I just watched a short video where Fashola attempted to "school" Peter Obi on Infrastructure vs Production.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9HUruemlAI
(https://www.nairaland.com/7208125/fashola-schools-peter-obi-infrastructure)

I might know nothing to challenge someone like Fashola, but him making a statement such as "building infrastructures is the way to legitimately distribute wealth in an economy."...like seriously? Do Nigerians throw away common sense when it comes to politics?

Like, for example, how many people did the second Niger bridge employ, and where are they today? As opposed to refining diesel, or a steel plant producing steel and constantly employing common Nigerians for decades and decades?

He talked about how infrastructure automatically increases the demand for the materials used in building them. He forgot to mention how short-lived this demand is. Worse of all, we all know that we import the steel and our diesel!

I think watching this video of Fashola today has made me a die hard OBIdient tbfh. Obi is like a million steps ahead of these guys in thinking productively.

I mean, how about you work on producing your steel and diesel before thinking about Infrastructure? He spoke about millions of litres of diesel, tons and tons of steel used for that Niger bridge, etc.
Any smart person who sees the bigger picture will easily see how 'building infrastructure' in our current setting easily translates to consumption (since we'll be importing the lot of skills and materials!)

At this point, isn't it obvious that production can easily translate to building infrastructure if prioritised in a country like Nigeria?

Prioritising production is like killing a thousand birds with one stone.

My f#*g opinion though.

But in truth, I had been rating Fashola very high before this past few weeks.

I even forgave his goof about "power not being rocket science " but what he is saying now makes me think he doesn't really know much.

E get as political Afonjas dey think. Thank God Femi otedola my man isn't part of them

Fashola...former Tinubu's boy? Yawns

These people are so funny. What Fashola said is the absolute truth. One of the ways to boost employment and the economy is for the government to invest in infrastructure.
Obi will rather invest in a brewery though.

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logicalhumour:

I just watched a short video where Fashola attempted to "school" Peter Obi on Infrastructure vs Production.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9HUruemlAI
(https://www.nairaland.com/7208125/fashola-schools-peter-obi-infrastructure)

I might know nothing to challenge someone like Fashola, but him making a statement such as "building infrastructures is the way to legitimately distribute wealth in an economy."...like seriously? Do Nigerians throw away common sense when it comes to politics?

Like, for example, how many people did the second Niger bridge employ, and where are they today? As opposed to refining diesel, or a steel plant producing steel and constantly employing common Nigerians for decades and decades?

He talked about how infrastructure automatically increases the demand for the materials used in building them. He forgot to mention how short-lived this demand is. Worse of all, we all know that we import the steel and our diesel!

I think watching this video of Fashola today has made me a die hard OBIdient tbfh. Obi is like a million steps ahead of these guys in thinking productively.

I mean, how about you work on producing your steel and diesel before thinking about Infrastructure? He spoke about millions of litres of diesel, tons and tons of steel used for that Niger bridge, etc.
Any smart person who sees the bigger picture will easily see how 'building infrastructure' in our current setting easily translates to consumption (since we'll be importing the lot of skills and materials!)

Isn't it obvious that production can easily translate to building infrastructure if prioritised in a country like Nigeria?

Prioritising production is like killing a thousand birds with one stone.

My f#*g opinion though.

In your superior logic, once bridges and roads are constructed they will just maintain themselves forever as nobody would need to maintain them? Wow!

OP, Fashola is actually making sense. Enough of all these nonsense and childish propaganda. Let us play like intelligent people and not like illiterates.

ElSudani:
These people are so funny. What Fashola said is the absolute truth. One of the ways to boost employment and the economy is for the government to invest in infrastructure.
Obi will rather invest in a brewery though.

The best way to improve the economy is to create enabling environment for the masses to take over productive ventures and make profit, then pay tax.

Enabling environment like easy loans, stable interest rates, strong security, etc

Mr fash is fighting for his political son hamzat.

ElSudani:
These people are so funny. What Fashola said is the absolute truth. One of the ways to boost employment and the economy is for the government to invest in infrastructure.
Obi will rather invest in a brewery though.

Op is explaining investment in infrastructure to a layman like you in clear terms. Everything is not politics bro Learn so when you discussing outside, it will boast your moral and show you have something upstairs.

tinsel:
OP, Fashola is actually making sense. Enough of all these nonsense and childish propaganda. Let us play like intelligent people and not like illiterates.

Fashola is old school in thinking, he's wrong just as this government who has their priorities disorganised.

PresidObi:


The best way to improve the economy is to create enabling environment for the masses to take over productive ventures and make profit, then pay tax.

Enabling environment like easy loans, stable interest rates, strong security, etc

Lack of infrastructure is the main reason the Nigerian economy is lagging. How do you even create an enabling environment without investing in infrastructure? What a contradiction!

ElSudani:
These people are so funny. What Fashola said is the absolute truth. One of the ways to boost employment and the economy is for the government to invest in infrastructure.
Obi will rather invest in a brewery though.

And when has investing in brewery become a crime??

ElSudani:


Lack of infrared is the main reason the Nigerian economy is lagging. How do you even create an enabling environment without investing in infrastructure? What a contradiction!

You didn't read my second paragraph?

Kdon2:


And when has investing in brewery become a crime??

I wonder.

PresidObi:


The best way to improve the economy is to create enabling environment for the masses to take over productive ventures and make profit, then pay tax.

Enabling environment like easy loans, stable interest rates, strong security, etc

As a farmer, good roads to your farm, construction of silos, bridges, railways, communication etc. would ease and improve your business.

Infrastructure is key.

tinsel:
OP, Fashola is actually making sense. Enough of all these nonsense and childish propaganda. Let us play like intelligent people and not like illiterates.

Don't mind them, children of hate. Hatred for anything Yoruba will wipe them off the face of the earth eventually. Na weting destroy azikiwe political career be dat!

Golan007:


As a farmer, good roads to your farm, construction of silos, bridges, railways, communication etc. would ease and improve your business.

Infrastructure is key.

Not as key as security, because we have been farming in this country since 1300 when there were no good roads. But we cannot farm with insecurity.

That's why I am talking about enabling environment over infrastructure.

meetme01:


Op is explaining investment in infrastructure to a layman like you in clear terms. Everything is not politics bro Learn so when you discussing outside, it will boast your moral and show you have something upstairs.

Layman like me! Why don't you explain to this "Layman" how investment in infrastructure runs contrary to the provision of employment and boosting the economy.
I only need to be lectured as a layman, reserve the insults for another thread.

PresidObi:


Fashola is old school in thinking, he's wrong just as this government who has their priorities disorganised.

I am sure you got nothing in particular to offer from your comment I can guess!

Kdon2:


And when has investing in brewery become a crime??

It becomes a crime when you lose public money kept in your care.

ElSudani:


It becomes a crime when you lose public money kept in your care.

He never lost money

PresidObi:


He never lost money

Yeah right. Do we even need to debate this?

ElSudani:


Yeah right. Do we even need to debate this?

No, because you dont have the right figures and facts.

ElSudani:
These people are so funny. What Fashola said is the absolute truth. One of the ways to boost employment and the economy is for the government to invest in infrastructure.
Obi will rather invest in a brewery though.

You reasons like a goat.

I think Fashola to an extent is just overrated.
The guy did not perform well as a minister, I only love the way he went silent not involving in public politics

WATCHOVER:
I think Fashola to an extent is just overrated.
The guy did not perform well as a minister, I only love the way he went silent not involving in public politics

I don't even know why he's speaking up and making people remember his gaffes

PresidObi:


No, because you dont have the right figures and facts.

The facts are there unless you want to pull the wool over the eyes of your people. Which means Obi is just another liar and a terrible manager who is just out to take advantage of his people once again.
Alternatively, he can come clean and admit his mistakes.

ElSudani:


It becomes a crime when you lose public money kept in your care.

Not a crime Mr man! Maybe in your own delusion though! All you need is proper management. Check germany

Tradernaija1:

You reasons like a goat.

Classic IPOB reaction to issues. Confront them with a superior argument and their brains start to ooze out of their ears.

If the likes of fashola is the best of the drug lords men, then they are lost.
No wonder Buharis government failed. Found is worse than an Ilitrate.