Tuesday, March 1, 2011

USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [edo-nationality] RE: Benin-Ore-Lagos road: FG may opt for PPP - Minister

excellent-

Reliable basic amenities/infrastructures are what will  sustain the personal wealth.

Igietseme

toyin

On 1 March 2011 17:55, Igietseme, Joseph (CDC/OID/NCEZID) <jbi8@cdc.gov> wrote:
 

Idowu,

My query is directed to the ENTIRE NIGERIAN LEADERSHIIP FROM THE 1970S, not JUST PDP Govt you are focusing on! The conditions are still the SAME from the military to civilian. There is no single major city with mass transit in Nigeria; it is not because it is not needed or there are no funds to actualize the dream. There is no single City, town or village in Nigeria that can boast of regular pipe borne water, sewer-waste management system or regular electricity. There is no single direct North-South or East-West Highway in Nigeria. Nigerian cannot be dreaming about meaningful development without these BASIC UTILITIES/INFRASTRUCTURES. The rampart cash and carry business and the relentless pursuit of personal generators, boreholes, and fleets of used Tokunbo vehicles won't make it in Nigeria. Reliable basic amenities/infrastructures are what will  sustain the personal wealth. That is the TRUTH of History of societal development. So somebody(ies) should say HABA in Nigeria!!!! NIGERIANS should initiate DAILY MASS PROTESTS until the goal of building the BASIC UTILITIES/INFRASTRUCTURES is achieved. Over to Prof Wole Soyinka! Take care. JUI

 

 

JUI:

 

The next thing they will do is to import froeign experts to manage the roads and infrastructure budgets.

 

They are all failures, what we are hearing and seeing are symtoms of a failed administration with no one in charge.

Pronto!!!

Idowu
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--- On Tue, 3/1/11, Igietseme, Joseph (CDC/OID/NCEZID) <jbi8@cdc.gov> wrote:


From: Igietseme, Joseph (CDC/OID/NCEZID) <jbi8@cdc.gov>
Subject: [Naijaintellects] RE: Benin-Ore-Lagos road: FG may opt for PPP - Minister
To: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com, NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com, "Nowamagbe Omoigui" <nowa_o@yahoo.com>, naijaintellects@googlegroups.com, nigeria360@yahoogroups.com, NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, nigerianid@yahoogroups.com, edo-nationality@yahoogroups.com, afenmai@yahoogroups.com, usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Cc: dandalin-siyasa@yahoogroups.com, naijaelections@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 10:56 AM

""""How can Dr Ogiemwonyi come out and be telling us about Private – Public partnership that has failed and has not worked previously. Tell me any sane private sector investor stupid enough to go an invest in such a scheme like this having witnessed what happened to Ajaokuta and other assets previously privatised and renationalised with the coming of a new regime? Why on earth are we saying that Benin-Ore is too costly yet we have N30 billion to budget for a new road? When will it be that only palliative care strategy we can manage for the maintenance of this road.? I'm really sorry for Nigeria."" UNQUOTE John Ebohon

My Brother OJ:

Are we really over-rating our Brothers at home? Some of them just recklessly drop these terminologies and clichés (PPP, PCP, best practices, PUP etc) and expect praise-singing and claps, which they get to grease their egos at home. Meanwhile, they consistently blow the opportunities provided by their positions to achieve something for the Common Good! Apart from amassing unneeded personal wealth at the expense of projects that benefit the majority of the citizens, the society they manage suffers considerable neglect and depreciation in living conditions and development. It is weird how a serious leader sees the future of his/her personal wealth in such an abused and neglected society. Besides, is it not surprising that a bona fide Edo son is making excuses for the neglect of the Lagos-Benin Highway, the main artery linking the South West to Eastern region and the North? This Highway has been suffering these fledging and spotty neglects and broken promises since the early 1980s. It is STILL THE SAME! That is the consistent story of Nigeria……VISIBLE NEGLECT OF PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE PEOPLE & FOR THE COMMON GOOD. It is a REAL SHAME! Take care. JUI

 

 

Could not have been said better. It is not the day infrastructure fail that one begins to articulate how to put it right, it is the very day that it is commissioned. If the billions that were collected before the too gates were taken down had been saved or used to constantly repair the road, the level of deterioration would not have become so unmanageable to now be talking about total rebuild. The used the road for political patronage, awarding toll gate contracts to party affiliates and special interest groups. Even now look at how much is collected every day at Murtala Mohammed international airport or the Benin airport for that matter – who collects these monies and any indication of how much is collected monthly or annually. How can Dr Ogiemwonyi come out and be telling us about Private – Public partnership that has failed and has not worked previously. Tell me any sane private sector investor stupid enough to go an invest in such a scheme like this having witnessed what happened to Ajaokuta and other assets previously privatised and renationalised with the coming of a new regime? Why on earth are we saying that Benin-Ore is too costly yet we have N30 billion to budget for a new road? When will it be that only palliative care strategy we can manage for the maintenance of this road.? I'm really sorry for Nigeria.

OJ

These people are NOT SERIOUS about developing Nigeria! It is a FACT that there is no SINGLE direct North-South or East-West Highway in Nigeria; and these people dont consider that a SHAME for a nation in a hurry to develop like Nigeria. It would have been encouraging to say that the FG will partner with State Govts to build the much needed road networks in Nigeria. How much will a private firm charge motorists for toll from Lagos to Benin City to be able to service the bank loans for such a project? Meanwhile, there is enough money for Constituency allowance, chartered jets to fly Govt officials and various expedient projects that wont cut it for the Common ?Good. God Help Nigeria. JUI

 

From: NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Nowa Omoigui
Sent: Mon 28-Feb-11 7:52 PM
To: Nowamagbe Omoigui
Subject: [NaijaPolitics] Benin-Ore-Lagos road: FG may opt for PPP - Minister

 

Benin-Ore-Lagos road: FG may opt for PPP - Minister

Written by Uchechukwu Olisa

Nigerian Tribune, Ibadan. Tuesday, 01 March 2011

The Federal Government may consider using Public Private Partnership (PPP) for the full reconstruction of the Benin-Ore-Lagos road, the Minister of State for Works, Chris Ogiemwonyi, has said.

The minister added that the rehabilitation work being currently undertaken on the road would terminate at Ofosu, the boundary town between Edo and Ondo states, and would be completed by November, 2012.

Ogiemwonyi, who spoke with journalists in Benin City, said the Federal Government decided to embark on the project in phases because of the high cost.

According to him, "what we are doing is a palliative measure. The remedy for the Benin-Ofosu-Sagamu road is a full reconstruction because of the age of the road. It is an expensive project.

"Government alone cannot do it, which is why we are lookin g at Public Private Partnership in the reconstruction of the road."

Ogiemwonyi said private sectors that partner with the Federal Government on the reconstruction of the road would be allowed to operate toll gates to enable them to recover cost expended on the road.




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