I swear that there is something wrong with most Nigerians ability to reason

mapet:

There is something wrong with Sowore in the first place.

1. Asking questions without getting his facts right.
2. Making allegations that cannot be substantiated with facts.
3. Getting upset and asking Fashola "why are you upset?"
4. With his inferiority complex he's simply a disgrace, WTF does he mean that if it were a BBC reporter now, does he thing BBC made the name and fame asking silly questions and cry-baby attitude like dat?

occam:

What’s wrong with Sowore’s approach to asking questions? Sometimes you have to ruffle the feathers of politicians to get them to respond. It’s a provocative style, but great leaders should know how to handle these kinds of questions. We may not like his style, but the important thing is that was he helping in the quest for the truth.

I admire what Gov Fashola is doing in Lagos state; in fact anytime I visit Lagos I’m always impressed at how much his administration is doing to make Lagos a better place to live. And I believe he is by far the best performing Governor in Nigeria; he deserves that accolade. However, I was very disappointed at the manner he responded to the questions. Yes, he educated us on the process of disbursement of federal revenue to the states, but that was not we wanted to know. Besides if the process was iron-clad how come Ibori siphoned so much money from Delta state? 

While affirming that Tinubu is not the owner of Alpa Beta, he should have provided a more reassuring answer like who exactly is (are) the registered owners of Alpha Beta. If a private company is collecting revenue on behalf of the people of Lagos state, information on the major Shareholders and Directors should be public knowledge. This should not be shrouded in secrecy. The question of the relationship between Tinubu and this present administration seems to hang in the air.

His body language , the moment he heard it was Sahara Reporter asking the questions became very dismissive towards the reporter and almost like “this nuisance again”.  And finally to come out and say “I don’t read you” was really arrogant and uncalled for. This for me was not one of his finest moments.

And those people clapping and cheering in the background were really nauseating.

occam:

@ mbulela

Ok, lets agree to disagree about Sowore's style: I like it, you don't. Period

My concern is about transparency in govt. Gov Fashola should have gone the extra mile to shed more light on the thorny issue of Alpha Beta ownership & any perceived relationship with Tinubu. Simply saying "As far as I know, Gov Tinubu is not the owner of Alpha Beta" was not enough. A missed opportunity to show great leadership

This is a company that helps his administration collect NGN14 billion per month in revenue; not just a vendor that supplies books for Primary school. It's therefore a big deal that we know who they are, how they operate etc. And if there is any perception of corruption with this company, Gov Fashola should do more to assure people that this is false. Don't simply ask people to provide evidence             

Some leaders in Nigeria believe they don't owe anyone explanation. When you question them too hard, they say you are too rude and refuse to respond properly or not at all. I think Fashola is falling into this class of politicians.

Well I wish the Gov all the best and hope any whiff of corruption does not dent the great work he's doing in Lagos state

babapupa:

You are not making any sense, some of you just run your moth just for the heck of it. The argument here has nothing to do with accountability, the man sat there an answered every question thrown at him. T[b]he man said as far as I know. What part of that is confusing?
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Too bad the governor did not offer you your desired details about ownership of some  company. Is it now part of the governor's job to start keeping tabs on who owns what within the state? The burden is on the investigative journalist to find answers to basic questions of ownership and it's not like the answer is locked in some volt, these are public records.

Too bad we have useless and intellectually  lazy news men wannabee, instead of doing the leg work and find answers to questions, they throw out silly and unfounded allegations. Then we have people like you with warped interpretation of journalism and professionalism going on and on about meaningless assertions. Are we not talking about the same video abi I missed some portions ni?


Find something better to do with your time and quit bothering us with meaningless rants.

occam:

So who the heck owns this company that is been handsomely remunerated to collect revenue for the state.? Why can't the Gov simply tell us and put this matter to rest? Revenue collection is an important function of Govt but if this is in private hands, then info about the company should be readily available. Which public record can we get this? Tell us since you know

BTW, I checked Alpha Beta's website; no information about the owners
http://www.alpha-beta.net/index.htm

I also sent an inquiry to CAC to help unfold this mystery.
http://www.cac.gov.ng/

People like you simply sit on your backside and accept any garbage tossed at you. Asking tough questions and seeking the truth from your elected representatives is your responsibility as a citizen.

babapupa:

You actually ransacked the company's website for ownership info? Do private companies normally provide ownership info on their websites? How old are? That was a foolish and redundant quest on your part.


Again, the man said to the best of his knowledge, Tinubu is not the owner. That more than sounds like NO, Tinubu is not the owner. What part of that is hard is so hard for you to understand? Or you're just challenged in the areas of reading and comprehension?


You're on the right track tho', keep sending your inquiries where ever you're sending them to, at least, you are trying and doing what the dumb and lazy journalist wannabee at Sahara should have done.

Bloejoey:

My respect for Fashola just went up a notch, this man knows wat he is doing, people should leave him alone and let him do his work, he has a job to do, and i liked the way he calmly answered the questions. On the other hand that reporetr or journalist guy was too confrontational as if he had bif wit d guv or sumtin, i mean goin as far as followin him out of the conference room, i have a feeling he was sent joor.

martinosi:

We need Micheal Moore to interview Fashola, and then we can Judge!!!

martinosi:

occam Said

What’s wrong with Sowore’s approach to asking questions? Sometimes you have to ruffle the feathers of politicians to get them to respond. It’s a provocative style, but great leaders should know how to handle these kinds of questions. We may not like his style, but the important thing is that was he helping in the quest for the truth.

I admire what Gov Fashola is doing in Lagos state; in fact anytime I visit Lagos I’m always impressed at how much his administration is doing to make Lagos a better place to live. And I believe he is by far the best performing Governor in Nigeria; he deserves that accolade. However, I was very disappointed at the manner he responded to the questions. Yes, he educated us on the process of disbursement of federal revenue to the states, but that was not we wanted to know. Besides if the process was iron-clad how come Ibori siphoned so much money from Delta state? 

While affirming that Tinubu is not the owner of Alpa Beta, he should have provided a more reassuring answer like who exactly is (are) the registered owners of Alpha Beta. If a private company is collecting revenue on behalf of the people of Lagos state, information on the major Shareholders and Directors should be public knowledge. This should not be shrouded in secrecy. The question of the relationship between Tinubu and this present administration seems to hang in the air.

His body language , the moment he heard it was Sahara Reporter asking the questions became very dismissive towards the reporter and almost like “this nuisance again”.  And finally to come out and say “I don’t read you” was really arrogant and uncalled for. This for me was not one of his finest moments.

And those people clapping and cheering in the background were really nauseating.

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Those Clapping and cheering at the back are all those Nigerian Foreign Students Businessmen, Nigerian Embassy in London Officials and "et al" that are one way or the other benefiting from the Lagos state Govt Revenue Purse and Nigeria's Fiscal Purse as a whole.

The ones who were acting like "A.s.s kissers" the most (according to my source there) were the Nigerian Foreign Students there ie those that are soon going to start coughing up £15,000 a minimum as schools fee's per year lol!!!

I think Fashola is a good man with great plans, but we need sooo many more good men in naija politics to be able to move forward at a desirable pace. Only one man can never move a nation by himself.

CGKing:

Nice Poo there sir,

ShangoThor:

[size=20pt] Nigerians should get more business savvy!!! [/size]

[size=16pt] Head line should read: Fashola achieves efficiency gains of over 2330%, WOW!!! !!! [/size]

The actions of this reporter are outrageous. It took me less than one minute to find out who the CEO of ABC is online and it is definitely not Tinunbu. ABC is a consortium made up of Nigerians in the diaspora.

I also noted that the objectivity of the reporter was evidently clouded because he was more concerned with insinuating shady dealings between Fashola and Tinunbu as opposed to discerning the great strides in efficiency that the government had made.
For argument sake, so what if ABC belongs to Tinunbu. If this were true, then the most that Fashola could be accused of is ‘cronyism’ which isn’t against the law.

Di.ck Chenney,  a major shareholder and previous CEO of Halliburton was later elected  Vice President of the USA  on George Bush jnr’s ticket. Halliburton was later awarded huge reconstruction contracts worth billions of dollars $ in IRAQ after it was decimated by the allies in IRAQ war 2. My point is that this is cronyism at it’s worst (conflict of interest –business ethics?) however, it isn’t illegal.

All that matters here is business and good results or performance.  BRF stated that the implementation of the new computerised taxation system led to the increased total revenue collection from 600 million pcm to 14 billion pcm.

That is an efficiency gain of over 2330%. If these gains were achieved in the City of London or Wall Street BRF would be celebrated, given awards or given an annual bonus of over 100 million pounds. Furthermore, efficiency gains of over 2330% in my opinion would justify a remuneration of up to 10% to ABC, the company responsible for implementing such a system.
If BRF was President of Nigeria and in his first year was able to realize such gains as 2330% in the coffers of the state things would be drastically different.

Any monkey can spend money, but only exceptional individuals with financial intelligence can make money legitimately.

xterra2:

Please can someone summarize the video for me, my connection is a bit slow