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Shine on Legend

This Anthony of a person that will still beg Tinubu for this comment later in the day? Abeg I no fit talk

Then definitely there will be Sit-at-home at Upper Iweka Road Onitsha

Nigeria shall rise again

Bloooody:
Well said african giant

All these afonjas need to stop hype this boy

Why tribalism?

I was surprised when he felt reluctant from coming out in the first place.

In 70s Nigeria, some people used other person’s visas to travel to the United States. It was commonplace. All you had to do is go to Oluwole. They replace the real photo on the validly issued visa with yours. One Bola Tinubu was given a visa in 1975. Nigerian journalists will be shocked to know whose photo was in the original application. The Tinubu family has a family registry. I appeal to investigative journalists within and without Nigeria to source and peruse that registry to identify the real age, gender and parentage of the actual Bola Tinubu. Abibatu Mogaji, the supposed mother of Bola Tinubu, was a woman of renown. She was a society woman. She lived in Lagos. At that time, the colonial authorities MANDATED every birth in Lagos to be registered. Even if some unknown thugs burn down the Lagos city hall, those records still exist in London, in archives of the colonial office. Journalists can find out if indeed Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji actually had a child on March 29, 1952. We should not let a person of unknown pedigree and parentage wheeler deal his way to Aso Rock in 2023. Nigeria cannot have a President who is a semi ghost. Before 1975, Bola Tinubu did not exist in the form of a young man who was naturally born to parents of Lagosian origins. Is Tinubu Oduduwa that dropped from the sky? We need to know his real name and age. All I am saying is unmask this pretender!

#TableShaker

Lalasticlala

Where is the video op? Make legend observe

Amen
Amen
Amen

otipoju:
You deserve better slap. Na so so pioneered na him i dey see. What did he do for the benefit of the people.

Comrade calm down as you can see I ain’t the owner of that article

If there was any great disservice that the former handlers of the Nigeria leadership structure did that posterity may not forgive, and even if forgiven may never forget among other malfeasance governance deliverables bequeathed to Nigeria and her people, it was the removal of history as a subject from our educational curriculum. The Obasanjo-led government in spite of its humongous and glaring failures did the country ‘bad thing’ to use the street language. Today, Nigeria reeks of appalling ignorance among her young adults (18-25 years) about her historical past. The apogee of ignorance displayed by this army of wonderful and egghead youths is discombobulating. Do you blame them? Of course not. Today, the country experiences the damage of the removal of history from our schools. The kids have no sense of history about happenings in times past about their own country.

In today’s digital age, these hordes of youths resort to social media to learn about their history. Sadly, the same social media today is replete with half truths, fake, sham and unsubstantiated news and stories and many distorted narratives. The political space has had its fair share of this menace. And this, the public sees play out currently in the several propaganda flying around about political players prominent among which is the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader and Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The country’s legion of youths has repeatedly been told many unfounded tales by moonlight to disparage the personage of the political juggernaut. His uncheckable meteoric political rise for many years has hitherto been a source of migraine to his adversaries. And typical of human nature, bad or fake news sells faster and the gullible youth fall for these cheap blackmails over and over again about Nigeria’s inarguably political generalissimo of all times.

To the teeming youths, as much as the social media blogosphere has been inundated with several ‘dirty’ but pseudo innuendos and/or propaganda against Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have you also been informed about the relentless efforts same man, who today is the most vilified non-political office holder did towards the democracy Nigeria now enjoys unhindered? Were you told he was hounded into the Alagbon prison, Lagos alongside Senator Abu Ibrahim and some other pro-democracy activists in the mid-90’s during the military junta? Did you ever hear of how Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was financing the pro-democracy groups after his mysterious escape from the military ‘killer squad’ into exile? For every one lie told to you about Asiwaju Bola Tinubu by his political ‘foes’, there are at least ten (10) other landmarks attributable to him that were not told to the public. The mischiefmakers will hoard beautiful stories about Asiwaju because the more positive story told about him, the lesser their chance of political survival.

O ye youths! Facts are sacred and sacrosanct. It is doubtful if you were ever told of the many firsts of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Lagos State Governor, after his return into the country from exile. For the purpose of education and posterity, the same man his adversaries calumniate and traduce every now and then pioneered several milestones in the political annals of Nigeria today. These records remain unbeatable among the contenders for the number one seat of the country. And it is expected that with such intimidating records, it is only normal that the naysayers and misanthropes will thrive on propaganda and falsehoods. Therefore, as youths, the onus lies on us as a demography with cerebral and sound medulla to be able to sieve the chaff from the grains. A few of such milestones pioneered by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu include but not limited to the following;

 He pioneered the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos

 He pioneered the Lagos modern intra-city rail

 He envisioned today’s Lekki Free Trade Zone

 He restructured the Operation Sweep to Rapid Response Squad that stopped incessant security threats

 He took Lagos from financial penury to prosperity

 He envisioned the Eko Atlantic City

 He opened up Lekki, Ajah and its environs

 He was the first politician in Nigeria to set up transition council that birthed his blueprint for modern Lagos

 He was the first Muslim Governor that started New Year Thanksgiving in Lagos State

 He was the first governor that created the Ministry of Budget & Planning

 He was the first governor that introduced the Office of the Chief of Staff now adopted by the country

 He was the first governor that introduced Ministry of Women Affairs, Poverty Alleviation, Water Resources as well as Rural Development

 He was the first person that brought Independent Power Project (IPP) into the country

 He set up several agencies like LASTMA, LAMATA, LASEMA among others that took your parents off the streets of labour market.

Dear youths, above are very few of the successes recorded by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Lagos State Governor. Therefore, as we move into the electioneering proper, it is germane that you take caution, check the antecedents of those who have put themselves forward to serve the nation. You must be able to juxtapose their achievements, landmarks and milestones in other to make informed decision. The future of this country lies greatly in your hands. The decision you make today will either make the country better for us all or mar the future of yet-to-birth generation.

May Nigeria triumph!


Omogbolahan L.A. BABAWALE
Lead Resource Person/Team Lead
The Think-Tinubu Initiative (3TI)

Omogbolahan L.A. BABAWALE writes from Abuja. He can be reached via any of the emails; obabawale@tinubuchronicles.com or riches.babs@gmail.com

Lalasticlala

lhordspy:
Honourably resign before sack i guess.

Good one from the government of Lagos state, it shows proper accountability. All our political office holder must be properly scrutinise and check at all time to avoid mismanagement and misuse of governemnt positions which can cause relapse in the growth of the state and country in general.


God bless incoming president, Asiwaju Tinubu.

God bless, HE. Babajide Sanwo olu.

God bless The Government of Lagos state in General.

God bless the people of Lagos state; Yoruba , hausa , and other tribes including the minority: Igbo .

God bless Nigeria .

Comrade Vawulence is your daily dose, which one is minority now?

obembet:
Buy ur comment on hin different when he meet with peter obi..

My dear, leave politicians, they are not there for us.. .. politics is a game of interest

Well you’re right sha

Tareq1105:
I'm a confirmed BAT and I stand gidigba on his mandate but I don't see Wike joining APC. I heard that he gave Tinubu conditions which Tinubu was not disposed to.

It's no gainsaying that Wike is a bully. He wants to be in charge, he has domineering spirit and Tinubu would not take such.

All I know is that Wike days in the political calculus of Nigeria are numbered.

I don’t think “his days are numbered will come” anytime soon

etrouble:
My brother, I for don tire myself, but Wike the wicked one na my Nigga. I no fit tire for him matter. He is putting vibes in the pre election maneuvering.

Gbamsolutely.

kunleiky:
Yesso
Plus, we will do roll call as it is done on football thread
Share me the contact of your pop corn plug please

Hahahahah Na man you be comrade

Always they hate us mentality.

Just can’t wait to read comments here after February election

I just can’t wait to read aftermath election comment here. I don Dey stockpiling pop corn and Zobo

Go and sit down, so the referee was right for stopping the play when McTominay collected ball from Gabriel Jesus right?

Odegaard clearly pushed Erickson

These people no sabi politics...

Shey na only me tired for this man matter ni?

Children of hate will pretend as if they didn’t see this now but if Na negative news then you will see them convulsing

In case you don't know the root cause of our problems today, please take time out and read below:

As of 25/07/2022, the exchange rates were:

£1 = ₦800 and above
$1 = ₦710 and above
€1 = ₦680 and above

42 years ago, precisely on 25/07/1980 the exchange rate was:
$1 = 0.80k

Are you surprised?

Well, we were far more productive in 1980 than we are today.

In 1980 the key reasons for economic growth were as follows:

1. We were a net exporter of refined petroleum products. Today we import all our refined petroleum products.

2. We rode in locally assembled cars, buses and trucks. Peugeot cars in Kaduna and Volkswagen cars in Lagos.

3. Leyland produced trucks/buses in Ibadan and ANAMCO in Enugu also produced buses and trucks.

4. Steyr in Bauchi produced our Agricultural tractors. And it was not just Assembly, we were producing many of the components:

5. Vono products in Lagos produced the vehicle seats.

6. Exide in Ibadan produced the batteries, not just for Nigeria but for the entire West Africa.

7. IsoGlass and TSG in Ibadan produced the windshields.

8. Ferrodo in Ibadan produced the brake pads and discs

9. Dunlop produced Tyres in Lagos and Mitchelin Tyres were produced in Port Harcourt. And I mean tyres produced from rubber plantations located in Ogun, Bendel and Rivers State.

10. We were listening to Radio and watching television sets assembled in Ibadan by Sanyo.

11. We were using refrigerators, freezers and Airconditioners produced by Thermocool and Debo.

12. We were putting on clothes produced from the UNTL Textile Mills in Kaduna and Chellarams in Lagos. They were Not from imported cotton but from cotton grown in Nigeria.

13. Our water was running through pipes produced by Kwalipipe in Kano and Duraplast in Lagos .

14. Our toilets were fitted with WC produced in Kano and Abeokuta.

15 We were cooking with LPG gas stored inside gas cylinders produced at the NGC factory in Ibadan.

16. Our electricity was flowing through cables produced by the Nigerian Wire and Cable, Ibadan; NOCACO in Kaduna and Kablemetal in Lagos and Port Harcourt.

17. We had Bata and Lennards Stores producing the shoes we were putting on. The shoes were not from imported leather but from locally tanned leather in Kaduna.

18. We were mainly flying our Airways, (the Nigeria Airways), to most places in the world. The Nigeria Airways was about the biggest in Africa at the time.

19. Most of the foods we ate were grown or produced in Nigeria.

We were producing all of the above and many more in 1980

Today, we import almost everything. Isn't that alarming?

There lies the source of the terrible exchange rate we are experiencing today and everyone reading this has a critical role to play in reversing this very UGLY trend.

We have been talking about these problems and more for ages.

It is not enough for us to complain about the exchange rate or point out what others are not doing or are failing to do. The key questions are:

1. What are we producing now?
2. What role are our so- called Leaders/ Politicians of today playing?

We are forever shying away from responsibility whereas it is a stark reality and if we don't deal with it, it won't go away. In fact it will get worse.

To our dear Politicians, if you don't have the capacity to RESET Nigeria to what it was at least back in 1980 then please stay in your house and don't waste our time.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

Lalasticlala

I still Dey wait for pictures sha

All na politics.
God help you

Sire, go and make your research on it.

litaninja:
Who monitored & enforced it?
Was it actually feasible or practical?
After banning on TV and radio, how about clubs, personal listening, etc.

Nigeria bans a million things without any actual enforcement or sense, the music one is just one of the multitude. Having foreign music influence and competition is the ONLY reason Nigerian is able to compete on a global stage right now.

litaninja:
A ban on foreign music? When?

During Obasanjo era. A policy was made for 80% for Local music on radio and tv

This will surely prepare me

saxtaiwo:
The economic and job situation in Nigeria is in total chaotic mess. How do you imagine what Nigerians go through in the hands of interviewers. Imagine going for an interview they called 9am and will still not be attended to by 4pm and at the end they will say they are testing your patience and it's part of the interview. My greatest worry is this CV of a thing. I really can't tell the best format for CV writing, we keep hearing of different styles everyday. Until we turn to a productive country where more and better jobs will be created this nonsense won't stop.
Please greet everybody on the street of the company your going for interview. Greet the dogs too.

Sire, you crack me up �

litaninja:
When has any ban actually turned out right for nigeria?
That's NOT how free economies work. That's why Nigeria is in this situation today.

The ban on Foreign music nko?

It really help Naija Music to grow