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Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by gorociano: 10:16pm On Jun 01, 2019
[from a Twitter Thread]



Governor Ibikunle Amosun is no longer the governor of Ògùn State. He's now just Ogun Central Senator-elect.

For posterity sake, it would behove us to look at various aspect of his governance and sectors of the state under his rule

1. ROADS

Any of the lovers of Governor Amosun (and his many sycophants) will point out that the governor has performed excellently well in improving the road network of the state, especially the state capital with at least 7 overhead bridges (some in construction)



However, if you ask Ogun citizens, especially in the capital, they will tell you Amosun only constructed roads for visitors, not for residents. As he was developing the highways, he totally neglected inner city roads. Across Abẹ́òkúta, I find it hard to mention 3 inner roads the Amosun administration rehabilitated. The road expansion destroyed many historically relevant building like that of Alábùkún powder founder while many people have not gotten compensation for their demolished building as of now.

There is also issue of cost, as many of the roads are rumoured to cost between N850m - N1.5bn per kilometre. These same roads have been patched several times, including at Ìyána Mortuary and Olorunsogo. With these misgivings, does Amosun admin still deserve an excellent score?
And there's the case of misplaced priority. In Abẹ́òkúta, it is mild, where we have pedestrian bridge where it is not needed being built first like in Òkè Sokori and not Panseke and other parts of the state like Owode-Yewa-Ilaro road, Lafenwa - Rounda Road and Atan-Agbára Road.



So we have the Amosun administration doing bridges in places with little to no traffic for, some say up to ₦1.5bn per km, while places that need it more like Denro, Shashi, Alagbole, Akute, Owode-Yewa, Ajuwon, Igbesa etc were wantonly neglected by the governor.

Please watch this documentary and you will understand more what I mean.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR9S-aN4oH8

This is the reason why at best I can only score Amosun administration a maximum of 60% on roads maintenance and construction


AkTiVe Citizen
@biolaodetola
Replying to @AjalaYemi
So of the roads needed no exxpension while some of the fly overs are absolutely needless today and in the next 30years.
Some have argued that the Governor only embarked in the projects that will earn him the higest amount of kickbacks. The only logically reason for politicians



2. Other infrastructures

What significant improvement to potable water supply did Amosun administration make in 8 years of ruling Ogun State? None.

Rather the administration has made the supply of potable water a matter of nostalgia across Ogun State.

What did the administration do in terms of affordable housing for the populace? Bare minimum. The houses built in very small patches in places like Laderin and Olusegun Obasanjo Hilltop are largely empty simply because they are prized out of the affordability of citizens

Ọmọ Ọ̀dọ̀ Àgbà
@lakunle70
Replying to @AjalaYemi
Both places were done with the elites in mind! Even the Muhammadu Buhari Estate how much is plot of land inside the place etc. Our Govt generally are elitist in their thinking
You'd hear affordable but ask how much this is 30m!
For someone who's pay is 30k monthly


Here are the prices of some of the houses Amosun administration provided for people as a way of combating the at least 16 million housing unit shortfall facing Nigerians form the Ogun State Property Development Company (OPIC) website





3 EDUCATION

I wish I have good things to say about Amosun's performance in education sector as it is a sector dear to my heart. The sad issue here is that despite the hard working teachers and lectures of Ogun State schools, Amosun has taken Ogun State back educationally

Amosun and his education commissioner, Modupe Mujota single-handedly destroyed many legacies of Ogun State education. What is our ranking in WAEC examination passing again? Mujota refused to address the press on pressing issues for 4 years as commissioner

Despite all indications for him not to do it, Amosun decided to build model secondary schools across the state at more than ₦1.5bn each. 6 years later only one of the schools is functioning, Albert perfunctorily. Money that could have transformed existing schools

He refused to employ new teachers as the old ones employed by the Bisi Onabanjo administration reached the statutory retirement age. Thus we had many schools across Ogun State with short staffing challenges. This is the #AmosunLegacy

He refused blatantly to adequately fund the state's tertiary institutions. The ones that eventually figured a way to fund themselves were actively curtailed by government when he saw how much they were generating. MAPOLY became self-sufficient and the governor had other plans

Amosun decided that he needed another tertiary institution despite saying in several fora that the state cannot afford all the tertiary institutions it has (he famously closed down TASUED for this reason before he rescinded). He refused to listen to stakeholders #AmosunLegacy



As things stand now, the new school Amosun started (Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia) has not started, the MAPOLY cannot admit new students while the ones graduating are not being allowed to serve. Confusion break bone. Dead body get accident #AmosunLegacy

This is separate from inchoate policies of his administration regarding secondary school education. He stopped paying WAEC fees of public schools & also centralised their examination. Children would wait up to one week after lectures for exam papers which never came #AmosunLegacy



Governor Amosun may have had the best intentions for Ogun education but either by omission, commission or lack of clear cut idea and vision, he had done the education a severe damage that only hardwork and money can start to fix. Reminds me of this message #AmosunLegacy




4. SECURITY

I will score Governor Amosun at least 70% in terms of security. We knew security situation when he took over the reins of the state and how the criminal elements were checkmated. His prompt hands-on approach in kidnapping issues is highly commendable #AmosunLegacy

The only reason why I'm not scoring Governor Amosun higher is the level of cultism in the Ìjẹ̀bú axis of the state that seems to continually be on the rise. Also is his non-resolution of the VGN vs VSO impasse of vigilante bodies. Could have been better #AmosunLegacy

5. POLITICS

This is the area where Ziggy and Sakamanje comes in. Governor Amosun loves the media and the media loves him.

From blitz whenever he is walking kilometres ostensibly inspecting Road projects to midnight political rallies, Amosun loves the media #AmosunLegacy

Looking at the political history of Governor Amosun, some political pundits have said he's skilled in playing the victim and whipping up public sympathy.

This came to fore recently in his 2015 reelection and 2019 succession bids. #AmosunLegacy




After his failed bid to become governor in 2007 under ANPP coming 3rd, he was in political Siberia, moving with General Buhari to CPC in preparation for 2011 General elections. AC had metamorphosed to ACN but its 2007 guber candidate had been brutally killed #AmosunLegacy


The newly metamorphosed ACN had settled for Ààrẹ Rẹ̀mí Bakare as its guber candidate as he's been a big party financier. However, due to some horsetrading and begging of ACN party leaders in Ogun by Senator Bola Tinubu, Amosun was given the party's ticket in 2011 #AmosunLegacy

Maybe their thinking was that with the civil war in PDP (where the then incumbent governor's candidate was contesting in another party, PPN), if they combined forces, they would win. 2007 result seems to support this #AmosunLegacy



And they eventually won, with the ACN bringing the deputy governor, Prince Segun Adesegun. It didn't take long before "trailer passed between them". The deputy governor and the ACN members were relegated to the background and by 2014, there was open warfare #AmosunLegacy






He appointed commissioners from his friends and family friends in Lagos and abroad (Hello Madam Kemi Adeosun) while neglecting the politicians who dared to work for his 2011 victory despite serious threats to their lives and livelihood. #AmosunLegacy






All the while this was going on, Amosun had many media houses, in and outside Ogun State, on retainer. You all know how you hardly watch Channels News and not see Amosun's iconic cap and his smiling face underneath. It wasn't free. #AmosunLegacy

With the media, it was easy to portray the fight with the Osoba camp, as the ACN was being injected into the new APC, as ravenous politicians who are after the state's till and don't want him to complete the road projects. He played the victim. #AmosunLegacy

With measured "Ziggy" and "Sakamanje" (narratives that have elements of truths but are not necessarily totally true) he had the public sympathy, just like in 2011 when it was portrayed that he was next in on the hit man's list after Dípò Dínà #AmosunLegacy

Osoba and his men left for SDP to contest the 2015 elections. They lost because the Ziggy and Sakamanje worked (also, the civil war in PDP continued unabated and the "Change" mantra). They went and licked their wounds. #AmosunLegacy

Some say Governor Amosun has an hand in the seemingly eternal crises rocking the state PDP but I disagree as their is not enough evidence to raise a brow.

He had however defeated his godfather in the state. What else to do but take on the bigger fish? Bola Tinubu #AmosunLegacy

With the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, Governor Amosun leveraged highly on their relationship developed from ANPP/CPC days to position himself as the new APC leader in South West Nigeria. He had unfettered access to the President and presidency #AmosunLegacy

His first salvo was when his Commissioner for finance was named the Minister for finance, instead of Senator Tinubu's reported anointed candidate Wale Edun. This started the cold war with Bourdillon and Mandate Group. Amosun became arrowhead of CPC faction in APC that wanted Tinubu's influence cut down to size. From state to state, they had their fights and Amosun seemingly had the upper hand, with reported wins in Ondo (Akeredolu emergence) and Ekiti (Fayemi emergence). Osun became dicey with Serubawon's demise #AmosunLegacy

Amosun had so much access to the President, he was reportedly called "Vice President South" amongst the Aso Rock staff. A new power was in town and everybody knew it. Until that fateful day when President Buhari said tenure extension for Oyegun was wrong #AmosunLegacy

That was the signal for former Edo governor Adams Oshiomhole candidature for APC Chairmanship. The Oyegun tenure had been pliable to Amosun’s Ziggy but the new era was going to prove a tough morsel to swallow. First was Osoba camp coming back to APC #AmosunLegacy

Next was the local government congress. This revealed to Governor Amosun that party members were very dissatisfied with him, especially those who lost out in 2015 when he handpicked APC candidates. They had galvanised behind an entrant from Lagos into Ogun politics #AmosunLegacy

An old foe, Senator Olamilekan Adeola(YAYI) wanted to be Senator in Ogun State but was chased away in 2015. By 2017, he had penetrated the state APC structure, such that only state excos were still with the governor. The governor went on the attack. #AmosunLegacy

Anyone who associated with YAYI became Amosun's enemy. The governor allegedly threatened he would have demolished Fela Kuti's home church for accepting a donation from YAYI. Labour leaders were sacked because of YAYI #AmosunLegacy





YAYI eventually went back to Lagos but his structure stayed. By 2018, his structure had gone beyond the APC and had notable PDP members openly declaring for YAYI as Ogun Governor.

However, the governor's intimidation of YAYI had backfired but he did know #AmosunLegacy

People had started seeing him as a petulential high-handed dictator. They saw his many fights with Osoba and Tinubu in new light of his brouhaha Labour and YAYI. Civil servants were owed deductions and leave bonuses yet he was starting new projects #AmosunLegacy

He had lost his public goodwill that comes from playing victimhood. Thus when Oshiomhole refused to accept his handpicked candidates for APC in 2019 elections, he thought victimhood and closeness to Buhari would help his cause #AmosunLegacy



The final destruction of Amosun’s victimhood play was the stoning of President Buhari in Abẹ́òkúta by his goons. My people are many things but not stupid. This made many people in various parties Amosun had slighted rally behind Dapo Abiodun #AmosunLegacy

https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1095230050478276610/pu/vid/1280x720/9nA22-jXBmlbB1v7.mp4?tag=6

Thus Amosun created the political monster that consumed his ambition to become the new godfather. I've not delved into more details of alleged bribes to stations and media outlets to announce his candidate as authentic APC candidates multiple times. Another day #AmosunLegacy

Amosun’s political legacy till date in Ogun State remains that he's united his erstwhile friends and enemies under one political umbrella that is threatening to consume him. Will it? A week is a long time in politics. #AmosunLegacy

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by gorociano: 10:17pm On Jun 01, 2019
6. HEALTH

In his first term with Dr Olaokun Soyinka as his health commissioner, Governor Amosun made strides in the state health services, including the revitalisation of the primary health care system and health insurance schemes. #AmosunLegacy

However, the second term was plagued with a lot of issues including fleeing and retiring staff (doctors and nurses) not being replaced, limited and no funding for purchase of equipments and reversal of all the gains of 1st term. 25% performance #AmosunLegacy





Adeola Olaoye
@DeolaOlaoye
Here is somewhere around Kugba in Abeokuta, Ogun State. people in search of portable water...

4:29 PM - Nov 3, 2017





Young Ògògó
@akintonmide
Imagine saying an elected candidate who led for 8 years did the people a favour as though he used his personal funds to help people.
Access to water is a big problem in Abeokuta.
Power supply is terrible.
Salaries get delayed
Amosun went on unnecessary projects but yeah, favour

8:40 AM - Mar 10, 2019


As you can see, my people continue to suffer from lack of water and other related issues. How can people who lack access to potable water be healthy? Your guess is as good as mine.

Road construction ended in some places but their pipes never returned #AmosunLegacy



7 AGRICULTURE.

The less said about Amosun’s administration's impact on Ogun State agricultural sector the better.

Anyone who scores the government 20% is being generous. It was all "we will do" ziggy and "we have signed an agreement with..." sakamanje all the way #AmosunLegacy



It all never happened because the institutions that were working like OGADEP were defunded and Local governments where farmers get inputs like tractor-renting were completely emasculated by the administration. #AmosunLegacy

Even tokenisms like the greenhouses set up between eleweran and Camp in Abẹ́òkúta died off after like 2 years probably because they were not allowed with existing framework and policy. They became Sakamanje #AmosunLegacy



Remember the MITROS Rice launch pyramid scandal? That's emblematic of the jerk-and-push agricultural policies Ogun State has had in the last 8 years. Roads, fences and silos sprang up overnight at Asero with imported rice allegedly rebagged to Mitros rice. Ziggy #AmosunLegacy





8. LABOUR AND IGR

One of the biggest achievements of the Amosun administration is increase in internally generated revenue of Ogun State.

One of Amosun’s worst issues was constant war of attrition with state workers responsible for the generation of said IGR #AmosunLegacy




Governor Ibikunle Amosun utilized the state's proximity to Lagos, something that had been clamoured for in years, to shore up the state's revenue base. Though the exact seems to fluctuate, it is said to have gone up to 2nd highest in Nigeria. I rate him 85 % #AmosunLegacy





However, the constant war of attrition between him and the state's Labour force greatly eroded deserved kudos. The cat-and-mouse game between the government and Labour lasted till the eve of the last General elections. The issues were multifaceted #AmosunLegacy






From lack of payment of salary deductions, to non-remittance of deducted pensions payment to PFAs to non-payment of retirement emoluments, the Amosun administration, especially in second term hardly spent any 2-month period without butting head with labour unions #AmosunLegacy





These has left many civil servants extremely bitter and disillusioned. It is a testament to good upbringing that Ogun State civil servants have not been reported to go the way of some other states, in terms of holding governance to ransom and outright begging #AmosunLegacy

Eventually, at the very twilight of his administration, Gov Amosun decided to pay some of the owed emoluments, some owed for up to four or more years. This is aside his refusal to replace retired civil servants in the service. I score him 25% #AmosunLegacy

I’ll pay workers’ N20.2bn deductions, salaries before May 29 –Amosun
https://punchng.com/ill-pay-workers-n20-2bn-deductions-salaries-before-may-29-amosun/



9. SPORTS

20%. The Amosun administration did not really reckon with sports and thus did little to nothing, except the perfunctory, in the development of sporting activities. I cannot recall (I may be wrong) anything done at the level of the RIYE games #AmosunLegacy

Even the promise of getting the state's football team, Gateway FC, from NNL to NPFL was never achieved because of dearth of funds. All stadiums across Ogun remain in a state of disrepair and disuse. Except for our athletes who are abroad. It was a bleak 8 years #AmosunLegacy

10. HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT

The resumption of Amosun as Ogun Governor saw the beginning end of Ogun State Employment Generation Programme (OGEGEP) started by the previous administration. The programme had helped many citizens gain skills for self employment #AmosunLegacy



OGEGEP became a shadow of itself and wasn't replaced with a programme of commensurate or better impact. Also, the N-Power idea of partially employing graduates as they look for work was first implemented in Ogun State but was stopped by Amosun. #AmosunLegacy

Most government contracts (from catering to decoration to supplies) were made to firms from Lagos while local firms grappled with lack of capacity to expand operations and employ more people. Many local businesses and services gave up and moved to Lagos and Ìbàdàn #AmosunLegacy

The South West Resource Centre, which was built by the previous administration, to position Ogun State at the forefront of the digital growth in Nigeria became useless as the administration refused to reckon with it #AmosunLegacy

To the best of my knowledge, there was no deliberate policy nor unified effort by the Amosun administration to increase the capacity and capability of the people in value delivery to themselves. No adult literacy classes, no kill acquisition programmes. 5%. #AmosunLegacy


CONCLUSION

I have deliberately left out other sectors (like Tourism where he performed poorly or manufacturing where he was average), nor have I included his fight against Dangote and rumoured one against other businesses because of length of words #AmosunLegacy

However, I hope with these breakdown of sectoral impact, we can see clearly that, despite the ziggys, media hype and sakamanje, Governor Ibikunle Amosun's administration in Ogun State should not score up to 50% in a pure merit based ranking #AmosunLegacy

That he is spoken of in the top 5 performing governors of Nigeria of the class 2011-2019 era is a testament to the very low expectations of governments and governance in Nigeria has been reduced to /end #AmosunLegacy

As @dabiodunMFR resumes office today, I pray that he looks at the good side of #AmosunLegacy and improve on it, while drastically changing direction in the bad aspects. There is much work to be done.

Ọmọ Ògùn, Iṣẹ́ yá

Governor Dàpọ̀ Abíọ́dún resumes office. I pray for inspired leadership. Our people desperately needs it.
#AmosunLegacy


Adake Ja
@odulare
Good read, you however omitted something very important. The first Sakamanje he implemented "Home Ownership". As I speak millions of people paid for the CofO that naver came.




Source: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1133664808195244032.html



cc lalasticlala, Mynd44

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by Omihanifa: 10:43pm On Jun 01, 2019
The op should forget all these propaganda undecided amosun changed the face of Ogun ( infrastructure wise) and history will be kind to him.


The fact that he refused to say YES SIR to the man in Bourdillon Rd, Ikoyi, Lagos doesn't make him a failed governor or a bad governor

What will you now say about Olusegun osoba undecided or Gbenga Daniel elebo shocked or Yahaya Bello that is using fake bank alert to deceive workers in his state grin grin all in the name of paying salaries

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by blazer2018: 3:07am On Jun 02, 2019
Just leave d man alone, he has done his best in the areas he thought were necessary, let Dapo do his too. If everyone can work on other sectors like Amosun did on infrastructure Ogun would be the envy of some countries in a not too distant future.

Though he wasn't perfect and goofed in some areas, he still dwarfs Osoba and OGD combined. And nothing u write or say about him can change that.

Instead, write an article that points at key areas you want Dapo to focus on. Amosun has written his own history, let Dapo write his.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by MANNABBQGRILLS: 5:35am On Jun 02, 2019
Sakamanje?!

Ogun indigenes, over to you!

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by MrMcJay(m): 5:48am On Jun 02, 2019
Amosun tried his bits in road infrastructure and security but apart from that, he failed woefully. He was more interested in fighting everyone and instigating crisis everywhere.

I'm 2015, my younger sister was involved in an accident on Siun expressway but when taken back to Abeokuta, the Government hospitals in Ogun state were on strike.

She eventually died cos of delayed medical attention. She was my only sibling, a qualified lawyer at 22 years old.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by tosinornottosin: 5:53am On Jun 02, 2019
Busy reading. Ivhope this isn't dapo handwriting

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by mfm04622: 6:09am On Jun 02, 2019
Omihanifa:
The op should forget all these propaganda undecided amosun changed the face of Ogun ( infrastructure wise) no governor is perfect

The fact that he refused to say YES SIR to the man in Bourdillon Rd, Ikoyi, Lagos doesn't make him a failed governor or a bad governor

What will you now say about Olusegun osoba undecided or Gbenga Daniel elebo shocked or Yahaya Bello that is using fake bank alert to deceive workers in his state grin grin all in the name of paying salaries

When you want to rate Osoba, rate him with resources he had in mind! Osoba's time was when there was what was called "Zero allocation"! Do you know it was? At a time, Local Governments were owing local governments workers especially teachers and health workers. These unions went on nationwide strike and forced FG to deduct salaries of teachers and health workers from LG allocation before the rest is handed over to LGs. This resulted in some LG, especially in the SW (because if the huge numbers of their teaching work force) receiving zero allocation for most months. Which bank will borrow LGs with zero allocation money? This forced states to step in because LGs have others staff they have to pay! Including the LG chairperson! Ogun State was in that situation. So when election time came and Osoba said one of his greatest achievement was that no worker in the state was owned a kobo, he was derided! Gbenga Daniel won and he was the worst governor we ever had!

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by mfm04622: 6:15am On Jun 02, 2019
blazer2018:
Just leave d man alone, he has done his best in the areas he thought were necessary, let Dapo do his too. If everyone can work on other sectors like Amosun did on infrastructure Ogun would be the envy of some countries in a not too distant future.

Though he wasn't perfect and goofed in some areas, he still dwarfs Osoba and OGD combined. And nothing u write or say about him can change that.

Instead, write an article that points at key areas you want Dapo to focus on. Amosun has written his own history, let Dapo write his.

In what way did he dwarf Osoba? Let's mention specific areas.
Infrastructure Amosun
Security. Tie
Water. Osoba
Education Osoba
IGR. Amosun
Labour Relations Osoba
Sport. Osoba
Health. Osoba

Bring up other areas you think Amosun dwarfed Osoba. Keeping in mind Osoba has much less resources and still had to fund some LG due to Zero allocation then

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by Seunpaul01(m): 6:16am On Jun 02, 2019
This is really bad. He just destroyed Mowe with unfinished road works after he destroyed houses. A normal man will not start what he cannot finish. Ogun is supposed to be the California of Nigeria and even better. He has done his terrible governing and gone, probably to Rehab. After the horrible deeds to his own home state he will leave it for a sort of vacation abroad. Evil man with evil mind.

I pray the good looking man Dipo Abiodun, make a better way and change things for good in Ogun state.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by Asiwaju0809: 6:17am On Jun 02, 2019
We people needs to realise something here apart from being sentimental. The so called Formal Governor perform woefully to the state.
Though he has done his own but he did not even try.
I appreciate the writer. I enjoy every bit of the article. May Good God grant you more wisdom and knowledge to write.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by adehab: 6:21am On Jun 02, 2019
I stand to be corrected..

Most of the link road we have today in Ogun state was created by Chief Olusegun Osoba as far back as 1999-2003.

I will rate the Osoba term as one of the best Ogun state ever heard.

All the #1.5b School amosun built in 20 LGA is not Functioning except 1. Most of the building are far from completed.

He amosun was just a selfish Leader who want to be the overrall leader of Ogun state and Forget the Leadera who made him the Governor.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by Seunpaul01(m): 6:23am On Jun 02, 2019
MrMcJay:
Amosun tried his bits in road infrastructure and security but apart from that, he failed woefully. He was more interested in fighting everyone and instigating crisis everywhere.

I'm 2015, my younger sister was involved in an accident on Siun expressway but when taken back to Abeokuta, the Government hospitals in Ogun state were on strike.

She eventually died cos of delayed medical attention. She was my only sibling, a qualified lawyer at 22 years old.

A sad way to lose a dear one. So sorry about that, may she continue to rest in perfect peace.

His performance was total failure not woeful. Health and good roads and workers payment should be a total achievement for any government.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by ntyce(m): 6:26am On Jun 02, 2019
I agree with the writer -100%

Amosun only focused on building structures even where such wasn't needed.

He awarded contracts to his family members

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by scribble: 6:34am On Jun 02, 2019
amosun was so bereft and greedy

even charging as much as $200,000 to renew c of o in ijebu gra
Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by shakur1234(m): 6:44am On Jun 02, 2019
I hope this is not a paid-for write up

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by holuwasheyiWGP(m): 6:48am On Jun 02, 2019
I'll die, you'll die,I know you know,I just want to remind in case you had forgotten like most people......Life is the most temporary thing ever,do good,be kind, believe in God,Jesus loves you

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by weighadsef: 6:50am On Jun 02, 2019
how the writer were around to write about past Gov. too. they can never be satisfied. is like past Gov never received allocation. I have been living in Ogun state for the past 30 years, you can't just come up with bad feels bcoz you belong to a particular party or part of the state. when you see good thing appreciate, if it were there before you won't start from here. the man has charge the face value of Ogun State. anyway, your write up shows you're very dull in your assessment. you can do inner road before outer bcoz investors will not see it and they won't come. so what is the point on economy value. if go for inner road first, it would get spoiled before you come to the city. secondly there is nothing like zero allocation. what happened was that LG mismanaging their budget, the chairman live like emperor so Obasanjo pay thru state to cub their excess and to give the governors more power to control their state. lobatan!

don't just write rubbish for writing sake. is really unfair.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by cardoctor(m): 7:09am On Jun 02, 2019
Wtf is this?
Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by cardoctor(m): 7:10am On Jun 02, 2019
Wtff is this?

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by AgbariOjukwu1: 7:11am On Jun 02, 2019
It's wrong for people to say Amosun didn't do anything at all. He may have erred in some areas but the guy tried.

Amosun couldn't have fixed every road and obviously can't make every other towns look like Abeokuta the State capital.

Despite all what you wrote there, Amosun still won his senatorial seat, the party he endorsed Apm had over 222, 153 votes in the last election the margin of victory was not up to 20k votes.

This implies that the people don't see Amosun as a total failure the way the op has depicted him in his post.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by Majesticniyi(m): 7:26am On Jun 02, 2019
Propaganda...improvements I saw with my own eyes, na him una dey spoil like this?! If the next five gubernatorial tenures in Ogun can do just exactly what Amosun did in the state (different sectors though), Ogun will be the pride of West Africa in 20years.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by Imoh555(m): 7:27am On Jun 02, 2019
Seun, your mods are killing your site slowly.
Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by TemmyT002(m): 7:34am On Jun 02, 2019
The OP brought so many evidences and proofs.
And Amosun is termed one of the best governors.
Nigeria needs help o

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by cardoctor(m): 7:45am On Jun 02, 2019
Whaaaat
Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by carbon1224(m): 8:06am On Jun 02, 2019
Amosun did his best which I commend heavily and the oo stated that he did those road for visitors. Let’s see what the next governor will do.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by saintol(m): 8:14am On Jun 02, 2019
He tried his best in term of road construction that is why we call him "Governor of Road". However, there are some major roads that have more pressure that he ought to have done. He did some half way, and some he didn't even touch at all. If you want a pregnant woman to have miscarriage, just let her board cab from Lafenwa to Rounder for some times, then you will get that which you seek.

On the road linking Asero to Eleweran, that road needed expansion and there is always pressure on that road. If you are living in that area and you must resume at work by 7am or 8am, you must always leave your residence at around 5am or maybe before 6 am, if not you will be late to work.

No access to good quality water. Before, you will always see public taps along the road sides or within the community. I hardly see those taps around now. I don't even think there is anyone around.

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by KingOfAllIgbos: 8:21am On Jun 02, 2019
This is the type of indepth analysis needed to be done State by State.

I can see people who their Governors share kerosene and build statues ranting up and down.

Obviously they don't know any better

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by iybee24(m): 8:29am On Jun 02, 2019
Nonsense write up @ Op, Amosun have tried his best, let wait and see what Dapo Abiodun has to offer, time will tell

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Re: Amosun’s Legacy: A Tenure Of Ziggy And Sakamanje by 2blessed01(m): 8:34am On Jun 02, 2019
Our Leader Fails 2 Understand Dat ''TABLE TURNS'' Once They Clinche Any Political Position, They Thought It Will B 4eva!

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