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Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by MeineMutter: 11:28am On Jan 18, 2023
broadman20:



You think he is the only person saying it,

You people are the NUMBER ONE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA.


DOUBLE FACED PEOPLE, NEITHER HERE NOR THERE!

React to what Ezeife said about your greedy tribe.
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by IfnobeGod20: 11:57am On Jan 18, 2023
Willie2015:


Even the worst politician in Naija....
donates to charity....
It is a different ball game and on a higher level when...
you help and build Men.....
You dont have to show it off....or say anything...
Those men will come out and speak for you cheesy grin
Please can you name those men he helped and built. Don't tell me he built Fashola, he built Osinbajo, he built Ambode, he built SanwoOlu, he built Faleke, he built Aregbesola, he built Oyetola and the rest close to him. If I may ask you, did he pay their school fees? Everyone close to him are people that are living average life, so how will you say he built them. Are you saying without them joining politics, they won't amount to anything in life. Fashola was a SAN before joining politics, Osinbajo was already a Prof. before joining politics, Aregbesola was already an Engineer before joining politics, Oyetola, Ambode were already repute accountants before joining politics and all of them are already something on their right before joining politics. So, how did he built them? Please explain.
The same way Tinubu was bold to say he was the one that made PMB to win election while he could not make Ribadu and Atiku to win in 2011 and 2007. A man that has consistently garnering over 11m votes without any support from him. How many votes was he able to give Atiku and Ribadu even in south west in 2007 and 2011. Even for Buhari how much vote did south west gave him? Less than 2.5m while his constituency gave him the regular votes he always got and somebody stood in Abeokuta to say he made PMB win election. May God punish the devil.
The way Tinubu's supporters turned him to God by using wrong words to make him look like one. He built an already made man. This is surprising.
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by Idiko1: 12:04pm On Jan 18, 2023
However, most Nigerians are goons.
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by IfnobeGod20: 12:30pm On Jan 18, 2023
reddingtonblack:





I believe you went to school, there is no record that recognises leaving money in treasury as an achievement.

Forbes don't rate wealth by savings, nobody is wealthy by savings, how much more an economy.

On a global scale, IGR of a state is what is recognized not savings, so what pace did Peter Obi set. you people just spew lies, fantasy and delusions conveniently, no worries naa hospital most of you go wake up after the election.
Mr. Man, no country can survive without a saving culture. Any country that consume all her earnings just because its need to spend money always have problem in the time of difficulty. It is the same way workers are always advised to cultivate the culture of saving as to prepare for the rainy day. You will always have what to fall back on during difficult times when you saved. The economy crutch we are experiencing today is as a result of not preparing for it when we have oil boom because of the mentality of putting all our fingers in our mouths at once.
No matter the difficulty economist advise saving culture either in government or private life.
One thing that you people are taking away from him (Peter Obi) is as he always asked. Did he owe any contractor that has fully completed his contract before the expiration of his tenure? He repeated same At Chatham House that he owed no salary, owed no pension, owed no contractor, built roads, built hospitals, built schools but still saved. What is the problem in that? Every developed nations sometimes have savings multiple of their debt and that is what is giving them more confidence.

Read the importance of savings from the two links below and the extracts from the two links as to appreciate the importance of saving to a state or country.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/saving%23:~:text%3DSaving%2520is%2520important%2520to%2520the,from%2520consuming%2520their%2520entire%2520income.&ved=2ahUKEwi30JjegNH8AhVVYKQEHRM2BgMQFnoECBEQBQ&usg=AOvVaw3zl_Ug3sQpIT_PwMs4zav0
"Saving is important to the economic progress of a country because of its relation to investment. If there is to be an increase in productive wealth, some individuals must be willing to abstain from consuming their entire income".


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1165371&ved=2ahUKEwi30JjegNH8AhVVYKQEHRM2BgMQFnoECA8QBQ&usg=AOvVaw0luiIvQ0h-8b5IKIAzP1IN
"The model suggests that while the capital-to-revenue ratio (v) is the data, the higher the saving rate (s), the higher the growth rate of the revenue. According to the model, countries need to increase their saving rates and thus their investment rates in order to be able to develop"
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by reddingtonblack: 1:01pm On Jan 18, 2023
IfnobeGod20:

Mr. Man, no country can survive without a saving culture. Any country that consume all her earnings just because its need to spend money always have problem in the time of difficulty. It is the same way workers are always advised to cultivate the culture of saving as to prepare for the rainy day. You will always have what to fall back on during difficult times when you saved. The economy crutch we are experiencing today is as a result of not preparing for it when we have oil boom because of the mentality of putting all our fingers in our mouths at once.
No matter the difficulty economist advise saving culture either in government or private life.
One thing that you people are taking away from him (Peter Obi) is as he always asked. Did he owe any contractor that has fully completed his contract before the expiration of his tenure? He repeated same At Chatham House that he owed no salary, owed no pension, owed no contractor, built roads, built hospitals, built schools but still saved. What is the problem in that? Every developed nations sometimes have savings multiple of their debt and that is what is giving them more confidence.

Read the importance of savings from the two links below and the extracts from the two links as to appreciate the importance of saving to a state or country.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/saving%23:~:text%3DSaving%2520is%2520important%2520to%2520the,from%2520consuming%2520their%2520entire%2520income.&ved=2ahUKEwi30JjegNH8AhVVYKQEHRM2BgMQFnoECBEQBQ&usg=AOvVaw3zl_Ug3sQpIT_PwMs4zav0
"Saving is important to the economic progress of a country because of its relation to investment. If there is to be an increase in productive wealth, some individuals must be willing to abstain from consuming their entire income".


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/1165371&ved=2ahUKEwi30JjegNH8AhVVYKQEHRM2BgMQFnoECA8QBQ&usg=AOvVaw0luiIvQ0h-8b5IKIAzP1IN
"The model suggests that while the capital-to-revenue ratio (v) is the data, the higher the saving rate (s), the higher the growth rate of the revenue. According to the model, countries need to increase their saving rates and thus their investment rates in order to be able to develop"




OGa all that epistle is unnecessary, stop putting the cart before the horse ... before savings you must earn, from a realistic point of a country barely making enough to cater for her basic needs, priority should be diversification and optimize productivity not SAVINGS.

You don't have to preaching saving to a man making 50k profit daily no matter is expenses there will be accumulation.

For the last, i'm not against saving or postulating savings in bad ... buh Nigeria is her current position savings shouldnt be a priority ... we must optimize local production, diversy to creat room for more earning that what will reduce inflation and revive the economy.

Nigeria no get money you dey shout savings, save what ??
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by broadman20: 1:22pm On Jan 18, 2023
MeineMutter:


React to what Ezeife said about your greedy tribe.



Yes and I will also react to Sanusi Lamidi Sanusi statement as well........


You are not called SLIPPERY PEOPLE for nothing.
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by MeineMutter: 1:27pm On Jan 18, 2023
broadman20:




Yes and I will also react to Sanusi Lamidi Sanusi statement as well........


You are not called SLIPPERY PEOPLE for nothing.

We are waiting. Then we will compare notes (details). Werey didn’t show what his god Eze ife said. One-sided opinion.
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by broadman20: 1:29pm On Jan 18, 2023
MeineMutter:


We are waiting. Then we will compare notes (details). Werey didn’t show what his god Eze ife said. One-sided opinion.


At least while we wait, the heading of both CAPTIONS tells a lot about the people in question.
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by Cromagnon: 6:11pm On Jan 18, 2023
Danisaint112:
The front page is your friend. Accept Obi into your life and find peace. grin

why
Anambra had not been transformed
I don't vote for trial and error candidates who soak plenty grammar
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by Cromagnon: 8:59pm On Jan 18, 2023
Danisaint112:
The front page is your friend. Accept Obi into your life and find peace. grin

why
Anambra had not been transformed
I don't vote for trial and error candidates who soak plenty grammar
IfnobeGod20:

Please can you name those men he helped and built. Don't tell me he built Fashola, he built Osinbajo, he built Ambode, he built SanwoOlu, he built Faleke, he built Aregbesola, he built Oyetola and the rest close to him. If I may ask you, did he pay their school fees? Everyone close to him are people that are living average life, so how will you say he built them. Are you saying without them joining politics, they won't amount to anything in life. Fashola was a SAN before joining politics, Osinbajo was already a Prof. before joining politics, Aregbesola was already an Engineer before joining politics, Oyetola, Ambode were already repute accountants before joining politics and all of them are already something on their right before joining politics. So, how did he built them? Please explain.
The same way Tinubu was bold to say he was the one that made PMB to win election while he could not make Ribadu and Atiku to win in 2011 and 2007. A man that has consistently garnering over 11m votes without any support from him. How many votes was he able to give Atiku and Ribadu even in south west in 2007 and 2011. Even for Buhari how much vote did south west gave him? Less than 2.5m while his constituency gave him the regular votes he always got and somebody stood in Abeokuta to say he made PMB win election. May God punish the devil.
The way Tinubu's supporters turned him to God by using wrong words to make him look like one. He built an already made man. This is surprising.
would any of these ppl you mentioned win any election without Tinubu? Simple question.
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by IfnobeGod20: 11:04am On Jan 19, 2023
reddingtonblack:




OGa all that epistle is unnecessary, stop putting the cart before the horse ... before savings you must earn, from a realistic point of a country barely making enough to cater for her basic needs, priority should be diversification and optimize productivity not SAVINGS.

You don't have to preaching saving to a man making 50k profit daily no matter is expenses there will be accumulation.

For the last, i'm not against saving or postulating savings in bad ... buh Nigeria is her current position savings shouldnt be a priority ... we must optimize local production, diversy to creat room for more earning that what will reduce inflation and revive the economy.

Nigeria no get money you dey shout savings, save what ??
Let me start from your last statement. Please who told you Nigeria has no money? Nigeria is a very rich country. The problem of Nigeria is waste. Too much waste and until we have leadership that can curtail the excess waste in all our national life before we can breakthrough. I know you yourself know that our system of government encourages waste and it has brought us this untold hardship. You've heard Obi repeatedly saying how he curtailed many waste the state should have incurred, which later helped him to meet up with government dealings and at the same time still save for rainy day. If Nigerian leaders have been prudent in managing Nigeria resources, Nigeria would have been a developed nation for long. All what Nigeria needed as a nation, God has endowed the nation but our problem is principally leadership failure.
As at today Nigeria have made more richer politicians with no single trace of enterprise than made wealth of her economy. They instead paralyze the institutions that suppose to generate wealth for the country for the benefit of politicians. So, the country is a wealthy country and no gainsaying about that.

Your first paragraph have justified that the country is wealthy but the inability of the nation to diversify to more profitable ventures is what is affecting the nation. We only focus on oil and the same oil only few are feasting on it at the detriment of the nation.

You weren't against saving but you were against Peter Obi saving, even after he has repeatedly said he owed no salary, owed no pension, owed no contractor that have successfully completed their contract before the expiration of his tenure. Built schools, hospitals, built nursing schools, built roads, built bridges and also open up one of the biggest industrial hub in south east that is not a PPP project but solely government project his government financed and till date those industries sited their are still employing thousands of Anambrans. So his saving was borne out of prudent management of resources accrual to the state.
If he is owing and not perform his obligation, I will also join in condemning him but he was able to save for rainy day which his successor used to build airport.
All what I wrote up here, he repeated same at Chatham House and he has been saying it everywhere he has opportunity of talking about his stewardship in Anambra.
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by IfnobeGod20: 11:18am On Jan 19, 2023
Cromagnon:
why
Anambra had not been transformed
I don't vote for trial and error candidates who soak plenty grammarwould any of these ppl you mentioned win any election without Tinubu? Simple question.
What of those winning election that has nothing to do with him?
Are you aware that he never supported Fayemi in his second term but the man won squarely?
Are you aware that he never supported Arakunrin Akeredolu in his first term. He supported one Oke but Arakunrin Akeredolu won also squarely?
You people always think Tinubu is the alpha and the Omega of everything and you guys sometimes equate him to be God, forgetting that no one can take the place of God. And that is why he sees himself as too big to be challenged, that whatever he says must be the final and don't say you have idea. That is why he could say, no one should mention Funke Akindele's name beside him because to him Funke is a rat in his presence. Tinubu think everything is all about wealth, forgetting that the place of character supersedes your wealth or any influence you may have.
Please if you see him, tell him to ask his wife what befell the rich fool in the Bible. No true Christian read the story and not feel sober
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by reddingtonblack: 12:24pm On Jan 19, 2023
IfnobeGod20:

Let me start from your last statement. Please who told you Nigeria has no money? Nigeria is a very rich country. The problem of Nigeria is waste. Too much waste and until we have leadership that can curtail the excess waste in all our national life before we can breakthrough. I know you yourself know that our system of government encourages waste and it has brought us this untold hardship. You've heard Obi repeatedly saying how he curtailed many waste the state should have incurred, which later helped him to meet up with government dealings and at the same time still save for rainy day. If Nigerian leaders have been prudent in managing Nigeria resources, Nigeria would have been a developed nation for long. All what Nigeria needed as a nation, God has endowed the nation but our problem is principally leadership failure.
As at today Nigeria have made more richer politicians with no single trace of enterprise than made wealth of her economy. They instead paralyze the institutions that suppose to generate wealth for the country for the benefit of politicians. So, the country is a wealthy country and no gainsaying about that.

Your first paragraph have justified that the country is wealthy but the inability of the nation to diversify to more profitable ventures is what is affecting the nation. We only focus on oil and the same oil only few are feasting on it at the detriment of the nation.

You weren't against saving but you were against Peter Obi saving, even after he has repeatedly said he owed no salary, owed no pension, owed no contractor that have successfully completed their contract before the expiration of his tenure. Built schools, hospitals, built nursing schools, built roads, built bridges and also open up one of the biggest industrial hub in south east that is not a PPP project but solely government project his government financed and till date those industries sited their are still employing thousands of Anambrans. So his saving was borne out of prudent management of resources accrual to the state.
If he is owing and not perform his obligation, I will also join in condemning him but he was able to save for rainy day which his successor used to build airport.
All what I wrote up here, he repeated same at Chatham House and he has been saying it everywhere he has opportunity of talking about his stewardship in Anambra.



A country that can't finance its budget and relies greatly on borrowed fund to finance projects and re-expenditure is technically broke, no country chose borrowing as an hobby, hello Nigeria use over 80% of its revenue to service loan and you still ask how i know nigeria is broke undecided seriously

from an advance study, the problem of Nigeria is not just waste, without displacing corruption i think our problem centres on "dependants" .... we are not doing enough to upscale our sources of revenue and we're under utilizing our resources.
Cutting down govt expenses won't still yield the desire effect if we don't stop running an unproductive economy, the peter obi you are trying so hard to justify is not as if he reduced govt cost during his tenure, instead what the guyman did was not to embark on capital projects, Obi just like other state governors depended greatly on FG allocation compared to a Tinubu that upscale lagos economy into independence, today lagos runs a budget bigger than most Africa countries budget ... it would have being tantamount to waste if lagos did not creat multiple source of income to live up to her responsiblities.

What Nigeria needs as a matter of priority is multi streams of revenue, despite adding more local govt If Tinubu could run lagos without depending on FG allocation then he is the man Nigeria needs. Obi is just like one of the boyz in jesus parable that was given coin, he buried it and returned it as he was given that is not prudent management.

We need somebody that can do magic with the what we have, savings comes after earning not b4, however Peter investment in sabmiller and his next company that was shutdown for an undisclose annual report as shown OBi is a scam that can not be trusted
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by IfnobeGod20: 1:44pm On Jan 19, 2023
reddingtonblack:




A country that can't finance its budget and relies greatly on borrowed fund to finance projects and re-expenditure is technically broke, no country chose borrowing as an hobby, hello Nigeria use over 80% of its revenue to service loan and you still ask how i know nigeria is broke undecided seriously

from an advance study, the problem of Nigeria is not just waste, without displacing corruption i think our problem centres on "dependants" .... we are not doing enough to upscale our sources of revenue and we're under utilizing our resources.
Cutting down govt expenses won't still yield the desire effect if we don't stop running an unproductive economy, the peter obi you are trying so hard to justify is not as if he reduced govt cost during his tenure, instead what the guyman did was not to embark on capital projects, Obi just like other state governors depended greatly on FG allocation compared to a Tinubu that upscale lagos economy into independence, today lagos runs a budget bigger than most Africa countries budget ... it would have being tantamount to waste if lagos did not creat multiple source of income to live up to her responsiblities.

What Nigeria needs as a matter of priority is multi streams of revenue, despite adding more local govt If Tinubu could run lagos without depending on FG allocation then he is the man Nigeria needs. Obi is just like one of the boyz in jesus parable that was given coin, he buried it and returned it as he was given that is not prudent management.

We need somebody that can do magic with the what we have, savings comes after earning not b4, however Peter investment in sabmiller and his next company that was shutdown for an undisclose annual report as shown OBi is a scam that can not be trusted
All what you mentioned are what I have mentioned in my previous comments, you're just trying hard to exert on your main point of no need to save by Obi. I have said it already that cutting cost of governance, curbing corruption and opening up and harnessing other aspect of economy is what Nigeria need and we've not been doing them. And that was why I said, Nigeria is rich and not poor. Please get the difference, you're using different word entirely. I made use of "rich" and "poor", which was the word you used earlier and not the word "broke" you just introduced. But do you know that one can be broke but still be rich? That's just the replica of what Nigeria is. We are a rich nation but broke in liquid cash because our abundant human and material resources are sources of wealth to the nation but yet untapped.

You claimed that Obi never did capital project but I want to put it to you that he did many capital projects. You can only say he didn't do gigantic capital projects because it was on record that he built over 12 overhead bridges, built 2 to 3 hospitals and renovated many owed by religious based, built many schools and renovated those owed by religious based, opened up a business hub that is a source of revenue generation to the state today, constructed over 800km of roads in his 8 years tenure, without consideration to many problems he faced within this 8 years tenure. Two impeachment in-between and you know what that mean, destabilization of his policies.

All these projects are verifiable ones and not the ones his successor did but directly to him and in all these he was able to save for the rainy day that his successor used to build airport. What else did Obiano built that was worthy of note if not that airport? If Obi had not left such huge saving, what do you think would happen? Obiano would go and borrow to finance the project but somebody saved what he used. I think we need to leave politics and appreciate good thing if we see one.

Before I commented on Tinubu's achievements you raised. Let me put to you that hope you know that the monthly federal accrue to Lagos state is almost double what goes to Anambra state. Go and verify and if you can not, I will avail you with state allocation during their periods.

Now to Tinubu issue. Please what was the multiple choice of income that Tinubu created during his tenure? I will be glad if you can list them here for the world to be abreast with them, so as not to speak in vacuum.

As at1999, Lagos was a productive state and never a poor state. Over 70% of companies, industries and markets in Lagos today are already in Lagos and they are potential income generating channels to the government, which the Lagos state government took advantage of by beginning to tax them and not because he created new companies or industries or open up new markets. And not only that, the two ports and the airport were also in existence before 1999. I think what I expected you people to be saying is, he tapped on the existing privileges on ground and not because he created anything that serves as sources of income to the state during his tenure.

You may also want to play smart by saying what of Eko Atlantic City and Lekki. These are projects that have been in existence since1940st and not new and these projects are now PPP projects, solely done by a south Africa company and FG.

Check the poster attached for the investment on the same area in 40st.

Lagos has been a work in progress for donkey years and Tinubu was wise enough to tap into it. Just as I always say, Lagos doesn't require a superman to superintend over it. It just require an ordinary man to do the extraordinary without stress because the resources are readily available, which no other state in the federation has. Or can you tell me any other state that has all the effects available in Lagos?

Let me now go to management of resources of Lagos for Lagosians. I want to ask you, if you will be truthful to your conscience. If all the money that have been accrued to Lagos government both in revenue, borrowings and allocation have found her ways into the hands of prudent manager of state resources, would Lagos have been in that state today? No doubt Lagos state should have been a country on its own but till date her development had not corresponded to the resources accrual to it. If Lagos is a mini Dubai today, it is not out of place.
It doesn't take Dubai 20 years to make a turnaround that our people now flooding their Emirate. Even Cairo, Cape Verde doesn't have the kind of resources Lagos have and it doesn't take them such lengthen years to change the province economy fortune.
So comparing Lagos and Anambra is the unwise thing to do by anybody. Anambra should be compare to her contemporaries that were created same year and compare them developmentally. See below states created same time with Anambra:

Abia State 27 August 1991
Adamawa State 27 August 1991
Delta State 27 August 1991
Edo State 27 August 1991
Enugu State 27 August 1991
Jigawa State 27 August 1991
Kebbi State 27 August 1991
Kogi State 27 August 1991
Osun State 27 August 1991
Taraba State 27 August 1991
Yobe State 27 August 1991
These are states to be compare with Anambra in all indices and not Lagos that are endowed with all resources that can make her to function even as a country.
Now, which of the above states can favourably compare with Anambra or can Osun not be compare with Lagos. At least two of Tinubu's proteges have managed the state. Were they able to turn Osun to Dubai than Obi turned Anambra to?
Tinubu is just privileged to govern a prosperous state and not because he has special wit. At least Peter Obi has shown his wit in both private and public life and he excel in private life as a billionaire and he equally tried in public service. Can we know and put side by side the private and public service of both and see who and who has excelled greatly.

Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by reddingtonblack: 2:45pm On Jan 19, 2023
IfnobeGod20:

All what you mentioned are what I have mentioned in my previous comments, you're just trying hard to exert on your main point of no need to save by Obi. I have said it already that cutting cost of governance, curbing corruption and opening up and harnessing other aspect of economy is what Nigeria need and we've not been doing them. And that was why I said, Nigeria is rich and not poor. Please get the difference, you're using different word entirely. I made use of "rich" and "poor", which was the word you used earlier and not the word "broke" you just introduced. But do you know that one can be broke but still be rich? That's just the replica of what Nigeria is. We are a rich nation but broke in liquid cash because our abundant human and material resources are sources of wealth to the nation but yet untapped.

You claimed that Obi never did capital project but I want to put it to you that he did many capital projects. You can only say he didn't do gigantic capital projects because it was on record that he built over 12 overhead bridges, built 2 to 3 hospitals and renovated many owed by religious based, built many schools and renovated those owed by religious based, opened up a business hub that is a source of revenue generation to the state today, constructed over 800km of roads in his 8 years tenure, without consideration to many problems he faced within this 8 years tenure. Two impeachment in-between and you know what that mean, destabilization of his policies.

All these projects are verifiable ones and not the ones his successor did but directly to him and in all these he was able to save for the rainy day that his successor used to build airport. What else did Obiano built that was worthy of note if not that airport? If Obi had not left such huge saving, what do you think would happen? Obiano would go and borrow to finance the project but somebody saved what he used. I think we need to leave politics and appreciate good thing if we see one.

Before I commented on Tinubu's achievements you raised. Let me put to you that hope you know that the monthly federal accrue to Lagos state is almost double what goes to Anambra state. Go and verify and if you can not, I will avail you with state allocation during their periods.

Now to Tinubu issue. Please what was the multiple choice of income that Tinubu created during his tenure? I will be glad if you can list them here for the world to be abreast with them, so as not to speak in vacuum.

As at1999, Lagos was a productive state and never a poor state. Over 70% of companies, industries and markets in Lagos today are already in Lagos and they are potential income generating channels to the government, which the Lagos state government took advantage of by beginning to tax them and not because he created new companies or industries or open up new markets. And not only that, the two ports and the airport were also in existence before 1999. I think what I expected you people to be saying is, he tapped on the existing privileges on ground and not because he created anything that serves as sources of income to the state during his tenure.

You may also want to play smart by saying what of Eko Atlantic City and Lekki. These are projects that have been in existence since1940st and not new and these projects are now PPP projects, solely done by a south Africa company and FG.

Check the poster attached for the investment on the same area in 40st.

Lagos has been a work in progress for donkey years and Tinubu was wise enough to tap into it. Just as I always say, Lagos doesn't require a superman to superintend over it. It just require an ordinary man to do the extraordinary without stress because the resources are readily available, which no other state in the federation has. Or can you tell me any other state that has all the effects available in Lagos?

Let me now go to management of resources of Lagos for Lagosians. I want to ask you, if you will be truthful to your conscience. If all the money that have been accrued to Lagos government both in revenue, borrowings and allocation have found her ways into the hands of prudent manager of state resources, would Lagos have been in that state today? No doubt Lagos state should have been a country on its own but till date her development had not corresponded to the resources accrual to it. If Lagos is a mini Dubai today, it is not out of place.
It doesn't take Dubai 20 years to make a turnaround that our people now flooding their Emirate. Even Cairo, Cape Verde doesn't have the kind of resources Lagos have and it doesn't take them such lengthen years to change the province economy fortune.
So comparing Lagos and Anambra is the unwise thing to do by anybody. Anambra should be compare to her contemporaries that were created same year and compare them developmentally. See below states created same time with Anambra:

Abia State 27 August 1991
Adamawa State 27 August 1991
Delta State 27 August 1991
Edo State 27 August 1991
Enugu State 27 August 1991
Jigawa State 27 August 1991
Kebbi State 27 August 1991
Kogi State 27 August 1991
Osun State 27 August 1991
Taraba State 27 August 1991
Yobe State 27 August 1991
These are states to be compare with Anambra in all indices and not Lagos that are endowed with all resources that can make her to function even as a country.
Now, which of the above states can favourably compare with Anambra or can Osun not be compare with Lagos. At least two of Tinubu's proteges have managed the state. Were they able to turn Osun to Dubai than Obi turned Anambra to?
Tinubu is just privileged to govern a prosperous state and not because he has special wit. At least Peter Obi has shown his wit in both private and public life and he excel in private life as a billionaire and he equally tried in public service. Can we know and put side by side the private and public service of both and see who and who has excelled greatly.



Lagos is former capital, i should have known you are one them, people that can turn lagos to Dubia buh can't stay in there region and transform it to America.

Here is an honest review of Peter Obi 8yrs tenure as governor by NL as far back as 2012,so you can't say it was fabricated by Apc urchins. enjoy


https://www.nairaland.com/870945/what-exactly-peter-obi-doing
Re: How Obi Set New Standard For African Politicians — Ghanaian Cleric, Kwadwo by IfnobeGod20: 6:38pm On Jan 19, 2023
reddingtonblack:




Lagos is former capital, i should have known you are one them, people that can turn lagos to Dubia buh can't stay in there region and transform it to America.

Here is an honest review of Peter Obi 8yrs tenure as governor by NL as far back as 2012,so you can't say it was fabricated by Apc urchins. enjoy


https://www.nairaland.com/870945/what-exactly-peter-obi-doing


Please why are you going out of points? I didn't even mentioned Lagos state as a former capital of Nigeria. I am less concern whether it is a former state capital or not, what I am concern about are what were available before Tinubu came to power as at 1999, so that people will not use wool to cover people's faces. What I expected you to do, is to say my friend, you lied in this or that.
If you read my comments very well, you will know that I gave it to Tinubu for tapping into the abundant resources already available in Lagos by expanding the state tax net, even though many Lagosians are experiencing multiple tax regime as at today.
But what many of you, especially supporters of APC and Tinubu don't know is no state all over the federation have 40% of what Lagos have that can fetch them money. Virtually all companies have their headquarters in Lagos. Many multinational corporations resident in Lagos for years. Only state with two functional seaports. Thankfully, it is in Tinubu's manifesto to open up other seaports in Nigeria. I know Lagos alone have more than 10 textile industries still functioning. So with these tax generating components in a state, there is no way such state will not function if manage well.
It's funny that someone came to Nairaland forum to drop a comment that he doesn't know what Peter Obi was doing in Anambra without any corresponding pictures to show the decadence he experienced in the state and as an enlightened fellow, that now serves as standard for you and you even called it an honest report. We are in a big mess in this country, if as an enlightened fellow, your honest report is people's comments and not empirical evidences. Funnily many threads had been opened on the same forum depicting pictorial evidences of his performance but the one that interest you is the comment of a person.
I think people says pictures speak volume than words. Below is the same link posted on this same Nairaland forum, while you feel happy to chose words that support what you wanted:

https://www.nairaland.com/7313723/some-projects-done-peter-obi

Video of documentary of some of his projects:

https://www.facebook.com/JusticeCrack/videos/1287112482028476/

More video of his achievements as a governor:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN_7TkeZE0M?t=237

Obi visible and uncontestable achievements in Anambra.

Lastly, you claimed that some people can not stay in their region to transform it. Please is there any law that forbids people from going to any region to stay? Should countries that Nigerians are running to tell them, that they should go back and develop their country? You guys should stop this pedestrian talk and talk like exposed people. Come to think of it, how many people in Lagos are the real Lagosians. The last time I checked, Tinubu is not from Lagos but Osun. Faleke is from Kogi. Fashola is from Ekiti. The real Lagosians are the Aworis and they are so few, the rest are just atoun wa.

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