Buckubuck:

Since you know all these, why don't you get the details out to prove ur point? You're terribly and hopelessly bereft of shame.
Just look at the roll call of those holding positions in ur next devil govt. A fraudster and a mace thief have taken over the legislature. By the time amaechi and Fashola resume as minister, this govt will go down in history as one having the highest number of criminals at inception in both arms of govt.
You should be proud

AutoJoshNG:
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Modphase:
I told you the last time that your article is always biased and wanted to curse your soul here you are at it again

Rednaxelot:
That is the way we operate in Nigeria!
Award a contract at an inflated amount and recieve the kick back later.

coninse:
Published on Dec 13, 2013
"We Steal Because You Never Stoned Us for It" -Rivers Governor, Rotimi Amaechi"

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi says the reason that political office holders steal fund is because citizens have never confronted or stoned them (including himself) for the act.

At a tribute event for Nelson Mandela in Lagos, Mr. Amaechi said Nigerians have not shown enough aggression or resistance against stealing by political office holders.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug0ifwslG84

godliman:
fetish lies

deomelo:




Only shallow people buy and swallow anything without facts, critical analysis, details, and specifications.

AutoJoshNG:
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Modphase:
I told you the last time that your article is always biased and wanted to curse your soul here you are at it again. How you shamelessly tell lies everyone can google to find out the answer is not only pathetic but exceedingly foolish.




https://punchng.com/fg-ccecc-sign-lagos-ibadan-calabar-ph-rail-lines-deal/amp/

deomelo:



I used to ignore his lies and deceptions, but he's obviously a repeat offender.

Rednaxelot:
That is the way we operate in Nigeria!
Award a contract at an inflated amount and recieve the kick back later.

Buckubuck:

You won't even see common sense if it's starring at you. Does the value of dollars depend on cedi or naira? Or do you think the Chinese look at the value of your currency before giving you the cost of project?
You're the one desperately in need of proper education and common sense and here you are trivialising it as if you have it. Pity

Modphase:
A fool can not be stopped from being foolish, you have chosen to walk the path of foolishness, the path of treacherous lies n deceit, the path of eternal damnation, a path of no glory. It is sad you shall never return from it as you sold your soul to walk such path. The only thing left for you henceforth is shame n disgrace till you quit NL like your shameless mates in likes of barcanista pachukwuddie77 n co. Your walk via the path doom, a path of no return starts now.

olajide8:


Hahahahahaha no they wouldn't because they are going to buy the items from the moon and in your own currency - Abeg let me leave you to your world of ignorance, na so una take over Internet and social media space, spewing rubbish everywhere -making us look like a country of fools- thats why we have legislators that would pass 200 bills and none of them would have any impact on the people apart from establishing new agencies

allsaint2000:



Bros, google it. The same report is on most news media. People like you are the biggest problem of this country. Not our leaders.

https://thenationonlineng.net/abandoned-rivers-state-monorail-project/

MyGeneration:
VERY POOR JOURNALISM WITHOUT THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. I DONT KNOW ABOUT RIVERS MONO RAIL BUT I WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT TO PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THE GHANA RAILWAY INCIDENT. WE IN NAIRALAND DEBATED IT AND FOUND PUT IT WAS FALSE. GHANAS RAIL IS CHEAPER BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST MODIFYING AN ALREADY EXISTING RAIL LINE WHILE NIGERIA IS BUILDING FROM SCRATCH.

Buckubuck:


Dis thing pain you o!!

allsaint2000:


He is right. No matter the vocabulary we use, do you have facts to counter the report?

HeyCorleone:


Do you even reason? What analysis do you want to do to justify the matter? That another country is constructing a railline that is more than twice the one your country is doing for roughly the same amount. What mental gymnastics do you want to employ here? If the rail track here was to be 250-300Km, I could have reasoned with you. Not 156. And you're telling me of bridges, tunnels and labour. So? Isn't that a universal thing when constructing rails? what makes ours different?

See ehn, it's easy to defend anything. People defenses, and are still defending, the Holocaust. So don't even think you are right.

olajide8:


Please help me tell these educated illiterates

MyGeneration:
VERY POOR JOURNALISM WITHOUT THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. I DONT KNOW ABOUT RIVERS MONO RAIL BUT I WAS THE ONE WHO BROUGHT TO PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THE GHANA RAILWAY INCIDENT. WE IN NAIRALAND DEBATED IT AND FOUND PUT IT WAS FALSE. GHANAS RAIL IS CHEAPER BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST MODIFYING AN ALREADY EXISTING RAIL LINE WHILE NIGERIA IS BUILDING FROM SCRATCH.

deomelo:



Sorry to say, only shallow and dephtless people call their neighbor mumu for paying too much on a 2 story building because their own 2 story building cost less without knowing or factoring in what their neighbor specified, types of and amount of materials like cement, sand, rod, rooms, garage, finishing and so on.

Saying you shouldn't pass judgement until you see the contracts details for both projects is not defending anything, it's asking you to do what right thinking, sensible people and intelligent people do.

Nigerian youths no get intellectual curiousity Sha.

This is how you people fail WAEC..

Buckubuck:

You wey get "intellectual curiosity" instead of remaining stuck on one spot as an armchair critic, show us the difference. You're covering your face with one finger; an act synonymous with imbecility

Swagaholic01:
AND you brought about monorail because your pau matters asked you to ridicule he man on social media?? You just ended up showing everyone that you're a paid writter

AutoJoshNG:
Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, the former Governor of River state and Minister of Transportation in the last dispensation, is one man that courts controversies effortlessly.

The former Minister is also famous for declaring publicly that he has never accepted a bribe, and that he would not be tempted, much less yield, because he does not like money.

In the recently dissolved cabinet of President Mohammadu Buhari, Rotimi Amaechi was one of the most active and outstanding ministers.



In the last 4 years, he was constantly in the news on account of several railway reconstructions and expansion projects around the country.

Rotimi Amaechi, during his stint as the governor of River state and as the Minister of transportation, had been the focus of several controversies.

Interestingly, some of the biggest controversies involving him centred on the cost of railway construction projects.

Autojosh highlights 2 of the controversial railway projects that Rotimi Amaechi has been embroiled in.


The Port Harcourt Monorail Project



Rotimi Amaechi conceived the idea of the Port Harcourt Monorail project in 2008 during his first term as governor of River state.

The project was intended for mass transportation within the Port Harcourt metropolis.

While announcing the monorail project, Amaechi said it would be the first of its kind in West Africa.

Two companies bided for the contract: Urbanord, an American company and TSI, a local company owned by a one-time military administrator of Rivers State, Colonel Anthony Ukpo.

The foreign firm bided N25 billion to complete the Phase 1 which was a 12-kilometre distance in the design, while TSI quoted N50billion for the same distance. Amaechi opted for the indigenous firm.

However, this decision did not get the buy-ins of Amaechi’s cabinet.

When it became hard to get the endorsement of his cabinet members, he allegedly dissolved the cabinet to have his way and later reconstituted it after the contract award.

This accounting is according to a submission by the Director, Safety and Aviation, Engineer Says Antioch of the State Ministry of Transportation before Justice George Omwreji-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Sale of Assets of the state by former Governor Amaechi.

The contract for the construction of the Port Harcourt monorail was designed to cover 12 kilometres at the cost of N50 billion.



The first phase of the project was to cover Aggrey road through Station road- Azikiwe road-Aba road to Water lines junction.

In 2015, at the completion of Ameachi’s second term in office, the project had already been abandoned.

Sources said the work already done at the point of abandonment covered only 2.6kilometers. At that point, it had already gulped N33.9billion.

Many considered that spending as much as 33.9 billion on a 2.6-kilometre railway project was outrageous.

There had also been allegations that the cost of the project, compared with similar projects in other states, was suspicious.

Since Amaechi left office, the project has remained abandoned, as the current government, led by Governor Nyesom Wike, has distanced himself from the project.




The Ghanaian railway line, which will run on a 340km track, will cost Ghana $2.2 billion.

The reports suggested that the Lagos-Ibadan railway project may have been significantly inflated considering the cost per distance of the two projects.

Since the Lagos-Ibadan railway project is roughly one-third shorter, without any significant differences in gauge-type, power source or terrain, many wondered how Ghana got a better deal with the Chinese

olajide8:
Na so one idiot wake up, and decided to turn town crier- saying the governor of one state because it was controlled by the APC stole N400b of workers salary, and it went viral - without checking what the states budget for 4yrs was- which when calculated was not even up to the money they said the governor sold, the state depends on FG allocation and less then N2b IGR - but what happened? the vocal minority took the matter on social media to an enviable high of ludicrousness and were shouting and making noise - educated illiterates

deomelo:
Even sef, funds for the project was never transferred into Nigeria or any bank account in Nigeria, it's on paper and bank records in China that we owe for the project, no money transfer into any federal or private bank account.

So, Amaechi went to China to loot the funds or what?