naptu2: [size=14pt]Fashola commissions the sixteenth skills acquisition center; condemns FG import policy.[/size]

The number of skills acquisition centers in Lagos is now 16 as the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has commissioned the latest addition to the centers located in the Mushin area of the state.

Speaking at the commissioning, the governor said that the state has equipped a total of 13,422 residents of the state with poverty alleviating skills in a period of four years.

A breakdown of the figure shows that 9,566, representing 71.3 per cent were women while the remaining 3,856, representing 28.7 percent were men. The governor pointed out that more youths, between the ages of 20 and 30 years, have been the greatest beneficiary, constituting about 11,509 or 85.7 per cent of the total graduates produced from the centre.

“These are the ordinary people I speak of to whom government owes the greatest responsibility and in whose eyes our government remains a model of what a caring government should be,” he said.

Governor Fashola added that the curriculum covers a wide range of courses including barbing, fashion design/dress-making, hairdressing/ cosmetology, photography, shoe/bag making, tile laying and interlocking, screen printing/Lithography technology, wielding, refrigeration and air-conditioning installation and maintenance and computer studies among others.

While berating the federal government for its import policy, the governor said allowing the importation of household items would destroy the country’s economy.

He said: "I am worried by the recent announcement of the Federal Government to allow importation of furniture, toothpick, textile and vehicles that are 15 years old.

"This policy decision is not the answer to the problem of smuggling. The answer lies in a methodical and multi-dimensional response. It includes strengthening of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) through technology such as scanners, improving local productive capacity and reducing dependence on importation."

The governor said importation has killed the local economy and led to a high rate of unemployment, advising that smuggling could be tamed by well structured security mechanisms.

The governor urged the Federal Government to reverse its policy on importation and concentrate on stimulating the growth of local industries through constant electricity supply.

He said: "Our freight forwarders, customs and ports will become busier from a positive reversal of fortunes that is driven by an export oriented economy, rather than an import driven economy."

The governor informed that the costumes used at last year’s Lagos carnival were made locally, saying the state has embraced a people oriented policy of patronizing local manufacturers.

http://www.lagosindicatoronline.com/Fashola_commissions.htm

RICHIE BOI: The Changing Face of Lagos. Eko o Ni baje oooooooo.
[Governor Fashola's relationship with Okada people, during the governorship Election and after Election].

Naija Can Do Better!

smackimorn: all this daft, good for nothing YORUBA's here...who alwz say village nd igbo anyhow are useless.....i live in lagos, nd i'm happy to have a village, buh the lagosianz gave dia land to d white pple wu came during d slave bla blah...tinkin d whyte were godz...shame on lagosianz..

Guy, u dey make sense at all? Are u speaking to the spirits again, boi?

OtunbaGm: I remember very vividly that Fashola was distributing helmet to Okada riders before his re-election for seconD term in oFfice! Now hE is serving them with traffic laws! Weldone d Captain!

I am in Ondo stAte now, ur brodA akEre fail yakata. Don't forget you mite need dos okada riders again!

Iyan ogun odun man joyan lowo! D good in those okada are beta dan baD ones! We shall see saw! O dojo alE......

idesignwebsite:
Dubai was a desert some few years ago,and who says we can't strike black gold some years down the line,and transform lagos to the financial and tourist hub of Africa.

take dat: Your username depicts you as a stu*id person. Does the BRT buses belong to Fashola or Lagos state Government? What a silly person you are, people like you shouldn't be found in sane environment

seunajia:

Stay on topic!

I smell so much anger and hate in your words. Did Fashola take your wife?
Anyway, Whatever you have against Fashola should remain politics. With regards to this policy, Fashola==Score!
Seriously now, do you sincerely think Okadas should ply highways?

idesignwebsite:
Hmmm some bird told me u had a manifest of all there accident scenario of all the patients.

GboyegaD:

I don't want to believe you have challenges with understanding what you read but with the bolded, I am left with no option because I never drifted off the topic and I don't dislike the person of Fashola however, I detest his policies with utmost passion and it surprises me the way many people supports it because of their selfishness since they believe they are not affected and IMHO, it is one of the major challenges facing us as a nation.
As for your 2nd question, yes I have issues with okadas plying some highways and I don't have with some other highways because I truly don't see the risk in them.

seunajia:

Yes I am sure you detest ALL of his policies with utmost passion. Yes all of his godamn policies!

It's apparent; your prejudice.

The man banned Okadas from Highways, curbs and one-ways. Should they be allowed there? Where is your sense of right and wrong?

Few more questions for you though:
**Should Okadas ply any highway at all?
**If not for the poverty in this country, what is our business with Okadas?
**Please state explicitly what wrong you think the man has done?
Half of my wits considers them rhetoric anyway.

GboyegaD:

If he knew they were not meant to ply on highways, why did he used them on the highways when he was campaigning? Besides, how many jobs has he created before stopping their source of livelihood? These and many more are the questions we should answer and then tell me what you think.

GboyegaD:

If he knew they were not meant to ply on highways, why did he used them on the highways when he was campaigning? Besides, how many jobs has he created before stopping their source of livelihood? These and many more are the questions we should answer and then tell me what you think.

Sagamite:

Is there something in the campaign guidance and rule books that state what kinds of roads you can utilise certain vehicle types when campaigning?

Please feel free to direct me to the book and the section of it that creates that edict.

I wait.

GboyegaD:

If he knows they are not meant to ply the highways, he shouldn't use them to campaign on the highways and stop trying to support what is not.

Abiodun Yung: [b] >

RICHIE BOI: The Changing Face of Lagos. Eko o Ni baje oooooooo.
[Governor Fashola's relationship with Okada people, during the governorship Election and after Election].

Naija Can Do Better!

Logicboy03:


Lesson for those who support the corrupt