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Politics / Re: Kano State Governor Will Emerge Victorious. by LilTroy: 7:03pm On Jan 11 |
From credible words and actions comes credible men... Alfa I trust you on this.. God bless Abba Kabir Yusuf.. God bless Kano state.. God bless Nigeria.. |
Literature / Re: Who Wants Free James Hadley Chase Novel Pdfs? by LilTroy: 6:29am On Dec 24, 2023 |
I'm interested |
Politics / Re: Ekiti First Ring Road Project, Game Changer In My Devt Plan, Says Oyebanji by LilTroy: 8:52pm On Nov 25, 2023 |
LikeAking:Infrastructure Projects Are Only the Tip of the Iceberg of Governance Have you ever wondered why boat accidents, market fires and buildings collapse continue to happen unabated? That no matter how much we mourn such tragic incidents, the next one is just around the corner? It is because we the citizens have allowed our politicians and leaders to reduce governance to just the execution of construction and procurement projects. As a result, any other area of governance which requires nurturing, inspection, monitoring, enforcement etc hardly get their attention. Once they could display new construction or procurement projects in their regular newspaper advertorials, everybody is happy that their politician is "performing." We have made governance to look so easy which makes just about anyone to want to step forward and contest. Under the new paradigm which we have come to accept, a politician would construct new city highways and flyovers but wouldn't bother to control traffic flow or keep the same new streets clean. He would construct and equip new hospitals but remain uninterested in the levels of manpower in them. He would also not notice that maternal mortality remains very high in the state and childhood immunisation coverage is so low that previously forgotten epidemics were returning. A state government would build new schools without an accompanying interest in enrolment figures, quality of teachers, education inspectorate functions or trends in school certificate and UTME pass rates. A brand new "modern" abattoir could be commissioned but the inspection mechanism for the safety of meat would still remain very weak. And when new "ultramodern" markets are commissioned, no one would bother to keep returning to enforce fire prevention rules until the next big fire incident. Our politicians now only have enough attention span for new projects and procurement. Any remaining time that they have is spent on politicking and the pursuit of populist religious causes. Back in the colonial and immediate postcolonial periods, construction projects were a small part of governance called "public works." A lot of the time and energy of leaders were spent on campaigning for school enrolment and vaccination, spraying stagnant water to deter mosquitoes, promoting adult education and enforcing law and order etc. We the citizens are to blame for this unhealthy transformation from holistic to single-item governance. We keep celebrating politicians who only do construction, procurement and populist religious causes, while disregarding other aspects of our daily lives. Ask your local politician what he is doing about the increasing rate of sexual violence in his state, for example, and watch the confused expression on his face. Whenever you take them away from contracted projects, they become lost! We have to stand up and tell them that there is a lot more to governance than new infrastructure projects. |
Politics / Re: Atiku Okowa by LilTroy: 12:40am On Nov 27, 2022 |
Insha Allah Atiku will be Nigeria's president come 2023.. #Atiku/Okowa� |
Politics / Re: Facts About PDP And Wike by LilTroy: 4:23pm On Sep 27, 2022 |
A well constructive write up.. Only people with prudence will understand and digest the content.. 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Which State Has The Worst Capital In Nigeria? by LilTroy: 11:17pm On Sep 13, 2022 |
Jos matter no b small o.. Jos Plateau state capital is d worst... |
Politics / Re: BREAKING: Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Hits 19.64% — Highest Since 2005 by LilTroy: 2:04am On Aug 16, 2022 |
Cursed is any country that has someone like Buhari as their leader.. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Trending Video Of Nigerian Soldiers Working In The Rain (Photos) by LilTroy: 4:19pm On Aug 15, 2022 |
ThrownBack:shut up u Gay! Enemy of Nigeria.. God bless Nigerian army. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: Oyo South APC Youth Leader, Hundreds Of Supporters Dump Party, Join PDP by LilTroy: 11:14am On Aug 13, 2022 |
Power to the people... 4 Likes |
Politics / Re: Don’t Call My Name If You Lose This Election - Wike Tells Atiku by LilTroy: 5:35pm On Aug 12, 2022 |
ThrownBack:When u fail to calculate ur every move in politics things like dis are bound to happen.. Power is mostly taken not given, and dis is where smartness and permutations sets in. Atiku is smarter than Wike, infact Atiku has more brain in his little finger than Wike has in d whole of his head.. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Don’t Call My Name If You Lose This Election - Wike Tells Atiku by LilTroy: 5:02pm On Aug 12, 2022 |
This Wike of a man should accept his fate and move on jhoor! I guess lost count of people he cheated & Bulldozed b4 he attained his current position.. Na so e be 4 politics oo.. |
Politics / Re: Mass Defection Hits APC As 5000 Members Defect To PDP In Cross River River by LilTroy: 9:11am On Jul 31, 2022 |
Power to the people. 20 Likes |
Romance / Re: 200K GIVEAWAY REAL!! by LilTroy: 3:41am On Jun 10, 2020 |
Done.. first bank 3149550191
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Family / Re: Giveaway Of 10k For First 30 Posters On Ashewo Thread by LilTroy: 1:43am On Apr 15, 2020 |
Yahaya Lawal Zakariyya 3149550191 FirstBank... I need food seriously |
Family / Re: Lets Create A Community Of Foodbank by LilTroy: 1:19am On Apr 15, 2020 |
I do not live in any of the above mentioned locations, but i seriously need food... Hungry is killing me n my family.. My location is Jos.. |
Romance / Re: . by LilTroy: 12:05am On Apr 15, 2020 |
Yahaya Lawal Zakariyya FirstBank 3249550191... God bless u Ishilove Omolawal32@gmail.com |
Romance / Re: . by LilTroy: 1:11pm On Apr 03, 2020 |
Omolawal32@gmail.com
Yahaya Lawal Zakariyya FirstBank 3149550191 God bless u Mayan |
Politics / Re: Coronavirus: Why Buhari Won’t Address Nigerians - Farooq A. Kperogi by LilTroy: 12:25pm On Mar 21, 2020 |
Cursed is any nation that has someone like Buhari as a president.. Buhari is brain dead! 2 Likes |
Nairaland / General / Re: Jos Residents Lament As Weather Drops To 9°C (Photos) by LilTroy: 12:57am On Jan 02, 2020 |
Its true walahi coz I'm a living witness.. It's like Jos and Moscow share boundary... The cold dey do any how dey impregnate women any how... Sun no dey comot again... 44 Likes 3 Shares |
Romance / Re: I'm Having BUMPS On My Hair.....pls I Need Help Bad Bad by LilTroy: 1:21am On Apr 25, 2019 |
Bumps ehhhn.. |
Business / Re: Nairaland Is Worth $2.7- World Publicist by LilTroy: 11:12pm On Mar 05, 2019 |
Seun is consistent! |
Romance / Re: Top Nairalanders Of All Time by LilTroy: 12:41am On Mar 04, 2019 |
TheOdd1sOut:Where's Haddon n NwaAmakpe? 1 Like 1 Share |
Literature / Re: The Bang Rule Pdf File Pls by LilTroy: 12:44am On Dec 30, 2018 |
kokakola:Omolawal32@gmail.com Kokakola pls... |
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