₦airaland Forum

I am sharing my thoughts in this article, not necessarily as the governor of Lagos State but as a Nigerian; a Nigerian who wants to see progress and sustainable growth in our country.

I am lucky to be administering a State that has been put on the right track by my two predecessors, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN). I do not think I have done anything special except to bring to this my own style of leadership, my own experience and my vision.

Lagos, as it is, has not reached its peak but we can see signs of progress and positive transition to the Lagos of our dreams. What bothers me personally is that I do not see the same level of progress elsewhere in the country. I am not happy that most states in our country are not advancing like Lagos is. It will be unfair of me to think that because Lagos is functioning, then I can go to bed and assume all is well. If only one man is prospering in a village, then it is not progress. Rather, that man is in danger.

According to the statistics released by the United Nations, by 2050, Nigeria is projected to have the third largest population in the world, with two-thirds of the population today below the age of 35. What are we doing today about this? What are we planning to feed them with? How are we going to provide them with jobs, housing and infrastructure? How are we planning to make the country self-sufficient and self-reliant for the future?

One of the key instruments to the permanent prosperity of Nigeria lies in the hands of the 109 senators and 360 representatives in the National Assembly. I just want to plead that we should be open-minded and forward-thinking; we should think about the teeming millions of youth, from Kano to Ibadan, Zungeru to Warri, Jalingo to Yobe, Umuahia to Calabar, and then back to Lagos. We must give serious consideration to what we intend to bequeath to them.

In my opinion, the prosperity of this nation lies with the states. We need to get the states and regions working again and the only way we can unleash the potential of the state is for our representatives at the National Assembly to help their individual states take the next step and move to the next level. In the past, there used to be positive rivalry and competition among the regions prior to the entrance of the military into the national governance. The military split the nation into states and moved the control of all the resources to the centre for their own administrative convenience. Now that we have experienced democracy, I think it is time for us to sit back and think, for the sake of those who are older than us and for the sake of our children, and even those yet to be born.

We need to raise our voice in support of the demand for devolution of power to states and fiscal federalism, especially the review of the current revenue sharing formula. These, in my view, are fundamental and critical to creating an enabling environment that will accelerate development in all parts of the country. The ongoing process towards the review of the 1999 Constitution presents a golden opportunity for us to redress all the aberrations created by the interjection of the military that have stunted growth and inhibited the capacity of states to harness the huge potentials of our nation.

Even with the kind of resources we have in Lagos, it is very clear that there is a huge infrastructural deficit in the State. In addition, the resources are not so huge as to make Lagos globally competitive and deliver the social infrastructure we all crave. So where will the money to drive the Lagos of our dreams come from?

The economy is not doing as well as we want it to. We cannot tax the people any more than we are doing presently, but we have to become more efficient in tax collection because that is the major source of revenue with which we can protect the future, as well as improve the welfare and well-being of all Lagosians.

This takes me to the kind of reforms that we have embarked upon in the last two years. We made security a priority. Our goal has always been to deliver a clean, safe and prosperous Lagos. I want to use this platform to thank the private sector and the corporate Lagos who have been wonderful and have been silently supporting us in the provision of security equipment and infrastructure to our security agencies. Because of them we have been able to improve the performance of our security agencies but we will not take them for granted.

On Cleaner Lagos Initiative. In the last two years, we have found out that Lagos generates one of the highest waste in the world. At the last count, documented waste in Lagos was estimated at 13,000 tonnes per day. Considering undocumented statistics, we can add an additional 4,000 tonnes per day to that figure.

Now, if we want to be revolutionary, if we want to be globally competitive, if we want to deliver on the promise that I made to accomplish a clean, safe, and prosperous Lagos, we cannot use the same template that has been in use from the past. Cleaning Lagos and keeping the environment clean has nothing to do with environmental sanitation and putting your economic productivity at a standstill for three hours every month. That will not clean Lagos.

Cleaning Lagos means we should give Lagosians scientifically treated land fill sites, transfer loading stations, functional dyno-bins, functional compactors, brand new materials and also be able to employ more people. That is why I extended my hand to the private sector for a partnership that will lead to the introduction of 500 brand new compactors, employ more than 27,000 street sweepers across the various wards in Lagos and create 200,000 indirect jobs. And we are commencing this in another few weeks.

I fully appreciate the concerns of the people who have been cleaning Lagos in the past years. I do not take them for granted, neither am I going to ignore them. The new model is a win-win for all of us; I have offered them a 100 percent income from the commercial enterprise, so that our private sector participants (PSPs) can gain capacity and also get more capital to do more work. There are over 5,000 companies in Lagos – enough to go around all the PSP operators, with a minimum of 15 companies to each PSP. The government can support them to make their contract with those companies bankable.

So, while we are using the Cleaner Lagos Initiative to clean private residences and domestic refuse, our original PSP operators are compensated by dealing with companies and getting 100 percent revenues with just one percent administrative charges to Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). In the past, LAWMA collected 40 percent in charges. This reform is a product of deep thought and serious human consideration for the environment and all stakeholders. We promise Lagosians that effective from September – within six months – they will see the difference. All they need to do to help us achieve this goal is to cooperate with the government and pay the annual public utility levy in accordance with the law. This is what will fund the project. Our bins will be cleared systematically on a daily basis. The same way the way the refuse on Adeola Odeku is cleared is the same way refuse in Badagry, Ayobo, Agege and other parts of Lagos will be cleared.

In the transport sector, we have decided that to integrate our rail, road and water transportation systems, it will take time; but I believe in the philosophy of Think It, Plan It and then Act It. Sometimes, people can be impatient and say we are not responsive, but the issue is that when you run a government, you cannot run a reactionary government. We are running a responsive government which is one of the tenets of good governance. We must and are expected to think through all our policies properly and to the end before planning and executing. The difference between the thinking time, planning time, the execution time and the action time demanded by the populace is what makes people cry out.

There are a lot of things coming up under the bus reforms initiative. We are introducing new bus terminals; there are already new terminals at Tafawa Balewa Square and in Ikeja. We are constructing more in Yaba, Oyingbo, Mile 2, Ojodu Berger, Ogba and Agege. All these things will be in place before our new buses come in February 2018.

We are doing a lot on water transportation also. We want to make sure that everyone is able to move from one place to another.

Like the transport sector, we are doing new things in the health sector. We do not have enough General and Specialist hospitals. From Lekki to Epe, there is no General Hospital along that axis and we need to do something about it. More Specialist Hospitals are coming up but the government cannot do it alone. My take is that the private sector needs to come on board. The private sector is at the front burner of what we are doing and we have a management team made up of experts from the private sector. We welcome ideas and projects that can bring value to the majority of Lagosians. We believe strongly that value is driven by its impact on humanity and that is what all our story is all about.

We love the criticism that Lagos is the second least livable city. It is a challenge to us and we are working on disproving the fasle basis of this ranking, but people forget that the major considerations for this classification are terrorism and crime, which I believe we do not have in Lagos. I am passionate about Lagos. But I will not compare Lagos with Melbourne. What is important is that we are making some giant strides, positively affecting the lives of our people and even receiving accolades for what we have been doing. There is still a lot more to come and in another one year, I believe that people will see that Lagos has taken proper shape. I am a good listener and I appreciate objective criticism. I read and listen even though I often do not respond.

Lagos is the most thriving cosmopolitan city right now in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our goal is to expand capital expenditure such that in another two to three years, Lagos State will become the third largest economy in Africa.

These are just some of my random thoughts…

http://akinwunmiambode.com/my-random-thoughts-on-lagos-and-accelerating-development-across-nigeria/

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batuta:
We still need bloggers

SENT YOU A MAIL ALREADY

symbianDON:
currently I have about 50 channels or so on my satellite receiver (free to air) being beamed by Nigcomsat 1R. this proves that Nigcomsat satellite is alive and working. a simple google search query will answer the question.

bros abeg how you take dey receive those channels?

Jennifer89:
Ukodo with yam, plantain or kpokpo garri

or with correct owo soup

DeGuyNxtDoor:
really? You think so? OK bro.

naso na wetin i think be that

a very smart part of me is guessing this to be a concocted and smoothly served story, but anyway let me just pretend as if i never read the story in the first place.

naijaboiy:
[color=#1980BC]I get you perfectly now. But it's something we all do as humans.

I'm not encouraging vanity but then it's normal to be proud of whatever assets you have that people admire, be it physical or otherwise. However it is wrong when people begin to rub it off on others so as to make them feel less of themselves.

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GBAM............case closed
God bless you And have a nice day.

naijaboiy:
[color=#1980BC]It's a natural feature of a man. Either you have it or you don't have it, there's nothing to be making snide remarks on those with it.

And your comparison doesn't follow. Everything about life should not always be how it will put food on your table.

Later now you'll come up with the theory that people with beards are usually lazy and criminals. I bow down for your mentality Oga. [/color]

is not about some mentality or some sort of ish you know
the point is we all know that the beard of a thing just started trendy of recent and is bound to wade off as time goes by, and yes no one is saying or stereotyping guys with beard to be criminal.
though people tend to believe that assertion because of the majority of criminals they see everyday, that aside i just feel the altitude of guys with beards with respect to forming some sort of more ;handsome and charming than the beardless gang is kinda immature and very ignorant in the real sense of it cuz you being charming is not in anyway related to your beard and yes c.ronaldo is one of the most handsome and complete human on earth without no beard whatsoever.
peace

naijaboiy:
[color=#1980BC]Phyno isn't the only man with a beard on earth. Grow a beard and stop Hating bro. [/color]

and how has having beard put anything reasonable to the table...the beard of a thing even get irrelevance in the real sense that majority of world leaders and successful people are obviously beardless

timy22:
radarada , beard ko irun gbon ni.
I prefer a guy with Brain to a guy wit one nonsense beard.

And then you have me

I DON'T REALLY THINK I NEED THIS PIECE OF INFORMATION....SO I'LL JUST WALK BY

HIPROFILE:
Bro all I wrote up there is also born outta personal experience. I used to feel so devastated that the day I stumbled on one JOE BADASS song DEVASTATED, I made it my best track on continual replay..

My case is that I used to have money..I mean I was balling but something happened along the line.and this particular situation is the worst of it bros as junior dudes who used to call me boss when the going was rosy now resort to insulting me sarcastically and my guys would rub it to my face through their attitudes reminding me that em a broke ass... I broke into tears the day a lady...... infact forget it. It was at this point I clearly understood the meaning of frustration and depression. bro jast keep pushing dant ever give up...insha Allah you/we will make it. I am a testimony today and I bless God for allowing me pass through all cos it made me wiser and stronger.

please i beg you in the name of God ....i would really love your to share you experience with me pleasssseeeee

Partnerbiz3:
Bunch of baloney and codswallop. Since attaining majority I have stopped reading motivational talks and have embraced reality. It's only a motivational speakers that will encourage a blind man to become a taxi driver by telling him that he has no lmitations.


You are talking about confidence, nothing gives a man confidence like money. Confidence doesn't come from nothing. It must come from something, it could be intelligence, talents etc. But money is the most important.


You said girls were falling in love with you as a broke ass nigga. I wouldn't doubt it because girls have levels.


Again, there is nothing like love. Life is parasitic and capitalistic. Everybody is looking for what he or she will gain.
That's why you easily" love "a beautiful girl. The same principle makes it easier to love a rich dude.

If love were there, why are the handicapped not loved easily.?
What prevents a rich dude from marrying a handicapped ugly girl?

Or what prevents a beautiful woman from opting for a broke ass ugly man.

It's all business. It's all about what each party will gain. It's just a contract and nothing more.

A man wants a woman he can flaunt and brag about. A woman wants same and it's better if he has money too. With that she can drive cool cars and brag in their meeting with other women.


I repeat it's all business. Are you saying that as beautiful as Iara Oshiomhole is, and as a flight attendant that there was no guy with six packs toasting her?
Why did she settle for Oshiomhole? Is it love? Not at all.
It's business. She has seen what she will gain from an ugly governor that a handsome broke dude will not offer her.

superb words you posted up there, you definitely nailed it mehn..........wish i could give you 1000 likes on my own

Evaberry:
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at her young Age she's already Fucking

I'm happy I'm still a virgin
saving myself for that lucky person whether a male or female
while some prostitute call Temi or whatever are Fucking 1 irresponsible idiot called eazi

uhmn hmn
BI-SEXUAL ALERT

professorfal:
The picture i remember the movie "50 shade of black"

THREE GHOSA FOR YOU BROS

CROWNWEALTH019:
To check if the womb is intact

CORRECT NIGGA

Many would say time, trend, and nature would always have a way of changing any thing in life and you might have no other choice than to agree more with the fact change is definitely the only constant thing in life. Even at the moment when you are reading this post you can’t deny the fact that your body is constantly changing, or perhaps you don’t even know that at every second millions of cells are created and destroyed. You also need to know that if there is no change our existences is questionable. Changes is what results to movement without which the universe that we see around us today would not have existed. If you look from one place to another there is certainly some level of change happening everywhere you are from macro level to micro level.

Now you would want to ask some questions like “eehy why are you now writing all these?” “what has these got to do with the topic?” etcetera. The simple truth is we as humans must know that at every point in life change is bound to happen either in the moral aspect or our economical aspect or political aspect (2015 election) or in our societal aspect, just name it. So at any point in time change will always somehow occur.

I personally feel it’s a way of trying to defy nature and control human freedom by still holding to the ancient and archaic principle of “No Sex Before Marriage” belief, which necessarily do not even meet up to what it’s expected to achieve in the first place. We all know that this laws is meant to guide against extra marital affair and adultery but you will also agree with me that the opposite is the case, in fact it has been so ineffective and grossly inefficient and yes all these principles were laws from a mere mortal, so what else do I expect it to achieve if not the interest of its custodians.

It’s about time we all try to live our lives not for anyone but for ourselves as far as it’s not infringing or dangerous to another person’s right to live, life is certainly too short to live it for someone else, please try to know your partner’s sexual ability before going into any lifetime commitment with him or her, try to know your sexual strength and weakness before coming together to become one.

I will try to list few of the advantages so you could know the merits of “Having Sex Before Marriage”

Sexual chemistry.

Sexual chemistry is something that can actually only be discovered by, well, having sex. Tell me how you want to know your partner’s sexual vibes when you’ve not had sex before you guys tie the knot.

Sexual identity.

I know too many couples in which one of the partner was so clever to cover up his or her true sexual persuasion because he or she simply didn’t have sex with anyone. Not having sex with the opposite sex can also mean you ignore those longings you might have for the same sex, and therefore don’t acknowledge them.

Sex itself.

We all know it’s impossible for everybody to be good in bed, and yes a lot of guys out there don’t start out very good at all. A lot of good sex is about listening to your partner and being able to respond accordingly. But how do you know if someone is a good listener or responder unless you try it first?

Size.

Tell me you won’t love to know if your partner is endowed with a superb cucumber sized tool or a tiny little looking pencil like tool? After all, he knows how big your booobs are. I’m not saying size would be a dealbreaker, but don’t you have the right to know what he/she have got down there?

Sexual issues.

Sexual problems like premature ejaculation, inability to get an erection, or even an allergy to your partner’s semen are all possibilities, wouldn’t you rather deal with those issues before you’re married? This way you know if your future is even going to address them.

Let’s face it, sex plays a big role in marriage. Just like you should discuss children, religion, and where you both want to live before tying the knot, sex is too big a part of a relationship to leave to chance.

CLICK TO READ MORE ARTICLES
http://www.brivalix.com/see-why-it-is-good-to-have-sex-before-marriage-by-temmy-tee/

Many would say time, trend, and nature would always have a way of changing any thing in life and you might have no other choice than to agree more with the fact change is definitely the only constant thing in life. Even at the moment when you are reading this post you can’t deny the fact that your body is constantly changing, or perhaps you don’t even know that at every second millions of cells are created and destroyed. You also need to know that if there is no change our existences is questionable. Changes is what results to movement without which the universe that we see around us today would not have existed. If you look from one place to another there is certainly some level of change happening everywhere you are from macro level to micro level.

Now you would want to ask some questions like “eehy why are you now writing all these?” “what has these got to do with the topic?” etcetera. The simple truth is we as humans must know that at every point in life change is bound to happen either in the moral aspect or our economical aspect or political aspect (2015 election) or in our societal aspect, just name it. So at any point in time change will always somehow occur.

I personally feel it’s a way of trying to defy nature and control human freedom by still holding to the ancient and archaic principle of “No Sex Before Marriage” belief, which necessarily do not even meet up to what it’s expected to achieve in the first place. We all know that this laws is meant to guide against extra marital affair and adultery but you will also agree with me that the opposite is the case, in fact it has been so ineffective and grossly inefficient and yes all these principles were laws from a mere mortal, so what else do I expect it to achieve if not the interest of its custodians.

It’s about time we all try to live our lives not for anyone but for ourselves as far as it’s not infringing or dangerous to another person’s right to live, life is certainly too short to live it for someone else, please try to know your partner’s sexual ability before going into any lifetime commitment with him or her, try to know your sexual strength and weakness before coming together to become one.

I will try to list few of the advantages so you could know the merits of “Having Sex Before Marriage”

Sexual chemistry.

Sexual chemistry is something that can actually only be discovered by, well, having sex. Tell me how you want to know your partner’s sexual vibes when you’ve not had sex before you guys tie the knot.

Sexual identity.

I know too many couples in which one of the partner was so clever to cover up his or her true sexual persuasion because he or she simply didn’t have sex with anyone. Not having sex with the opposite sex can also mean you ignore those longings you might have for the same sex, and therefore don’t acknowledge them.

Sex itself.

We all know it’s impossible for everybody to be good in bed, and yes a lot of guys out there don’t start out very good at all. A lot of good sex is about listening to your partner and being able to respond accordingly. But how do you know if someone is a good listener or responder unless you try it first?

Size.

Tell me you won’t love to know if your partner is endowed with a superb cucumber sized tool or a tiny little looking pencil like tool? After all, he knows how big your booobs are. I’m not saying size would be a dealbreaker, but don’t you have the right to know what he/she have got down there?

Sexual issues.

Sexual problems like premature ejaculation, inability to get an erection, or even an allergy to your partner’s semen are all possibilities, wouldn’t you rather deal with those issues before you’re married? This way you know if your future is even going to address them.

Let’s face it, sex plays a big role in marriage. Just like you should discuss children, religion, and where you both want to live before tying the knot, sex is too big a part of a relationship to leave to chance.

CLICK TO READ MORE ARTICLE
http://www.brivalix.com/see-why-it-is-good-to-have-sex-before-marriage-by-temmy-tee/

10eola:
Who is this one

abi ooo, you really first me to ask that question

crazyABO:
are u related to tiwa SAVAGE U wickedooo

abi now

all you posted up there in one word

yeye and a complete llow life blogger

midehi2:


Fake ass everywhere, I like the way mine is, atleast e reach for tapping

Picture of your trappable ass or adonbelevit...

coolcatty:
Oga ur taste in women is so so poor walahi....oshogbo boy that has never seen white woman....how will u trip for this shapeless,nyashless and breast less woman?

Nawaoh for u

so for your mind now u don yab me finish oo.......mtheeeew abeg commot for road mak i see front

muykem:
I told my friend that IPOB are just emotional and lack a deep reasoning but he disagree. Today, the people you are threatening with Biafran has finally released you but you don't want to go again.

Funny isn't it, more like eating your cake and having it back

simplycarro:
Hheehehheeehheeh, Abbbokis using Kaduna declaration to reset IpoB brain since AD300
Someone once said, only one statement from abokiis can cure the Biafran madness, now I agreed.

as in ehn, this kind of incident will make you feel like the popular saying that "the north no get sense" is a big myth

SHOKI DI SHOKO AHH

WETIN CONCERN ME FOR THEIR MATTER SELF, EERM PLEASE WHO WANT TO DESIGN/DEVELOP WEBSITE ABEG I NO FIT SHOUT

stephleena:
dry

SEE PAINMENT

its so obvious that the female folks could be so wicked when it comes to being vindictive