SERIOUSLY, PROFESSOR? 😳😂😂😂
A government constructs a major road, and your new measurement of success is:
“How many Abians are on the board of Julius Berger?”
Haba! Was the contract for road reconstruction or for the compulsory allocation of Julius Berger shares and board seats? 😂😂😂
By this strange economic theory, before Toyota supplies government vehicles, Abians must sit on Toyota’s board. Before Microsoft provides software, Abians must become Microsoft shareholders. Before an airline carries Abians, somebody from Obingwa must be appointed to its board! 😂😂😂
Let us conduct a small lecture.
Public procurement is not ethnic wealth distribution. It is governed by competence, competitive bidding, technical capacity, transparency, value for money and due process. Local participation, employment, skills transfer and subcontracting are desirable development objectives—but they must be lawfully structured and transparently measured.
No serious procurement system promises citizens ownership stakes in the winning contractor merely because a public project is located in their state. That is not empowerment; that begins to resemble political allocation of private corporate ownership. 😳
And what exactly does “How many Abians sit on the board of Julius Berger?” prove? Julius Berger is not an Abia State parastatal. A seat on its board is not a community-development entitlement attached to every kilometre of road it constructs. 😂
A ₦30 billion road should leave behind:
✅ a durable and properly engineered road;
✅ reduced travel time and vehicle damage;
✅ improved access for businesses and residents;
✅ increased property and commercial activity;
✅ jobs, training and legitimate local supply opportunities; and
✅ measurable value for public money.
Yes, ask how many local workers, engineers and suppliers participated. Ask whether procurement rules were followed. Ask whether the project delivered value.
But jumping from road construction to “How many Abians acquired ownership stakes in Julius Berger?” is economic gymnastics without a landing mat. 😂😂😂
Professor, please do not set a rhetorical trap and wait for people to make reckless allegations. Questions of corruption, exclusion or procurement illegality require documents, contractual provisions and verifiable evidence—not dramatic Facebook arithmetic.
A road is public wealth.
It lowers costs, opens markets, attracts investment and increases productivity.
That is how infrastructure creates millionaires—not by sharing a contractor’s board seats like village meeting kola nuts. 😂😂😂
MEASURE SUCCESS BY PUBLIC VALUE—not by imaginary shares in Julius Berger.
