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 Celebrities › Re: Award Winning Filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue Advocates Rigging In Favour Of Peter Obi by naptu2: 2:51pm On Oct 20 |
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| Celebrities › Re: Award Winning Filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue Advocates Rigging In Favour Of Peter Obi by naptu2: 2:49pm On Oct 20 |
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| Celebrities › Re: Award Winning Filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue Advocates Rigging In Favour Of Peter Obi by naptu2: 2:48pm On Oct 20 |
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| Celebrities › Re: Award Winning Filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue Advocates Rigging In Favour Of Peter Obi by naptu2: 2:47pm On Oct 20 |
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| Celebrities › Re: Award Winning Filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue Advocates Rigging In Favour Of Peter Obi by naptu2: 2:47pm On Oct 20 |
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| Celebrities › Re: Award Winning Filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue Advocates Rigging In Favour Of Peter Obi by naptu2: 2:46pm On Oct 20 |
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| Celebrities › Re: Award Winning Filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue Advocates Rigging In Favour Of Peter Obi by naptu2: 2:45pm On Oct 20 |
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| Celebrities › Re: Award Winning Filmmaker, Onyeka Nwelue Advocates Rigging In Favour Of Peter Obi by naptu2: 2:44pm On Oct 20 |
It's no surprise at all. It's happened before. 19 Likes 3 Shares |
| Politics › Re: Femi Otedola Calls Obafemi Hamzat "Incoming Governor", Reveals 49 Years Link by naptu2(op): 2:38pm On Oct 20 |
Ankakh:Michael Otedola was never military administrator of Lagos. He wasn't even a soldier. |
| Politics › Re: Femi Otedola Calls Obafemi Hamzat "Incoming Governor", Reveals 49 Years Link by naptu2(op): 10:55am On Oct 20 |
This is my post from April 9th. This is from my memory of two very old interviews. My memory isn't 100% (because the interviews took place a long time ago) and I remember Hamzat's interview better than I remember Tinubu's interview. Dr Obafemi Hamzat granted an interview to a radio station just after he became deputy governor. That's when a confusion in my head was cleared up. They asked him questions about everything imaginable. I remember that they also focused on flooding, because it was the Rainy Season. Dr Hamzat told them what he did to fight flooding during the Fashola Era (remember that he was commissioner of works and he was involved in designing the drainages). He spoke very well about the specifics of governance. He also spoke about how he came to work for the Lagos State Government. He was head of IT at several major banks in New York and the Lagos State Government was considering adopting several IT systems (payroll management, etc) and he was in his bank's team that met with Governor Bola Tinubu in New York in 2001. After the meeting Tinubu asked him, "Which Hamzat"? Let me explain that question. Dr Hamzat's father was a lawmaker during the Second Republic (Jakande Era). He was still active in politics during the Third Republic (NRC vs SDP). He was one of the people that convinced Bola Tinubu to leave Mobil and get involved in politics. In fact, he was one of Tinubu's political mentors in the early 1990s. That's why Tinubu asked, "Which Hamzat"? When he found out who he was, Tinubu put a lot of pressure on Hamzat to return to Lagos and work for him, but Hamzat resisted. He was making a lot of money on Wall Street, why would he leave that and return to Lagos? Eventually Hamzat realised that, as a foreigner, there was a limit to how high he could rise on Wall Street, so he returned to Nigeria and became head of IT at OANDO. Tinubu eventually had his way because Hamzat became the commissioner for science and technology in Tinubu's cabinet. I have previously told you that the payroll system was archaic when Tinubu became governor. Ghost workers cost the government a lot of money. Tinubu was determined to digitalise all their processes and remove ghost workers. He was also determined to automate their payments systems to eliminate leakages. He leveraged on Obafemi Hamzat's experience and connections in the US and on the experience and connections of one of his classmates at Chicago State University (a Nigerian) who worked at Oracle to adopt software to manage their payroll and payment systems. Dr Hamzat oversaw the adoption of the systems. Dr Hamzat continued as commissioner for science and technology in Governor Fashola's cabinet, then he took over from Rauf Aregbesola as commissioner for works and housing. Many roads and bridges, including the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge and the Okota-Isolo Link Bridge, as well as housing estates (Lagos HOMS) were built during his tenure. Dr Hamzat followed his boss (Fashola) in 2015 and he became special adviser to the minister of works and housing. He wanted to become governor in 2019 and he had a lot of support, but he was convinced to step down and support Babajide Sanwo-Olu in exchange for the deputy governorship position. 8 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Femi Otedola Calls Obafemi Hamzat "Incoming Governor", Reveals 49 Years Link by naptu2(op): 10:42am On Oct 20 |
Nawttiboi007:Like George Bush The First. Vice president for 8 years, president for 4 years and his son was president for 8 years. 10 Likes |
| Politics › Re: Femi Otedola Calls Obafemi Hamzat "Incoming Governor", Reveals 49 Years Link by naptu2(op): 9:32am On Oct 20 |
Previous thread Nigerian Billionaires Dine With Dr Obafemi Hamzat https://www.nairaland.com/8768103/nigerian-billionaires-dine-dr-obafemi 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Politics › Femi Otedola Calls Obafemi Hamzat "Incoming Governor", Reveals 49 Years Link by naptu2(op): 9:32am On Oct 20 |
Femi Ote$ @realFemiOtedola Yesterday, I hosted dinner in honour of @DrObafemiHamzat, the incoming Governor of Lagos State.Source 24 Likes 2 Shares
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| Politics › Re: Tinubu Orders Reconstruction And Dualisation Of Benin-Asaba Road - Umahi by naptu2(op): 6:37pm On Oct 19 |
greatiyk4u:Yes, which is why I'm wondering why you are still arguing when it is clear that your opinion is inferior. You have been running away from your positions all through this engagement. You'll say something, I'll show that you are wrong and you'll abandon it and go and bring something else. Isn't that just a waste of time? |
| Politics › Re: Tinubu Orders Reconstruction And Dualisation Of Benin-Asaba Road - Umahi by naptu2(op): 6:31pm On Oct 19 |
greatiyk4u:That is your opinion. Ho and contest election and gain power so that you can make it law. Maybe then you'll learn about governance. Once you start the one that you believe should be given priority, people will insult you because you are not doing the one that they believe should be given priority. |
| Politics › Re: Tinubu Orders Reconstruction And Dualisation Of Benin-Asaba Road - Umahi by naptu2(op): 6:23pm On Oct 19 |
greatiyk4u:That will never happen. All over the world new roads are built and old roads are repaired. To think that a day will come when all old roads will be repaired first before a new road is built is to live in fantasy land. It has never happened in this country (and in other countries around the world) and it will never happen. By the way, what is this obsession with the Coastal Road? Why not the Calabar–Ebonyi–Abuja Superhighway |
| Politics › Re: Tinubu Orders Reconstruction And Dualisation Of Benin-Asaba Road - Umahi by naptu2(op): 6:03pm On Oct 19 |
greatiyk4u:You are the person that is running up and down. My post was very clear. quote author=naptu2 post=140940122]New roads and bridges are being built and old roads and bridges are being repaired.[/quote]Which is perfectly true. You then quoted me and wrote: greatiyk4u:As if no roads were being repaired and built until 100 days to election. I then replied with: naptu2:At which point you knew that what I wrote wad true, so you started adding things that have nothing to do with the original conversation (shifting the goalpost). You asked which roads in the South-East have been built from start to finish since this administration began. I have always hated that idea right from the 1980s. Governments rush projects and commission uncompleted projects just to claim credit, while they abandon porjects started by their predecessors just so that they can't claim credit. In any case it has nothing to do with our discussion. This thread is not about the South-East and my statement stands. New roads are being built and old roads are being repaired since the beginning of this administration. The issue of strategic is in the eye of the beholder. To some people Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is more strategic, to others Abuja-Kaduna Expressway is more strategic. Besides, the government did not abandon the Benin-Asaba Expressway till 100 days to election. The road was concessioned and thr concessionaire damaged the road. The government repeatedly tried to get the concessionaire to repair it but that failed. The government wanted to take it over from the concessionaire, but legal issues prevented that till the concession expired.
But I guess you prefer that they don't do any work, since election is coming. They should wait till after election. |
| Politics › Re: Stop Sending Money Home Until Tinubu's Ouster— Obi Tells Nigerians In UK by naptu2: 3:46pm On Oct 19 |
https://saharareporters.com/2026/10/19/peter-obi-tells-uk-based-nigerians-stop-sending-money-home-loved-ones-until-tinubu-voted 9 Likes 2 Shares
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