The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has been honoured with the International award of Excellence for Urban Development at the on-going UN-Habitat World Urban forum 5 in Rio de Janeiro.

In his 20-minute presentation, the Governor, who was represented by the Honorable Commissioner for Physical Planning, Mr. Fransisco Abosede revealed that the bottom up approach which has given birth to participatory governance is the secret behind the huge success of his administration.

Reacting to calls to check the influx of people from other states to Lagos State, Fashola revealed that the state is not planning on this because there are enough jobs for everybody. He said that the state is planning for 40 million people.

At the full capacity hall of the net working event, participants were unanimous on the fantastic performance of the BRF administration.

Commending the efforts of Fashola’s administration, the Coordinator of the World Urban Forum, Mariam Yinusa cautioned that the dynamics set in motion should be sustained or else the success will rot away. She emphasised the need for the State to produce another Fashola in order to ensure continuity.

The Chairman of the occasion, Dr Graham Tipple from the Newcastle University England, spoke on the amazing transformation the State has witnessed during the present administration . Professor Falade, the UN-Habitat director in Nigeria, called on other states of the federation to emulate Lagos.

The 2-hour event, which was put together by the Institute for Environment Research and Development (IERD) was rounded off with an International award of excellence for both the Mayor of Guarulhos, Mr Alves de Almedia, and Raji Fashola.

lordbayor:

he Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has been honoured with the International award of Excellence for Urban Development at the on-going UN-Habitat World Urban forum 5 in Rio de Janeiro.

In his 20-minute presentation, the Governor, who was represented by the Honorable Commissioner for Physical Planning, Mr. Fransisco Abosede revealed that the bottom up approach which has given birth to participatory governance is the secret behind the huge success of his administration.

Reacting to calls to check the influx of people from other states to Lagos State, Fashola revealed that the state is not planning on this because there are enough jobs for everybody. He said that the state is planning for 40 million people.

At the full capacity hall of the net working event, participants were unanimous on the fantastic performance of the BRF administration.

Commending the efforts of Fashola’s administration, the Coordinator of the World Urban Forum, Mariam Yinusa cautioned that the dynamics set in motion should be sustained or else the success will rot away. She emphasised the need for the State to produce another Fashola in order to ensure continuity.

The Chairman of the occasion, Dr Graham Tipple from the Newcastle University England, spoke on the amazing transformation the State has witnessed during the present administration . Professor Falade, the UN-Habitat director in Nigeria, called on other states of the federation to emulate Lagos.

The 2-hour event, which was put together by the Institute for Environment Research and Development (IERD) was rounded off with an International award of excellence for both the Mayor of Guarulhos, Mr Alves de Almedia, and Raji Fashola.

ikeyman00:

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we arent interested on awards and such cuz as far as Nigeria is concern those are useless

this is a man with high level corruption alleged against him, for far too long he as a servent of the people hasnt said anything

now im aint a lawyer, but herein commonsense will tell that keeping closed lip i think is implicating as it is

[size=32pt]we are no fools!!![/size]

Ikengawo

fools like ikeyman would argue he went to bribe to get another award in Brazil. . .deluded misogynists!

forpeace:

My pple are blind, only a fool would do a press release for every poo award he receives from every poo org worldwide. .must u brandish every cheap award in our face while I'm still stuck in traffic and zero welfare in place??u brandish awards to drive home falsehood and deceit. BRF's ways are not straight.

forpeace:

My pple are blind, only a fool would do a press release for every poo award he receives from every poo org worldwide. .must u brandish every cheap award in our face while I'm still stuck in traffic and zero welfare in place??u brandish awards to drive home falsehood and deceit. BRF's ways are not straight.

phacooh:

Award or no Award, is he affecting the lives of the masses? Do we have adequate shelter, accessible health insurance and can we afford to give our ward quality and uninterrupted education. that is what we should ask. Yes Lagos is cleaner and maybe the roads are better, but we still have a lot of artisans riding okadas. hmmmmm i rest ma case oooooooooooo

phacooh:

Exactly! Who in the history of Lagos has made such a marked impact in short a short time? You can never satisfy people.

what i think is that people are praising him too much thereby distracting him and i think we should watch him more. Hes doing hes work as a govnor, i know nijas have suffered b4 now but we shouldn't overreact when somebody is using our taxes to take care of the land. u might want to say, "he could have done like other govs, collect the tax and chop it. i still expect more investment into the lives of the citizens.  

phacooh:

Exactly! Who in the history of Lagos has made such a marked impact in short a short time? You can never satisfy people.

what i think is that people are praising him too much thereby distracting him and i think we should watch him more. Hes doing hes work as a govnor, i know nijas have suffered b4 now but we shouldn't overreact when somebody is using our taxes to take care of the land. u might want to say, "he could have done like other govs, collect the tax and chop it. i still expect more investment into the lives of the citizens.

Brisingr:

I hope he enjoys is shiny award at d expense of d homes he demolishes he forgets dat it d pepper sellers dat he chases up & down & not d upper class dat voted for him (dat is if they counted d vote sef)

ikeyman00:

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we arent interested on awards and such cuz as far as Nigeria is concern those are useless

this is a man with high level corruption alleged against him, for far too long he as a servent of the people hasnt said anything

now im aint a lawyer, but herein commonsense will tell that keeping closed lip i think is implicating as it is

[size=32pt]we are no fools!!![/size]

Brisingr:

I hope he enjoys is shiny award at d expense of d homes he demolishes he forgets dat it d pepper sellers dat he chases up & down & not d upper class dat voted for him (dat is if they counted d vote sef)