in office

Aiyk2333:

today is world environmental day, governor is planting trees to mark a new beginning. should he do that alone, is it a ritual?? why u so myopic and senseless.. are u sure u still have sense, just knowledge sake!? what's the big deal with people being around him. he talks, u complain, he's quite doing something, u complain. nonsense and nairaland

TEDHorsePower:
I said shut up this, you know nothing. short man :

kernel01:



People are dumbo and rettarded because they choose to think like you.

Splashme:



And you honestly think all the factors you listed here don't apply in the Ethiopia line?

JAWBONE:


Cost has nothing to do with your first and third point. The chinese will not charge more because Lagos is a state or because it is self-funded by LASG (which I doubt). And please backup your other points with figures if you can. Yes the nature of the projects differ but when you look at the magnitude of both projects and their respective price difference, there are questions that needs to be answered.

TEDHorsePower:
Clown shut up, you know nothing.

Abogwara:
Okorocha planted thousands of both real trees and artificial trees in both the government house and across most parts of the State not just one tree inside government house.

TEDHorsePower:
Okoroawusa failed to achieve a single infrastructural development in his 8 wasted yrs despite massive debt he incurred. Just look at Owerri where okoroawusa claimed that he focused for 8yrs

JAWBONE:


If you are talking about extras here, it's the Ethiopian one that should then cost more. Don't try to spin this around. Corruption is clearly involved in the Nigerian. A governorship aspirant in Lagos state made reference to this in the last elections.

JAWBONE:


You are the retarded one here, the point is the Ethiopian rail is six times longer than Nigeria's and can use electricity which naturally should cost more than a shorter diesel powered train. Go and do your research before you open your gutter mouth to defend corruption

JAWBONE:


Eductated Nigerian youth, please can you tell us how a longer and more sophisticated railway project built by the same company will cost less, or was the Nigerian rail built on water or land reclaimed from sea? Mind you, the Ethiopian railway was completed on six years, we are still dragging our feet here for decades. Disgusting humans like you will go to the ends of the earth to defend a clear case of corruption when it favours your pockets. You hypocrisy stinks to high heavens, bunch of bloody sycophants, enemies of state, enemies of progress, fair-weather activists, brown-envelope critics.