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| Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by malele(m): 7:04am On Jul 09, 2013 |
Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has emerged as front-runner in the race for the next Governor of Lagos State. He stands a high chance of carrying the flag of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the 2015 governorship election. Daily Independent exclusively gathered that Hamzat is highly favoured and on top of a list of five aspirants warming up to become the 14th Governor of the state when the tenure of Babatunde Fashola ends in May 2015. Other aspirants also favoured in the race to the Lagos House, Ikeja, include former Commissioner for Environment, Muiz Banire, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Senate Minority Whip, Ganiyu Solomon, and former Commissioner for Health, Lekan Pitan. A source close to the top echelons of the ACN told Daily Independent that Hamzat is a favourite to step into Fashola’s shoes and that he implicitly has the nod of his boss, Fashola. The source said: “Dr. Hamzat is highly favoured by both Fashola and our National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; he is the best bet among others eyeing the seat of power in Lagos and this is because he has worked with Fashola in the last six years and knows the terrain very well.” Hamzat was former Commissioner for Science and Technology during the tenure of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as Governor for four years and retained the position during the first term of Fashola’s tenure. His loyalty to the party and his bosses earned him a higher calling as Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure at the commencement of the second term of Fashola in May 2011, a position he holds till date. Hamzat is also the third son of Oba Mufutau Olatunji Hamzat, ‘Olu’ of Afowowa, who is also the Lagos West Senatorial District leader of the ACN. Hamzat’s chances, the source said, are buoyed by the fact that, “Like Fashola he (Hamzat) is not much of a politician, neither does he engage in group alliance of any sort that could be a distraction. The source also dismissed fears that Hamzat’s chances could be marred by the fact that he’s not an indigene of Lagos State. “Yes, he might be from Ogun State but his father is a well respected ACN chieftain and a former legislator and commissioner in the Second Republic in Lagos State. His mother is a Lagosian, that should not be much of a hindrance to his chances,” the source added. Also in contention for the plum job is Banire. Banire, is a former Commissioner for Environment, who enjoyed a four-year spell each under Tinubu and Fashola respectively, and is currently the National Legal Adviser of the ACN. Speaker of the House of Assembly, Ikuforiji, who has always been in the picture of succeeding Fashola, might have been played out with the ongoing case of money laundering leveled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The source added: “Ikuforiji is not new to the governorship race, the party leaders trust him and he is a Tinubu loyalist to the core, but the money laundering allegation does not do his chances any good. “It is a smear on his name and I can’t see how the party will cope with all these cases hanging on his neck. It would be a tough one convincing Lagosians otherwise.” Senate Minority Whip, Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, may have done his governorship ambition no good when he recently went to press with his intention to succeed Fashola, which made many of the leaders in state uncomfortable. Former Commissioner for Health and Education in Lagos, Lekan Pitan, the source said, is also a strong candidate who might be fancied as a standby choice should Hamzat, for any reason, opt out of the race. “Pitan is a trusted associate as well as a protégée of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He is intelligent, and has paid his dues, but his undoing might be that he has not been in the scheme of things recently and the party leaders may not find it comfortable giving him the nod,” one source added. http://www.osundefender.org/?p=108417 1 Like
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| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by malele(m): 7:36am On Jul 09, 2013 |
Lagosians will think its all about looking for somebody as good as fashola. its all about protecting tinubus and ACN ill gotten investments. pls lets vote for the right person. 16 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by CallmeJKLUE(m): 7:44am On Jul 09, 2013 |
Choi. Anoda Tinubu Loyalist.... |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Nobody: 8:50am On Jul 09, 2013 |
If the PDP does not 'capture' Lagos in 2015, it never will. ACN is finished. It is now all about protecting Tinubu's billion dollar interests and the interests of the Ikoyi/VI/Lekki elite. Imagine, the No.1 priority is that the next ACN flagbearer must be a Tinubu loyalist and puppet! The masses have had anough, and it would be a massive shame if the PDP fails to capitalise on that. . . .the goalkeeper has abandoned the goal post, and scoring is as easy as simply tapping the ball into the net. PDP shouldn't pull a Yakubu Aiyegbeni misfire on us. 14 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Gbawe: 9:15am On Jul 09, 2013 |
Callme_JKLUE: Choi. Anoda Tinubu Loyalist.... pro01: If the PDP does not 'capture' Lagos in 2015, it never will. ACN is finished. It is now all about protecting Tinubu's billion dollar interests and the interests of the Ikoyi/VI/Lekki elite. Imagine, the No.1 priority is that the next ACN flagbearer must be a Tinubu loyalist and puppet! You guys are simply amazing. This is a chap who has worked with Fashola for several years and is an outstanding intellectual and technocrat. Yet all you allow yourself to see is the name Tinubu. Na wa sha. If you know better qualified candidates, why not suggests them since it is very obvious to even a 3 year old that every ACN candidate will be labelled a "Tinubu stooge" by you "damned if you do damned if you don't" thinkers. Perhaps the ACN should go and get their candidate from the PDP to satisfy folks like you that their guber representative is not a "Tinubu stooge". The man qualifies professionally, academically and by virtue of being one of those who has worked closely with Fashola in an important portfolio as commissioner of works and infrastructure. Yet all that does not matter to you guys. Only to rant and invoke the name Tinubu when you cannot actually question the professional/academic credentials, directly relevant work experience and suitability of Hamzat. Can any of you show, focused on merit and not your ALUU-style lynch mob proclivity, that Hamzat is not suitable to replace Fashola? http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/principalofficers.php?k=1534&ek=40 RESUME OF ENGR. DR. KADRI OBAFEMI HAMZAT 56 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by takedat(m): 9:16am On Jul 09, 2013 |
Tinubu is a man with many flaws but we can't compare his choice of candidates with a Goodluck Jonathan who imposed his puppet Dickson(a charlatan and fraud) on Bayelsa or OBJ imposing the likes of Akala and co! He has an eye for erudite minds, accomplished technocrats and professionals! 42 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by SLIDEwaxie(m): 9:20am On Jul 09, 2013 |
Gbawe:u surprise me jare. U dnt av to answer all foolishness. 2 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Gbawe: 9:32am On Jul 09, 2013 |
SLIDE waxie: u surprise me jare. U dnt av to answer all foolishness. Yes you are right but sometimes I speak because , as El Rufai put it, one must talk occasionally before an outright lie is accepted as reality because it is uttered repeatedly as bombardment against a politically unsophisticated polity. This is how some ALUU-minded charlatans, baying for Tinubu's blood, will begin making poisonous, empty and deceitful noise against a man who must be, on merit, one of the best candidate to replace Fashola and ensure seamless continuation of all that is going on currently. When Hamzat then wins the ACN ticket they will beginning shouting "Tinubu stooge" and "imposition" because no one took them on, when they made same noise earlier, to show that Hamzat always qualified to gain the Ticket on his own merit as one of the best and most talented administrators working with Fashola. Lagos is my State and I will speak up against anyone trying to malign an administrator who is qualified on every single front to keep the State moving forward. 13 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Akanbiedu(m): 10:12am On Jul 09, 2013 |
SLIDE waxie: u surprise me jare. U dnt av to answer all foolishness. This is my reasoning too but I am planning to change it. I think by now we should start speaking up against bad people and be ready to get even more dirty than them. The reason is not primarily the person we are up against but those majority onlookers/crowd who are prone to side with whatever side is loudest, even if the side is wrong. "Evil will prevail when good people do nothing". 7 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by IGBOSON1: 10:24am On Jul 09, 2013 |
take dat: Tinubu is a man with many flaws but we can't compare his style of imposition of candidate with a Goodluck Jonathan who imposed his puppet Dickson(a charlatan and fraud) on Bayelsa or OBJ imposing the likes of Akala and co! He has an eye for erudite minds, accomplished technocrats and professionals! ^^^^Hehehehehehe  Nwokem, imposition is imposition no matter how you spin it! I suppose Bayelsans were better off with Sylva......the saint and proven technocrat! 1 Like |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by takedat(m): 10:33am On Jul 09, 2013 |
IGBO-SON:I am not disputing that, Imposition is imposition and I agree that Dictatorship and imposition of undemocratic ideals are threat to our democracy. But there is a huge difference between imposing a competent candidate(Fashola) as against imposing a charlatan(Dickson).lol! Bayelsans are smug and content with moronarchy misgovernment system! 6 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Nobody: 10:40am On Jul 09, 2013 |
Gbawe: Impressive Resume....the success of any leader is not mainly gauged on how you performed while in office...but the quality of those that succeeds you in office... On this case...Tinubu is an outstanding success story. 7 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by thelastPope(m): 11:45am On Jul 09, 2013 |
take dat: Tinubu is a man with many flaws but we can't compare his choice of candidates with a Goodluck Jonathan who imposed his puppet Dickson(a charlatan and fraud) on Bayelsa or OBJ imposing the likes of Akala and co! He has an eye for erudite minds, accomplished technocrats and professionals! Stop this gutter talk my friend. How can you who claim you are an intellectual be saying this nonsense in 2013? Whether his choice is the next pope is irrelevant. One man cannot be choosing candidates for millionsof people. What kind of backward thinking is that? You guys are a bunch of illiterates, honestly. Imagine people who claim to have attended school saying that one dictator should choose their leaders for them in a democracy. Such shameless statements coming from you lot. You all are hypocrites! Stop this your "his choice is better than GEJ" nonsense! Why do you always have to mention GEJ's name anytime your god, Tinubu is dragged on the floor? Is that your best line of defence for your god? Hypocrites! 21 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by thelastPope(m): 11:53am On Jul 09, 2013 |
take dat: I am not disputing that, Imposition is imposition and I agree that Dictatorship and imposition of undemocratic ideals is a threat to our democracy. But there is a huge difference between imposing a competent candidate(Fashola) as against imposing a charlatan(Dickson).lol! You have been found out. Stop grasping at straws. Your argument is foolish at best. A weak attempt at supporting your new found god. There is no difference between six and half a dozen except in your partisan and hypocritical mind. Get your nose outta Tinubu's behind for once in your life. Tinubu is a BIG FAILURE who is only enriching himself with people's land all over Lagos with the backing of LASG! Maybe some of you are his cronies benefitting from the largese and wanton fraud going on so you can come on here to post this kind of crap. Bullying people all over Lekki and Ikoyi and acquiring the lands with the states backing is what you call success? One day, and very soon, nemesis will catch up with that crook Tunubu and we will all be here to witness it! 5 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Gbawe: 12:27pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
Akanbi_edu: Thank you. That is precisely why I speak here. The fact is that it is evil folks who tend to be most vocal and vociferous. They have no morals and naturally don't care who/what they damage with their cynical antics. In this case for example, are we ALUU animals not to even be able to accord Hamzat the minimum courtesy of viewing his qualifications on its own merit? Some posters deliberately, with the Tinubu name, bait gullible forumers into a frenzy that will then give an ALUU flavour to a thread so that the important message is lost. That message in this case is that Hamzat is simply, by all accounts, one of the best possible successors for Fashola. The Lagos Governor himself is known to be a fan of Hamzat. You will be surprised many of these guys know what they are doing when they deliberately steer the unthinking "majority onlookers" away from what matters and towards mindless e-lynching and e-persecution of those who are amongst the good guys we need more of. 3 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by musiwa29: 12:49pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
[size=38pt]does it look like people are happy .. i cry when i saw this pictures[/size] [img]http://img1.nairaland.com/attachments/1154431_students_onthe_floor_jpg64de57d8b91f4dfd82737de0b9c2da9d[/img] [img]http://aderinola.files./2011/04/structure-2.jpg[/img] 1 Like |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Gbawe: 12:56pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
take dat: I am not disputing that, Imposition is imposition and I agree that Dictatorship and imposition of undemocratic ideals is a threat to our democracy. But there is a huge difference between imposing a competent candidate(Fashola) as against imposing a charlatan(Dickson).lol! Bruv, you are a clever dude so don't let some mischief-makers, not even Lagosians and with nothing positive to contribute, take you in a direction totally unrelated to the thread. The word "imposition" has no place on the thread neither does the name Tinubu. Hamzat is not an illiterate meat seller cousin of Tinubu who was brought in yesterday from Ukraine to come and be Lagos governor. He is an immensely qualified person who is already in the employment of Lagos in a very important position as commissioner of works and infrastructure. His professional and educational competence is also very impressive. I therefore don't see why you should mention Tinubu or "imposition" here so that some charlatans who spend their time worshipping GEJ and attacking Lagos/Tinubu/Fashola and the ACN can have something to talk about on a topic where, ordinarily, they should not even be commenting since there is nothing for them here. Did you see any of them commend the CV of Hamzat or even acknowledge that perhaps the ACN is a Party exemplary in its dedication to using talented technocrats? Point is that you should not let these folks who have nothing to celebrate, because they have chosen to worship mediocrity, drag you down to their level. 6 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by solomon111(m): 1:03pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
Seriously,this is madness. How can one man impose a candidate on a state,yet some people see nothing wrong with it. Are we in a democracy or what? Yet these are the same people that will call GEJ a tyrant for allegedly rejecting amaechi as the leader of NGF. Is this the kind of "leadership" APC/ACN is promising Nigerians? These are scary times indeed. 2 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by solomon111(m): 1:10pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
take dat: I am not disputing that, Imposition is imposition and I agree that Dictatorship and imposition of undemocratic ideals is a threat to our democracy. But there is a huge difference between imposing a competent candidate(Fashola) as against imposing a charlatan(Dickson).lol!smh. Is imposition of candidates the right thing to do? It is really sad that people who like you lambast PDP day and night do not see anything wrong with this. I don't care if hamzat is winston churchill. This is wrong! This is very wrong. Anyway,all hail the "progressives" 1 Like |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Lordave: 1:32pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
Super Story |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Aksonman: 1:39pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
[size=13pt]All PDP needs to do is to scout for a seasoned,well trained professional and 'Christian' lagosian candidate. If PDP's 'Christian' candidate is not assassinated like they did to Funsho Williams,then in 2015 PDP will surely give ACN/APC a good battle. Secondly,PDP's propaganda machinery should by now be compiling all Lagos investments linked directly or indirectly to Tinubu, starting with the illegal collection of taxes and levies from Lagos market women...as election draws near,they massively spread the word.[/size] "Divide and Rule" does work like a charm 6 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by solomon111(m): 1:45pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
Akson man: [size=13pt]All PDP needs to do is to scout for a seasoned,well trained professional and 'Christian' lagosian candidate. If PDP's 'Christian' candidate is not assassinated like they did to Funsho Williams,then in 2015 PDP will surely give ACN/APC a good battle.I think PDP is slacking in lagos. Lagos is one of the easiest states for PDP to win,if they are smart enough. |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by blackmann(m): 1:47pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
Gbawe: Guy why waste your well-earned and polished intellect on the likes of these people who see nothing good in Continuity? In my books, if someone does good, he or she must leave a legacy and try to make sure that such good continues by working with people with the same kind of calibre and credibility. I can bet you these same set of scalawags and pessimists who see nothing else but the bad, who call the glass half-empty instead of half-full, who see everything as Tinubu or "Muslim vs christain" will still come here to complain if PDP wins Lagos(which is highly and very unlikely, the chances of chicken growing teeth are much higher). But hey, that's what you get when every Tom, Patrick, and Harry has access to internet these days. Dont waste your bandwidth jare. 2 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Sitex(m): 1:49pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
I lend my voice to the cry against any form of imposition whether tacit or overt. The backing of tinubu shouldnt be a criteria to be satisfied by any candidate vying for the office of the governor in lagos or any other state in nigeria for that matter xcept am told what works in lagos isnt democracy. Let d pple choose... 1 Like |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by ichommy(m): 1:49pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
Okay, still 2015 |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by SamAfrik(m): 1:51pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
Folks, there is no case of imposition here, as endorsement is difft & practised worldwide. A party is free 2 choose who suits them. Its d poll (election) dt really matters. So quit being alarmist & produce a strong candidate to face ACN. Tanx |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by bashydemy(m): 1:51pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
As far as Lagos State is concern, We Lagosian are solidly behind any candidate from ACN 3 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by Nobody: 1:51pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
Gbawe: Who gives a bleep about a puppet's academic or professional background? What will he do as governor that would not require Tinubu's express permission? Why can't he subject himself to the democratic process of primaries to sell his so-called 'technocracy' to the electorate? Is he the most educated man in Lagos? Besides, the FACT remains that Tinubu's primary priority is to select an individual that he can manipulate, and that can protect his illegally acquired investments and financial interests the way his rat Fashola has done. The common thief is neither interested in the good governance of Lagos nor in the welfare of ordinary Lagosians. In any case, the FACT that this common thief will unilaterally choose/impose a candidate - whilst professing to be a 'democrat' - is the most intolerable and unacceptable example of hypocrisy that stinks to high heavens. 8 Likes |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by solomon111(m): 1:52pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
I just dey laugh. Continuity at the expense of democracy. Those that poster above knows what he is talking about?. |
| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by lifestyle1(m): 1:54pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
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| Re: Hamzat In Pole Position To Succeed Fashola by nmagirl(f): 1:58pm On Jul 09, 2013 |
the current commissioner for works n infrastructure, eh! kwa  1 Like |
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