The celebrated Governor of Lagos
State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, is
in his second term in office. The
governor, who came into office
in 2007, has spent six years of
his eight-year tenure. He has
since assumption of office
preferred to measure his
stewardship as the chief
executive of Nigeria’s most
important state in the days he
has spent as governor. Although
Tinubu practically imposed the
incumbent Governor on the
party. Many had thought then
that the unknown Fashola stood
no chance in the highly volatile
political terrain of Lagos both as
a candidate and as a potential
governor. But he won the
election and no sooner did he
settle down to business of
governing the state.
I am not a fan of the politicians
of the present generation. I am
of the view that they have been
motivated by other reasons aside
from service to the people. Thus
on few occasions like this when I
encounter honest and committed
leadership, I owe it an obligation
to call the attention of others to
it. I believe that it is my own little
way to encourage the few that
are still noble and are making a
difference. It is no news
Babatunde R. Fashola [BRF] has
good publicity and
commendations. Though the first
set of governors who won
elections on the platform of
Alliance for Democracy (AD) in
1999 were a bunch of failures.
The unmitigated failures of these
AD governors who used the
name of Chief Obafemi Awolowo
to deceive the rest of us in 1999.
Former Governor of Lagos States
was the only surviving AD
governor after the 2003
elections. He did not show that
he was up to the task going by
the state of Lagos State after his
eight years in office as governor.
Though, some have argued that
he could have done better if the
vindictive President Olusegun
Obasanjo was not out to
deliberately frustrated him by
every means possible i agreed to
that. It is my belief that Obasanjo
was a convenient excuse for the
former governor failure in Lagos
State.
Lagos Head Master found it easier
to blame Obasanjo for his inept
performance rather than accept
the fact that he was corrupt as
results showed and as the
present governor of the state,
Fashola hasdone alot for the
state in his first tenure as Lagos
State Governor, his introduction
of public buses and creating
special routes that only the public
buses could use has been of
great relief to Lagosians. Even
the Danfo drivers know better
not to break the law that
prevents them from using the
designated routes under the
threat of heavy penalty. Fashola
has proved beyond reasonable
doubt. Fashola also transformed
the once filthy Lagos
environment. Since 1999, the city
had, apart from being notorious,
become the world’s dirtiest
capital. But Fashola soon began
the re-designing of the entire
landscape with flowers adorning
roads and major highways
between 2007 to 2011. Fashola’s
first term also saw a drastic
reduction in the crime rate. It has
been widely acknowledged that
Fashola’s exemplary performance
stood him out in his first term.
But can that be said of his
second term?
Does he still possess the drive to
transform Lagos into a dream
megacity comparable to some of
the best in the world? In 2007, it
took him just a few months to
begin the overhaul of this city. In
his second term, he was criticised
for his slow approach. In my
own view, while acknowledging
the impact of his visionary
leadership on the state, I believe
the governor needs to do more
in his remaining years in office.
For example, there is no excuse
why Lagos roads, especially the
inner city roads, should be this
dilapidated. He should do more to
dismantle the perception gaining
ground that his initiatives and
projects are elitist and anti-poor.
I also believe the governor still
has his vision of transforming
the state intact and i believe that,
due to the problem of our
political godfathers he would
have perform that his first
tenure and until we all realise the
fact that Lagos head master is
the major problem of Lagos state
that's when solutions will start
coming. There is no doubt that
Lagos has many challenges but
residents believe the governor
fashola can still do more. He has
proved this already in his first
term. I can say Lagos head
master is the governor of Lagos
state while Fashola is the deputy.
You can't imagine the amount of
money the ACN spent in Ondo
state election. These money are
tax payers money of innocent
Lagosian. Lagos head master is
slowing down the development
of Lagos state with his proboscis
inside Lagos treasury.
If u take a critical look at Fasholas
administration, his performance
during his fist term is better than
what we have now. When you
look at the LASTMA, they hide in
strategic places just to make sure
that you fall in2 there trap. Is
there nothing like first offender
in there dictionary. Why must
you pay for every offense even
if you are committing the
offense for the first time. It is
because they are all out to
indirectly enrich the purse of
head master. Let us wake up
before Lagos haed master turns
the whole Lagos state to his
shopping plaza.
And I'm very sure he signed an
undertaken with Lagos head
master, that is why we didn't
observe any rancor btw them
during this tenure. Please reason
with me, I may not have more
fact but what I'm saying is not
far from the truth.

On which side of the bed did you wake up this morning?