₦airaland Forum

Gbajure:
No doubt BRF energy is something else but yet he was too elitist. Mind you there is a Lagos master plan for the Govs to follow until Ambode as if cursed deviated. Sanwo is also energetic but more a populist like BAT

Fashola being elitist was very necessary at that time. His elitist programmes helped to retain the elites of the society and prevented them from moving elsewhere. Now that they're secured in high brow areas like Lekki etc, his successors can now focus on populist agendas

Okoyeebo:
Which Ministry covers LASEMA and why did Sanwo-Olu stop those LRU guys from working?

This is false. They never stopped working. Just say you don't see those HD pictures of theirs like we used to have it during the time of Ambode.

Eriokanmi:
See excuse..During lockdown, how many civil servants went to work...how many offices were open?Less generators were on, less ACs were on, givernment vehicles were grounded,overhead expenses were nearly zero, salary wasn't paid in full, etc. During same lockdown, lagos declared budget surplus, the first in over a decade....another effort of ambode in the preceeding year. All these sycophantic mentality won't help us. Always call a spade its name.

Which yeye call a spade its name.

So you expect capital projects to be ongoing during a lockdown? During a pandemic year?

Which efforts of Ambode are you even talking about? Stop talking trash as if no be same Lagos wey we experience Ambode. FYI, the same thing Lanrelagboi is doing for Sanwo was the same thing I did for Ambode so don't try and come here and compare the two governors. It doesn't make any sense or advance the discuss of this thread.

This threads focus is on health alone.

It's obvious you haven't been following the Ministerial press briefings of all the MDAs in Lagos else you won't be typing rubbish comparing both governors

ikorodureporta:
Na yr wife achievements

Okay, so his wife was the one elected?

neoclassical:
With the amount of money that is entering Lagos State, this kind of project is not supposed to be in the news at all.

Okay please list two projects under the Health sector that you expect and is supposed to be in the news. Thank you.

YoungLionken:
This is not the right time to brag, besides, it is too early ...

This is no brag. How does rendering ones account of stewardship to people who voted him in constitute bragging?

So of you were a governor tomorrow, you won't list your achievements based on your electoral promises for people to judge?

WorldRichest:
He is MAD just like other looters. Useless psychiatric patient. Is he using his father's money for it? What is he doing in government house if he cannot do his work?

He's rendering his account of stewardship to Lagosians who elected him reeling out his achievements on what has been done with tax payers money and what is planned for the future and what you could think of is to call him Mad? You're the mad one here.

Eriokanmi:
Scammer governor...this same man claiming he spent between 100k and 1m naira treating just one covid-19 patient daily? He even listed part uncompleted ambode's project as his achievements. This time during ambode's tenure, he had completed roads and brdges, part of which is abule egba jubilee bridge.

We love deceit in lagos

Did Ambode face lockdown and Covid for a complete one year?

Make una use your brain sometimes

Worksunlimited:
How many inner roads has the state or local government fixed?

Take a walk to akoka, bariga, bajulaiye and co for example..

They've fixed some and it's still an ongoing process. You can take a look at @LSPWC handle on Twitter for their daily activities of road maintenance

Worksunlimited:
That's my issue.. the inner roads are bad.. at times I ask myself what's the work and usefulness of local government and CDA's again..?

Elected officials of those outfits just go into office to embezzle fund

These inner roads that are bad wont and cant be bad forever, so this isn't an excuse please. They must be fixed hence governance should be participatory and we should get involved and bring up issues of our bad roads.

Reference:
This is what we say about the very nature of governance in Nigeria. That everything is always a 'Government First' initiative with little input by the very people concerned.

Democracy inherently is a partnership in every way. A partnership in the establishment of values and standards, a partnership about addressing challenges, an investment partnership also as in this case whereby we know for a favt that it is just impossible for the government to provide enough vehicles to move the entire people around.

If things are to work well and the laws are to be obeyed promptly ans thoroughly then the people have to be involved in authoring, in creating this new initiative and investing/financing it as well.

Or is the Lagos state government now in the business of road transport....

The problem with you sir is that you don't have all the facts about this initiative you're criticising.

This initiative by the govt is a PPP arrangement but the govt has to take a lead to show it works then gradually give license to interested private sector partners. Also, before now Okada riders were told to form a union so that they can key into govt road transport policies but they refused to. If they had done that, a good number of them would have been absorbed into this first and last mile policy of the government.

Go through this thread and see where they had a security meeting that involved all stakeholders about this okada menace and other related transport issues. https://twitter.com/jidesanwoolu/status/1391827880183836678?s=20

Reference:
Once again, like on the El- Rufai thread, the facts are simple. The governor is elected to better the lives of the people. He can give suggestions. But at the end of the day he can only lead stress free by consensus.

So, the most important decisions concerning the people have to be taken in consultation with the people fir it to suceed seamlessly.

The question remains. Is his decision the product of wide consultation. Jas he 'townhalled', met with relevant stakeholders, the unions, local authorities, civil society groups, SME's that perhaos are investors in the present arrangement.

Only when all these are done conclusively and exhaustively will it be easy to implement without major fallout. Only then are edicts easy to obey without violence and heating up the criminal justice system.

Governance is easy when both the letter and the spirit of democracy is alive in any locale.

Yes he had a townhall security meeting and the stakeholders wanted him to restrict/ban okada activities.

Nbote:
And how many families can afford to take their children there for treatment?

Because your family cant afford to take their children there doesn't mean other families cant.

Thanks for this

computer0810:
U don't know what u r saying...am telling u what I know

Are you implying the entire 1000+ schools wasn't completed or renovated by him or are you specifically referring to one or two schools you know?

computer0810:
Big fat lie......most of those schools re constructed during Fashola and Ambode term....I specifically pointed out the igbobi high sch that it was done by Fashola but ambode did not commission it, coming out to claim he did it when he assume office is a fat lie

He completed it/them.

dealslip:
My exact question.

Follow the official handles of the govt like @followlasg on Twitter and you'll see them

Yea heard about it. Abeg na for those wey get money and who can network

computer0810:
Very funny......I can categorically speak on that igbobi sch coz I know d sch.....Fashola was d 1 that built that sch and is has been completed but at some point the roof was removed by an heavy rain bcoz of d poor work done on it but I can say d school was 90% completed, Ambode just did not commission it, dis project was not done by sanwo olu

It doesn't matter. Most important thing now is that it's been completed for use by Lagosians

Drabeey:
Walahi pass bubu...
What do you expect from people who can't think for themselves except what will make them appear in pictorial glamour

And this is to what reasonable benefit of the state?

You're the clueless one here

I stopped watching the game at the 90th thinking it was all over.

It was amazing that we could host a match at 10pm.

Congratulations Enyimba

Nzogbu Nzogbu Enyimba Enyi!!!

iamclime:
At Op, which MDA or parastatal do you work with in LASG?

Information

GboyegaD:
Let's focus on the state in discussion. A state that generates over N400bn can do more. In addition, it should be done across the state.

Highlight the areas you think it can do more please

slimfit1:
Complete thee one that has not yet been completed before you come here abeg.

And hasn't he been doing that?

And some people will say he's busy completing his predecessors projects and not starting his.

Lagosians sef. Which one will the gov now do?

AmazingELixir:


Just wondering if the revenue available to Lagos state is commensurate with what is listed there.


A better administrator will do better

The revenue Lagos generates is not much compared to the population it needs to cater for

Bampeh:
October 20, 2020 comes to mind!
who called the military to attack peaceful protesters in lekki?













bampeh is yet to forget what the governor did

It's your business if you choose not to forget. It won't stop the governor from delivering his mandate and promises to Lagosians

Lisakran:
We are waiting for something laudable not commissioning Ambodes projects.

Mention the laudable thing you want sir?

nograv:
Bros, you make me smile o. In my younger days I used to be just like you.

Seriously, I hope you are right and I am wrong. But I have had my hopes up, only to be disappointed by Naija..

I will check again if the red line has started. But last time I checked, not one train had moved.

About the break up of Nigeria, I dont want it. But such poor leadership from the likes of Buhari, we are slowly creeping towards it..

Look at Russia and see what happens when a great state crumbles..

Nonetheless you brought a smile to my face, Nigeria needs more people like you..

Eko o ni baje ooo

I'm still optimistic and maybe that's because I'm still young and don't wish to make the mistakes of those before me. Hence I stay updated while searching for opportunities to contribute my own quota to the progress of Lagos instead of perpetually lamenting about what the government should and could do.

To clarify about the red line, I meant work on it has just started. The Lagos state govt was denied the ROW to make use of it but now due to the completion of the Lag-Ib rail line, LASG decided to apply for the ROW which the FG then granted it. So what LASG will do now is to build train terminals so that Red line will also share the same rail infrastructure alongside Lagos-ibadan rail line.

I understand Buhari's leadership style has really threatened the unity of this country but everyone cant just lose hope in this country because if that happens, the breakup of this country will happen faster.

Thanks for the encouraging words at the end. Just like Fashola once said, you also will live to witness the Lagos and by extension the Nigeria of your dreams

Sorry OP. Reading your post, I could feel your pain as if it's happening to me. Just take whatever precautions and medications your doctor prescribes for you. Hopefully, you'll beat this at the end.

nograv:
I love lagos and my Grandfather is buried in Ebute Metta.

Dangote and fertilizer should indeed be a boon to Lagos if Nigeria holds together. Dangote as you know hails from Kano, his loyalty is with his people.

I don't get. Are you insinuating that should Nigeria break up, Dangote will leave a refinery which he has committed lots of resources into moribund? Same Dangote that has lived in Lagos for over 30 years? Forget loyalty, Dangote is a business man and he wont see his business collapse and besides the Lagos govt will do all it can to protect the investment since they were the one (Fashola admin) that invited him to site his project in Lagos.

Lekki Free Trade Zone much like light rail has been promised for years but yet to deliver.

Lekki Deep Sea port. Much like the trade zone, lots of noise and ribbon cutting, byt no tangible development.

Then it's obvious you haven't been updated about the progress and what has been happening at Lekki Free Trade Zone. The Port component of the zone will start operation in the first quarter of 2023. The investors and financiers of the project has assured. You don't know what goes into building a sea port hence you claim there hasn't been any tangible development or do you think its something that could be built in 3 years from conception to completion?

Imota rice mill, a nice development. But we had much larger agri processing businesses in the past on the mainland, they were left to rot by the govt. Also there isnt that much money in primary production unless it is on a massive scale.

What I can deduce from this is that you're not updated on what has been happening with Imota mill and the ongoing discussions around it. I cant blame you though. The govt either hasn't been doing enough to update people on the progress or you've missed updates about the project from the Ministry of Agriculture. But there has been lots of plans and policies already either being setup or in place to take advantage of the mill once its been completed. If you're in the agricultural sector, you'd be very much aware of these plans and polcies.

Massey Children's hospital. Until the day Naija politicians stop flying abroad for medical treatment I dont care about local healthcare developments.

No problem then. The Lagos state govt shouldn't bother to build any new hospital to cater for kids and the unborn until the politicians stop traveling for medical tourism.

Blue and Red line, You know better than to quote this one. How long have we been waiting for Lagos to have a metro jare. Go to marina and the same columns stand as they have done for years with no trains running on them.

The red line just started. And alongside with the blue line, it'll be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022. Financing for both projects have been secured. You should have known Ambode didn't fund the blue line during his time hence the delay in completion. Except you've chosen to be pessimistic, give the current govt the benefit of a doubt that it'll be completed.

Eko Atlantic. I love this project, but remember this kicked off in 2007 and we are now at 2021. We have no more than five towers and not even all of the land originally outlined has been reclaimed. Eko Atlantic is great in theory, but without significant govt support like you see in Dubai, this project will continue to go no where.

Eko Atlantic has been slow because of the economy. An improvement in the economy of Lagos will increase the purchasing power of the residents and they'll be able to afford houses in ECA and that'll in turn encourage investors to pump their money in.

If these projecta come online, then yes Lagos will prosper. But as with all things Nigerian that is unfortunately a big IF..

These projects will come online and Lagos will prosper.

Eko o ni baje ooo

I'm looking forward to someone dropping a meaningful suggestion cuz I'm also interested

nograv:
Ah you are too young to recall the period after the Northern Cabal needlessly moved the capital to Abuja.

Despite promising that Lagos would retain a special status (enshrined in law). Funds previously allocated to Lagos as the nation's capital were diverted to Abuja.

As a result the city began to stagnate. Infrastructure began to decay and criminality began to increase massively. This period resulted in the birth of the now infamous area boys, who previously would have found work in a functioning Lagos.

The height of Lagos's demise was famously documented by Rem Kool Haas in the late 90s. His words not mine,

"The real thing we tried to look at is what happens to a society when the state is absent. At that point, the state had really withdrawn from Lagos; the city was left to its own devices, both in terms of money and services"

This period ran from the 80s and 90s, only arrested by political haggling and deft management by the Lagos State government under Gov Fashola.

But lets be clear the extra funds received by Fashola, still pale in comparison to the funds sent to the likes of Kano, Kaduna and more importantly Abuja. Also the Northern Cabal only did it to placate Yorubas. If they won the North and SW, they maintained power.

Now that Yorubas are increasingly turning their backs on the APC and Northerners in general, watch as those federal funds will dry up.. Mark my words..

I only agree with a few points you stated but the conclusion you reached doesn't show why Lagos will stagnate because of the current reality on group per the infrastructural development that are in progress.

How will a state that is about to play host to the following in months to come stagnate:
Dangote refinery and fertilizer
Lekki free trade zone
Lekki deep seaport
Imota Rice mill
Massey Children Hospital
Blue and Red line for mass transit
Eko Atlantic City & other artificial islands in development
And the massive investment in water transportation amongst others.

When these projects come on stream and with the kind of revenue that is projected to be earned by the state which the government can then used for other developmental projects, I don't see how Lagos will stagnate in the next few years. Instead, Lagos will move towards total independence from the FAAC allocations with an increase in IGR generated from these infrastructures