naijababe:

Haba!!! Commmon now, white wash services ke?!

redsun:

He manages to get away with a lot because typical nigerians never think of themselves of doing or deserving anything right. To typical beclouded nigerians, a politician that manages to steal seventy percent of the public funds and using the meagre left over thirthy percent for white wash services,is jesus back to life. Because they have never had it better. Nigerians are people born into a world of impossibilities where even keeping the streets clean and tidy can be seen as rocket science.

naijababe:

Haba!!! Commmon now, white wash services ke?!

redsun:

Like i said earliar on,fashola is relatively the best among nigerian politicians,but if they give u a detailed account of how much of the public funds that went with the wind undertaking those projects,u will want him hanged if trully u are genuinely rational.

Those guys get away with mass murder because nobody ever bothers to make them give detail accounts of how theo use the tax payers monies.

AjanleKoko:

I have to say, redsun makes a good point.
However, we don't throw the baby out with the bath water. The onus is on Fashola to first deliver, while we work on the process of accountability. Not perfect, but that's the Nigerian reality.

We are coming from an era where people steal and do nothing. Now, people are still stealing, but now doing something. We have to consistently increase the pressure, and engage with more intelligence. What Nigerians do mostly is complain. Imagine that the Lekki Concession toll was signed as far back in 2001, and nobody in that area said anything! All of a sudden people are acting surprised to see toll gates. People need engage government more intelligently, and learn how to push these people to do what we want them to do.

AjanleKoko:





I have to say, redsun makes a good point.
However, we don't throw the baby out with the bath water. The onus is on Fashola to first deliver, while we work on the process of accountability. Not perfect, but that's the Nigerian reality.

We are coming from an era where people steal and do nothing. Now, people are still stealing, but now doing something. We have to consistently increase the pressure, and engage with more intelligence. What Nigerians do mostly is complain. Imagine that the Lekki Concession toll was signed as far back in 2001, and nobody in that area said anything! All of a sudden people are acting surprised to see toll gates. People need to engage government more intelligently, and learn how to push these people to do what we want them to do. If we are unable to engage government intelligently, it means there is something wrong with us as well.

naijababe:

And he is delivering something isn't he? I don't think complaints and criticisms is going to do much, heck, it's done fuckall. A bit of commendation where appropriate is not much to ask for IMO.

AjanleKoko:

Considering where we're coming from, he's doing a lot. Besides, we voted him in, so we need to support and engage him. Not support him like morons of course, but engage him on all the projects he's doing. He's shown willingness to hear from people, from my experience. Had cause to engage him for one reason or the other, and he comes across as very reasonable. Smart but not arrogant about it.

naptu2: Source: US State Department http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2012/06/201206187639.html#axzz20BnySNVK

redsun:

Like i said earliar on,fashola is relatively the best among nigerian politicians,but if they give u a detailed account of how much of the public funds that went with the wind undertaking those projects,u will want him hanged if trully u are genuinely rational.

Those guys get away with mass murder because nobody ever bothers to make them give detail accounts of how theo use the tax payers monies.

abes:

Fashola would rather get some cameras and not laptops. Pictures do the talking in Fashola's case, not like 'has signed', 'will do', 'has ordered', 'is on top' comment that we normally hear from GEJ's camp.

Omexonomy:
since thier are 30 laptops in abuja then thier might be 15 in lagos

dabrake:
kobo is speechless. according to her, nothing is good about fashola.

chucky234: I'm lost here,what transit is that Lahood refering to? Hope he is not talking of BRT oooo
Why would any sane man refers to BRT as effective transit system,used to board BRT to CMS daily and had to stop because the experience was hell. The heat in those buses is close to bread baking oven and you spend longer time on the road as they can suave traffic like those Danfo buses, I rather drive in my car and face the hold ups than board those BRT buses.

My opinion sha,everyone to his

AjanleKoko: BRT is not bad, by African standards. It's not perfect, but it's a start. Remember it is just five years old, and it is serving a state with 25 million inhabitants.

redsun:

How on earth can a bigoted minded person like u become a moderator in a suppose impatial and progressive forum? No wonder this place has turn to miniature nigeria,a place where intolerance and primitive tribal sentiment thrive over reasoning and collective progress.

naijababe:

Haba!!! Commmon now, white wash services ke?!

gidiMonsta:

So criticizing a fumbling govt. and singing praises of a hard working governor is bigotry? Grow up dude.

naijababe:

And the bolded bros, is the crux of this discussion.

ekt_bear: "moved more than 170 million people in its first three years of operation"

sounds like a win to me

i wonder how many the subsidy buses has moved so far

naptu2: @ other places, eg, Agege Motor Road, Ikorodu Road, Western Avenue, etc, the lanes are physically segregated.