ashjay001:


U know, I've had a migraine since this fracas came up, all because of our foolish and myopic house of assembly! They can't just leave politics aside to bring about progress?! And u see their acolytes standing firmly behind them, even after being denied progress. So disgraceful!

tuale4u:


stop fake news.
2nd Niger Bridge is in the Budget.

THE recent budget release by the Federal Government was expected to feature some monetary allocation for the construction of the 2nd Niger Bridge started by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, but unfortunately the allocation for the construction of the bridge is missing. This has elicited torrents of reaction from stakeholders in the Sout-East. Here are some of them.
President of Onitsha Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture, Mr. Uche Apakama, in his comments said, “I just want to believe that the information is not quite true that not capturing of the 2nd Niger Bridge in the 2016 budget, means it has been abandoned, this is because it will be ridiculous the Federal Government would have forgotten such a sensitive and important project for the people of South East and South South and Nigerians in general.
“I want to assume, a big assumption that it is in the budget, but per adventure is not there, it can’t be explained to anybody, because we do not have the budget breakdown, we just heard about the big figures, we do not have the different allocations, so we do not know the details of those allocations and therefore they should tell us what happened.
“It will be a total disservice to Ndigbo, South South and Nigeria in general to abandon the bridge, I was listening to the Presidents first Media Chat where he asked who are marginalizing the Ibos and how, he asked that question and this issue of alleged abandonment of 2nd Niger Bridge is one example of his government marginalizing Ndigbo, if it is true.
“Abandonment of that bridge is one of the basic and clear instance of marginalization of the Ibos, we have only one access to leave the Ibo land for the West, it takes up to four or five hours to pass through Niger Bridge to enter Asaba approach of the bridge, we are suffering getting down here, to access our home land is almost impossible, very difficult, because of the single lane in the direction of the Niger Bridge as constructed, let us not even say that the Bridge is weak, even the volume of traffic it carries can no more suit the bridge like we have in the festive period of Christmas and New year,” he said.
Apakama, a pharmacist, also stated that “we have a four year project period, we are waiting and are expected to wait for four years, hoping that in four years time, even though we have questioned the four years project period which is too long to complete the bridge because you do not use four years to build such bridge if it is properly funded, yet they are coming up with the plan of abandonment, if it is PPP funded, that is where Julius Berger will have to source its funds, it can be completed within a forty eight month period.

obailala:
Sometimes you need to ignore the foolishness proceeding from some of those imbeciles who claim they are speaking for the SS/SE. Some of these guys lost their sanity since Jonathan lost the election. In order to justify their hatred and decision to reject APC/Buhari, they fervently pray everyday that no developmental projects should be done in the SE/SS. In their hearts, they would be very sad if the Buhari/APC whom they hate does more for the SE/SS zones in terms of infrastructural development than the one they call their hero; more than once, I have read comments like "Buhari should take his projects to the north and SW, 'WE' don't need his railway."

These guys fervently pray for doom in the nation, they celebrate the current economic hardship and they rejoice at any hint of bad news. They have sold their minds and souls to the devil and have been rewarded with foolishness. Sometimes they really don't deserve a response.

uduak2016:


Keep lying....no SS or SE cares about this project not even Calabars except you SW people.

CyerSeries:
If the government really want to include the project, they should come with a supplementary budget that will capture the project, it's not rocket science.

The game the government is playing here is to make Nigeria think the NASS is sabotaging them because of Saraki's trial.. I don't give a fvck about Saraki anyway.
Another thing they wanna do is to create impression that SE/SS representatives at the NASS are blocking FG's project in the region brought by Amechi.. If they succumb to FG's antics, it will make SE/SS representatives (PDP) less popular in the region, and make Amechi/PMB(APC) more popular in the region.

But PDP NASS members from the two region saw their antics and played a fast one on them by telling them to come up with a supplementary budget that will capture the project.

Emekamex:


Spare me the hypocrisy, weren't y'all masturbating and making fun of the SE in this thread below:
https://www.nairaland.com/3021926/outrage-fg-abandons-n140bn-2nd

Just read through comments by your folks. Nigeria as we all know is not united and every region playing dirty politics to outwit the other, as I said earlier, most of y'all making noise about the Calabar-Lagos rail don't really care about the communities involved but for your own selfish interest.

obailala:
Much ado about nothing!

How can work continue on the project when money hasn't been released?

Can someone kindly mention the federal works project that happened in the entire 2015?

Buhari just had his first budget passed last week and N17billion was budgeted for the said 2nd Niger bridge. The same last week, a N350billion stimulus was released to resume abandoned federal projects and the finance minister rightly announced that the priority projects are the Lagos Ibadan road and the 2nd Niger Bridge. So what exactly is this large scale wailing all about?

http://www.punchng.com/n350bn-package-lagos-ibadan-expressway-2nd-niger-bridge-to-benefit/

Please when we want to wail, let's do it with a little bit of wisdom and with some due diligence in getting the right info first.

Goke7:


Supplementary budget is not possible due to our debt profile. The money has been provided for the rail project already, it was deliberately diverted by the lawmakers to others. Let's stop allowing the elites to mid inform us in this country, even the lawmakers know this

kenny987:
I don't see where the SS/SE senators have blocked this project. They have said the Executive should bring forward a supplementary bill. The Senate Chairman ruled in favour of this because it was a more popular stand. PDP alone cannot have a more popular stand with overwhelming support when they are in the minority so what is the op going on about?

CyerSeries:
If the government really want to include the project, they should come with a supplementary budget that will capture the project, it's not rocket science.

The game the government is playing here is to make Nigeria think the NASS is sabotaging them because of Saraki's trial.. I don't give a fvck about Saraki anyway.
Another thing they wanna do is to create impression that SE/SS representatives at the NASS are blocking FG's project in the region brought by Amechi..
...

[size=14pt]This tuale4u is the same Edo criminal with the moniker atbu which was spamming this forum with a well written hate speech/propaganda against Igbos on this forum.. He is from Edo and was deported from Italy because of his criminal record..Since project brouhaha broke out, he has been spamming this forum with his evil propaganda against Igbos trying to create division between SS/SE. So everybody should be careful about him and call him out immediately. [/size]

33xtr0r:



Stop this your stale hyping on GEJ losing 2015 presidential election when you're clueless on the matter at hand!
You can't possibly fool everybody all the time with your usual antics...

obailala:
Okay I may be wrong in my assertions, but kindly explain the rationale behind people wishing hurt on themselves just to prove a political point?.... On more than one occasion I have encountered some strange characters saying PMB/APC should take away 'their' projects from the SE/SS, how do you explain such degenerative mentality?

GreatSE:


Keep quiet whats the economical value of this rail line..... with this rail line Major sea port in SS and SE is dead....they will have every excuse to tell you to import and export from Lagos, we know ur antics..... Northerners sell their food to Lagos, what do Lagos want from SS and SE, nothing but crude oil, then sell the finished product from Lagos Dangote refinery back to SE and SS when those old FG refineries have packed up...Rubbish

obailala:
Sometimes you need to ignore the foolishness proceeding from some of those imbeciles who claim they are speaking for the SS/SE. Some of these guys lost their sanity since Jonathan lost the election. In order to justify their hatred and decision to reject APC/Buhari, they fervently pray everyday that no developmental projects should be done in the SE/SS. In their hearts, they would be very sad if the Buhari/APC whom they hate does more for the SE/SS zones in terms of infrastructural development than the one they call their hero; more than once, I have read comments like "Buhari should take his projects to the north and SW, 'WE' don't need his railway."

These guys fervently pray for doom in the nation, they celebrate the current economic hardship and they rejoice at any hint of bad news. They have sold their minds and souls to the devil and have been rewarded with foolishness. Sometimes they really don't deserve a response.

NOETHNICITY:
I m from d SS! Its worthy of note to state here that those who badly don't want any infrastructural dev are SE! An average SS has moved on frm GEJ lose! We knw too well that GEJ is never ever gona come back! He doesn't even stand d chance! The shallow minds here re d ipods! They love anytin that makes d president look bad, even at their own detriment! That's jus hw low they ve sunk!

Emekamex:


Spare me the hypocrisy, weren't y'all masturbating and making fun of the SE in this thread below:
https://www.nairaland.com/3021926/outrage-fg-abandons-n140bn-2nd

Just read through comments by your folks. Nigeria as we all know is not united and every region playing dirty politics to outwit the other, as I said earlier, most of y'all making noise about the Calabar-Lagos rail don't really care about the communities involved but for your own selfish interest.

obailala:
First of all, not everyone you encounter online is inherently silly enough to be given to the tribal games or to play politics with any and everything even to my own detriment (you can go read my posts). I do not know what you mean by "y'all masturbating and making fun of the SE." On the thread whose link you shared, I remember sharing exactly the same feelings which I expressed earlier; the 2nd Niger bridge was never cancelled and as a matter of fact, it was set aside as a priority project. Here is my post from the thread you shared so next time, try not to generalise:


With these info available to the public, I strongly believe that those who still spread this falsehood about the bridge being abandoned are just devilishly trying to distort public opinion and fuel more hatred for Buhari/APC (c'mon man, next elections are very far away so it's too early for this).

Regarding the 2nd Niger Bridge, the Lagos-Calabar rail, the resuscitation of dead ports or building of new ones in the SS/SE and any other major economic projects, I am in total support of anything that uplifts the economy of these zones. Contrary to your quick assumptions, I am from the SE zone (even though I totally support PMB and do not support balkanisation); I would not be silly enough to politicise projects that could be beneficial to me and my family so try and stop your generalisations. Furthermore, irrespective of where a project is located, I would never be childish/foolish enough to oppose something that can uplift the nation; not everything should be politicised.

NOETHNICITY:
I m from d SS! Its worthy of note to state here that those who badly don't want any infrastructural dev are SE! An average SS has moved on frm GEJ lose! We knw too well that GEJ is never ever gona come back! He doesn't even stand d chance! The shallow minds here re d ipods! They love anytin that makes d president look bad, even at their own detriment! That's jus hw low they ve sunk!

33xtr0r:


Are you too ashamed to mention your ethnic group? Is SS an ethnic nationality?

Stop fooling around and hiding under SS as if your
people are worthless...

NOETHNICITY:
The biggest problem we ve in Nig isn't religion, rather its ethnicity and tribalism! Look at my moniker, we re trying to kill ethnic sentiments! U SEners reason like the locals primitives that u re! In s USA ethnic identification is nolonger d in tin! No wonder omenka call u pple as d artificial tribe of 'isrealyte'. Wake up from tribal bigotry, pls!

33xtr0r:


Are you too ashamed to mention your ethnic group? Is SS an ethnic nationality?

Stop fooling around and hiding under SS as if your
people are worthless...

Deluded set of hypocrites!

33xtr0r:


Are you too ashamed to mention your ethnic group? Is SS an ethnic nationality?

Stop fooling around and hiding under SS as if your
people are worthless...

Deluded set of hypocrites!

tuale4u:


All d PDP senators are just forming Solidarity with Saraki at d expense of thier people.
Pathetic.

With the supplementary, it means all the money they have diverted to their constituency project remains. With amendment the FG is asking for, it means removing what they added (Padded) and using the money for Calabar rail road. The funny thing is that most of the things added (padded) are for the North. Can you see how foolish and myopic our SS and SE senators are?

Our myopic SS and SE senators are busy shouting the calabar rail was not in the submitted budget. But their smart Northern senate colleague added Northern project which were not included in the submitted project. Can self destruction be more than this all in the name of shallow and bear parlour politics?


For those SS and SE peoples who does not understand the benefit of this rail project, let me explain it to them.

Today to travel from Calabar to lagos by bus cost atleast 7000 naira. with these rail it will cost about 3000 naira.
This will also reduce the number of people dying by road accident.
This will also reduce the traffic on our road.
This will also reduce exposure to high way arm robbers.

In summary, the truth is that all this budget controversy is because of only one reason, which is, Buhari have some level of Integrity that is not common among average Nigeria politician. Buhari integrity for sure is not 100%, but it is much higher than the integrity of an average Nigerian politician.

If Buhari was sharing Ghana must go,the Budget would have be considered perfect by NASS.

If we decide to go and study all the budget sent to NASS by the presidency since 1999, you will be shock that they have much more errors than this current budget. But yet most of them pass the house without major issues.

Some people accuse Buhari of not lobbying Senate and they try to compare Obama lobbying of US senate to Nigeria. In US, lobbying is all about supporting a senator's bill and federal intervention for thier constituency.

But in Nigeria lobbying means the following:
1. Share Ghana must go filled with Naira/dollar to NASS members
2. Stop Saraki glaring corruption trial
3. Look the other way when NASS members are involved in major corrupt practices.

Is that the kind of lobbying we want from our president?

prelinctus:
@tuale4u, as a neutral, I would like you to answer this question asked by someone earlier.

How can PDP a minority in the senate all of a sudden develop overwhelming support?

uduak2016:


Keep lying....no SS or SE cares about this project not even Calabars except you SW people.

33xtr0r:


If such mentality or assertion is true SE/SS people would not be clamouring for a viable deep sea port or the second Niger bridge.

It makes no sense spreading wicked propaganda all over the media against SE/SS as if the SW are not the major beneficiary whose politicians ought to have done the needful to have the railway project in the budget ab initio.

I'm no fan of either party. Whatever is good for the goose should be good for the gander.

semitunde:


Thank you.

Pls add as part of the benefits;

1. Transportation of crude and refined petroleum along the rail axis.

This means that any investor now has more options of places to cite their refineries knowing they can get crude via rail and also transport the refined products via same route.

2. Transportation of gas.

Apart from more people now having access to gas for cooking, thereby reducing ddeforestation; our power plants can now be fed gas via rail, cutting off the problematic pipelines.

Ikechu12781:


That's dude is NOT SS. Trust me on this..

Take it from a real SS. Nobody goes around shouting I'm SS, SE this and that like he does and he does that on almost weekly basis. Believe him as SS at your own peril.

As for the thread, the rail benefits SW more so than SS so let them fight themselves over it. I'm with the senators for shelving it. If they truly out to develop any part of SS or SE, let them fix the ports in both region and upgrade majority of the federal facilities in both regions, in addition build refineries in both regions like they did for others then we know they mean business.

Ikechu12781:


That's dude is NOT SS. Trust me on this..

Take it from a real SS. Nobody goes around shouting I'm SS, SE this and that like he does and he does that on almost weekly basis. Believe him as SS at your own peril.

As for the thread, the rail benefits SW more so than SS so let them fight themselves over it. I'm with the senators for shelving it. If they truly out to develop any part of SS or SE, let them fix the ports in both region and upgrade majority of the federal facilities in both regions, in addition build refineries in both regions like they did for others then we know they mean business.

Nalikedis:
so when they fix the port, they wont need the rail you are vehemently agitating against to move the goods?

Nalikedis:
guy you be ideal Nigerian... but with reality on ground do you think some people care about all you highlighted. some people prefer that all the pipelines be blown up so that the country can be in darkness, most people here prefer we continue to flair the gas and never build any refinery. Do you think investor that choose to build refineries far away are mumu? they operate based on reality on ground.