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| Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Maxymilliano(m): 2:10am On Mar 01, 2013 |
MEDIA STATEMENT Lagos State was Party to National Good Governance Tour Agreement The Secretariat of the National Good Governance Tour views with concern and deep regret the statement credited to Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, who has described the on-going Tour as ill-conceived. While extolling his administration on its 2,100th Day in office, the Lagos State Governor claimed that the National Good Governance Tour was designed "in an attempt to appear busy" and that they (Federal Government) "have no project to inspect". It must be shocking to all who are familiar with how the Tour was conceived, and is being implemented, that it has taken Governor Fashola nearly six months to dissociate the Lagos State Government from the Tour. For the records, Lagos State was duly represented by the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, on the committee set up by the Nigeria's Governors' Forum, to ratify the template for the Tour. The final framework was approved by all state Governors without exception. The Tour began with the Federal Capital Territory on Sept. 20, 2012, and by last Tuesday, the Tour Team had visited 15 states in the North-central, South-East and the South-South Geo-political Zones. Coming so soon after a similar attack on the Tour by Governor Oshiomhole of Edo State, it is obvious that Governors of a certain partisan persuasion are nervous about the impending tour of their states. This clearly demonstrates that they have something to hide. If not, why are they afraid of the tour of projects in their states? To reiterate, the Tour is a non-partisan undertaking involving the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists; (NUJ) the Radio,Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU); leaders of women and youth organisations; National Council of Women Societies (NCWS); leaders of non-governmental organisations; representative(s) of the Nigeria Governors Forum Secretariat; and reporters from the nation’s print and electronic media. The Tour became necessary following the collective decision of stakeholders to showcase the progress of our democracy and to provide a platform for citizens to express their views and opinions on the progress and challenges faced by all tiers of government. That is why the tour incorporates a robust Citizens' Forum which enables citizens of every state to engage Federal and State Government officials on all key development policies and challenges in their state. The Citizens Forum which is attended by the Governor of each State or the Deputy as the case may be and Federal Ministers runs live on radio, television and Social Media Platforms. In every state, citizens ask their leaders questions without restriction and Nigerians all over the world take advantage of the Social Media to file in their questions, comments, opinions or suggestions on the major programmes and activities of government. This is clearly democracy in action. During the Tour, state officials, contractors and service providers take questions directly from journalists drawn from the print and electronic media and from representatives of civil society organizations and other stakeholders on the performance of projects and programmes executed by Federal and State Governments. In view of that, we are amazed that Governor Fashola made such declaration because wherever we went to, citizens were excited because of the opportunity and the platform the tour provided for them to freely express their opinions, suggestions or offer advice to those in government on how they are being governed. Governor Fashola should be appreciative of the Federal Government because far more than other states, the entire Lagos State like Abuja, runs on Federal Government infrastructure and services and Fashola knows that the Federal Government is doing alot to keep Lagos State moving. It should also be noted that the Federal Government is not a rival of states neither is the Federal Government in competition with states. The role of the Federal Government is to formulate policies in partnership with states and help partner with states to provide infrastructure for the development of the country. That is the role of the Federal Government in all federations. Therefore Governor should stop this idea that Lagos State is a rival of the Federal Government. He should embrace the principle of cooperation in governance for the development of Lagos and Nigeria. We would like to restate that the Tour is not being forced on any state. But where any state chooses not to participate, it can opt out of the NGGT without blackmailing the Tour Team. In the event of any state opting out, the Tour Team will proceed regardless to inspect Federal projects, which are spread across the country. As leaders, we should have the courage to own up to decisions we collectively make for the good of our country. Samuel Ajayi Coordinator National Good Governance Tour https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=514333791952867&set=a.280034372049478.85296.259701504082765&type=1 5 Likes
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| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by thelastPope(m): 2:32am On Mar 01, 2013 |
The character of a man will always come to the fore no matter how much he pretends to be something else. Fashola agreed to fuel subsidy removal and turned around and betrayed the agreement Fashola used okada during his governorship campaign and turned on them after he became governor Fashola had an agreement with doctors before the election and reneged after the election and went ahead and fired all 788 of them when they protested Now again, Fashola agrees to good governance tour then turns around and betrays it again. Tells a lot about the man's character. 36 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by koruji(m): 2:58am On Mar 01, 2013 |
You guys need to use your heads. Even if Fashola was in support of the the idea when it was proposed he has the right to back out, if necessary. I remember how people were claiming ACN projects for GEJ here on NL. I will give you evidence if you cannot find it yourself - it was Aregbesola's projects specifically that were claimed. Now take the fact that Maku, GEJ's information Minister and a known liar/apologist for the PDP/FG, is the one running the show. When you put 2 and 2 together you can see why ACN complained. Maku was going around making projects look like FG projects. Collecting pictures and videos for GEJ's 2015 propaganda campaign! Besides, Maku was asking state governors for money to fund his "assessment" - money running into 10s of millions. The nature of PDP, GEJ and all their apologists are open to all - ingrates and deceitful people. You cannot hold any agreements with them and expect it to be fulfilled honorably. I hope ACN has learnt its lesson. And your own character, Mr. zeroPope, is very dishonorable. All you know is Ego - what is your price? thelastPope: The character of a man will always come to the fore no matter how much he pretends to be something else. 15 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Omexonomy: 6:19am On Mar 01, 2013 |
You havnt seein denials. After drinking ogogoro and finish eating gun powder, uncle Fash will deny you, seize ur okada, demolish ur house. https://www.nairaland.com/1211253/lagos-mega-city-policy-renders#14543691. Refurbish street lamp and tell you to be happy like a monkey. Frustrate ur effort by clossing ur market. Etc 9 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by takedat(m): 6:51am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Jerry Gana embarked on something similar to this arrangement, but nothing fruitful came out of it. Frank Nweke Jnr. also did the same with no result! As long as we cannot say the tour is a balanced and qualitative "INDEPENDENT" assessment, so shall Maku's NGGT also come and go! Even if we accept that LASG and ACN governors initially welcomed the arrangement, but if it was later discovered to be a well coordinated campaign tool for the ruling party to promote the interest of their foot soldiers(PDP governors), we shouldn't blame the opposition governors for reneging on an agreement that is not legally binding on them! 3 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by fkaz(m): 7:26am On Mar 01, 2013 |
@op [size=14pt]GGT is not by force, if any governor later realise that, GGT has no economic important to it citizen.labaran shld look somewhere else instead of crying of betryal. [/size] 1 Like |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by kross01(m): 7:38am On Mar 01, 2013 |
fkaz: @op [size=14pt]GGT is not by force, if any governor later realise that, GGT has no economic important to it citizen.labaran shld look somewhere else instead of crying of betryal. [/size]D article yet made it clearer that it is nt by force, as any governor can opt out. What it doesnt support is that same governor should not blackmail the tour as 'ill conceived' & d likes when the same governor was consenting party to the tour ab-initio. 13 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by thelastPope(m): 8:16am On Mar 01, 2013 |
take dat: Jerry Gana embarked on something similar to this arrangement, but nothing fruitful came out of it. Frank Nweke Jnr. also did the same with no result! As long as we cannot say the tour is a balanced and qualitative "INDEPENDENT" assessment, so shall Maku's NGGT also come and go! Even if we accept that LASG and ACN governors initially welcomed the arrangement, but if it was later discovered to be a well coordinated campaign tool for the ruling party to promote the interest of their foot soldiers(PDP governors), we shouldn't blame the opposition governors for reneging on an agreement that is not legally binding on them! Nobody is forcing anyone! If the ACN governors had said "look, from what we have seen so far, we are not interested again and we will not fund it", it would have been a different story. The statements from ACN and its governors is that the whole thing was ill concieved and something they were never a party to. Its called backstabbing and deceit. Its called not keeping to your word and Fashola has shown that this is his character over time. Shame! 15 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Goddex: 8:32am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Fashola likes playing to the gallery all the time. This is not a quality of a good leader. 9 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by takedat(m): 9:29am On Mar 01, 2013 |
thelastPope:The governments of Borno and Yobe also asked Maku not to visit their respective states, and they are not ACN governors! Leaders not keeping to their word isn't strange, after all, some people are accusing the president of the same thing! Adhering to a Gentlemanly agreement is not constitutional, so is the NGGT! 1 Like |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Godjone(m): 9:37am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Fashola don dae mad dis days and e be lyk say absolute power don dae intoxicate am. 4 crying out loud, Ladipo market is economic area that pumbs billions of naira to d economy of Lagos state and the Nigerian federation. The economic viability of that market gave reasons to why Lagos was seen as west African commercial and developmental hub. It is believed tru autentic findings dat, Ladipo market generate close to a billion naira a day and gave employment to a huge number of Nigerians. Over fifteen thausand Nigerians earn their daily living 4rm d demolished market. As for the gud governance tour, they should continue wit their gud work and 4get abt dat visionless, yoruba tyrant. It is obvious he has no meaningful, executed and genue project to present to them. Shameless man! 5 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Okijajuju1(m): 9:39am On Mar 01, 2013 |
thelastPope: The character of a man will always come to the fore no matter how much he pretends to be something else. It is bigger than Fashola!! This is a matter of genetics... These People will sit with you and agree on a subject matter, then turn around and betray you for less than 1 piece of silver. Ndi Igbo have known this for ages... Now let me hear somebody shout Eko oni Baje!!! 13 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Musiwa17: 9:43am On Mar 01, 2013 |
first of all Goodluck is insulting the intelligent of majority o nigerian. And i dont think that is fair to the rest of nigeria. inspection of uncompleted patching of road is that good Governance. most nigerian are upset with him. i saw something thing he claim he built. which were built before him.. Even before I obaasnjo. They built the lokoja rail before obasanjo. I saw him awarding a project for a power plant they already built.. that not good. he thinks his smarter than everybody. he get plenty wayo.. i laugh when i see things he does. why would another party want to be in your project. Goodluck wayo plenty. 1 Like |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Nobody: 9:44am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Fashola is an hypocrite then. 7 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by oddy4real(m): 9:48am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Musiwa17: first of all Goodluck is insulting the intelligent of majority o nigerian. And i dont think that is fair to the rest of nigeria. inspection of uncompleted patching of road is that good Governance. most nigerian are upset with him.Show us the satellite pictures Mr Musiwa 2 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Musiwa17: 9:49am On Mar 01, 2013 |
se ka ni olorelede mi... e so fu beautiful lawyer, agbara wa. |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Vavavoom(m): 9:51am On Mar 01, 2013 |
APC or ACN can do an alternative good governance tour to highlight how much better their programs are instead of giving the public an impression of lack of foresight. Their decision to pull out is looking more of about hindsight drawn from the positive reception the ruling pdp is ganering from projects delivered through the GGT. ACN and co should have seen this coming before being sucker punched. This is the same issue I have with ACN and other opposition parties in the country. DOn't dine with the devil even with a long spoon...we've seen it in the sharing of the ECA, and other monies accruing to the federation. These parties in both houses join the much maligned pdp and then later through public proxies shout to high heavens about squandering...it doesn't make them different in the public sphere. Food for thought. 2 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by dammytosh: 9:53am On Mar 01, 2013 |
thelastPope: The character of a man will always come to the fore no matter how much he pretends to be something else. 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Likes 3 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Smooyis(m): 9:53am On Mar 01, 2013 |
thelastPope: The character of a man will always come to the fore no matter how much he pretends to be something else.Upon all said and done , it really means Fashola' weakness is in not honouring agreements. It is a case of too many. What about the poor teachers salary scale? Hope he can really work on this. And hope he is not been influenced somewhere. 3 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by dammytosh: 9:54am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Billyonaire: Fashola is an hypocrite then.Fashoa and ACN have always been. Recall how Tinubu betrayed electorates a night before election by endorsing Jonathan. 3 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by thelastPope(m): 9:54am On Mar 01, 2013 |
take dat: The governments of Borno and Yobe also asked Maku not to visit their respective states, and they are not ACN governors! Leaders not keeping to their word isn't strange, after all, some people are accusing the president of the same thing! Adhering to a Gentlemanly agreement is not constitutional, so is the NGGT! The point is not "adhering to" but feighning ignorance of or denying consent. Nobody said he must participate. Worst scenario is he would have just kept numb and rejected their proposal. By trying to castigate it, he makes himself a two-timing traitor. You cannot compare it to GEJ. GEJ has no agreement like Aliyu claimed and others have come out to debunk Aliyu's claim and asked him to produce evidence which he cannot produce. You cannot also claim that a so called 1999 PDP leaders zoning gentleman agreement that was probably done in a hotel room or at Ota farm is binding on GEJ in 2011. That is ridiculous! 3 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Nobody: 9:54am On Mar 01, 2013 |
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| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by dridowu: 9:55am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Agbo ejo enikan da agba osika ni ( he who hear one side of story and judge is a fo.ol) . Fashola pls let me hear ur sde b4 i judge 2 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Nobody: 10:14am On Mar 01, 2013 |
A leopard will never change its spots . . . I hope those clamouring for Fashola 2015 can learn a lesson or two. Really disappointing that a senior advocate can "u-turn" on his words & agreements in the most cold blooded manner... 4 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by olaideadedoyin(m): 10:24am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Good talk, we dont need tour for good goverance. Its maku or Labara dat we make project knw to the people of the sate or its him and his Team dat we pass the governor in the face of people of their various state. Pls we dont need any tour we dont need any misused of money 4 the tour, tell den to work and people will see what dey are do and people will judge them according to their perfomance tell Maku or Labara to go and face their assignment. Tell president to find another means to campaing 4 2015 |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by justsayemma(m): 10:24am On Mar 01, 2013 |
M surprised dis issue is stil bein debated.d op is suppose 2 b ashamed of himslf,evry xplanation they ve tried 2 use in justifyin ggt is rubbish.wen Donald Duke was doin wonders in Cross River,we didn't need any nonsense tour 2 show us wat he was doin.d op shd tel us,in whch other sane society,dis madness is practiced. |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Igwe9(m): 10:25am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Finally, people can see Fashola for who he is. 2 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by seguno2: 10:28am On Mar 01, 2013 |
thelastPope: Let us try to understand the phrase, ill-conceived used by Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), Governor of Lagos State, Centre of Excellence. One of the definitions of conceive in the Free Dictionary is: 2. To form or develop in the mind; devise Hence ill-conceived means the idea was not well developed at the begining YET the 36 governors including BRF endorsed it. Is the ACN stalwart suffering from temporary loss of memory or what? No wonder LASU students said during the 1,000% fee hike protests that being a SAN does not necessarily mean that one is SANE! 5 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by thelastPope(m): 10:29am On Mar 01, 2013 |
One big reason for this brand of roforofo politics Fashola and ACN are practicing is that Nigerian politics is not based on ideology but on regional interests. In an ideology based political system, states do not make themselves competitors of the central government. Instead, they collaborate with the central government to deliver good governance and development to the people. Their difference is always in their core beliefs of how society should be structured and run, not on good governance and development. By now, what we should see are state governments moving in sync with the FG on Agric, Power, Education and the Rail system. How many states have been able to build power plants that can deliver say 50MW or transmission stations that can deliver stable power to their state? How many states have been able to organise and mobilise their farmers to take advantage of the agric reforms? How many states in the north are encouraging their almairis to attend the over 100 new almajiri schools? How many states are working on building train stations or connecting roads to train stations to tap from the rehabilated and new rail tracks. We as citizens of Nigeria are at fault in that we have focused our eyes 100% on Aso rock and have eventually given our state governments free passes to loot , squander and underperform while using a fiticious and fraudulently conceived competition with the FG as a smoke screen. 24 Likes |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by olaideadedoyin(m): 10:30am On Mar 01, 2013 |
You are Mad with ur Tour and ur mission of campaign 4 2015 |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by Demdem(m): 10:36am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Foolish concept from maku ministry, useless and wasteful tour. Above all, an extremely daft retardeen. 1 Like |
| Re: Lagos Was Party To National Good Governance Tour Agreement by thelastPope(m): 10:37am On Mar 01, 2013 |
Demdem: Foolish concept from maku ministry, useless and wasteful tour. Above all, an extremely daft retardeen. Is this all you got? Is this your best shot? 10 Likes |
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