Throwback:
Good!

Buhari has succeeded where Jonathan and Peter Obi failed.






https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/175127-weve-spent-n10bn-2nd-niger-bridge-far-jonathan.html

Wetin Peter obi dey look for up? Lol. These guys are clowns

ZombieTAMER:


Is it free?

This was done to extort money from the users

gigantic toll gates are there to milk the masses for ages..

The devil's gift is not for free
something must have to give

Eyah whether free or not it’s bn done; Wetin una pple do before?

Corridon:
We will resist the toll with the last drop of our blood. Where are they tolling in all the roads they construct in the north? When we reach the bridge we will know how to cross it.

U can’t do shishi; na only mouth.

ZombieTAMER:


Is it free?

This was done to extort money from the users

gigantic toll gates are there to milk the masses for ages..

The devil's gift is not for free
something must have to give

the person wey do u don die and we no know where Dem bury am

IF YOU ARE COMPLANINIG ABOUT THE TOLL FEE, IT IS NOT NECESSARY YOU CAN DROP AND JOIN CANOE TO CROSS OVER

Abdul05:
not in Nigeria but in Biafra land certainly..

You must be a very wicked and selfish guy for real.

Can't you see how weak, defeated, diminished, worn out, hopeless, helpless, old, sick etc, he looks. Campaign proper has not even started o.

If he was to be your father, I know you'd advice him to take care of his health first.

How does he hope to survive the rigorous campaign ahead?

You don't like Amoda one bit, I can bet on that

Good job by d APC government..I still believe Buhari has improved d infrastructure around d country despite d limited resources available .. this would provide an enabling environment for investors and movement of goods n services.. Buharis PR team should wake up n sensitize nigerians more on this..

loosecanon50:
A very good one from Buhari's administration.

Let's be guarded GEJ started it first.

aajibeye:
Good job by d APC government..I still believe Buhari has improved d infrastructure around d country despite d limited resources available .. this would provide an enabling environment for investors and movement of goods n services.. Buharis PR team should wake up n sensitize nigerians more on this..

Keep believing...

You are on your own

Abdul05:
Come and thank tinubu for this ..

If he didn't lead buhari to power.l don't think south east would ever have this huge project.

Let's be guarded GEJ started it first.

Corridon:
The only federal project in the east.

Executed by the most hated president by the east

Amojii:


Let's be guarded GEJ started it first.

I know. I'm not a supporter of this administration but he tried to finish the project.

Throwback:
Good!

Buhari has succeeded where Jonathan and Peter Obi failed.






https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/175127-weve-spent-n10bn-2nd-niger-bridge-far-jonathan.html

So Peter obi was ur president or Vp?

Jonathan also succeeded in many areas buhari has failed woefully.

You're a fóól a very unreasonable fóol.
You should be ashamed because the only thing they achieved for over 8yrs is ordinary bridge while other countries are doing wonders. You're celebrating mediocre.
Once again you're a fóol
You are shameless and despicable at the same time [/quote]

ogascomax:
Do not allow APC deceive you this project is not just Federal government project it's a combination of groups. Delta State government and Anambra state government gave 10% for the project. Also it's an investment by both private sector and the federal government both have their percentage. Those money will be realized through tollgate. PDP government had already invested money for that project and the commuted huge resources so APC government should not be claiming glory for project that was ongoing before the came and invested their portion. It's a collective effort by past and present administrations.

The money pdp invested, where did it take the bridge to. This is why many people will never believe you guys that are trying to spin narratives to discredit APC.

It's not compulsory to like everybody but don't give credit to those who don’t deserve it. It makes one look stupid

ajayiopy:
IF YOU ARE COMPLANINIG ABOUT THE TOLL FEE, IT IS NOT NECESSARY YOU CAN DROP AND JOIN CANOE TO CROSS OVER

You dey mind them? They will surely pay and use the bridge, who like suffer to remain in traffic for endless hours. All na shakara

loosecanon50:


I know. I'm not a supporter of this administration but he tried to finish the project.

Buhari, has no option than to complete it, if not his hatred for SE would have been more obvious,

If it had been GEJ didn't start it, he (Buhari) wouldn't have aworded the contract.

alcuin:
Watch as they (you know them) come and downgrade this. They will also be the first to cry marginalisation if this hadn't been done.

You know them.

. The same people you can't do without

ZombieTAMER:


How many toll gates did IBB put on the third mainland bridge?

the longest bridge in West Africa..

it's not a mistake that APc went for Muslim Muslim ticket...
They know what they're doing
They know what they stand for

are you aware that they borrowed money to finance this project?, how do you expect them pay back the money and still maintain the brige without tolling?

ZombieTAMER:


let's toll third mainland bridge to keep it in tip top shape

Am sure the 1st Niger Bridge will still be accessible as an alternate route. It won't be enforced that you must pass there.. Abi? We pay tolls in Lagos, Lekki and ikoyi.. As long as the money generated is used justly then I think it's a fair deal.

Bukayosakes:

Video courtesy NTA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFeJ3lDfDj8


Thee whole Nigeria go shake because of our jubilation. President Buhari you have done this. Echoke���

https://twitter.com/masonsokun4real/status/1571543298635882498?t=1ZtBFtCFBXijQtoqBLr3lg&s=19

SECOND NIGER BRIDGE: BUSTING THE LIES, STATING THE FACTS
First, the chequered history and deceit of the 2nd Niger Bridge.
After decades of rigmarole by successive military regimes, successive PDP administrations promised to build the 2nd Niger Bridge during their 1999, 2003 and 2007 Presidential election campaigns. It did not.
Upon the return to civilian rule on May 29, 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo promised to deliver a second Niger River bridge.
However, Obasanjo’s administration did not carry out any major activity on the project until five days before he handed over in 2007 to the administration of late President Umaru Musa Yar’ Adua. That was when he flagged off the project in Asaba in Delta State.
The handing over of the project by Obasanjo to Yar’ Adua made his (Yar’Adua’s) administration to effectively inherit a ₦58.6 Billion proposed cost for a six lane, 1.8 km tolled bridge, which was to be completed in three-and-half years.
Based on the funding structure then, the bridge was to be financed under a public-private partnership (PPP) with 60 per cent of the funding coming from the contractor, Gitto Group; 20 per cent from the federal government and 10 per cent from the Anambra and Delta State Governments.
Unfortunately, the subsequent death of Yar’ Adua on May 5, 2010 marred the progress of the project.
During the 2011 Presidential Campaign, President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan took the rigmarole a notch higher by promising the respected Obi of Onitsha and by extension the South East at an Onitsha Town Hall meeting that he will construct the bridge and if he did not complete it by 2015, he “will go on exile”. That is a direct quote. He won the election.
In the lead up to the 2015 Presidential elections, on March 10, 2014, President Jonathan alongside Mr Peter Obi and other PDP stalwarts went to the bridge site for a flag off exercise where he showcased what he said was a map of the bridge. It is on record.
Thus for 4 years (2011 – 2015), the Goodluck Jonathan led PDP administration did nothing worth mentioning on the bridge except a completed map of the bridge. There was not even a settled and effective source of an arrangement for funding agreed.
It bears mentioning that no leader worthy of note from the South East reminded him (President Jonathan) of the public promise he made to the Obi of Onitsha 4 years earlier; to even get an explanation or apology. The South East still resolutely stuck with him and essentially lost the election with him. The South East was rather fed that Buhari hated Igbos and most swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
Yet the same Buhari came in 2015 and resolved to end that perpetual deceit of the South East and Nigerians in his resolve to do right for the nation without minding who it will directly benefit.
In August 2015; after scrutinising the contract cost and other conditions surrounding the Second Niger Bridge project, President Buhari cancelled the moribund and unproductive N325 Million contract approved in 2012 by President Goodluck Jonathan for final planning and design of the bridge under the same Obasanjo PPP model with Gitto Group; which never came through.
The bridge was then redesigned by the Buhari administration to bring it up to modern and efficient standards; adding an extra lane and Bypasses plus a tolling plaza to make the bridge sustainable after construction; in line the new policy of tolling certain bridges and highways nationwide.
The bridge was then redesigned by the Buhari administration to bring it up to modern and efficient standards; adding an extra lane and Bypasses plus a tolling plaza to make the bridge sustainable after construction; in line the new policy of tolling certain bridges and highways nationwide.
I mean we were used to toll gates which are meant for not only maintaining such infrastructure but building new ones until corruption took them over. Would it be preferable that a bridge was built with tolling or that no bridge was built and no tolling. The 2nd Niger Bridge won’t be the only bridge or highway that would be tolled nationwide by the way.
Under the new arrangement, the scope of work was expanded to involve the construction of a 1.6km bridge over the river Niger, construction of two secondary bridges at Amakom Village Road and Atani Road spanning 21.7 meters each, demolition of existing flyover and construction of new interchange at Onitsha-Owerri Road.
The re-design also involved the construction of 3.3km approach road on the Asaba side and 7.0km approach road on the Onitsha side of the main bridge (a total of 11.9km link roads), a toll plaza which consists of eight lanes in each direction, and site clearing of the Right of Way (RoW) including the removal of all bush, trees and shrubs.
A fresh contract at initial sum of N206 billion was signed in 2018 with Julius Berger Nigeria to be funded by the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF); a Fund created by President Buhari to accelerate the completion of key infrastructure projects; including the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway and the Abuja – Kaduna – Kano (AKK) road.
On the source of funding and nature of the project as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, apart from the federal government seed funds through budgetary allocations, the recoveries made from Abacha loot, as part of the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF), the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) was also expected to bring in other private capital which is expected to be recouped, with of course returns.
Construction of the bridge started on September 1, 2018 with an expected completion date of February 2022 and JBN kept updating Nigerians on the steady progress of the construction since then.
Today, we can say without any iota of doubt that the 2nd Niger Bridge is as good as done. Thus, the promise made by President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerians on October 8, 2020 that his administration would complete and commission the Second Niger Bridge before the end of his tenure in 2023 which many people did not take seriously because of our experiences has been faithfully kept.
At this point, it bears addressing the ignorant submission by some ignorance and hate driven folks about the height of the new 2nd Niger Bridge and shipping vessels.
First, the management of Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) under the Buhari Administration during the redesign of the 2nd Niger bridge met with Julius Berger Nigeria Ltd and agreed on the height of the bridge because vessels were expected to turn under the bridge and that was factored in.
It might help to educate some people that Onitsha is a River Port and not a Sea Port. It can only accommodate flat bottomed vessels. Indeed, there are no sea ports in Nigeria that can take ocean going vessels. Such vessels tranship on the Atlantic Ocean into smaller vessels which can now come into Nigerian waters.
It might also interest some to know that the Onitsha River Port was moribund all through the decades until once again, under President Buhari, the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) headed by Dr George Moghalu in July 2022 concession it to Universal Elysium Consortium Ltd led by Dr George Nwangwu for a 30-year period in a process midwifed by the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC). The federal government will now dredge the river or the Concessionaire would and recover the costs over time.
So today, we have the 2nd Niger Bridge finally built and the Onitsha River Port finally activated and concession, meaning that barges can now pass under the bridge into Onitsha River Port; all made possible by President Buhari in record time. Think about the huge benefits and the ripple effects to the South East and the rest of Nigeria.
And all Buhari gets are denials, distortion of facts, abuse and discredit?
Thankfully, Buhari is not interested in commendations. He is doing what he believes is right for the nation and posterity will judge him. We only acknowledge and commend for our own human dignity, sense of decency and conscience.
#GodBlessNigeria

Why do we need to be thanking Government for doing there primary work. I think that is why we voted in ?

iamwilliamsfx:
Just look at how long it took build just a bridge

Very sad indeed

Nigeria is finished

It's you that's finished!

2ND NIGER BRIDGE: FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE THEY DECEIVE YOU
When Buhari took over government in 2015, he tried to cancel the project under the guise that he wanted to renegotiate the contract, but he found out that cancelling it will cost Nigeria lots of money, as a result of BREACH OF AGREEMENT, because the terms of the agreement signed by GEJ made it impossible for the contract to cancelled at whim.
1. 2nd Niger Bridge is a Public-Private Sector Joint Venture, meaning that majority of the cost will be borne by potential users, mostly IGBOS.
2. Before he left, ex-President Jonathan made available 60 percent of FG’s 30 percent counterpart fund.
3. Anambra and Delta States provided 5 percent EACH, while Julius Berger took care of the remaining 60 per cent.
4. When ready, the bridge will be toll, so that they will all recover their investment.
5. When Buhari took over government in 2015, he tried to cancel the project under the guise that he wanted to renegotiate the contract, but he found out that cancelling it will cost Nigeria lots of money, as a result of BREACH OF AGREEMENT, because the terms of the agreement signed by GEJ made it impossible for the contract to cancelled at whim.
So, neither Buhari, nor APC, can take credit for 2nd Niger Bridge, because, they complied with the contract, NOT because they want to see this bridge done, but due to the stringent terms of the signed contract, before they took over government. They have NO VIABLE OPTIONS!!

Good one from the government.
Great development.

Buhari try in term of infrastructure. Let appreciate him for that.. sentiment apart.

Pwettylinda:

Tinubu is weak, very sick, he poops and wees on himself

You sound extremely unintelligent. Your existence is indeed a threat to everyone around you. They should be wary.

Be healed.

And if the easterners don't vote for APC this time around,they should kiss development bye bye with PDP in power because the party refused to complete their headquarters despite the huge resources they gathered when they launch the structure

rusher14:


No, no, no.

If i recall clearly, many of you opposed loans for trains.

You said Buhari's government just wants to swallow the money.

A curse name that gave you what your brother cannot give you

MVLOX:
Lol so this Na achievement now....

Do you even know how much it takes to make a kilometer of road?

None Sense with our oil and gas money.

God bless good luck Jonathan.

lets all hope so!