Yup!! A suspension bridge was built in Lagos State, So Amaechi should buil a suspension bridge as well or what?! Are you telling us that there are no bad roads in Lagos?! You keep calling Ikoyi, how about you talk about the other places on the mainland. I have been to this lagos severally so please dont try to hoodwink anybody here. Fashola had a developed state that needed rehabilitation, Amaechi met a shithole that need total salvaging. Their scopes of work differ by miles .

I will not speak with the same authority for Riverine communities as I will for Port-harcourt because my work and life barely gives me reason to visit these communities except maybe Okrika. For what its worth, atleast the Amaechi schools were built in all the Local Governments of Rivers State. Same Standard, Same design. I dont know about roads and stuff, but I'm sure that a few roads and some government works, no matter how small must have been done in these communities. Again, I am not certain, so i wouldnt speak categorically. But if nothing, salaries are also being paid to workers in these communities.

[b]Cholera Outbreak in water side communities.. I am not surprised one bit. Amadi Ama is a good example of the poor level of hygiene that these waterside communities have. How do you balme government for the outbreak of a disease that was caused by the residents. They shiit in the same place they eat. Even if they had government water, they would still contact these sicknesses because they shiit, piss and bath into the same rivers that they fish from. Back to government water issue. You may not know this, but I didnt start out as a Port-harcourt Boy. I have lived in some communities of Rivers State like Omoku and had reason to visit bonny as well. I know what people go through to get clean pipe-borne water, but I tell you now that Water is not as bad as. We in Rivers State have not had government water in over 20 years. Maybe Old Port-harcourt town, but not anymore. So we have a cholera outbreak, My sympathies to the victims, but maybe they need to start by practicing better hygiene. Even Amadi Ama that is a shiithole has pipe-borne water. The chief in their community has provided them with many of such. Now!! Should Amaechi decide to focus on providing government water to everyone in Rivers State, then we would have another round of massive demolitions to create a passage for these pipse to run through. Not even Lagos state is fully supplied by government water. Not even Cross Rivers state which was the first state that I saw a functioning water company. So my guy, my post may have sounded like I didnt care that some people were without government water, but that wasnt the message.. i was only pointing out that we have other rather bigger pressing needs in Port-harcourt.
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Did public schools in Rivers State ever have good teachers?! Like seriously!? I'm not aware of the salary deductions and all worth not, but the fact is that the schools have been built. Teachers are there teaching. What private schools decide to charge is non of my business nor the states business. I will check on the result stats you posted and see wether it has decreased under maechi or increased. that would be a good yardstick to measure what progress has been achieved in the Education sector.

[b]LOL!! Yeah! I have never seen trains nor even lived in a civilized or developed city before in my life..

You really crack me up! First of all, those trains that you are crediting to Lagos State government were bult and is being run by the Federal government! Stop all this unnecessesary huffing and puffing. Lagos State government is still working on building their light rail system, which is fine. But sadly, Port-Harcourt has never been at par with Lagos even before. A man who has a 4 storey building to repair and the man who has a bungalow to turn into a four storey building both have two separate scopes of work. For gods sake, Lagos already had wide roads before fashola, all fashola had to do was take out 1 lane and dedicate it to buses. Port-Harcourts widest road prior to Amaechi was Aba road. Is it the narrow Mile one 2 lane road that you will now mark off one lane for buses?! Do you know the clusterfuck of traffic that would cause?! Thats why he started re building the roads to make ways for bus lanes. Go to the new Mile One road, it has a dedicated bus route all the way to mile three with two lanes left for regular traffic. [/b]

That it didnt start with Amaechi simply means that the man has really done a lot. I choose to appreciate the good he has done (which no one prior to him has ever done) and encourage him to do more, you choose to dwell on what he has not done and sulk about them.

[b] Sadly, thats the port-harcourt we have. Its still very tribal and the government of Rivers State has to put up with a more difficult terrain both politically, tribally and geographically than Lagos State government. Look at the mess going on in Rivers State politics with the Local governments and all. Lagos was once the capital territory, the path had been greatly paved for Tinubu, Fashola and co before now. Doing up Lagos is going to be a breeze compared to port-harcourt. A city with various ethinic groups and tribes. Where virually 100% of the lands are tribal. Look at the cases in court against the government for Greater Port-harcourt lands. Its easy to sit in your little corner and point at all the faults. Even I can point at many as well. But when you see something positive, you also commend it. Port-harcourt is wearing a new look and I'm likeing it. If all the subsequent governments continue atthis same pace, then we should have somethingto baost about by 2020. In 6 years, we have covered a whole lot of distance. The city is a work in progress. Nobody said its the perfect city, but it sure as hell is moving in the right direction.

Now!! If you want a fair assessment, compare Rivers State with its Peers.. Thats States that were not once former capitals on Nigeria, that have to deal with teh same population density and terrain and also have money! Example Delta State, Bayelsa State, Akwa Ibom State, Cross River State (Before their oil got stolen by Akwa Ibom), e.t.c #Datsall[/b]

phantom: my friend stop acting condescending.i think most posters here have extended nothing but civility to you but you insist on being a major a.hole.okija has given you points to debate properly but you are busy groping at straws.i was in lagos not to long ago and my conclusion is fashola don try but the place reminds me of a mad woman whos been attended to by a very good cosmetologist.

Okija good points? i didn't see them please show me?

in my previous life when i was insane, i really thought like you, thank God for this life.

phantom: You keep talking of water and cholera. If you were smart you would also acknowledge the fact that the niger delta including rivers state should have the highest incidence of water borne diseases BECAUSE OF OIL POLLUTION.you talk of exam scores at secondary school level, please can you tell us what the national average is? No offence but you try to sound intelligent when in actual fact your are probably lighter than my toilet tissue.

phantom: okija that was an ill advised project.he thought it up just few months into his tenure, now reality don set in...lol.

jp philips: author=Okija_juju]



I hope you still understand English, you said fashola had nothing to do save for beautification, see your exact words
"paint and flower work" and i used the suspension bridge to ask you if that falls under your paint and flower work too, pay attention before you type





if you know nothing about what is going on in the river rine communities then shut up so that people that know will contribute, saying the state is big and the river rine has to be catered for,while im sure he is doing absolutely nothing is an insult




You really seem to be caught up in this 15km stretch crap.. WHERE DO YOU PLACE A 15KM STRETCH OF ROAD INSIDE PORT-HARCOURT?! He can only work with what he has. Rumuokwuta - Uniport isnt even up to 15km. What you have is what you work with. Ada George road, through NTA road - East/west road - Airport.. Maybe suming them up might give you 15km.. My point here sir is that the old roads are being redone and being expanded. Yes, they may not be 15 km in lenght (with teh exception of Airforce - Omerelu (which you have convieniently ignored), but they are many and of good and better quality than what we use to have..

so you admit he is surfacing and expanding short roads, is that why you are blowing his trumpet? roads that can pass for a street in sane climes??








practice better hygiene without a source of clean water? please rationalize hygiene without clean water?
you have pressing issues like mono rail where the state was indebted to the tune of 200billion with 18 pillars to show for it?? like you care indeed.
okija, choose between constructing a water treatment plant in the face of cholera outbreak and a farce mono rail project?
let me even test your own common sense before blaming Amaechi










So you admit that gen. Amaechi embarked on school beautification without teachers, i dey laugh!!







Yea Lagos state government created the enabling environment for the FG to actualize it, Lagos state may have produced senators and representatives that may have lobbied for it, just like when they lobbied for the repairs of the third mainland bridge.
what has your Amaechi and his senators lobbied for in Rivers state?? all the PDP senators are all loyal to Amaechi, what federal development have they attracted to the state? please kindly skip east west road.

dedicated lanes with yellow lines?? i dey laugh, you just need a trip out of that bush city you live, i don't mind footing the bills gosh!!






the fact that Rivers state has been in darkness doesn't mean that a loser like Amaechi is light.
failure has no two parts, its either you did it great or you didnt at all, there is no go between.









#yawns#

sentiments at its best, every failure has a good reason, nobody is comparing lagos state with Rivers, perhaps you need to read back a little,
you think lagos is not multi tribal? i dey laugh!
you think lagos doesn't have swamps and march soil? i dey laugh,

you want us to take up another case study?? very well then,

Rivers vs Akwaibom

jp philips:


oil pollution cause water borne diseases?? which school did you finish from?? Borokiri high school? jeez!! you academic help ASAP

phantom: youre an embarrasment..lol....i actually gave you benefit of the doubt.big error on my part!

Afam4eva: [size=14pt]Chineke Nna. Beneath that bridge is very dirty...

Btw, where exactly is that bridge located in PH? Since Ezepromoe said he uses that bridge to escape the Aba road traffic, i should assume that the bridge is located somewhere near Woji/Rumuibekwe.[/size]

otokx: I hear there is no light in Aluu, the road from obiri ikwerre to airport is an example of how bad things can go.

phantom: okija...take my advice..debating with this guy na just waste of time.you would have a more fulfilling time with arguing with a 'newt'...qed.lagos is heaven but on my way to ijanikin the other day i could count not less than ten people sh.itting in nylon bags and my uncle who i stayed with at ago had water stored in containers.lol.

No need to press further, this is no night school matter where you were thought that cholera thrive in oil polluted water,
guy wetin do your school fees?

cholera swimming in oil and water mixture, kai kai kai kai,

Amaechi what have you done to education in Rivers state?

phantom: youre an embarrasment..lol....i actually gave you benefit of the doubt.big error on my part!

eko ilee:

Mr ameshi ph. See your life.. smh..

beblessed: Mr. Jp, i see u viewing this page now, e don dooo! Phc na village, we gree. How is ur own village? If you are a rivers man, come out lets vote for you in 2015. Phc no good but u do business in phc...no yab us again. Better still stay permanently in lag or abj. I can see you are a big man, paying billions for taxes.

phantom: gbawe let you loose finally...lol

phantom: You keep talking of water and cholera. If you were smart you would also acknowledge the fact that the niger delta including rivers state should have the highest incidence of water borne diseases BECAUSE OF OIL POLLUTION.you talk of exam scores at secondary school level, please can you tell us what the national average is? No offence but you try to sound intelligent when in actual fact your are probably lighter than my toilet tissue.

beblessed: Mr. Jp, i see u viewing this page now, e don dooo! Phc na village, we gree. How is ur own village? If you are a rivers man, come out lets vote for you in 2015. Phc no good but u do business in phc...no yab us again. Better still stay permanently in lag or abj. I can see you are a big man, paying billions for taxes. Comparing phc to lag is like comparing 9ja to britain. Lag senior phc well. Compare ikeja to phc at least. Even dat is much. Ikeja is almost bigger than rivers in terms of developments.

phantom: you dey worry yourself over person wey fit don buy land for the whole PH...lol

Dede1: Most Nigerians are epitomes of stupidity. It is even glaringly magnified at the leadership level. Why should state or federal governments in Nigeria embark on financial, technical and infrastructural intensive project such as Mono Rail when they can not afford the supply of electricity for two hours? What is going to power the Mono Rail, water and firewood? Even water and firewood are no longer common in Nigeria.

Okija_juju:

How can any state Government possibly give its populace 24hrs electricity when the electricity matter is being controlled by the F.G?! Last time I heard, Rivers States internally generated power would be sufficient to give the state very good and constant electricity, but since they cant distribute, they have to feedit into the National grid and wait for whatever comes back to them.

So all State governments would either have to buy generators for all their people and fuel it or stop any financial, technical and infrastructural developments pending when the Federal Government starts giving its people 24hrs light.

BRAVO!!

Unless you can prove that 20mw + 36mw will be sufficient for the power needs of industrialized rivers state, then i will be forced to agree with you.

but still note that since the transmission lines are not ready yet, the Rivers IPP cannot be utilized only in rivers state.
Also note the year of completion and rehabilitation, what does it tell you about Amaechi?

jp philips:


Let me cease this medium to remind you that most communities outside Portharcourt and Environs have steady electricity.
the IPP project of Odili's administration is only 56mw or less, so if you believe that the power generated by the rivers state Govt is sufficient for the whole state is false.

the Towns i mentioned before that have steady electricity is courtesy of the oil companies operating there, example is Omoku, (im glad you said you have lived there, so my info is no news to you) Agip is doing it for them and so many other places like that.

Now, even if Rivers state has generated electricity whose transmission are they going to use? do they equally have independent transmission lines? i heard sometime that it is in the works but with amechi's laxity lately, i cant say how far the project has gone.

let me also remind you that 776mw Afam power plant is a federal govt asset.


here is a list of state IPP's in rivers state but i doubt if any is functional, the last problem Transamadi had was that, odili went and constructed a power plant without an MOU with SPDC who he was hoping will fire the turbine with gas from the IA,

it was later resolved though, so i have no doubt that these other IPP's will be saddled with their various challenges.



1x20MW Eleme Gas Turbine Power Station on the 28th of May, 2001 was rehabilitated.

3x12MW Trans Amadi gas Turbine Power Station on the 3rd of October, 2002

4x25MW Omoku Gas Turbine Power Station on the 5th of December, 2006 (owned by AGIP)

132KV (210km) State Grid Transmission Lines.



Unless you can prove that 20mw + 36mw will be sufficient for the power needs of industrialized rivers state, then i will be forced to agree with you.

but still note that since the transmission lines are not ready yet, the Rivers IPP cannot be utilized only in rivers state.
Also note the year of completion and rehabilitation, what does it tell you about Amaechi?

Okija_juju:

How can any state Government possibly give its populace 24hrs electricity when the electricity matter is being controlled by the F.G?! Last time I heard, Rivers States internally generated power would be sufficient to give the state very good and constant electricity, but since they cant distribute, they have to feedit into the National grid and wait for whatever comes back to them.

So all State governments would either have to buy generators for all their people and fuel it or stop any financial, technical and infrastructural developments pending when the Federal Government starts giving its people 24hrs light.

BRAVO!!

eko ilee:


Na under gbawes pata you.dey hide now? oponu ode parading 18 poles and calling it monoarail.

What a dumb azzz...lmao

ifyalways: Na PH be dis? Na wao.
Onitsha get hope be dat.