Lord Have Mercy.

As work resumes on Lagos/Ibadan Express way

It came as cheering news that the two contractors engaged by the federal government to reconstruct the 167-kilometre Lagos/Ibadan Expressway have moved their equipment back to site to resume work.
The Federal Government under former President Goodluck Jonathan had hired Julius Berger PLC to reconstruct and widen the portion from the Shagamu Exchange in Ogun State to the Lagos metropolis. RCC was awarded the Shagamu to Ibadan section. A lot of progress was made, and hopes were high among the road users that the traffic nightmares and frequent accidents experienced on the nation’s busiest highway would soon be a thing of the past.
Work, however, came to a screeching halt after the change of government in May this year, fuelling fears of another abandonment of work such as was experienced when the federal government handed the road over to a local private concessionaire, Bi-Courtney.
We are hoping that work on this road and others nationwide can now proceed without any further break. The completion of the Lagos – Ibadan Express must be seen as a national priority and pursued with single-minded commitment until it is completed on its due date, March 2017.
The reason for this is obvious. Lagos is the economic melting pot of the nation. It houses the country’s largest airport and busiest seaports. It is the primary port of entry for all manner of imported goods, particularly petroleum products. That is why the expressway is overcrowded with trucks, trailers, tankers, lorries and other vehicles of all shapes and sizes from all over the country, all heading for Lagos to lift goods and human cargoes.
It is, therefore, imperative that this road and others like it around the country (such as the Shagamu-Benin-Onitsha, Benin-Warri, East-West Road, Enugu- Port Harcourt Express, Onitsha- Enugu –Abakaliki Express, Abuja-Okene Express, Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Express, Ibadan-Jebba-Mokwa Express and others) must be kept well maintained to move the commercial life of the nation forward. Good maintenance of our national highways is one of those avenues through which the federal government touches the lives of ordinary Nigerians and promotes their economic wellbeing, and therefore must no longer be toyed with.
We call on the federal government to focus a critical portion of the proposed $25 billion infrastructure fund in the total upgrading of our national highways to modern day standards, ensuring that they are well lit and provided with facilities to cater for accident victims and the overall comfort of travellers. These make travelling by road safer and more comfortable.
We commend the Buhari regime for nudging the contractors back to site on the Lagos-Ibadan Express way and hope that work will resume on all other temporarily abandoned federal highways as soon as possible.

http://news.bestnaira.com/posts/view/as-work-resumes-on-lagosibadan-express-way

Mynd44 please come

jaymichael:
The accustomed ways of life of we Nigerians is not usually the norm of reference that I use as the guiding principles of my life. I don't have a child out of wedlock, and I don't intend to (God help me)
Our society has sacrificed the weightier matters of LOVE, COMPASSION, HELP and EMPATHY on the alter of social correctness and acceptability.
Out of commission or ommission, intentional or not, someone makes a mistake or does the right thing in the wrong way (which is in this case having a child out of wedlock) It is not within the power of anyone to rise in condemnation and judgement, that is the exclusive reserve of God. We Yorubas do say "even the slave had family, the only difference is the long way between them.
Preaching is easier than practice though.

the reason i asked is because i saw some references to what you mentioned, such was never practiced in Nigeria to the best of my knowledge.

as per mistake and whatnot, its not about what you dont control and what you cant change, but rather what you are trying to destroy whether intentionally or inadverdently. And who is assisting you to do that.

I used Homeowner Charter to generate employment —Amosun

By Daud Olatunji
ABEOKUTA— Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has explained that he introduced the idea of Homeowners’ Charter to solve the problem of unemployment in the state.
Amosun, who spoke on Friday, during the presentation of 1,000 Certificates of Occupancy, C of Os and Building Plan Approval to beneficiaries at the Arcade Ground, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, said that through the programme he has generated both direct and indirect employment for youths in the state.
It would be recalled that private practising surveyors in Ogun State had dragged the state governor before the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta over alleged discrepancies and illegality surrounding the issuance of C of Os under its new housing policy known as Home Owner Charter.
The surveyors, in the suit number FHC/HB/CS/66/15, claimed that the sketch plans under the scheme do not have the particulars of any registered surveyor and are only endorsed with the scanned signature of the Surveyor-General of Ogun State, contrary to the law of survey plan in Nigeria.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/i-used-homeowner-charter-to-generate-employment-amosun/

Where are the omo oduas?

Thumbs up -----> Mynd44

WIZGUY69:


Where are the omo oduas?

Thumbs up -----> Mynd44

Thank you.

Which state are you from and what news do you have for us?

Mynd44:

Thank you.

Which state are you from and what news do you have for us?

omo ekiti kete ni mi


Well, I am happy with Akure-Ilesha express way, the road is very attractive with road signs and marking. but I am not sure who's responsible for the construction. there's no single pothole on it.

WIZGUY69:



omo ekiti kete ni mi


Well, I am happy with Akure-Ilesha express way, the road is very attractive with road signs and marking. but I am not sure who's responsible for the construction. there's no single pothole on it.

I know that road. It is a federal road though.

So any news from Ekiti? Apart from Governor Fayose cutting Ponmo.

Has work started on the Iworoko road yet?
I personally think the Ikere road needs to be visited. That road is something else

itstpia8:


the reason i asked is because i saw some references to what you mentioned, such was never practiced in Nigeria to the best of my knowledge.

as per mistake and whatnot, its not about what you dont control and what you cant change, but rather what you are trying to destroy whether intentionally or inadverdently. And who is assisting you to do that.

And what are those things that weren't practised in Nigeria to the best of your knowledge?

Mynd44:

I know that road. It is a federal road though.

So any news from Ekiti? Apart from Governor Fayose cutting Ponmo.

Has work started on the Iworoko road yet?
I personally think the Ikere road needs to be visited. That road is something else

*sigh* Egbon*


I don't feel like knowing any news from that state.

Because I haven't seen or heard any good news since the emergence of Mr. Fayose as the Governor


That man isn't suppose to be a Governor in the first place.

Mcheeeew

WIZGUY69:



*sigh* Egbon*


I don't feel like knowing any news from that state.

Because I haven't seen or heard any good news since the emergence of Mr. Fayose as the Governor


That man isn't suppose to be a Governor in the first place.

Mcheeeew

I know how that feels as workers have not been paid October salaries yet.
Fayemi did his best though.

As with the Akure road, you sent a picture of, the contract was given out under the last administration but no work was done. Not even mobilization. I know they just got back around August probably they have been summoned by the ministry of works.

Mynd44:

I know that road. It is a federal road though.

So any news from Ekiti? Apart from Governor Fayose cutting Ponmo.

Has work started on the Iworoko road yet?
I personally think the Ikere road needs to be visited. That road is something else

Nothing yet on that.

I don't think it's aa priority, considering there isn't much traffic on that road.


Work will soon start on the demolished market space.
Fencing started already

That's all I can make note of.

Also, I heard that a new market has being built in ikere

jaymichael:
And what are those things that weren't practised in Nigeria to the best of your knowledge?

what you mentioned.

its a sensitive subject.

LogoDWhiz:



Nothing yet on that.

I don't think it's aa priority, considering there isn't much traffic on that road.


Work will soon start on the demolished market space.
Fencing started already

That's all I can make note of.

Also, I heard that a new market has being built in ikere

Thats great news. How about the new state hospital? Opened yet?

@Mynd44.

Good effort buddy. I'll be sure to contribute later. Thanks.

Gbawe:
@Mynd44.

Good effort buddy. I'll be sure to contribute later. Thanks.

Okay. Will be nice to see what you have

WIZGUY69:



omo ekiti kete ni mi


Well, I am happy with Akure-Ilesha express way, the road is very attractive with road signs and marking. but I am not sure who's responsible for the construction. there's no single pothole on it.

It is a World Bank sponsored project under the Road Sector Development Team (RSDT is a Donor sponsor Agency under the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing).