₦airaland Forum

greenskittles:
I don't understand how traffic management by building a 3 bridges in a STATE can be someone's whole legacy. I mean I'm not in the best position to tell you if he's a great governor or not but PLEASE stop celebrating something so trivial like it's a big deal.

The OP clearly states “some” and not his whole legacy.

There’s hardly any facet of public life that Ambode has not positively affected (including building upon Fashola’s foundations), from renovating/upgrading public schools, supporting SMSEs through the Employment Trust Fund, the Code Lagos project that is training about 1 million Lagosians, the work training programs of RSW supported by the private sector, artisanal training, the building of several new jetties and dredging/developing proper ferry routes, the home ownership Lagos HOMS scheme, training/recruitment of new graduate teachers, empowering disabled Lagosians through the Lagos Disability Fund and providing employment for qualified ones, as well as ensuring that all the BRT and the new high-capacity buses are wheelchair accessible as are all the new pedestrian bridges, upgrading/equipping primary health care centers and Ayinke House/LASUTH, the Light Industrial Park in Ikorodu and the Imota Rice Mill, the 450 inner roads across all 57 LCDAs, the first-rate Lagos Emergency Response Unit (ERU), the computerized GIS, the computerized vehicle testing services, the forensic testing center, the new Onikan Arena and the JK Randle Center, the Airport Expressway (which really should be the responsibility of the federal government), the game-changing Oshodi Interchange, the new terminals at Oyingbo, Ikeja and Yaba, new parks/gardens across the city, and so many more.

Nigeria will remain deservedly underdeveloped unless we quit rewarding failure and punishing success (however relative). SMDH

femi4:
Shame ....flyovers in 4yrs

But it’s not just flyovers.

There’s hardly any facet of public life that Ambode has not positively affected (including building upon Fashola’s foundations), from renovating/upgrading public schools, supporting SMSEs through the Employment Trust Fund, the Code Lagos project that is training about 1 million Lagosians, the work training programs of RSW supported by the private sector, artisanal training, the building of several new jetties and dredging/developing proper ferry routes, the home ownership Lagos HOMS scheme, training/recruitment of new graduate teachers, empowering disabled Lagosians through the Lagos Disability Fund and providing employment for qualified ones, as well as ensuring that all the BRT and the new high-capacity buses are wheelchair accessible as are all the new pedestrian bridges, upgrading/equipping primary health care centers and Ayinke House/LASUTH, the Light Industrial Park in Ikorodu and the Imota Rice Mill, the 450 inner roads across all 57 LCDAs, the first-rate Lagos Emergency Response Unit (ERU), the computerized GIS, the computerized vehicle testing services, the forensic testing center, health insurance scheme, the new Onikan Arena and the JK Randle Center, the Airport Expressway (which really should be the responsibility of the federal government), the game-changing Oshodi Interchange, the new terminals at Oyingbo, Ikeja and Yaba, new parks/gardens across the city, et al.

Nigeria will remain deservedly underdeveloped unless we quit rewarding failure and punishing success (however relative). SMDH

Kobicove:
I don't think the first pic is that of the flyover at Abule Egba

It is.

aremz:
Lol na flyover we go chop? With all the IGR Lagos generates this is what that fat pig could do. If he had followed the laid down blueprint by jagaban himself Lagos would have been better off.... Can't wait for sanwoolu to get this Lagos working again

Yes, it improves traffic which means more people can get around and do more business or sell more - enabling more people to CHOP!

obajoey:
Embark on projects you can complete in just a term.
Honestly is it a must for all governors/political office holders to always go for a second term?

If Nigeria adopts such a short-term mindset, we will never have sustainable development.
Large-scale infrastructure like rail networks (not just one line to nowhere) requires more than 4 years.

IprintMONEY:
She should be happy that guys give her ugly skinny ass attention

Apparently not everyone likes beached WHALES like you do.

Another scammer dreaming of the Senate presidency...

hisexcellency34:
All his sins will be forgiven and he becomes Saint Triumphant

Yes o! The EFCC will soon drop his court case. Up Nigeria!

Uglymind:
The boyfriend should look for a way to poison her
Her death will be his freedom
But he should do it codedly to avoid suspicion

DISGUSTING and NOT funny at all...

freeze001:
You say lobbying, Sagay says the president must put his foot down, insist on his choice and have it merely formalised at the NASS. What gives? Is that how the independence works these days? When did Obasanjo whom they have so vilified and mocked and insulted become the template for modern, effective democracy and governance? When they do this and perhaps have some issues I hope it will not be a 16 years of PDP excuse especially since they want to adopt PDP style?

He is merely indulging in sophistry because I have told him several times that the issue is NOT lobbying but Sagay’s ”taking charge”.

obailala:
The bolded part of you comment above says it all; you have no idea how politics and leadership works. It's amusing that you think Trump just sat down and did nothing behind the scenes. FYI, 'doing something' does not necessarily mean stepping out like a soldier and giving orders, cos it is not military rule. Doing something simply implies behind the scenes lobbying, blackmailing, scheming etc. It happens in every democracy and its simply called politics. Once again, I find it very amusing that of all the 'near perfect' democracies in the world you could have given examples with, you chose the USA which is the world capital of the schemes I was referring to.

Presumably you personally were “behind the scenes” at the White House...

Dude, Paul Ryan was already House Speaker before Trump’s election, and that was NOT going to change regardless of the PUBLIC spats and disagreements between Ryan and Trump. Lobbying and “taking charge” are distinct and disparate, and in the US folks understand the concept of INDEPENDENT AND CO-EQUAL arms of government. Shame that senile old men in Nigeria (and apparently their idolizers) do not. SMH

IamPatriotic:
Since you are referring to the extant rule, I hope you know how the psr classified the misconduct of civil servants with political alliengiance and the stipulated punishment for the misconduct, and more importantly, the procedure for carrying out the punishment.

The civil servants and Saraki are wrong here, and two wrong they say don't make a right.

Totally agree with the highlighted...
But then that does not equate to his firing being “inexplicable”.

QuotaSystem:
The point is PMB will NOT allow himself to be restrained by any idealistic independent checks and balances exploited by the opposition for their selfish agenda.

Everything will be done to ensure we don't suffer the kind of delays and deliberate sabotage that the 8th assembly caused to PMB, and all that is needed to be done to achieve that will be done including choosing senate leaders as far as possible. Sagay is merely stating the Presidency's already decided position on this issue.

Rubber stamp is bae. Once bitten twice shy.

Not gonna happen, and even if it starts that way it’s not gonna last...
Instead of relying on the laziness of installing a “lifeless” NASS leadership, dude better start working on solid (and ‘sellable’) policies.

Another conman...
But so long as you have enough Zombies worshiping you, why not.

IamPatriotic:
With unethical and inexplicable sack, Saraki's empire has finally be brought down.....

It’s not “unethical and inexplicable” since civil servants are supposed to be publicly NON-PARTISAN under extant Service Rules.

So what happens with the money he reportedly stole? His family gets to keep it?

Freeworldbutfre:
We are actually moving forward if you know how Much Nigerian use in importing toothpicks in this country u will commend his efforts saving us some dollars in importation goods.good ride from him

One step forward, two steps backward.

Instead of de-forestation to provide raw materials, they should have gone into making plastic toothpicks using our abundant petrochemicals.

chidibond:
Great

Modified:
I know banker colleagues who resigned and went into rice cultivation. This is one area even opponents of this govt can attest to. Unfortunately most of our grains are being smuggled to other African countries for higher prices. I believe the Agricultural revolution is real and only a Buhari would have taken the hard decisions necessary for such growth.

Things will only get better.

Trying to avoid partisan politics, but this rice policy was started by under the ATA (Agricultural Transformation Agenda) of the Jonathan government by then Agric Minister Adesina (who is now the AfDB President). Now, carry on...

Fine gal! Melanin popping everywhere.

fernandez1:
Glorified thieves is all I see...... Nigeria is doom, just look at the people writing our laws.

My sentiments exactly!

Several of them are Governors who did nothing noteworthy at the state level. Nigeria looks DOOMED for a long time.

obailala:
Like I said in one of my earlier comments, I was addressing someone who implied that in an ideal democracy, the president (executive) shouldnt have any business or be bothered about who heads the NASS because the NASS should be independent. Oh yes the NASS is independent, but I also rightly said that only a sleeping or lifeless or just a dull president will sit back and watch people who dont align with his agenda rise to head the parliament.

Now that being said, there are different ways a president can influence who and who become the head of the NASS. It's left for a president to chart his own course by deciding on how he wants to effect things like this.

Nope, not an “ideal” democracy - in ANY constitutional (checks-and-balances) democracy worthy of the name.

Even in the US (whose system our constitution was primarily modeled after), when the Republicans controlled both the White House and both chambers of Congress, President Trump never presumed to “take charge” (or to otherwise interfere with) the process of electing the Speaker of the House. In fact, if anything, Speaker Ryan quite often butted heads with the President on various issues. Of course, the President may well be ‘bothered’ about who heads the other arms of government (and not just the legislature but the judiciary as well), but that’s not what we are discussing here, so let’s discard of the semantic sophistry because the issue here is the President (and I quote Old Man Sagay) “taking charge” of the process of a constitutionally CO-EQUAL (and constitionally-mandated INDEPENDENT) arm of government electing its leadership.

It’s rather unfortunate that African countries often take on the veneer of democracy but seem reluctant to imbibe its spirit and ideals.

obailala:
... but we are in a real world where all things are never equal; we aren't in a school textbook or movie, so you cant expect the 'ideal' goal to be obtainable. The 'ideal' doesnt exist anywhere in the world.

Dude, do not know you from a can of beans so will not presume to speak for your personal standards or expectations, but I would like to think that most Nigerians do not consider themselves children of a lesser God and thus are in pursuit of the ideal in all spheres of their lives. The notion of settling for less should be anathema for anyone/everyone with high expectations for themselves and their country. Even if the ideal ultimately proves unattainable, it’s pursuit should ALWAYS be our collective aspiration for as the saying goes (and I paraphrase), “when you aim for the sky, you would tend to excel even if you fall short”.

obailala:
Once again you speak of an ideal Utopia which can only be encountered in fictional stories. There will always be opposition to policies or projects, no matter how noble the idea is. The NASS has 468 members and each one of those members have their own opinions, their own understanding, their own personal goals, their own personal interests etc. Not every one of those members have the interest of the country or their constituents at heart like you ideally claim. How many members of the Nigerian NASS do you truly think are there to represent the interests of their constituents?

Besides Nigeria, even in countries where things work well, differing opinions still exist. So no matter how excellent the president's agenda is, you can never still expect all parliament members to agree to it and the worst thing that can happen to any democratic president is to have a parliament headed by people who are hell bent on seeing things differently from him.

Here, you just sound confused because the ability to sell one’s program is not synonymous with UNANIMTY of opinions.

This may be even further confusing for you, but a DIVERSITY of opinions and viewpoints is actually a GOOD thing - not least because no one person has a monopoly of wisdom (not even the President, as you appear to think). In fact, the ideal process is to subject ideas and opinions to competition in a free marketplace of ideas until the ‘best’ ones win or otherwise emerge therefrom. Accordingly, quite often, the ‘best’ and most effective laws and policies are a result of compromise, resulting from the meshing of a variety of different interests.

Meanwhile, you keep harping on and idealizing about a president’s “excellent” agenda, but what if the president’s agenda is horrible (or as previously proffered, parochial, primordial, partisan or pecuniary-driven)? Should the parliament simply be compliant and roll over? The Nigerian President is NOT a Sultan, Emir, Oba, Igwe, Obong, Tor, or any other such feudal monarch. Rather, he is constitutionally RESTRAINED by a system of INDEPENDENT check and balances, which if/when eroded inflicts incalculable damage to our constitutional democracy.

AngelicBeing:

Shocking that humans sometimes sleep in public, even Mr. Obasanjo, President Bush or US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. SMH

No one from Nollywood?

AngelicBeing:
All this epistle for me to read, if you have the time scroll down my username and see some of my previous post as regards my stand on various issues in Nigeria, l have paid my dues already in Nigeria, I wish you luck wherever you are

Actually, it is for everyone and anyone interested to read.

The beauty and utility of such a PUBLIC forum as Nairaland is that it enables us to SHARE our many and varied life experiences and lessons therefrom. Accordingly, while you may find no usefulness for my “epistle”, someone else (or others) may well do. Again, best of luck albeit I suspect that if you truly intend not to look back at Nigeria you would not be on these pages. Cheers.

AngelicBeing:
Gbam, we saw it long ago and left the shithole jungle, they called me names, second class citizen, unpatriotic, who will develop Nigeria bla, bla bla, is it not a living man that will develop a country, Abeg flee if you can and don't look back, nonsense

You may flee, but you should always look back!

Personally, I always respect people’s individual immigration decisions (because I consider each person’s circumstance to be unique to that person), but suffice it to note that country that you live in now was developed by human beings and so will Nigeria (or we die trying ). The skill and education that has enabled you to go that country and to be ‘successful’ there (presuming that you are) was either provided cheaply, subsidized or perhaps free by the Nigerian state. For example, if you are a medical doctor in the US, you will have no debt from your basic medical education in Nigeria compared to about six figures of US dollar debt that the average US medical school graduate carries. Perhaps it is only human to often only see what we did not get rather than what we did receive, but frankly any success that Nigerians (and offsprings of Nigerians) achieve in the diaspora is firmly anchored upon generations of NIGERIAN cultural values and mores (including our thirst and respect for education and hard work). Accordingly, it is NOT a coincidence that Nigerians (and citizens of Nigerian descent) are among the most educated/successful sub-group in the US and UK. BEST OF LUCK wherever you end up!

ZOO!

naijaguy1234:
I disagree on being third marriage.

Btw, the reason that I had written “second or third” was that I am not sure if she actually married the father of her first child (Hornecker), who was a diplomat in Nigeria and was then being referred to in the press as her husband. However, she subsequently married and divorced one other dude in the US, before having kids with and the subsequently married the current husband. Again, BEST OF LUCK to them!

kmcutez:
Probably lasted this long because the husband is not a Nigerian man, who will be calling her Olosho up and down.

Her first “husband” (Hornecker) was NOT a Nigerian man either and yet that relationship crashed! FAILED theory...

Hotfreezer:
Fani Kayode was the Minster of aviation under OBJ when this contract was signed. Under Obasanjo and Atiku as vice, those thieves sold everything to themselves and their cronies.

This Wale Babalakin's father was a friend to OBJ. That's how he got this MM2 concession and Lagos Ibadan expressway concession. He did nothing on that road till it was taken away from him and fixing started late during GEJ's tenure.

The airport should be taken from Bi-Courtney and any staff found there should be flogged koboko. Unemployed Nigerians would be employed to take their places.

These are the reasons Obasanjo, Fani Kayode and Co didn't want Buhari back and I'm happy my Sai Baba is back to deal with all these idiots.

The Intels contract would not be renewed and Atiku can now face his polytechnic businesses in Adamawa squarely. The oil licenses of these Generals won't be renewed but would be given to the good people of the ND. Let them cry blood.

Was it also Babalakin’s father’s so-called friendship with Obasanjo that gave Wale a PHD from Cambridge University?

Let us not allow the admitted institutional shortcomings and inadequacies of Nigeria to jade us to the extent that it becomes virtually a sin and/or crime to be the offspring of a learned man or respectable family (because Justice Babalakin himself was not rich). The domestic terminal that preceded the MMA2 was a virtual tin shed and a disgrace to Nigeria. Personally, I do not know what this PPP concession agreement provides (and presumably neither do most Nairalanders), so I will not presume to make any substantive comments about it. However, it is a thing of worry that virtually all PPP arrangements in Nigeria thus far has been mostly ‘observed’ in the BREACH! Unfortunately, it is this uncertainty about Nigerians’ respect for the sanctity of contract that makes it difficult to attract significant foreign investment or much of the massive amounts of global private capital out there that is available for infrastructural projects (Fourth Mainland Bridge, etc.).

What exactly is scandalous about that outfit?

Kai! Some Nigerians are so backward they should relocate to the ISIS Caliphate.

WIDETHOUGHT:
YOU STILL DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME IN YOUR BID TO MAKE SENSE. TALKING ABOUT BASIC ENGLISH UNDERSTANDING,YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAT MANY WHEN TAKEN OFF LEAVES LESS AND CLOSE TO NON OF VOLUME AND YET YOU ENJOYED MANY WHEN YOUR SELECTED FACTOR CONTRIBUTE LESS OF AN EFFECT TO THE SUBJECT. OGBENI, LARGE NUMBER OF NIGERIAN WOMEN WHO WERE DARK SKIN IN TIME PAST ARE PRESENTLY FAIR 'MAKA' SKIN BLEACHING AND NOT PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECT OR MAYBE THE MALE FOLKS ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THE TECHNOLOGY OF PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHTENING TO HAVE A POLISHED SKIN LIKE THEIR FEMALE COUNTERPART.

Abegi, why are you shouting (all caps)? Are you one of those who think that arguments are ‘won’ by shouting?