So even OBJ did not build any road in the 2nd half of his 2nd term? Incredible!

fishbone11:
BREAKING NEWS: Benin-Ore road was constructed by Buhari & Osubade government....
Lagos-Ibadan road built by Pastor Osubade.
I swear this pastor can lie

See as you come open yansh, while some are here sincerely engaging their mushy matter you just come stupid yakata.

Benin Ore road that has been there since I was a child and Lagos ibadan road that has been recontracted over 5 times.

Those two roads have drank more blood than I can imagine in the history of this country.

Laredojohn:
Hmmmm if he truly said this...am ashamed of this because if I dnt know any road at least I pass thru the section of mile 2 to cele that was tarred during gej tenure as president...and am sure many more people could mention some in their states ere, wouldn't say anything further

Okay, you do know the difference between a new road and a reconstructed road, or updated road.

Another aspect to examine is the ideao that both Yar'adua and GEKt only executed projects and contracts OBJ had signed and therefore cannot lay claim to it.

OBJ had alluded to this same fact more than once in the past makes it a somewhat valid fact

That is what he was told, and not what he knows simple.

laprince:


A single lane that was dualized is not a new road?

NDDC opened many new roads and SURE-P too.

I think you are not being sincere.

Some people claim to be wise but the expose their folly. Is Osinbajo expecting Gej to uproot trees and house to build road ?

lookandlaff:


Nigerians call themselves educated, they read but don't understand. Osinbajo said Jonathan did not build any NEW roads, repairing existing roads is not building a new road so both Fashola and Osinbajo are right. Jonathan repaired more roads than OBJ ....I don't even know if OBJ repaired any road during his time.

And why should buildings new road be our major concern when there are thousands of kilometres of old roads in bad conditions?
Should GEJ had left those bad roads to go building new ones?
Come to think of it, can Osinbajo tell us where the new roads should have been? All the state capitals and major towns in Nigeria are linked by road, what else does the VP expect GEJ to have one? Create new road in addition to the ones already in existence? Buhari and his people should face their work and stop all these nonsense.

GEJ rehabilitated bad federal roads, then Buhari and Osinbajo should build new ones where they think they should be. That's should be a big deal.

Lionsclaw:
which is more expensive to do, building new ones or rehabilitating? You are really sick o.

So u mean they did road patching? Are you sane ?

My friend d rehabilitation u are talking about involved buldozing off the bad road which cost money before proper work begins. Abi u no dey travel pass were dem they work on roads.

You and osinbade are just confused

Therefore can the road be concluded to be new, the answer remains no.

I thought he was invited to preach in the on going retreat. Why did he has to dabble into politics on the pulpit? He should learn to do the right thing at the right time.

Cavenchy:
The deplorable state of roads in the country required immediate attention. I would rather support the rehabilitation of key road networks than build totally new ones and leaving the existing key roads to infrastructural decay, in only a matter of time the new ones would need maintenance as well(More funds). However, I would have expected the honourable Vice President to list areas that require brand new roads that haven't been built. If he is implying that there were enough funds to do both then he may have a valid point.

A good road he should have completed is the second Niger bridge, which he managed to use to hoodwink the East into unflinching support

adioolayi:


I think we are missing the point "No single New Road"....This is not talking about repairing or dualizing existing road... he is talking about constructing entirely new road...If such happened under GEJ..kindly tell me...I really want to know.

What do you mean by entirely new roads? has roads become airport that you can build new one? One thing about APC is that they know how to make lies look like truth.
Don't you know it's more expensive to reconstruct old road than to build new one.
Wait o o, what's the need for this trash from vice president?

SMH .. So all these comments are coming from some graduates, what a shame, someone even made a very dumb af point by saying extra lanes are NEW roads, no wonder we are so easily deceived, illiteracy even among the educated is really so high in Nigeria, No NEW Roads were built not repaired or patched, a brand new road like what Fashola built linking Ikoyi to Lekki Phase 1... The VP has a point, why are most of u so silly and senseless as to easily come out and insult your Vice President, I understand the APC, PDP thing but insulting and embarrassing your VP and President all over social media with low level of grasping information and thinking..

sweetgala:


See as you come open yansh, while some are here sincerely engaging their mushy matter you just come stupid yakata.

Benin Ore road that has been there since I was a child and Lagos ibadan road that has been recontracted over 5 times.

Those two roads have drank more blood than I can imagine in the history of this country.

Those roads particularly the Benin-Ore road drank the blood during OBJ's time. I remember when Diezani Allison-Madueke as minister of works under OBJ wept on seeing the condition of that road without her principal doing anything. Do I need to remind you that GEJ fixed the road?

Longeria:
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday said that the federal government did not build “a single new road” in the last 10 years.

The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and former President Goodluck Jonathan presided over the country within that period.

Speaking at the pastors and leaders retreat of the Fountain of Life Church in Ilupeju, Lagos, Osinbajo said corruption in the country was not caused because by a few individuals, but that the entire system was built around lack of integrity.

He expressed confidence that the country would be great again but noted that the foundation for the greatness had to be laid with a lot of pains.

“Unless we tackle graft, we may not be able to achieve something,” he said.

“The federal government in the past 10 years could not build a single new road, not repairing existing ones alone.

“Now we have a president who will not steal money and who will not allow anybody to steal money.”

Commenting on the N6 billion that the last administration spent on a new residence for the vice-president, he said Aguda House, the current official residence, is up to standard with enough space.

He said the present administration would complete it but consider putting it to other use.

“There is no need for a new vice-president’s house; it is a kind of waste; we are now in a situation where we cannot abandon it; it has to be completed and used for a different thing,” he said.

Osinbajo also spoke on the controversy surrounding the State House Medical Centre, which he said was not only for workers at the state house.

He said it is a general hospital with a lot of facilities that serves all Nigerians, adding that he would prefer that it be further equipped to provide higher medical services to those in need.

Osinbajo debunked insinuation of lack of data in the country, saying that the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics had enormous which had been rated highly by the World Bank and other international agencies.

He said the intention of government was to aggregate the scattered data in INEC, CBN, National Population Census Commission into one by the National Identity Card Management Commission.

Osinbajo also said the education sector lacked not only standards but adequacy of institutions, which has forced Nigerians into sponsoring their children abroad for tertiary education.

He explained that while 1.8 million Nigerians sat for university entrance examination yearly, only about 300,000 were offered admission due to a dearth of universities.

The vice-president revealed plans of the government to convert many of the existing universities into centres of excellence and support the private sector in the running of universities to enable more Nigerians to have access to tertiary education.

Before responding to questions, Osinbajo said that what the country needs is truth and integrity, which the church should spearhead.

“The church is where the truth is; the church has the answer to the nation’s problems; one of the problems of our society is integrity,” he said.

“Nigeria lacks the capacity to get things done, which is difficult to understand, but with God on our side, our country will set the pace for Africa”.

“Our people are ready to do it and they can do it but they are waiting for the right kind of leadership. I know why you are praying for us, and it is because you know that this is a good opportunity to get it right and we don’t want to miss this chance.”

Taiwo Odukoya, senior pastor of the church, asked Christians to continue to pray for the administration as Nigeria has a great future.

https://www.thecable.ng/osinbajo-gej-yaradua-didnt-build-a-single-road

Osibanjo without apologies, you are a big LIAR and should cease mounting the pulpit to preach.what of lokoja -abuja road.kubwa road, airport road etc. Chai I detest you people with passion.osibanjo if you truly said this then you must be an untrustworthy being.you had better ask God for forgiveness.Apc, hate runs in your blood

kutchs:

And why should buildings new road be our major concern when there are thousands of kilometres of old roads in bad conditions?
Should GEJ had left those bad roads to go building new ones?
Come to think of it, can Osinbajo tell us where the new roads should have been? All the state capitals and major towns in Nigeria are linked by road, what else does the VP expect GEJ to have one? Create new road in addition to the ones already in existence? Buhari and his people should face their work and stop all these nonsense.

GEJ rehabilitated bad federal roads, then Buhari and Osinbajo should build new ones where they think they should be. That's should be a big deal.

Why he is concerned about new roads when the existing ones are not motorable is puzzling but technically he is right. But I agree existing roads should be his focus not new roads. Maybe he's be wrongly breifed

PhockPhockMan:


What do you mean by entirely new roads? has roads become airport that you can build new one? One thing about APC is that they know how to make lies look like truth.
Don't you know it's more expensive to reconstruct old road than to build new one.
Wait o o, what's the need for this trash from vice president?

No one is asking you if it is cheap to built new ones or expensive to patch and fix, easy to understand statement, the VP said nonw was built only repaired, if you agree a road was built from scratch, let us hear oo

vislabraye:


Some people claim to be wise but the expose their folly. Is Osinbajo expecting Gej to uproot trees and house to build road ?

What are the planners there for. We don't necessarily need roads but I would be sincere , the silly rail network GEJ claimed to rehabilitate is a shame and fails to deliver

Virus :APC

antivirus:GEJ

DCMIX:
Christianity is not a religion

then what is it throw more light

3rdlegxxx:
SMH .. So all these comments are coming from some graduates, what a shame, someone even made a very dumb af point by saying extra lanes are NEW roads, no wonder we are so easily deceived, illiteracy even among the educated is really so high in Nigeria, No NEW Roads were built not repaired or patched, a brand new road like what Fashola built linking Ikoyi to Lekki Phase 1... The VP has a point, why are most of u so silly and senseless as to easily come out and insult your Vice President, I understand the APC, PDP thing but insulting and embarrassing your VP and President all over social media with low level of grasping information and thinking..

Can you and the VP tell us where there should have been new roads built?

You read through the first page and shake your head in disgust. Most of the people who commented there are definitely graduates but their great show of shame is amusing.

So, you guys don't know what constructing a NEW road means?

SHAME ON YOU ALL!

I say dis man mouth dey smell any tym him open am,pple no gree. see am dey talk rubbish here wen 1st Lady dey do him work and dey relevant pass am. shame on u vp. u useless pass namadi.

I can see that Nairaland is gradually becoming a hangout spot for jobless people. This issue is very simple. The VP said no road in 10 years so if you have any road in your area that was constructed why not come up and say it to disprove his statement instead of making silly side comments?

johnmartus:
not far from truth. all the roads we are witness today was constructed by military government

Don't let these guys try to confuse you. There are some roads which were never tarred or graded. If the government now decides to grade and tar them to make it motorable, is it not the same as building these roads ?

phemy36:
What is great. I'm so ashame to attend dsame church wit dis man.

Mehn same here

PhockPhockMan:


What do you mean by entirely new roads? has roads become airport that you can build new one? One thing about APC is that they know how to make lies look like truth.
Don't you know it's more expensive to reconstruct old road than to build new one.
Wait o o, what's the need for this trash from vice president?

You have no shame...

Just reread what you wrote. Who did this to you?

johnmartus:
not far from truth. all the roads we are witness today was constructed by military government

I won't blame you rather I will blame the half education you received from Osun High School for your funny opinion

I just don't know what to expect from leaders who are chronic liars..... PASTOR MY FOOT!

Leez:

lemme get ds str8
so gej and umy will build new road on existing road abi rather than fix d existing road ba
even fashola who was at odds wit gej praised him
wen una dy curse gej una say na democracy dem curse ds ones dm say respect office of presidency
hypocrites evrywia in apc smh

maestroferddi:
So Jonathan should have abandoned key federal roads and face your village roads which your useless local council chairman or governor alike refused to build?

You should cultivate the habit of using your head and not allow a bunch of mischievous and mendacious elements that replete the APC do the thinking for you.

The APC horde deceived and beguiled Nigerians that they had the magic wand. Instead of doing the work for which they sought elective office, these pathetic elements are busy chasing shadows and beating the air with moronic excuses of what the PDP did or didn't do.

Lionsclaw:
which is more expensive to do, building new ones or rehabilitating? You are really sick o.

So u mean they did road patching? Are you sane ?

My friend d rehabilitation u are talking about involved buldozing off the bad road which cost money before proper work begins. Abi u no dey travel pass were dem they work on roads.

You and osinbade are just confused

You guys are really dumb. Are you aware that there was a road from Ota to Abk before the one that passes through Ewekoro now. Are u aware there was an old Ibadan lagos Ibadan Express road before now, Are aware there was an ild Benin-Ore road before the one one that have just be rehabilated?

The essense of new roads is for easier accessibility, decongestion and development of local areas.

Another good example of a new road is the benin Bypass. Which was a brand new road....with that road...motorists dont need to congest the already congested benin city, wasting hours in traffic gridlocks. They simply ply the new road to avoid benin entirely.

I really pity u guys. Smh

3rdlegxxx:
SMH .. So all these comments are coming from some graduates, what a shame, someone even made a very dumb af point by saying extra lanes are NEW roads, no wonder we are so easily deceived, illiteracy even among the educated is really so high in Nigeria, No NEW Roads were built not repaired or patched, a brand new road like what Fashola built linking Ikoyi to Lekki Phase 1... The VP has a point, why are most of u so silly and senseless as to easily come out and insult your Vice President, I understand the APC, PDP thing but insulting and embarrassing your VP and President all over social media with low level of grasping information and thinking..

What goes around comes around! Karma is a fucking bitch!!!

You are the one that has no shame bro.... No offense

ionsman:


You have no shame...

Just reread what you wrote. Who did this to you?

johnmartus:
not far from truth. all the roads we are witness today was constructed by military government

I won't blame you rather I will blame the half education you received from Osun High School for your funny opinion.