Donjazet2:
When I say rich or poor, Nigeria will get to you, this is what I mean.

https://www.nairaland.com/7491597/joe-unuame-driver-die-accident

If only you knew the number if elite that have lost their lives to bad roads in the country, you will get just how Nigeria is the great equalizer.

EmmanuelScott1:


Are you a local yahoo boy? I guess you're not

Education is a scam was a cruise statement invented by local yahoo boys. These boys don't know how to write or even speak English but re collecting thousands of dollars from oyibo people, it works for them because they carry juju (Oki ite, udu Ako mmiri and others)
They just copy and paste from the already written format gives to em by their Oga, they can't type on their own, only the thing in that format and client will be paying. I have seen em well well, even in banks, they can't fill any form given to em by bank workers, they will call the gateman working in the bank to fill for em after they will settle em. They're the ones that invented that slogan "school nah scam" because they're collecting money oyibo people that re learned without difficulty.

So how can undergraduate in a university believe that slogan and was asking it as a question to a presidential aspirant. If the questionare believe that slogan, he should sharply drop out and become keyboard warrior. Obi is not an educational therapist, that question should be directed to his professor.

Tinubu's own re important issues the country is facing (insecurity, oil theft , economy, any presidential aspirant is a must to know how to tackle em.

Obi's question that he delegated is about "school nah scam"

Itsrm:


I thought of it as well but I think people paying or not will depend on the amount being tolled. If its 500 or less, people will pay. Apart from the hold up on the headbridge, there used to be serious hold up around that Electronics market. You don't want to be caught in it. I don't know if that has changed sha.

There's also those who have contraband they are carrying and want to avoid the military guys at the old bridge.

Transport companies can also transfer the cost to their passengers so its none of their business.

chrisooblog:
Chief you for mention me direct no be beefing issue

Jokes apart I'm happy you put up Fashola's quote which corroborates what I've insisted all along that the bridge itself is completed but the access roads still need to be finished.

Where me and izzou differ is that he insists because some of the access roads are not ready then the bridge itself hasn't been completed. At least cars are now passing the 'uncompleted' bridge which is enough for me.

Spy360:

Thank you.

There are questions meant to be answered by a presidential aspirant.

It's like somebody asking Peter Obi the definition of osmosis. A reasonable candidate should redirect the question to the appropriate quarters.

Asking a presidential candidate about 'school na scam' is a silly question for the moment and Peter Obi earns more respect in redirecting the question to those who should be responsible.

It is lack of sense to use that as a fallback to the irresponsibility of Tinubu.

The most annoying part is that those who claim to be neutrals fell for that stupidity. That they fell for it simply exposed them.

You cannot support Tinubu and not be stupid.
~Oyedepo

BlueRayDick:




I don't know why this seems like something from Ambode's playbook ; rushing to commission uncompleted Airport road and Oshodi Interchange in 2019. Oh! Now I understand, Buhari was invited to commission the project that year, he must taken that key point from Ambode sha.

chrisooblog:
From some recent govt policies on road infrastructure that I read it's not the second niger bridge that will be tolled.

Whether we like it or not govt has to find a sustainable way of funding of maintenance of road infrastructure. Based on global best practice what other ways can govt finance road maintenance that haven't been explored?

Itsrm:


I thought of it as well but I think people paying or not will depend on the amount being tolled. If its 500 or less, people will pay. Apart from the hold up on the headbridge, there used to be serious hold up around that Electronics market. You don't want to be caught in it. I don't know if that has changed sha.

There's also those who have contraband they are carrying and want to avoid the military guys at the old bridge.

Transport companies can also transfer the cost to their passengers so its none of their business.

chrisooblog:
Chief you for mention me direct no be beefing issue

Jokes apart I'm happy you put up Fashola's quote which corroborates what I've insisted all along that the bridge itself is completed but the access roads still need to be finished.

Where me and izzou differ is that he insists because some of the access roads are not ready then the bridge itself hasn't been completed. At least cars are now passing the 'uncompleted' bridge which is enough for me.

Your comments make me laugh, to be honest.

How do you say a bridge is complete, when the access road is not there?

So 3rd Mainland bridge is complete even when Iyana-Oworo is not there?

Eko bridge is complete, but the part at Apongbon is not there?

You really love to argue bro. I think you do.

Even the Minister has said it will be closed back again for completion, but you want to prove that it is complete.

Na wa

BlueRayDick:


I believe the original idea is to have rail lines joining the south and the north, that way heavy duty trucks populating the highways will be replaced with Cargo trains which will ferry goods from one far end of the country to the order. For example having cows transported from the core north to the southern parts of the country. All things being equal, it should make our roads more safer and the cost of maintaining roads too will reduce.

chrisooblog:
Chief all this shalaye ko necessary

Obi did nothing wrong in delegating answers infact it's a sign of good leadership when you assign tasks to competent individuals to handle however the argument a few BAT supporters and posters are putting forward is why were you so hard on their principal when your candidate did something similar?

Anyway it's not a new phenomenon a lot of the stuff we criticized GEJ for Buhari got a free pass. At the end of the day we're all biased and hypocritical only levels differ.

Everyone support and back your preferred candidate but easy on the virtue signaling.

izzou:


The serious traffic at that Electronics market has changed. Since Willie expanded that road, it has been different

Also, the Old bridge experiences heavy traffic during festive periods; much expected because people from other parts of Nigeria are coming home. What of periods that the traffic is less? Would anyone leave a free way to go and pay 500 bucks on the 2nd one? I doubt that.

Also, the sit-at-home on Mondays automatically translates to next-to-nothing revenue for that bridge. That is also a problem

People from the West, going to PH hardly pass Onitsha anymore. They prefer to find their way from Delta, to the East/West road. And unfortunately, this category are those who are expected to use the 2nd Niger bridge too

Lastly, trailer drivers would rather use the old one than pay 1,500 for the new one (afterall, the company has provided diesel for the whole journey).

I just think the old one is a bad market for the new one. I mean, the divertion to the new one is on the road to the old one. So if i see that the road is free, i can decide to stick with the old one, rather than the new one

DissTroy:

You better believe there are no neutrals here. Everyone has an agenda. Playing neutral is also an agenda so they can emotionally blackmail the otherside firing from all cylinders to tone down while turning a blind eye to the side they tacitly support.

Again, Nairaland is the second most visited Nigerian website after Bet9ja and ranks the highest in Google search results. Twitter, Facebook and research platforms like Nairametrics and Researchgate regularly reference Nairaland threads and comments. Noticed there are only about 200 active users on this thread (main + alternate accounts) but almost 54 thousand views?

Counter the lies and half-truths with facts else they'd spread and seep into the fabric of our national discourse in no time.

DissTroy:

Nihilistjnr, this was my comment on the 12th of August. I was also referring to you. That was in the heat of the debate about Nigeria cannot work and not caring about the outcome.

You are no neutral. Digz isn't too even though he tried to come off as one but was derobbed last month.

The next you come up with that "I don't care" argument, we'd remind you. You folks can fool everybody.

You are exactly like Segalink on Twitter who plays fencist but long-time active folks on Twitter Nigeria all know where his loyalties lie.

Itsrm:


The bolded is a good point.

Where did you see 1500?

izzou:


I used the estimate for Lekki Toll gate fee to assume

ShaqFu:
Well atleast you know where my loyalties lie.

On another note, do you really believe Nigeria can work and things can actually get better?.

izzou:


Your comments make me laugh, to be honest.

How do you say a bridge is complete, when the access road is not there?

So 3rd Mainland bridge is complete even when Iyana-Oworo is not there?

Eko bridge is complete, but the part at Apongbon is not there?

You really love to argue bro. I think you do.

Even the Minister has said it will be closed back again for completion, but you want to prove that it is complete.

Na wa

Spy360:

What something is similar?

Tinubu delegated questions to him on security and economy. Core areas of governance.

Peter Obi redirected questions to the right quarters. A meaningless question.

What's similar?

Tinubu urchins just want to use the wisdom of Peter Obi to cover their principal's mumuness.

Spy360:

What something is similar?

Tinubu delegated questions to him on security and economy. Core areas of governance.

Peter Obi redirected questions to the right quarters. A meaningless question.

What's similar?

Tinubu urchins just want to use the wisdom of Peter Obi to cover their principal's mumuness.

DissTroy:

No. Knowing you Joe, you love playing the Devil's advocate. And your main grouse against Obi isn't personal or his tribe - you just don't want to support anyone ever linked to the PDP in the past. Which is odd because all major players had PDP links and Tinubu sabotaged his own party for Jonathan/PDP in 2011 so they were allies at a point. Until he wanted to be GCFR.

If you don't believe Nigeria would get better, why are we having this conversation?
Electoral law, mused state policing, muled devolution of electricity generation and distribution to states...

This thread being the default political lounge of Nairaland proves we all have a faint hope it'd get better.

chrisooblog:
Na today? Marwa then as outgoing military administrator of Lagos State quickly rushed to commission Teslim Balogun Stadium even though there were barely any covered sits or mainbowl pitch

Or OBJ that went to some place in Ogun State to do press conference about start of a railway projects

Or GEJ that went to commission 2nd niger bridge billboard?

Even Sanwo-Olu that completed the blue line light rail don't be surprised if it doesn't begin conveying passengers until towards the end of next year.

All na for political optics.

Itsrm:


I watched Fasholas interview on channels. The second Niger bridge will be tolled.

As for the second paragraph, I thought we have Ferma that draws money from the budget for road maintenance

BlueRayDick:


You know all this , yet u argued with izzou over all day and night .

Itsrm:


I no understand. You mean you guys pay 1500 everytime you pass through the toll gate?

I meant trailers oh

I think cars was 250
SUV was 350

BlueRayDick:


You know all this , yet u argued with izzou over all day and night .

Anytime wey i wan argue, i must do well to mention him

The guy fit follow Fashola argue sef

izzou:


Maiduguri is in the North East. This is a region that has insecurity issues. So this rail is probably going to pass through regions of the NE.

So what is the traffic like, even in terms of Cargo?

If it was the NW, like Kano, i can see the economic benefits.

But Maiduguri? Damaturu?

Abeggg

chrisooblog:
Like I said I argued about the bridge itself.

you're free to bring out any post where I contradicted myself by saying the project was finished. Emphasis on project not the bridge itself.

nihilistjnr:


In no more than 150 words, define the meaning of "Prof this one pass me"

Please remember to cite your sources appropriately

DissTroy:

Nihilistjnr, this was my comment on the 12th of August. I was also referring to you. That was in the heat of the debate about Nigeria cannot work and not caring about the outcome.

You are no neutral. Digz isn't too even though he tried to come off as one but was derobbed last month.

The next you come up with that "I don't care" argument, we'd remind you. You folks can fool everybody.

You are exactly like Segalink on Twitter who plays fencist but long-time active folks on Twitter Nigeria all know where his loyalties lie.