FSBoperator: Even with BH, Bornu still remains far better than any state in your SE. Ask any of your people who have been living in Bornu and they will tell you that business opportunities in Bornu dwarf your entire SE combined
How do you know that I am from SE and not an original Lagosian unlike the Guinean who has destroyed the progressive legacy of UPN and AG Governor and Premier respectively?
Splashme: The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.
Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.
The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.
Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”
The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.
Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.
He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”
eluquenson: REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE
* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.
* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.
* His government built the Lagos State Television
* His government built the Lagos Radio
* His government built Lagos State University
* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.
* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.
* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.
* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.
* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.
* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.
* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.
* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.
* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.
* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.
* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.
* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.
* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.
* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).
* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.
* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.
* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980
* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).
* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.
*His government established LASACO Insurance.
*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.
*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.
WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?
IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.
Maxymilliano: The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained why he delegated some members of the party to respond to questions posed to him. According to the former Lagos Governor, he adopted the delegation method “to show team-ship”.
Tinubu spoke at the Chatham House lecture titled: ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: In conversation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, monitored by The Nation.
At the lecture, Tinubu after his opening remarks, assigned Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak on how his (Tinubu-led) government would address insecurity and asked the Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Aleke, to respond to the question on oil theft.
Why has the brilliance failed to reflect in basic government services and common utilities provided to Borno state residents after 27 years of progressive APC administrations?
Is Borno better than Lagos state that has less than 5% schools owned by government? Is Borno better than Lagos where people drink water from shitty boreholes because Tinubu and APC steal trillions budget yearly instead of employing workers to make pipe borne water available to all homes
youngEmelex: I am from Anambra and was almost banned from our community group Whatsapp for telling them that Obi is a packaged fraud.
He was, he is and ever shall be a packaged fraud, akin to the current tenant of Aso Rock, whom he unwittingly helped in his fight to grab power from Buhari last election.
While Obi failed in his attempt to be a godfather in Anambra, Jagaban remains the local champion for Lagos a-looter progressives.
newsbook: Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano has re-echoed his allegation that his predecessor, Mr Peter Obi demanded the sum of N7.5billion from him for sponsoring his election in 2013.
Obiano and his predecessor, Obi have had a frosty relationship shortly after his swearing in.
Obi has however denied that he demanded for the sum of N7.5billion from Obiano, saying that his problem with him was his (Obiano’s) underperformance.
Obi said if he needed the said sum, he would have simply taken it from the N75billion he left for the Obiano administration at the end of his tenure.
But Governor Obiano while speaking on Wednesday evening at Ezechima Primary School, Onitsha where he inaugurated his reelection campaigns in Onitsha North Council Area, said the clarification became necessary because of the recent accusations against him by the former Governor.
He stated that his predecessor had demanded the sum of N7.5billion from him as funds spent in prosecuting the election on his behalf, but that he refused to pay the money because it was not true.
Obiano said he refused to pay because he strongly believed that public funds should be used for public good, and not to settle godfathers.
These, he said, was the reason they fell apart.
The governor said that another reason he refused to pay the money was because he was aware that enough money was raised for his campaign by his friends and associates, all of which were never accounted for by the former governor.
On the actual sum the former Governor claimed he left behind, Governor Obiano made it clear that he inherited liability of about N127 billion debt from him in contracts awarded and other responsibilities, which he has been religiously undertaking in the spirit of continuity.
He said Obi flagged off several roads even on the day he was leaving office and saddled him with the burden of paying for it, but he assured the people that he has his eyes on the ball and will not allow anything to distract him from fulfilling his promises.
The Chairman of the Governor’s Re-election Campaign Committee, Chief Victor Umeh said APGA as the political spirit of Ndigbo, has in the past three and half years, availed Anambra good governance at its best, reminding the people that the upcoming guber election was not about Willie Obiano but about ensuring that the state remained free from political godfatherism.
A former Central Bank Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo in his speech said that at this time, the State needs a tested hand like Governor Obiano who has the experience and expertise to effectively steer her affairs.
FSBoperator: Betta Edu who is actually from Anambra through her father was duly suspended for awarding herself and her cronies monies far above the DTA guidelines.
Why stop at suspension if Tinubu is not a worse thief himself?
Has he not recruited the same Edu to his campaign committee?
Oshiomole was right about APC being filled with sinless redeemed saints.
chisomkachy: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn the alleged money laundering suit it filed at the Federal High Court against Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa.
Naija News understands that the anti-graft did not give any particular reason for its application for withdrawal.
Following the application to withdraw, Justice Nicholas Oweibo discharged the ‘lien/Post No Debit’ placed on Obasa’s three accounts in Standard Chartered Bank.
The accounts are (US Dollars) 0001852063; (Current) 0001852056 and (Saving) 5002309624.
The judge also set aside the ex-parte orders he made on September 15, 2020, which led to the freezing of the accounts.
Recall that the court on September 15, 2020, granted an interim order freezing Obasa’s accounts following the EFCC’s application in a suit marked FHC/LCS/1064/2020.
The agency had said it was investigating the Speaker for the alleged offences of conspiracy, diversion of funds, abuse of office and money laundering.
But Justice Oweibo, on August 16, 2023, heard the application to unfreeze the accounts in his chamber.
During the hearing, the EFCC was represented by Mr. Sulaiman I. Sulaiman, while Obasa was represented by Mr. Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN).
The EFCC lawyer told the court that the application to unfreeze the accounts was pursuant to Section 44(2)(K) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Sections 26, 29 and 34 (1) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004, and under the court’s inherent jurisdiction.
Section 44 of the Constitution concerns constitutional rights to property.
Justice Oweibo held: “It is hereby ordered that an order is hereby granted to the respondent/applicant setting aside the ex-parte orders of this court made on the 15th day of September 2020 upon the ex-parte motion of the Applicant/ Respondent in relation the funds of the Respondent/Applicant domiciled in the accounts stated in the following schedule:
“ACCOUNT NAME, FINANCIAL ACCOUNT INSTITUTIONS, TYPE OF ACCOUNT, 1. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered, (US Dollars) 0001852063 2. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Current) 0001852056 3. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Saving) 5002309624.
“Issued at Lagos, under the seal of this Honourable Court and by the hands of the Presiding Judge this 16th day of August 2023.”
Diligence: Was there handover with confirmed Net Balance of over ₦86Bn? Yes.
That's all.
A New & Great Nigeria is POssible Vote Wisely for every NDC Candidate
Is Kwakwanso one of those NDC candidates? The Kano godfather has obviously struck a deal with Tinubu for 2031, with renewed hope that the master strategist will fail to get a 3rd term like Obasanjo failed in 2007. Dickson's NDC is their preferred SPV for 2031.
Kwankwaso is the new Utomi.
As a VP to Peter Obi, he will lose and I will lose because No northerner will ever vote an ibo man as president — Kwankwaso 😳🔥👇 pic.twitter.com/YRBzWRbzvs
lexylaw40: The “president-elect” saw in Obi's presidential bid, a good chance to reduce the winning chances of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State, Tawfiq Akinwale, [/b]on Wednesday [b]stated that the “President-elect” Bola Tinubu asked popular economist, Prof Pat Utomi to step down for Peter Obi in the buildup to the 2023 general elections.
Akinwale made this revelation while he appeared as a guest on a radio programme on 101.7 YES FM, Ibadan, Oyo State, while alleging that Obi received campaign funds from Utomi, whom he described as Tinubu's "son."
The LP aspirant, who spoke in Yoruba language, said "In the buildup to the 2023 elections, Obi who had purchased the nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), suddenly announced his exit from the party.
"Initially, Pat Utomi had secured the LP's presidential ticket, but when Peter Obi said he resigned from the PDP and joined the LP. Bola Tinubu, a master political strategist, quickly told Utomi, that everyone knows to be his son to step down for Obi.
"The “president-elect” saw in Obi's presidential bid, a good chance to reduce the winning chances of the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
"What Peter Obi didn't know is much more that what he knows, he started collecting campaign funds from Utomi, while Tinubu was giving the money to Utomi.
"This went on until Obi's presidential campaign got to a stage it went beyond target. Obi was used without him knowing," Akinwale said after announcing his departure from the party.
Obi defected to the LP after resigning his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and also withdrawing from the presidential race under the party.
The former governor consequently joined the race for the party’s presidential ticket, while Professor Pat Utomi, in June 2022 stepped down for him to emerge as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, unopposed in Asaba, Delta State.
Codepain: Isn't Peter Obi the one lying overdrive even releasing acct number of Anambra state govt without any proof that he left any money inside.? And Obidents in the Agulu, ekwulobia are hailing him
The strangest part of the tribalistic pitch is how those who assessed him a failure in the past as governor changed him to messiah for their SE agenda.
I guess they are just like Tinubu who called Buhari expired in 2011, but four years later sold him as APC change messiah.
chuksikem: What exactly is peter obi doing in Anambra state?
Am confused to say the least, please someone should tell me because the anambra i visited has degenerated so much,
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chuksikem: Was in awka some days back ,its really shameful, my heart bleeds for my state, from amansea to awka is still the same, pothole riddled roads, non-functioning street lights, refuse littering the entire state capital from arroma junction down to Ziks avenue, ,arthur eze,unizik junction,court road,udoka housing estate etc are still the same, no changes at all, the state capital still looks like a glorified village,
Civil servants and pensioners are been owed 3 MONTHS salary, so many abandoned projects yet the woman sounding governor is always in abuja 24/7.
Please peter obi's handlers on nl should please enlighten us,
A state that has the highest number of successful human beings in the entire black nation, it hurts,
Wish soludo had won ,
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Kobojunkie: .... @Poster, he is doing exactly what the people elected him to come do again. I mean for a man with meagre list of accomplishments during his first time, why else would he had been re-elected if not to continue the same?? undecided undecided undecided
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PROUDIGBO: ^^^I'm trying to, but i can't fault your reasoning.
focus7: Atiku has nothing to campaign with than targeting Tinubu every day.
Who is he supposed to target apart from the balablu bulaba clueless town hall clown who has destroyed our country beyond recognition from the prosperity, peace, security, cheap petrol and less debt burden PDP handed over to All Promises Cancelled, APC progreThieves 11 years ago?
"Tinubu made living in Nigeria expensive. I will make Nigeria affordable again" - Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
AGAIN, because he has done it before with Obasanjo and PDP deregulation and privatisation policies!!!
anonimi: May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu
According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”
On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.
Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.
shollyBi: They were killed, period. Who is fooling who.
Damned country
……..filled with tribalistic people who use zoning and rotation to share the national cake of corruption in local, state and federal government institutions.
DEROX: Its not mysterious dont tell me that 33 not even 5 or 4 the whole 33 dey were poisoned maybe they had a lot of stacked cash, the nigerian police is worse than boko haram
Why is Tinubu so dangerous, desperate and wicked to the point of killing northerners who made him their Jagaban of Borgu and made him president with their votes in 2023?
Is this satanic reincarnate trying to reduce the number of northern voters in the next election?
Danzuba: YES NORTH IS A BATTLE GROUND FOR THE LEADING THREE POLITICAL PARTIES: APC, ADC, & NDC IN 2027: BUT IF NA NORTHERN ISSUE WITH TINUBU, THEY HAVE SOLD THEIR POLITICAL INFLUENCE FOR A MORSEL. OBASANJO SAID "THEY'RE LIKE CHICKEN, IF YOU WANT TO GET THEM, JUST THROW THE CORN" ...AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT TINUBU DID IN 2023. HE SHARED THE CORN AND GOT THEM. HE WANTS TO REPEAT THE SAME APPROACH. IS IT THE ATIKU THAT HAS BEEN REJECTED TWICE OR MORE BY THE SAME NORTH IS NOW BEEN PACKAGE BACK FOR SELL OR OBI KWANKWASO THE JOKERS? THOUGH I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE APC ECONOMIC POLICIES BUT WHO WILL STAND THE JAGABAN?
How many times was Buhari rejected before Tinubu made him president in 2015, to end PDP prosperity and cheap petrol with less debt era, thereby making Jonathan a one term president?
The jokers are the Stockholm Syndrome ẹran iya who want Tinubu hardship, suffering and insecurity shege to continue. What would make any ọmọlúwàbí to be part of such a plan?
Where and when did Obasanjo say what is equally applicable to southerners? Was it in 2003 when Atiku foolishly stayed loyal to him when those who made the 1999 bankrupt ex-convict president, reminded him of his promise to be like Mandela and serve us for one term? Or maybe he said that in 2007 when Atiku led other democratic heroes to stand up for our constitution and kill Obasanjo’s 3rd term agenda for life president?
Can you please share links to your claim about Obasanjo statement.
5 mind-boggling revelations from Obasanjo’s ‘My Watch’
5. Tinubu was one of the most corrupt, of the 36 governors
Obasanjo never got along too well with former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu, and unsurprisingly, Tinubu got a mention in the former’s book.
Obasanjo revealed that then EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu tried to investigate almost all the state governors during his tenure but that of the 28 confirmed to be manifestly corrupt or tainted one way or the other, Tinubu’s case was one of the worst.
Lagos — ABIA State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and his Lagos State counterpart, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu would not escape justice but would be made to face the full wrath of the law following their recent indictment for alleged corruption by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Chairman of the commission Mallam Nuhu Ribadu who made the vow yesterday said the duo must account for their stewardship and may be thrown out of office.
1vandragon: …Give August 11 deadline over outstanding wage awards, 40% allowance
Less than five days after the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, said savings from the fuel subsidy removal were used to pay public servants’ salaries and wages, among other obligations, the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, has accused the Federal Government of failing to meet key welfare commitments to workers.
The council has consequently demanded an urgent meeting with the minister over the non-payment of two months’ wage award arrears and the delayed implementation of the 40 per cent peculiar allowance for federal public servants, warning that failure to resolve the issues could trigger a nationwide strike.
When is the master strategist of wicked a-looter propaganda politics going to finish paying the six months of wage awards announced in October 2023 to federal workers?
How much is 35k worth today with Tinubu stagflation reform compared with October 2023 when the wage award was announced?
1vandragon: …Give August 11 deadline over outstanding wage awards, 40% allowance
Less than five days after the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, said savings from the fuel subsidy removal were used to pay public servants’ salaries and wages, among other obligations, the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council, JNPSNC, has accused the Federal Government of failing to meet key welfare commitments to workers.
The council has consequently demanded an urgent meeting with the minister over the non-payment of two months’ wage award arrears and the delayed implementation of the 40 per cent peculiar allowance for federal public servants, warning that failure to resolve the issues could trigger a nationwide strike.
AnotherAlien: Buy an ekectric car and never pay for fuel again.
Is electricity free due to Tinubu's reforms?
Is he one of those 150 million Nigerians with adequate electricity since 2015 when Nigerians followed Fashola's advice to dump PDP prosperity and cheap petrol for APC extreme poverty and insecurity shege that was fraudulently sold as positive change?
BlindAngel: My 2013 Camry is consuming excessive fuel, it's been more than a year since i bought it, and i have been suffering heavily ever since then, i spend nothing less than 100k a week on fuel alone, i don't drive long distance or drive much or have heavy foot. The car is consuming fuel excessively, this car drink fuel like water, the car fuel consumption is something else and I'm so tired, it's a 2013 camry. Firstly, i initially thought it was the wheel and tyres because the car came with 20 inch tyres and wheels, because i read here on nairaland that bigger tyres/wheels affect fuel consumption, so i bought and changed all 4 wheels and tyres, the car is a fuel guzzler, i have bought new catalyst for 305k, changed oxygen sensor, check for leaks, all 4 coils and all 4 spark plugs, yet the fuel consumption still remain the same. The car normally takes me 41km for 20 liters of fuel. So i decide to scan the car today for codes and these are the codes below that I got from the scanner.
Would you be lamenting like this if the balablu bulaba scammer of APC crashed petrol below N185 promised before he fought for power and grabbed it from Buhari?
givedemwotowoto: Are you referring to these Ashes? 40% GDP Growth in 2 years (2009 - 2011), growing faster than some African and Caribbean countries according to then Minister of National Planning Commission, Ambassador Yuguda? Safest State in Nigeria in 5 years (2009 - 2014)? Nigeria's best-performing state in MDG implementation? Over 12 health institutions got accreditation, compared with 0 before he became governor? Lowest unemployment in Nigeria? Over 900km of roads and 28 bridges throughout the state, arguably of the best rural road networks at the time?
No sir. I am talking about these achievements below, not the same stories Tinubu used to fight and grab power into Aso Rock only to hit the ground running cluelessly like a headless pig..
chuksikem: What exactly is peter obi doing in Anambra state?
Am confused to say the least, please someone should tell me because the anambra i visited has degenerated so much,
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chuksikem: Was in awka some days back ,its really shameful, my heart bleeds for my state, from amansea to awka is still the same, pothole riddled roads, non-functioning street lights, refuse littering the entire state capital from arroma junction down to Ziks avenue, ,arthur eze,unizik junction,court road,udoka housing estate etc are still the same, no changes at all, the state capital still looks like a glorified village,
Civil servants and pensioners are been owed 3 MONTHS salary, so many abandoned projects yet the woman sounding governor is always in abuja 24/7.
Please peter obi's handlers on nl should please enlighten us,
A state that has the highest number of successful human beings in the entire black nation, it hurts,
Wish soludo had won ,
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Kobojunkie: .... @Poster, he is doing exactly what the people elected him to come do again. I mean for a man with meagre list of accomplishments during his first time, why else would he had been re-elected if not to continue the same?? undecided undecided undecided
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PROUDIGBO: ^^^I'm trying to, but i can't fault your reasoning.
givedemwotowoto: Even the West is catching up on the man Peter Obi
Peter Obi is Nigeria’s hope to bounce back from the ashes.
The ashes he created, abi what other ashes is he bouncing back from?
NLCreator: Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has defended the purchase of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for members of the national assembly.
There have been reports that the leadership of the 10th national assembly has bought SUVs for all lawmakers.
Each SUV is said to be valued at N160 million.
The LP had asked members of the party in the national assembly to kick against “wastage”.
While responding to questions during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the former governor of Anambra said the SUVs are not personal cars of the lawmakers, noting that they are for official use.
“Let me start with the issue of Labour Party members in the house. I have actually discussed this issue with them,” Obi said.
“Surprisingly, I can tell you I heard that these vehicles are official cars. They have to use it. It is meant for office.
“So it is not as if it is their vehicle. They said it is official cars and you are meant to use it while you are in the senate.”
Obi also hinted at contesting for the country’s number one position in 2027, adding that Nigeria deserves dedicated and visionary leaders who will lead the country towards a brighter future.
aduboy: Anambra distributes 177 vehicles to traditional rulers
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, on Monday in Awka, distributed one SUV each to the traditional rulers of the 177 communities in the state.
Obi handed over one of the vehicles’ key to the state Chairman of the Traditional Rulers’ Council, Igwe Alfred Achebe, Obi of Onitsha.
He said that the gesture was aimed at helping them run and build better communities, adding that the vehicles would also help the traditional rulers to function effectively.
“If you have better communities, you will have a better Anambra, Anambra today is changing for better and I want this sustained,” the governor said.
“In doing that, the state government and the local government will do what it can to support the building of a better Anambra.”
Achebe said that he was overjoyed because the governor cared about the well-being and welfare of the traditional rulers.
“It is completely unprecedented in Anambra and probably elsewhere in Nigeria,” he said.
“It is a mighty gesture from the governor and for the government of the state to make a distinct impact on the well-being of the traditional rulers in the state.”
According to him, it was one of the several measures the present administration in the state had taken to improve the wellbeing of the traditional rulers.
“We pray that God will give us a successor that will continue from where Obi has left and lift Anambra to the next level.”
uchwar1: You have exposed one of their paid online Propagandist. This shows Obi won 2023 election. They are so scared of him that they are paying bloggers and their Nairaland foot soldiers to do dirty jobs
HOW does it show that Obi won 2023 election, even with the massive rigging in the 5 SE states
This one too dey put mouth say person dey tell lies? Orisirisi oshisko dede.
Racoon: Festus Keyamo Defends Tinubu From Drug Trafficking, Says Tinubu Mistakenly Shared Flats With Drug Lords
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr Festus Keyamo, has distanced the All Progressive Congress presidential candidata, Bola Tinubu, from being a drug baron who was involved in the traffic of narcotics in the United States.
Keyamo, who also doubles as APC Presidential Campaign spokesperson, noted that the former governor of Lagos State only shared a block of flat with drug barons about 30 years ago in the US.
His reaction is coming following documents of a Chicago District Court indicting and convicting Tinubu of drug dealings and money laundering in 1993.
The document which emerged online two days ago, described APC standard-bearer as a drug baron, adding that Tinubu entered a plea bargain, leading to the forfeiture of his assets to US authorities in 1993
It was also pointed out that Tinubu forfeited the sum of $460, 000 dollars in his bank account at First Heritage Bank to the US government.
Speaking on Wednesday on Channels TV, Mr Keyamo dismissed such claims, insisting that Tinubu was linked to drug peddlers who were his neighbours.
He said: “What happened was that Tinubu went to open an account. The address which he used in opening the account was the address used by these people. I think some blocks of flats. Maybe, he was happy to be in that block of flats too.
“So, they now link it that the other people they were investigating for narcotics are in the same address used by Asiwaju to open that account.’’
Hardtalk: There’s No Stopping Fashola’s Probe —Keyamo April 16, 2010 15:02, 1,040 views By Kazeem Ugbodaga
Lagos lawyer and counsel to the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Festus Keyamo says nothing would stop the House from probing allegations of financial misappropriation against Governor Babatunde Fashola.
He called on the governor to submit himself to probe in order to clear himself, saying there was no hiding through court injunction to dodge the probe against him.
The State House of Assembly had yesterday set up a fresh 7-member committee to probe allegations against the governor by the True Face of Lagos, which staged a protest to the House recently to demand probe of the governor.
Speaking with P.M.NEWS this morning, Keyamo said that the governor should be probed, adding that the accolades the governor received in the media should not divert attention from the real thing.
“Every public officer has a duty to give account of stewardship no matter the height of praise singing he receives from the press. The office you are occupying is not your father’s property but the public.
“Probe is not the same thing as verdict of guilt, but an opportunity for one to clear himself. If Fashola believes his hands are clean, now is the opportunity for him to shine,” he stated.
According to him, “Fashola should take the path of honour and clear himself of the allegations. He can’t continue to hide under court injunction.
“If you say you plant grass and flower, come and tell the people how much you spent in planting them, tell them how you spent their money because it is not your father’s money.
“The House must go ahead with the probe because it is their constitutional and moral duty to do what they want to do. They have now properly published the allegations in their official journal.”
Comrade Bamidele Aturu, who was counsel to Mr. Richard Akinola, the man who first went to court to stop the House from probing the governor, said “we will assess our legal option and deal with the issue.”
Aturu stated that if the House erred in setting up the new committee, it would be challenged in the court, saying that “we are for democracy and probity.”
Also, Majority Leader, Lagos Assembly, Hon. Kolawole Taiwo said the House had already published the allegations in the Assembly’s journal, saying that the House would go ahead with the probe.
Flangelo12: I don't know why they have to call him Nigerian.
How is it different from how Lagosians and Yorubas call Igbos out even when they have lived forever in our midst? Ditto for Igbos calling out Yorubas in their midst and northerners.
Racoon: Chai! Village people don finally dabaru this one life finish! Terrible things
How do we progress as a people if we don't take responsibility for all our acts of commission and ommission?
Will we ever stop exporting ourselves to oyinbos who we accuse of being racist, even though we are worse tribalists? The oyinbos some continue to hold responsible for our enduring underdevelopment, illiteracy, extreme poverty, insecurity etc.
anonimi: Neo-black Problem: Must Blacks Be Ruled by Whites in Order to Prosper?
In short, the neo-black dilemma may be framed as follows: is it better to live under white rule without political dignity but with basic life-sustaining standards for many;
or to live under black rule with illusory political dignity and without basic life- sustaining standards for the majority? @ @ The path forward for Africa lies in cultivating higher and adequate levels of personal and communal agential integrity as well as full personal responsibility and productivity. Not to mention creativity (including epistemic creativity), productive justice (such as merit and freedom), harmony and reconciliation at local and international levels, and a proper domestication of capitalism and other related values and institutions.
Africa must stop wasting her time on dreams of socialism because it is a system of wealth distribution primarily. Whereas, capitalism is a system of wealth creation primarily, and wealth has to be produced before it can be distributed.
Qadaffi2idiamin: Atiku should relax. Let new blood of governance flow in Nigeria. We have a basic need to address government maladministration in a very fundamental way. Atiku has made his mark. He should play elder states man and become a king maker rather than build a kleptocratic block that may be worse than Tinubu. And yes Atiku played OBJ by buying Nigerian equities through proxies for very loose amount
Who is this new blood of governance that won't build a kleptocratic worse than Tinubu?
What Nigerian equities are you talking about? If Atiku played Obasanjo in this regard, how many of the proxies did Baba Iyabo deal with?
Only dumb elders say something different from what the person responsible for the hunger and joblessness said.
anonimi: May Day: Hunger, unemployment, insecurity real— Tinubu
According to him: “The theme demands our collective attention and serves as a stark reminder of the need to create an environment where every worker feels safe, valued, and empowered to contribute to the growth and prosperity of our nation. As your President, I assure you that this administration is committed to creating such an environment for the common good.”
On the economic hardship, he noted that while it is a global phenomenon, its effects on Nigerians are particularly severe.
Tinubu said: “I am aware of the peculiarities of the economic hardship Nigerians face—rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, and the loss of livelihoods. These challenges are real and demand definitive solutions, which I am poised to address as your President.
Sleekfingers: I can now conclude that , majority of these people has gone mad. Always looking for a way to blame Yoruba . Awon Eranko jatijati
Is that why Jagaban of Borgu had to say that they are the only kidnappers and criminals in Nigeria, as he was looking for cows to excuse his fellow northerners
Politics › Re: Angry Citizens Express Frustration Over Hardship Under Tinubu. by anonimi: 10:56am On Sep 18
