₦airaland Forum

Goddex:
Some media outfits are so sensational in their reportage.

INEC had clarified this earlier by stating that the data of some centers are corrupt and that voters from that center will need to register afresh. That incuded the center where Fashola and his wife registered.

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday failed to distribute Permanent Voter Cards at the Ward G3, State Junior Secondary School, the polling unit where the State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, and his wife, Abimbola, registered.

It was learnt that some INEC ad-hoc staff had earlier pasted a notice to notify voters who had registered in the two wards on Itolo Street that they had no PVC.

The commission said the voters would have to register afresh at a later date.

The notice pasted at the entrance of the school read, “We regret to inform you that those who registered in this polling unit do not have Permanent Voter Cards. Please come back between 3rd and 8th of December 2014 for fresh registration.”

Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola, attributed the development to loss of data arising from the crash of their computing system.

“Yes, some of the data captured during the registration in 2010 crashed. This was the reason we lost about 1.4 million data for voters. We are embarking on fresh registration for them and others who were unable to register in the 2010 registration.”

Fashola had yet to react to the development

http://www.punchng.com/news/pvc-inec-says-fashola-others-must-re-register/

mikeapollo:
''Fashoa, who spoke during his commemoration of 2,700 days in office [/b]and achievements in the last 100 days, in Alausa, Ikeja, said long overdue refund would go a long way in reducing the debt profile of the State, which he said the Federal Government recently published to mislead the public.''

What kind of nonsense and stealing by pretence!
[b]The commemoration of every 100 days in office is a ploy and opportunity to steal because huge funds will be allocated to each 100 days that they celebrate in office e,g. for invitation of guests, hotel accommodation, logistics, etc.
In all around the world, only the first 100 days is commemorated. Thereafter, it is annual event. Even Mandela and Obama and other people in the world only commemorate their first 100 days and then yearly. I have watched in disgust how this Fashola had been deceiving Lagosians and sweeping their money under the disguise of every 100 days sham!

FearGodinall:
I've read so much about how Fashola, is " working", I'm yet to see for myself. Fashola, looks smart and sound intelligent, and I think that's about it. Personally, I see him as FRAUDULENT, PAROCHIAL and a WASHOUT, just like I see Jonathan.

Firstly, I learnt that Lagos state, IGR, runs into millions/billions, in addition to the monthly revenue Lagos, gets from the Fed. account, so what's Fashola doing with money? LOOTING or MISAPPROPRIATION?

Lagos state, doesn't feed the general public, Im yet to read about PUBLIC HOUSING that favors the MIDDLE CLASS or POOR people. Some of the bridges and inner city ( NON INTER-STATE) roads are being TOLLED. Lagosians, are yet to boast of 24hours electricity. The politicians, GEJ, TINUBU & ilk, they still frequent the WORLD CLASS HOSPITALS in the West. I mean, in Lagos, INFRASTRUCTURE, ELECTRICITY, HEALTH CARE & OTHER BASIC SOCIAL AMENITIES, are just as it has always, THIRD WORLD STANDARD, which only the POOR, LOCAL CHAMPIONS, & E-TOUTS get WOWED.

Fashola, paid govt. workers, tar roads & beautify the side walks, build parks, equip few hospitals, DOES ALL THESE THINGS JUSTIFY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN LOAN ? What else is so EXCEPTIONAL about Fashola's " WORKING? If Lagos were to be Fashola's PERSONAL BUSINESS, I can assure that Lagos, IGR and monthly allocation will be enough to run the government and still make profit.

I took a road trip to Canada, from my state. I got tired of driving because I drove for about 4-5 hours, yet I'm within my state. We have govt. housing program for the POOR. The State, FEEDS THE POOR ( EBT program ), the state fix all the roads this summer/fall ahead of winter, in addition to bridges and new roads been constructed. In a nutshell, this state doesn't have OIL REVENUE coming in, rather, it's TAXES & TAXES that was used JUDICIOUSLY & TRANSPARENTLY for the PUBLIC GOOD. Rather, than borrowing or running deficit, the state budget was SURPLUS and they had to mail back some additional income tax check to me & millions of others. Actually, the state lawmakers, agreed to refund people some tax money, save a part of it & use the rest to fund some ESSENTIAL projects that requires URGENT funding.

Yes, Lagos state, is more populated, however, in less than 45 minutes, you're either in Ogun state, or Benin republic and Lagos state ( Fashola ) is NOT feeding or housing the POOR. Rather, than CARE or PROTECT, the POOR, VULNERABLE and WEAK folks, Fashola, will bundle them to their state of origin. We all know how some people are LEECHES on the UK/ British government, yet these leeches weren't deported to their countries of origin. So, whats Fashola, doing with PUBLIC FUNDS? WHY SHOULD Lagos borrow money and billions for that matter?

Lagos, have ZERO infrastructure, no road network, people spend hours coming or going to work. Most neighborhoods on the Island, are slums, flooding has become a norm cos of no drainage. Lagosians, who can afford it have their own sources of power and water supply. I'm yet to read a Jakande, type of housing or something meaningful about housing the poor. Why can't Fashola, build apartments for Lagos state civil servants in Lekki? Oh, they're not FIT for such neighborhood. Other than their paycheck, or transportation ( which they work for), is their any other thing the Lagos state, civil servants have being wowed with? What did Fashola, do with billions of dollars?

I lost the little regards I have for Fashola, when he failed to support the FOI. I expected him to be the champion or the most vocal supporter OR implementer of the Freedom Of Information act, because, he's lawyer, he claimed to be a people's servant, and morally, THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT YOUR PERSONAL ESTATE, the people of Lagos deserve to know how you RUN THEIR STATE. If you're HONEST & PRUDENT, WHY THE SECRECY?

I fully agree with Fashola with the Freedom of Information Act simply because they publish the information on a quarterly basis in the public domain where all and sundry can access it. Please help yourself here:

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/DMO_LAW.pdf

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/debt_profile_lagosstate.pdf

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/mepb/LAGOS_Y2014_Q2_Budget%20Appraisal.pdf

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/Y2014Q1Budget%20Appraisal.pdf

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/images/pageimages/downloadfiles/docs/Y2013%20HALF%20YEAR%20Appraisal%20MEPB.pdf

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/images/pageimages/downloadfiles/docs/Y2014%20BUDGET%20ANALYSIS.pdf

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/images/pageimages/downloadfiles/docs/Y2013%20HALF%20YEAR%20Appraisal.pdf

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/images/pageimages/downloadfiles/docs/monthly.pdf[b][/b]

Lastly, I still don't understand why Fashola, will be trading words with Jonathan, over who " stopped" Ebola, from spreading. Is it necessary? However, I'm very much sure if Ebola, was spreading & killing people, Fashola, APC & millions of Nigerians, would have been calling for GEJ's heading and branding him a FAILURE. The BLAME would have been Jonathan's ( the president that refused to close the borders), but the PAT ON THE BACK IS FOR FASHOLA's.

Counter my view with FACTS, I want to learn, but you chose to cuss, good for you. FYI, I do not care about Jonathan and his fellow ROGUES like Fashola, Tinubu, IBB, El rufai, OBJ, David Mark, Orji, Uba & their ilk. HISTORY WILL NOT BE KIND TO ALL OF THEM AND GENERATIONS TO COME WILL NEVER FORGIVE THEM AND THEIR OFFSPRINGS. Support them all you want!! I'll continue to view things from a CRITICAL & OBJECTIVE lens, then I express myself based on that.

I'm yet to see the justification for borrowing money/billions by Fashola. Prove me wrong

ratiken:
With the recent holier than thou attitude being put forward by Gov Fashola, It has become pertinent that we remind ourselves what manner of man he has been in the past 7.5 years.

1. It is on record that Tinubu is one of the most corrupt individual this country ever produced who went on an accumulation spree of every viable state asset. However, I wonder how a 'non corrupt' Fashola can seamlessly work with an extremely corrupt Tinubu for 8yrs without friction while they both accumulate all state assets to their personal names. Two cannot work together except they agree. It seems Tinubu accumulated more state resources under Fashola's tenure than his own tenure. One can categorically conclude that Fashola is either more corrupt than Tinubu or just a plain dummy/ foot soilder

Pls provide the record or you might be liable for defamation of character

2. There is still no justification to installing toll plazas on existing roads. The Lekki- Epe expressway that serves the fastest developing area of lagos state should have received fair and untolled attention but out of the dirtiness of heart of the corrupt duo of Fashola/ Tinubu.... it was tolled to their own company. When the masses trooped out to protest against it, Fashola's touts were unleashed on them even to the extent of death of a protester. If every state governor tolls roads which is a basic necessity like Fashola did..... ours would have been a mortgaged country

My own assessment of Lekki-Epe Expressway as i have lived on that Axis for a good number of years is that DEVELOPMENT came after the Toll Gate was erected. What you need to understand is that when you open up an untapped area, a marketplace is created. That axis had an injection of oxygen by expansion of the road and its so bad now that the traffic in the morning is as bad as any other rush hour traffic in Lagos. On the Flip side, the Igbo man who sells Building materials at Agungi is rendering prayers for FAshola for providing access to wealth for him, you are busy ranting online. Those guys are busy 12hours wt their cash registers blinging. It wasnt so before the expansion of the road.

3. Till date, Fashola have refused to open up the state books to the public consistent with the Freedom of information bill adopted at the federal level. He has consistently and categorically refused to be accountable. For the records, LASG with monthly IGR and allocation of 29B and 19B respectively have managed approximately 4.5trillion in 7.5yrs. Unaccountability is the hallmark of irresponsible leadership.

Information overcomes ignorance. Pls visit this page and you shall be educated: http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/mepb/LAGOS_Y2014_Q2_Budget%20Appraisal.pdf

4. How on earth can a sane governor deport non-indigenes within same country at the wee hours of the morning and dump them under a bridge. Every Nigerian indigene has the right to live in an part of the geographical location called Nigeria without a visa. It is also on record that this inhumane act have been carried out by just on governor in our history. .. which is Fashola. This act currently ranks as the highest breach of human rights in Nigeria.

You are very correct. Fashola is sane because he did the right thing. LASG informed and got confirmation from Anambra state with proper documentation to back it up: See here: https://www.nairaland.com/1382115/documents-show-lagos-informed-anambra

I advice you to check your the use of the phrase "It is also on record". But i put it to you that It is also on record that
(1) Akpabio deported from Akwa Ibom: https://www.nairaland.com/1516842/akpabio-deported-non-akwa-ibom-indigenes
(2) Reports Show Gov. Peter Obi Arrested and Deported 29 beggars to Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom States in 2011: http://abusidiqu.com/reports-show-gov-peter-obi-arrested-and-deported-29-beggars-to-ebonyi-and-akwa-ibom-states-in-2011/
(3) Rivers State deports 113 non-indigenes-to-their-states: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/rivers-deports-113-non-indigenes-to-their-states/155713/



5. Fashola adamantly approved a 1000% increase in the school fees rates for LASU students without any corresponding increase in wage rates. It took wide spread protest and unending strikes that forced the govt to its knee. This is the record increase of school fees in Nigeria and ranks the height of insensitivity

In my own opinion, any young man or woman who expects to compete confidently in the job market after having been trained on less than $150 per annum and finish on time without incessant strikes is fooling himself

6. Lagos roads are repaired at 2billion/ km by the crony companies of Fashola/ Tinubu. Better roads are built allover the country at lesser rates. Height of lootocracy

The ease at which he criticizes the central govt without acknowledging any single achievement by same govt makes him a mere opposition figure who stands for nothing but mere propaganda.

Now I ask..... What are the highlights of Fashola's govt?

Now I ask, why are indigenes of all 36 states in Nigeria attracted to this hyped up; choked up; polluted; crime infested; expensive; overcrowded Lagos

Lagos was a federal capital and Tinubu's govt was the height of hopelessness and such any any road repaired receives lots of hype. What key achievement would Fashola be remembered for?

Xetima: I thought Lagos State has a medical college. What is LASU supposed to be doing in medicine?

All these loud-mouthed politicians like to make news while a small lab in Canada is doing wonders on Ebola research. Must Fashola tell the whole world that he is ready to fund research in that direction?

What research fund has LASG made available to her own institution - LASU? Just lousy noise making for political popularity!

kettykin: Aba economy is actually be bigger than Lagos economy in the long run , no offence meant by it , Aba produces more than 1 Million shoes daily which if priced at between N3000 to N10000 would mean N4b to N10B changing hands in Aba on a daily basis this gives us a rough estimate of between N1440 B to N4000B changing hands in aba per annum , where as lagos has a GDP of $100B or N17000 , if other businesses in Aba is added Aba would be roughly grossing more than N14000 B changing hands per annum where as lagos with all its glory and federal government inputs and patronage is just managing a whopping N17000B GDP Aba a city without federal government support , aid , input with no sea port or river port , no international airport , not even a state capital or regional capital or federal capital or a federal commercial capital is avergaing between N4000B to N10000B on its shoe industry alone

Johnpaul2k2: LASG and Punch Newspaper are just some piece of sh!!t

so, they cannot renovate the roof and changes the AC?

why asking stella name? Sometimes i wonder where all these "dirty politics" will lead APshit into?

Donmarrius: I have been longing for this.

Truth is that,its only Abia and Anambra,that can give Lagos a run for her money.

EmoBoy: Have you asked how these funds are being used?

EmoBoy: Nigerians will always criticise what they don't understand. There is something called credit enhancement in infrastructure finance. Most foreign investors won't invest in naija because of the risks involved. For example the market risk - The electricity tariffs were too low but the government increased them. Also, Nigerians don't like to pay for anything, so the government promised them they'll repay any shortfall in revenues as a result of the market risk. Its even better here because the money will be repaid to the govt by the companies after they start making a profit in the long run. So let's not criticize what we don't understand.

brownlord: Just like lagosians are the boss and Tinubu is the servant, even thou Tinubu has ruled Lagos for close to 16 years with little or nothing to show for it, by[b] increasing school fees[/b] and frustrating ordinary citizen out of the institution only to reduce it now election is drawing near.

PDP Is bad, APC worst. Nigeria shine your eyes, we have the same bastards ruling and looting our treasury since independence they are not ready to let go, they think Nigeria belongs to them and ordinary citizens are tenants and must pay rentage like Lagosians are currently paying to Tinubu

Please tell me what manner of education you will receive on a school fees of 87Pounds Sterling or $147per annum How do you want to compete with others who have received quality education when its time for Job seeking?

filiks: Did you really follow the so called "failed drivers license" story? If you did, can anyone blame it on the FRSC boss?

Cuche: Mr Chidoka? Goodluck get sense whalahi

He did well at FRSC, he is a good and honest administrator. He is not capricious like the man that will go all out to possess all funds the ministry can muster for personal use. to build personal shopping malls, hotels, beer factory, capitalize a bank, buy himself large stakes at Orient Petroleum whereas he is saving money, starving projects of quality and best practices they deserve. I am glad PDP stakeholders opposed the man's nomination strongly

5thNOTE: there are many things going on in this country o. I wandered why the parents of the victims were never heard of. Imagine bribing the parents of the school children who sank in south korea. Nigerians a waoo

cocoduck: Leave that thing. I wasn't born today. I was born a very very long time ago. I know Nigeria's political class very well.

cocoduck: Total rubbish. was she not among obasanjo's cabinet
NOI left because of the mago mago that were going on but she kept her dirty self in the government because of little stipends

Guyman02: Spot on: Many of us who have followed the CIA inspired Arab Spring protests and the most recent one in Ukraine for 'Regime Changes' in the middle east knew that the Chibok protests were not genuine and had foreign interference and interests.
Anytime you find all the foreign media consistently focusing on one event at the same time, know that their countries have interests on the country. CNN, Fox, BBC, NBC etc lied to their citizens to support the invasion of Iraq which is still at war over 10 years after.
What the SSS is saying is what we in Abuja already knew and that was why they had to pay people to protest and when the couldnt get the desired crowd in Abuja, the western media and their CIA moved to Ukraine and left Nigeria.

As we say in Abuja, the US Marines are in Nigeria looking for GAS in the Lake Chad basin and not Chibok GALS. Across the Borno border Chad produces Oil run by French and Chinese companies

chronique: We shouldn't be too quick in countering her statement without putting her reasoning to test. What if the DSS planted moles amongst the "bringbackourgirls" protesters there,to find out what's going on there? Let's not forget we're talking about the spokesperson for our secret service here;they probably must have done a few checks,to know what's going on. This is Nigeria where just about anything is possible.

henroe2k2: as he confessed that as a father,
he was touched [b]by the feelings of the parents of
the abducted girls.

Jonathan said:
“I have had to remain quiet about the continuing
efforts by Nigeria’s military, police and
investigators to find the girls kidnapped

“My heart aches for the missing children and their
families. I am a parent myself, and I know how
awfully this must hurt. Nothing is more important
to me than finding and rescuing our girls.”
[/b]
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/chibok-uncaring-portrayed-jonathan/#sthash.9goFuY4o.dpuf

Gabbysky: You lie SIR, I pay my taxes and LUC in Lagos State and by the powers of the FOI[b] I demand to know how my money is spent.[/b]
Btw, the Constuitution states that whenever a fed law conflicts with a state law, the fed law takes prominence. So what other laws fashola has for obtaining info from the state is illegal

Ngwakwe: It's appalling to read about Lagos State Government evading responsibility using legal loopholes thereby running the most secretive type of government ever known in the history of this fourth republic.

It is now becoming obvious that there will never be any end in sight to this secrecy hence they are evading openness in the name of Legal interpretation.

Today, we can read clause by clause allocations in the Federal Government budget but hardly can we see or read such in any State government budget in Nigeria because they are hidden from the public.

The reality is that the opposition is using Lagos State as a front to judge the FG and yet Lagos State government has refused to answer some salient questions on good governance, probity and transparency thereby escaping scrutiny and criticism.

When the right activists demanded politicians declare their assets publicly, it wasn't about constitutional fulfilment rather openness and accountability.

This action of Lagos State Govt is one of the attributes of repressive governments to actualise societal control and keeping people in check to discourage the activists and citizens from mobilising.

simpleseyi: Yes, the Lagos state government is very right, Lagosians do not need to know how the government is run. [/b]Lagosians do not need to know how much Tinubu gets from the IGR monthly and how much Fashola and other looters pocket monthly just the same thing Jonathan, Stella Oduah, Dezaini Allisson-Madueke and others are doing at the federal level. WHAT HOPE DOES THE MASSES HAVE?

But first of all, [b]have you tried this site http:///19rcMQj ? You will be will excited. Small change to pay recurrent bills outside the national, state or personal budget.