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I think Jimi Disu tried to pin Fashola down on three (points at the beginning of the show, (1) the CJN (2) Tinubu (3) Ambode, but he gave up when he realised that he couldn't pin Fashola down on anything (Fashola is a lawyer).

The end

Jimi Disu asks if some of the aspirants do not really know what it takes to be president.

Fashola says he respects everybody that has come out to run. He says that when someone says that he wants to be local government chairman, governor or president, the person is actually saying "Bring you problems", because that's what he felt as governor.

He says some are discovering how difficult it is and saying, "I don't want to run again" and that they don't even know that it's beyond the time that you can say, "I don't want to run again".

He says that you can tell how well an aspirant will perform as president by the way he handles problems in his campaign

Someone sends an sms and says he will like to see a Fashola presidency after Buhari

Fashola laughs. He says it takes audacity of courage and he doesn't feel that way now

He lists roads in Lagos that have been reconstructed and fixed.

He says that the Outer Marina will be the last phase of the work (Marina to Bonny Camp).

The person asks if consumers are meant to pay huge amounts before they get prepaid meters.

Fashola says that the discos were meant to provide prepaid metres by contract, but they have not been able to provide the quantity required. Other companies have now been licensed to provide meters. The cost will depend the type of meter which will depend on the amount of electricity you use.

Some have gotten and ate happy and others haven't got yet

Someone is asking about prepaid meters.

A caller asks Fashola about the excess crude account.

He says that states sued Jonathan's government that the government should share the money.

Fashola said that what the states said was that they wanted to know what was in the federation account.

He said that Jonathan's govt said that they wanted to save for the states, but everytime the states ask for statement of account they discover that the money has reduced. And people in their states are complaining that they want roads, etc. So they said that "we can save for ourselves, give us our money" because that's what the constitution states

Jimi asks about restructuring.

He says that everybody knows where he stands on restructuring.

He supports state police, decentralisation of minimum wage, creation of local government, etc. He was one of the lawyers (along with Osinbajo) that argued the local government suit at the supreme court.

He says that the people that are trying to use restructuring for election purposes should be asked what their position was when Lagos created LGs.

They should be asked what their position was when Lagos wanted to break NEPA monopoly in 1999

He talks about people that accumulate things they don't need (clothes they won't wear, land that they won't build on, etc).

He talks about trader monie, school feeding programme, n power etc.

He says that we need to reconnect with the poor (people don't know what the poor are going through).

He talks about what the poor go through

He says that people also compare Buhari to other presidents.

When Buhari was contesting, he didn't say that he will be a great speech maker.

What he promised was that he will not steal, he will change our values

Jimi Disu says that people say that Buhari is too slow.

Fashola says that there have been times that people have complained that some people have been too fast and not acted with enough care.

He says also that many people do not know what the job of the president is.

For eg, in a federal structure, their job is to extract water from rivers, it's not to supply water to your taps

He says that Buhari is a man of great humour and great wit when he is comfortable with you. He says that the only flaw he has noticed is that he trusts that people will do the right thing

Fashola says that we sometimes creates things in our minds.

He says that the president has never interferred in his job as minister. He has never called him to help his friend and neither has his family

Someone is asking if any cabal has disturbed him in his job as minister

He is talking about electricity in Mowe area (in response to questions from a caller)

Fashola says that people vote for various reasons.

He says that the PDP has a candidate from the north (like them) and a running mate from the east and they said that their candidate will only serve one term. He says that many people say they will only serve one term, but they don't stick to the pledge (eg Jonathan).

He says that he told the people in Ibadan not to believe the one term claim and he told them that they have a chance after Buhari (like anyone else) and they can claim that chance

He's talking about his statement in Ibadan (allegedly that the Yoruba have the next turn at the presidency).

He is indirectly talking about Obasanjo.


Jimi Disu asked him about Tinubu. Did Tinubu shield him from political problems.

He says that it was his choice. Elections come every 4 years but governance is everyday, so he has to focus on governance.

He says that, but if you get a job and your ego is not too big, then you should ask your predecessor what mistakes he made.

Jimi Disu asks if he had that discussion with Ambode. He says he won't want to disclose what he discussed with Ambode in public.

He says that, once you've served before, you should give your successor a chance to run his government. He doesn't believe in all these letter writing and 'I am the best' etc

Ajibel:
I'm really enjoying the programme that I can't think of giving updates.

It's difficult to give updates because they are saying a lot

Jimi Disu asks him to talk about his time as governor.

He says that Jimi doesn't want to know about it. That it's a very long story.


He said that before he became governor, whenever it was raining at 2am, he would pull his duvet over and turn over in bed.

He said as governor, once it started raining at 2am and it falls for a long time, he would wake up and call Banire. Banire will call his supervisors. They must make sure people can get to work that morning despite the rain.

Jimi Disu asks about Tinubu. Fashola says that Tinubu is not on the ballot.

He is asking what Agbaje has done that has prepared him for the office. He says that the job requires sleepless nights.

Jimi Disu says that the man on the other side says that Lagos is in bondage.


Fashola says that it's left to Lagosians to decide if Lagos is in bondage.

He says that we need to look at the party that the other man is running on and the people around him.


He says everybody is talking about thr Lekki Bridge (he previously said that Hamzat was part of building the bridge). He asks what PDP built with all the money Nigeria made. He said that they went to Dubai and had a meeting there. They saw the burge Khalifa. What did they build to match that?

Fashola thanks Jimi for saying that their government did well. He says that he had a good team.

He says that governance is an ongoing thing and that mistakes will be made along the way.


But he doesn't want to look back, so the question is what next?


He talks about what Sanwoolu and Hamzat did in his government.

He says that they have experience and Lagos should not be left to experimentation of innexperience

Jimi Disu says that Fashola did well as governor (he has no apologies for saying that), but is this the Lagos he left behind? (He says that Fashola must have heard all the complaints)

Fashola said this is happening at a time that he didn't know that this would happen when he was invited to come on the show.

He says that power, works and housing is his remit (even though he is a lawyer). He says that he doesn't have all the facts, so he won't want to comment on it.

Jimi Disu is talking about the controversy over the CJN. He is shocked that the CJN is still in office. He says that everybody is focusing on the legal side of things, but what about the moral side of things.

Live

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