ketoprofen:

ok.
But we are not discussing plans here.
We are talking of tnz on ground.

Gbawe:

He has actually put a lot on the ground. I did not mention them because we would be here all day. This is well-known about Amosun so no need to hijack the thread and make it about him.

Afam4eva:
The thread is about public officers and what they have done and that is on ground and not what they will do. I think it's too early to put Amosun in the mix. I think it's an insult on people who have spent years revolutionizing where they found themselves.

@topic
Let's not forget Madam Due process, Oby Ezekwesili. That woman has so much passion exuding from her.

anienge001:

So all the school intervention in the state are not visible to you? How many new hospitals have been built in AKS between 2007 and now? Agreed he is not using his personal money and that is what he went there to do in 1st place. But for U to say it is only 'a handful roads' either shows U've not been to AKS or U are totally biased. Even if it were only roads, if all the administrations had each done a handful of roads, by now there would no more roads to construct. The present administration would concentrate on other areas.

When U say manpower development, I want to be enlighten on what it means.

I think the genuine items on your list are food/agriculture and security. Be objective when criticizing!!

Gbawe:

Come on dude. Stop the mischief and dishonesty. You are a mod here and has seen many threads where the massive infrastructural achievements of Amosun has been revealed here so let us stop all this obsession with bare-faced mischief because I mentioned some of his "plans".

Even those who are not fans of the ACN/APC yet know Ogun State admit to the sheer massive scale of the ongoing work in Ogun State and I don't see what purpose it serves to deny what you cannot be ignorant of. Ask Ogun folks under 30 if they remember ever seeing this scale of work in the past.

https://www.nairaland.com/1378086/pictures-massive-construction-work-ogun

Afam4eva:
I[b]s that enough to include him in a list that spans over a decade?[/b] He's doing some projects, all well and good but is he the only one undergoing such projects. We're talking of people like Fashola who caused a revolution in their respective field and not a governor that's still trying to bring to fruition his vision.

Gbawe:

Stop this garbage dude. You do this all the time and it is an exponent of your patent dishonesty and bias. What does time span have to do with judging the efficacy of a leader? OP said since 1999 and what Amosun has done is unprecedented and puts him, in real terms, at the top as far as 'on ground' delivery over the same period of time in comparison with any governor. Of course even a child knows that years in office only gives more time to judge administrators by yet has no bearing in judging achievement. Amosun has now been in office long enough for everyone to see and feel his impact everywhere.

Gbawe:

Stop this garbage dude. You do this all the time and it is an exponent of your patent dishonesty and bias. What does time span have to do with judging the efficacy of a leader? OP said since 1999 and what Amosun has done is unprecedented and puts him, in real terms, at the top as far as 'on ground' delivery over the same period of time in comparison with any governor. Of course even a child knows that years in office only gives more time to judge administrators by yet has no bearing in judging achievement. Amosun has now been in office long enough for everyone to see and feel his impact everywhere.

sarutobie:
Oga don't derail this thread with epistles and bickerings..

Gbawe:

Indeed. Aside his huge achievements already in infrastructure in a short period, his urban regeneration plan is laudable. His brand new Abeokuta flagship town development project is really ambitious and impressive. One of the best on show in Nigeria currently behind the likes of Eko Atlantic City.

The plans for the light rail network throughout Ogun, which Lagos alone boast simila as far as I knowr, is also an example of a very transformational achievement capable of vastly changing the productivity, efficacy and way of life of a people. One only needs to visit London, Paris, New York et al to appreciate the important of modular/linked rail transport. Amosun certainly deserves a mention and I expect Ogun State to be vastly transformed for the better by the end of his tenure.

Gbawe:

Give it a rest. Why don't you advice the right poster against bickering and obtrusiveness? Do you see me attempting to discredit anyone's choice or is it that others attempted to discredit Amosun to the point I was forces to correct that? The bias of some of you is so horribly transparent. You should be telling Afam4eva to endorse his choice and perhaps say why instead of him spending his time here trying to discredit those others choose.

On a subjective thread like this, it is important folks understand that no one is a dictatorial judge on who qualifies and who does not. Best to nominate your personal choice and leave it at that.

Gbawe:

Give it a rest. Why don't you advice the right poster against bickering and obtrusiveness? Do you see me attempting to discredit anyone's choice or is it that others attempted to discredit Amosun to the point I was forces to correct that? The bias and pettiness of some of you, that you carry from thread to thread, is so horribly transparent. You should be telling Afam4eva to endorse his choice and perhaps say why instead of him spending his time here trying to discredit those others choose.

On a subjective thread like this, it is important folks understand that no one is a dictatorial judge on who qualifies and who does not. Best to nominate your personal choice, perhaps illustrate their achievements, and leave it at that.

Afam4eva:
The thing surprise me oo. Aregbesola ke? I didn't even see Fashola on the list.

lertee: O well this is a subjective opinion of the OP so it is cool..
..but personally,I would commend Professor Attairu Jega (for bringing sanity to INEC) and professor Dora Akunyili (for her impact on NAFDAC) these are the best two. I heard Goodswill Akpabio too tried for his state.

lonelypal:
Funny how u criticise d OP for coming up with a subjective view and yet yours aint different anyway

Afam4eva:
What has Amosun done in that unprecedented in Nigeria? Maybe you mean Ogun state.

I believe he has tried when you compare him with his predecessors but it's not something that will make him mentioned in the same sentence as Fashola, El Rufai, Akunyili, Akpabio etc. I think it's an insult on this people for a governor who's trying honestly to develop his state to be compared with them. It's not done.

Our Administration has increased the State's IGR from the paltry N730M to N2B within a period of months, excluding revenues from land transactions.

Jarus: To me, Fashola is the best public officer Nigeria has produced since return to civil rule in 1999

Others that posted (post) decent performance (by our low standard in Nigeria), by my reckoning:

1, Umaru Yar'adua (reversal of VAT, refinery sale, price hike, asset declaration etc)
2, Barth Nnaji (decent effort in power reforms)
3, Sule Lamido (good capital projects efforts, even if a bad politician)
4, Rotimi Ameachi (Decent capital projects efforts in his state)
5, Godswill Akpaebo ( Even if I don't like his politics, I admit he tried for his state. I've been to his state; best raod network of all the about Nigerian states I have visited)
6, Nasir el-Rufai (Not his biggest fan either, but I salute his efforts in FCT)
7, Nuhu Ribadu (You can argue he was selective, but you can't argue his victims were innocent. Plus he returned $15m Ibori bribe)
8, Lamido Sanusi (I commend his work in CBN)
9, Charles Soludo (His attention to ethics may be questionable, but you can't fault his achievement in terms of strenghtening our financial system)
10. Attahiru Bafarawa (I served in Sokoto state,and msut confess he did well for hsi people in terms of capital projects. Good roads everywhere)
11, Rauf Aregbesola (You can fault his politics - can be loud-mouthed, intervening in what doesn't concern him - but you can hardly deny his commitment to the uplift of his people. I was in Osun in August and the whole state looked like one big construction yard, road projects everywhere, despite meagre resources)
12, Ifeuko Omoigui (Decent and silent reform in FIRS; enlarged revenue base for Nigeria)
13, Donald Duke: Decent performance, mature leader


These are the guys I can give pass mark (50%) of all the public officers (elected or appointed) since 1999. There are others I have herad or read about (e.g Kayode Fayemi, Rochas Okorocha, Peter Obi), but I'm not convinced yet.


Strictly my opinion as a watcher of events in the country.

Gbawe:
Why not? Are Akpabio and Fashola not Governors like Amosun with a core brief of first leading effectively on behalf of their citizens at State level? If this is the case and you agree so, how is Amosun then deficient to them? As a percentage rise, how many Governor can match Amosun's achievement of IGR increment? Probably only Fashola with many who have been in office longer than him being ordinary in that regard !!! Pray tell the forum what is unremarkable about a Governor setting an example over what we all say is one of the most important things for governors to do i.e raise more internally to develop Nigerian States with.

Regarding El Rufai and Akunyili, they had their core brief of responsibility to certain stakehodlers. Precisely same as Amosun. It is those who have delivered for their respective stakeholders who deserve to be on the list. I cannot see how logicallya nd factually Amosun is less qaulified in this regard in comparison to Fashola, Akpabio et al.

Gbawe:
Of course I mean Ogun State. You don't seem to understand that you cannot introduce discrimination into this. This is about achievers who have delivered for those they are responsible for serving. It could even be a local Government chairman who has performed extraordinarily. Maybe you don't understand that prominence/fame or federal level appointment is not the issue here.




Why not? Are Akpabio and Fashola not Governors like Amosun with a core brief of first leading effectively on behalf of their citizens at State level? If this is the case and you agree so, how is Amosun then deficient to them? As a measure of percentage rise, how many Governor can match Amosun's achievement of IGR increment? Probably only Fashola with many who have been in office longer than him being ordinary in that regard !!! Pray tell the forum what is unremarkable about a Governor setting an example over what we all say is one of the most important things for governors to do i.e raise more internally to develop Nigerian States with.

Regarding El Rufai and Akunyili, they had their core brief of responsibility to certain stakehodlers. Precisely same as Amosun. It is those who have delivered for their respective stakeholders who deserve to be on the list. I cannot see how logicallya nd factually Amosun is less qaulified in this regard in comparison to Fashola, Akpabio et al.

chukwudi44:

Bros Amosun should not make the list we have had even Governors like chime,lamido and Amaechi that are better than him yet they did not make the list.Amosun is not exceptional e is just there.