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HNosegbe: Some important points:

1. Lawmakers need to focus more on actual lawmaking and reduce time spent on oversight.

2. Lawmakers' salaries should be restructured to reflect the part-time nature of their work. Salaries should be paid PER SITTING.

3. Constituents need a reorientation on the role of a representative. The idea of "constituency projects" is a big misnomer. It is not a lawmaker's function to provide boreholes, scholarships, roads, schools and hospitals to his community... State governors and LGA chairmen should be held accountable for all these.

4. Lawmakers need to set annual targets with regard to the number of bills they intend to pass and communicate these to Nigerians every year so that they can be held accountable just like the president.

In a democracy, governance is a collaborative process. We cannot keep blaming the president for all the nation's woes and absolve lawmakers from their fair share of blame. We must begin to hold ALL arms and ALL tiers of government accountable for their (in)actions.

thelastPope: My friend, what are you talking about?

1. You posted a link of the govenrment's budget quarterly performance report. How is that an answer to the thread?

2. The federal allocations is not even broken down in the report. What you have is a general "federal transfers" item. Meanwhile, the SURE_P allocation was not a part of the original 2012 budget. That is why the FG treats is as such for accountability purposes. You cannot just lump everything you receive from the FG as "federal transfer"? Federal transfers can include debts being paid by the FG.

3. Bayelsa state governor gives a monthly breakdown of the state's financials and it is broadcast live on AIT! That is an example of transparency. The breakdown is spelt out to the kobo. Please spare us these your jibes. There is nothing on that site that remotely answers the @op's question. That is not even a well laid out government site. A state government site that talks about prices of items in Lagos state? That is a big joke! What is the job of ministry of commerce and industry? What is the function of the ministry of commerce's website?

Please try again, thank you!

thelastPope: At the bolded is laughable on 2 counts:

1. Lagos state government collects allocations from the FG which are generated from other states in Nigeria.

2. I am a Lagos state citizen as I pay my tax, probably ten times more than you can ever pay and contribute immensely to the IGR.

You are trying to skip accountability but it wont work. Open an FG thread if you want to talk about the FG. This is a thread on LASG and will remain so. I will not respond to your FG jibes here. They are only diversionary. What has Lagos done with 500 billion that is visible? Is it rail? Agriculture? Health? Roads? What? because I cant see anything worth such a huge amount. All I see are flowers and busstop and yellow and white lines on the roads. Is that 500 billion well spent?

thelastPope: That is a silly answer am sorry. I dont respond to diversions. The topic is "What did LASG do with 6 billion"? Pointing to what someone else did or didnt do is not an answer. You can open a thread for that. Thank you!

thelastPope: I am am sorry, @Guk did absolutely nothing. He posted links to the state governments website. I have followed the link and there is no information there that answers the @op's question. There is actually nothing there, just the budget and numerous information on Lagos state statistics, prices of items, etc that aint so useful except to organisations that do business with government. There is no info there of what LASG did with the subsidy money. You have to understand that some of us dont just throw jibes. We follow information and we follow the government religiously to see what is going on.

thelastPope: 540 million per month is not a meager sum of money. That is over 6 billion per annum. That can transform the educational system in Lagos for good. The BRT system does not even alleviate 1/100 of Lagos transport needs. Do you see how people stand in the sun for hours everyday waiting for a bus? BRT is just a better looking molue. Still the 45 sitting, 99 standing story. Nothing to write home about in 2012.

Thats the same =N=6 billion that cannot build a BQ in Vice President Sambo's lodge .

Sincere 9gerian: I ask again, what is the Lagos state doing with the unexpected EXTRA funds it receives courtesy of partial removal of fuel subsidy? Or is the funds being diverted to Tinu...'s pocket?

Billyonaire: God bless you, God bless me and God bless all Lagosians. I am doing all I can give back to my state of benevolence by means of state taxes, tenement rates, adverts levies, residence permits, tollgates and detribalized hiring. As 2015 approaches, lets hold our votes in high esteem and vote for a technocrat with promising and confirmable code of conduct irrespective of party of affiliation. Should we find a saint contesting using PDP or LP or ANPP we should not fail to cast our vote but we will welcome it if ACN candidates go through open and fair primaries and no annointed by the Lion of Bourdillon cos by doing so always, Tinubu has made the ACN to truly stay true to its real meaning, Asiwaju Company of Nigeria. Lets shun Godfatherism. Its the only way the choice of ACN party members for Governorship can emerge, enough is enough, no more annointing. Eko no go spoil oh

Billyonaire: I live in Lagos because most of my enterprises are here and I can easily access the airports for travels and access the wharf to clear goods. I live in Lagos cos I also have access to the banks headoffices for credits, but my holiday home is currently being constructed at Afro-Tropicana at Uyo while State housing calabar hosts my tourism edifice which will host tourists for revenue. Thanks for the questions and I hope you dont tell me my response is bragging cos you asked for it and I have responded.

Yomieluv: Though some of Fasola's policies are anti-people,but that doesn't hold water for PDP to take over Lagos state. In terms of inefficiency,PDP is worse than CAN.

Lagosian would rather vote other party than PDP.

thelastPope: Big question for these ACN trolls on NL

If Fashola is such a big success in Lagos like their media want us to believe, why did ACN loose several LGAs in the last LGA election to PDP and ACN had to rig it?

SMH at the level of propaganda from these peeps!

If you want to be sincere, then you have to talk in specifics, not this generalised successes you lot talk about.

What has he achieved in:

Education: Lagos schools are worse of today than they were 10 years ago. Dilapidated structures everywhere with not enough teachers and it isnt even free because the students still pay all sorts of fees. In Lagos, it is only the very poor who cant afford private schools that send their children to government schools. In Benin city, which is ironically another ACN state and in which the governor has done less time than Fashola, It is the other way around. People are widthdrawing their children from private schools and sending them to public schools because the public schools are great. Fashola is the only governor in Nigeria and in the history of Nigeria as far as I can recall, that has increased schools fees by over 1000%. He increased LASU school fees from 25k to 250k and as much as 300k for some courses. This is not even imaginable. It is as diabolical it gets. Then when the students protests, he sends in bruttal policemen to chase them away. Many have had to drop out from school because they cant afford it. This is the same guy who said the FG was too high handed by sending the army to Ojota

Health Care: This one is just humorous. Fashola and ACN in 13 years havent built one new hospital for Lagos. Still the old LUTH and general hospital. No change. Instead, they are praising him for renovating small 30 by 30 maternity centers. centers that where even renovated by MTN foundation, with their sign post conspiciously displayed. His only achievement here was to sack 788 doctors in one day. That is one of the worst administrative blunders in the history of Nigeria. I laughed when I read a previous post that he is a great administrator! Great administrator? Someone whose solution to doctors strike was to sack the whole doctors in the state? Ha! Is that how he will rule Nigeria? The presidential guard will pursue him back to Lagos! lol! If he cannot manage such crisis in one state of Nigeria, how will he manage Nigeria? Those who call GEJ clueless forget that he has continued to manage crisis after crisis and continues to pull everyone along. Love him or hate him, he has continued to hold everything together from North to south.

Roads: Its about six years now and Fashola cannot point to one major new road built in Lagos. I am still wondering where Lagos allocations go. It is funny that every time some credit is giving to Lagos in terms of facility and infrastructure, some of these ACN peeps quickly shout "Fashola is working" as if the facilities are built by Fashola. Lagos has become a business city powered fully by the private sector. All the infrastructures we enjoy in Lagos are built by the private sector, not Fashola. From the cinemas to shoprite to the various entertainment centers et al. I dont understand how that is Fashola working. Propaganda of course. After adding extra lanes to Lekki, he introduced toll gates to a residential area. I mean, that is a first again in Nigeria. Toll gates in a residential area? Some people go from Lekki area to main VI like 5 times daily and back and they have to pay toll fees each time they pass the road. And when the residents protest peacefully, the response, just like the LASU one, is a bruttal assault by his thugs in alliance with the police. He attacked hapless old men on a peaceful protest, yet some pumpkin heads here want us to believe he is a sane and civil guy. If it was GEJ that bruttalized people like that, these same political and tribal jingoist would not let us hear word on NL! Ridiculous to say the least!

Water ways: This is just a funny one. Promises and more promises right from Tinubu's time. Nothing has even left the ground. Total failure here. Nothing to talk about

Transportation: This to me should have been his biggest achievement, but the ban of Okada has rubbushed it. How? The ban of okada has shown that the BRT project is a failure. Totally inadequate. Doesnt even come close to solving half the problem of Lagos transportation. Now, people are trekking like real villagers that Fashola has turned them into and they are swearing for him while they trek. Lagos is now total chaos. The traffic has escalated like times 4. What Okada ban was supposed to achieve, has turn into a total disaster. 3 to 5 hours now to go from Ikeja to VI or back, gauranteed! The traffic is alraming now! No transport on the road. People wait at the busstop for 2,3 hours trying to get a bus or keke. That is the legacy of a failed administrator who knows nothing of how to manage a metropolitan city. He thinks you can just wave a magic wand and scare everyone into submission. And some propaganda crew here wants us to believe he can manage Nigeria. He tops it up with the enactment of the Lagos traffic law 2012. A draconian law that looks like it was written by arrogant baby lawyers. I have read and re-read the law and it makes for a fine comic relief. many of the laws there will not stand a challenge in court. They are as draconian as it gets and many parts of that law contradicts the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria. The late Gani would have made a piece meal of it!

Public Amenities: Another big zero! Lagos, after 13 years of ACN rule, still doesnt have public water. I mean in 2012, you cannot open your tap and get clean portable water. You cannot even get unclean water, with all the water in Lagos. A city where you dig only 5 feet in some places and hit water, you cannot get pipe borne water in your house. Yet the state government collects all sorts of taxes like there is no tomorrow. I dont know how a government that cannot even provide something as basic as public water is considered fit to rule Nigeria. Only sychophants would endorse that!

After 13 years of ACN rule, Lagos still reminds me of the movie, slum dog millionaire! That movie should have been shot in Lagos. Would really fit! Fahosla is like a doctor who rubs skin lotion on a sore and closes his eye lid tightly, believing that when he opens his eyes, the sore would have been completely gone. That is what he did in places like Oshodi. He brought in bulldozers and task force agberos and chased everyone away and celebrated the clearing and cleaning of Oshodi. But he forgot that the dirt in Oshodi were created by a depraved and down trodden masses. So by clearing the dirt and not alleviating the plight of the depraved masses, he only rubbed body lotion over a bad sore. Now Oshodi is fast becoming like it was before. And several more Oshodis are springing up. Like Egbeda, Ketu, Ikorodu, Ojodu Berger and many more are becoming the new Oshodi because the problem was never solved. It just got replicated! Please if you want to talk about Fashola's achievements, talk specifics and we would take you serious. as for specifics, they are not impressive. They are all wash! Propaganda at its best. The strategy is simple. Do a project with 1 million naira and promote it with 100 million naira. Fashola will be a very good music artist manager in Nigeria!

Sincere 9gerian: The opening of the thread, referenced below, triggered MASSIVE search for the achievements of Fashola, the 'performer', in the last 6yrs. The search began few days ago but so far nothing tangible has been found. Already tens of thousands of people have moved in groups, to the nooks and cranny, hoping that something tangible will be found soonest. On my part, I am leading a group of about 500 persons on this same issue. So far our efforts have not yielded fruit but we'r still searching and very hopeful (provided Fashola's achievement were not kidnapped recently).
Please where ever you are, join in the MASSIVE search for Fashola's much talked about achievement in Lagos. If you find any, pls let us know on this forum.
Time is running out!
https://www.nairaland.com/1138739/truth-fasholas-success/5

mrkels: She's blaming the minister for a technicians or even a technical fault?

Sincere 9gerian: Na wa for ACN propagand. They have turned GEJ transformation in the rail sector to "omoluabi train". Anyway, provided they always give credit to whom it is due. To GEJ for restoring rail transport and to the governor for paying the train transport fare for his people on those particular days.

mitwitdot: Using task force reduces bureaucracy and improves expediency. Civil service is the home of corruption hence, A taskforce is needed for efficiency.

cupid4ig: me vote fashola? never. yes he is trying but he doesnt have the poor masses at heart when acting he only have the rich people at heart. so i wont vote for him my opinion thou

thelastPope: Whoever wrote that stuff up there is a massive 1diot! President Goodluck Jonathan is the commander in chief of the armed forces of Nigeria. He is the highest ranking military officer in Nigeria. People just say things out of ignorance.

If you talking about Oronto Douglas, that is a different matter. We can debate that. That is something that has been going on in Nigeria since I can remember. For your information, the military does provide the helicopters for hire. The police and military provide a lot of commercial services to the public. It is ignorant to think that all police and military service to the public is free. And if you think that GEJ sits in his office everyday allocating who will use helicopter, then you are also ignorant. These things are handled by protocol. And he has complete access and right to use any military helicopter available. That is what obtains all over the world.

sojiboy: Forget Fashola in southwest,The peak of his carreer is in dis 2nd term and he has reached it.I will suggest Mimiko and Mark Or Mark and Mimiko,whatsoeva d case maybe,The merger is nothing bt Joke of d season.They re all coming together nt for d masses bt for there selfish intrest and dat intrest will surely set dem against demselves.Lets Shakarau 4get it for now

saintohia: A Muslim / Muslim ticket wouldn't work in present Nigeria, based on recent events , put that at the back of ur mind.

What really are Fashola's achievements?

I can only certify him credible when he stops extorting money from innocent Nigerians in the name of toll gate. The road (good road) is part of primary function of a responsible government.

danjohn: Assuming ACN, CPC, and ANPP merge, would you vote for a Fashola/Shekarau Presidential ticket in 2015? Fashola is a media darling and will easily win the southwest and perform well (though not necessarily win) in the middle belt. Shekarau, raised his profile when he exceeded very low expectations in the 2011 Presidential debate. He was articulate and appeared like the kind of Northerner that Southerners would not mind voting for. The two biggest comma issues with this ticket are the following:

1. Do Buhari and Tinubu want to run for President or VP? If Buhari runs he will definitely get between 9 and 12 million votes and thus hurt the chances of this ticket. If Tinubu has national political ambitions, he could potentially frustrate Fahsola.

2. Will Goodluck get the 98% and 97% of votes that he got in the Southsouth and Southeast? For this ticket to succeed, the candidates will need to make inroads into the Southsouth and Southeast. Endorsements from people like Okorocha will help. However, the candidates have to make inroads before people like Okorocha can put their credibility on the line.

In my opinion, what this ticket would need is the full unequivocal endorsement of Buhari. That will give them 9 - 12 million votes to start with in the Core North. Fashola has the clout to deliver the Southwest and he has the goodwill to be competitive in the Middle Belt. The last piece of the puzzle will be the Southeast and the Southsouth. If Fashola gets more than 20% in those regions, he could be elected President.

What do you think?

TRUTHTELA: To them that are PROGRESSIVE, "LESS-TRIBALISTIC", and still believe in ONE NIGERIA. In addition to them that believed that Jonathan has FAILED.

The year 2015 is around the corner, Who are the candidates you'll like to see as the PRESIDENTIAL and VICE-PRESIDENTIAL candidates in 2015 and their presidency will take Nigeria to greater heights.

If you think Jonathan has not done badly, given the INSECURITY challenges that beclouded his administration and he deserve a second chance, feel free to nominate him.

Your nominations might become a REALITY.

Idokojimmy: The nation’s power generation has hit a new peak of 4,349.7 megawatts, the Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Power, Mr. Beks Dagogo-Jack, has said.
Dagogo-Jack who disclosed this in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday, said the new record was set on Monday.

This comes on the heels of the recent shutdown of the Escravos gas plant belonging to Chevron Nigeria Limited, which led to the loss of 300MW for three weeks.
Although the task force chairman expressed delight at the new record, he pledged that the authorities in the power sector were working hard to surpass it.

“This is a very exciting and cheering news. To be clear, we are not surprised. We are fully focused as a team to prove to Nigerians that this government is serious about power and in spite of all the challenges on the way, power will grow from level to level as we progress. I assure you that the best is yet to come,” Dagogo-Jack said.
He commended the key operational players whose diligence, he said, contributed to the feat, adding that the systems operator and the team from the management contractor for the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Manitoba Hydro International, also played strategic roles in ensuring higher level of electricity generation.

Electricity generation in the country had hovered between 3,000 and 3,700MW for most part of the year. Even though the capacity for much higher generation exists, the country has not enjoyed the full benefits of the construction of more generating plants as a result of insufficient gas supply.

Power authorities on Friday raised hopes that the nation would generate 6,873MW of electricity by the end of 2013.
The Chief Executive Officer, Egbin Power Plc, Mr. Mike Uzoigwe, had said the authorities had set a target of 6,873MW for 2013.

Uzoigwe made the disclosure when the Chief Executive Officers of organisations in the Ministry of Power signed performance agreements with the Minister of State for Power, Mrs. Zainab Kuchi.
He said the successor companies to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria would generate 3,879MW, while the National Independent Power Producers would generate 2,500MW.

Uzoigwe said the target was agreed upon at a meeting attended by the minister, the Presidential Task Force on Power and the CEOs of all the successor companies where the capability and performance of all generation stations were reviewed.

“It is pertinent to note that some NIPP units have been fully inaugurated but cannot run due to gas supply associated problems. The Geregu power plant is still experiencing gas supply shortage,” he said.
Uzoigwe, however, said the availability of gas for the thermal stations was key to realising the projection.


http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/power-generation-peaks-at-4350mw/

outrage: Why are the army guys dressed so combatant..
Navy, with white would have been better. And no bullet profs.

ANALIST: Let's face the issue at hand " the best info minister or not". I humbly, think that most of all the commentators on this issue are correct. But how correct are they? This i must analyse in the next few minutes.

Every ministry has a mandate as has been submitted by all and sundry, to the president and in turn the president owe all to us whom he derives his legitimacy from.

Then we ask " what is the mandate of info minister under Maku, or any other that has held this tripartite position. I call it tripatite because the minister defends the government, himself and reorientate the citizenry on some misconceived issues or policies of government which might not go down well with everybody.


I must say that no one can be a perfect minister of information to everyone considering the fact that Everybody do not possess the equality of knowledge, wisdom and understanding to be qualified as a judge in the panel of panelist to adjudge who is the perfect info minister.

Then we ask again, what do the protagonists of Maku have in their credit and the antagonists equally argue against ?

Well Dearest, I think in my most submissive opinion that all the issues can be couched on this: IF YOU ARE HUMAN RIGHT ACTIVIST WHAT WILL YOU DO TO POLICY THAT IS CONTRARY TO THE PEOPLE? IF YOU ARE AN INFO MINISTER WHAT WILL YOU DO? IF YOU ARE A SOCIAL COMMENTATOR WHAT WILL YOU DO?

IF we can sincerely and umbiasely, answer all the question the consensus wiould not be far from blackmailing the minister, telling him where he is not doing much, rejecting the temptation of seeking relevance through social media and finalling thinking before lipping; for it is cowardice to lip before one thinks.

Maduale: The bolded caught my attention. He deserves commendation for pushing through that bill. I remember the politics that has delayed the formulation and passage of that bill for years.
Severally it was thrown out of the National Assembly and the media was agog with condemnations over the insincerity of government to pass the bill.
It was believed that the bill will usher in accountability and openness in the running of government. This is so because everybody can easily demand to have any information he deems fit about any ministry or department of govt.
I remember that the yaradua administration came under heavy criticsm for playing politics with the freedom of information bill. They were accused of dreading the bill while they moved very fast to accelerate the passage of official secrets Act. The official secrets Act was the direct opposite of FOI. It seeks to hide the very information which the FOI intends to expose.

If Maku came in and the FOI was passed, it's not mere coincidence. It could have been a product of courage and political will to let the FOI see the light of day. I salute him for that

kooto: I wonder how you think, I seriously wonder,all this people you mention must be fools to you; that's why you are sorry and sad. I think you are a genius.

KINGwax: u dnt knw anytin abt d game or ur intellectual capability abt business or say acconting is non existent. Monoploy? U talk shitt.
U probably hav no zeal to start from d scratch, create estates, manage ur resources and become successful. I can sense u alwys go bankrupt wen u play dt game. If nt, ur second paragraph shldnt jes be typed!