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saintkeppy:
When Ambode is not doing the biddings of Asiwaju, The Jagaban, do you expect Ambode to be re-elected the 2nd time? Ambode may have a good CV but who Governs Lagos is determined by one man, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

So Please stop acting as if you don't know what's going on or what is obtainable in Lagos Political sphere.

You got it wrong. I was trying to answer the guy that CV does not matter here. Because CV or no CV they are all errand boys

nlfpmod:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siminalayi_Fubara

. Your winnings is indeed divine. We trust in your abilities. I thank Governor Wike for choosing a commoner like me.

tenpipsperday:
You got it wrong. I was trying to answer the guy that CV does not matter here. Because CV or no CV they are all errand boys

Okay, cos you were pointing at Ambode failed 2nd term bid.

gaby:
I give this one maximum of 2 years, him and Wike go naked and disgrace themselves for market square.

He might play and fake to be loyal in this first tenure. However, when he has secured his second term, na fat time we go understand the meaning of roforofo.

I don't envy him one bit.

Bros U b prophet?

gaby:
I give this one maximum of 2 years, him and Wike go naked and disgrace themselves for market square.

He might play and fake to be loyal in this first tenure. However, when he has secured his second term, na fat time we go understand the meaning of roforofo.

I don't envy him one bit.

It is already happening. Is it a prophesy coming from you.

Machidon:
It is already happening. Is it a prophesy coming from you.

Stay on watch for this other prophecy...

https://www.nairaland.com/7408401/traveling-abroad-worth-it#117984579

alterego17:
Bros U b prophet?

This is also going to be fulfilled before you know it.

https://www.nairaland.com/7408401/traveling-abroad-worth-it#117984579

gaby:
This is also going to be fulfilled before you know it.

https://www.nairaland.com/7408401/traveling-abroad-worth-it#117984579

Gaby calm down...

kingthreat:
One thing i'm sure of is that he is 100% loyal to Wike

[quote author=2special post=132708616][/quote]I was wrong

N3TRAL:
Sim is competent but has a relatively mediocre CV . However, I don't see that midas touch because he appears average at best. The ball is in his court to prove me wrong.

At least Rivers State will have their first introverted and quiet Governor.

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Sanwo-Olu's CV is more inspiring. Sanwo Olu reached the pinnacle of his private career in Nigeria at Lead Merchants Bank in Nigeria . He was responsible for and in-charge of the foreign money market of the UBA. A mentee of Tony Elumelu who trusted him with that position- facts. He then proceeded to FCMB as an executive of the bank.

In public service, Sanwo-olu was the commissioner for budget and economic planning ( prepared the budget of a big state like Lagos- mediocres cannot handle that). He was the brain behind economic policies in Lagos before 2007.

He thereafter became the commissioner responsible for training, establishment and pensions. His job description here was to oversee the training of Lagos civil servants under specialized portfolios and also regulate payment of pensions to retired Lagos State workers. Ask me about a State in Nigeria that retired workers are not suffering and I'll show you Lagos.

Under Ambode, Sanwo-olu headed the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC). Put differently, the existence of well planned estates in Lagos State since 2015-2019 passed through his office. While he was handling that office, he also became the
Pioneer Board Chairman of Lagos Security Trust Fund. Sanwo-olu gave direct security report to the governor about security infrastructure and financing- that's his experience in security.

I wrap with saying that Sanwo-olu is also a graduate of the London Business school. This is not even detailed.

Now, list GRV's experience 😂.

This is the kind of threads that should have made frontpage before elections. A lot of voters don't know mediocre candidates

Rhodes-Vivour was born on Lagos Island but grew up in Ikeja, both in Lagos State.
He attended Chrisland Schools, up to JSS3, and then proceeded to Paris to attend École Active Bilingue, where he completed his secondary education. He has a bachelor's degree in architecture from University of Nottingham and a master's degree in the same field from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He partook in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 2008 after his first master's and completed it in 2009. He later attained a second master's degree in Research and Public Policy from the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

Rhodes-Vivour is from a family of lawyers. He is the son of Barrister Olawale and Mrs. Nkechi Rhodes-Vivour. He is nephew to a one-time justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Bode Rhodes-Vivour, grandson to the late judge Akinwunmi Rhodes-Vivour. He is also the great-grandson of Steven Bankole Rhodes, the second ever indigenous judge appointed in Nigeria.

GRV worked with Franklin Ellis Architects while he was in the UK. On returning to Nigeria, he worked with SISA, Kliff Consulting now called Building Partnership CCP, and Patrick Waheed Architects.

He is the founder of Spatial Tectonics, a design firm focused on unconventional construction methods to achieve affordability. He is a partner to Multi Development Construction Corporation (MDCC). He sits on the board of HomeQube Ltd, E-Terra Technologies and Alkebulan Agro-Allied. He is the chairman of The Rhodes-Vivour Foundation.

He was one of the first beneficiaries of the Not Too Young To Run legislation. In 2017, Rhodes-Vivour contested the Ikeja Local Government Area chairmanship under the KOWA party. Citing that the absence of godfatherism in the party made him contest under the platform. He lost to the candidate of the incumbent APC.

In 2019, he contested for the senate seat to represent Lagos west under the PDP. His campaign points were to revamp the infrastructure within the district and well as to get out the incumbent who he term as an "absentee senator spending more resources pursuing a futile governorship bid in Ogun State, rather than focus on Lagos West that have already given him their mandate". He came second in the final polls, losing to the incumbent senator and contestant under the erstwhile ruling party APC, Solomon Adeola, by 243,516 votes to Adeola's 323,817. Adeola received 41.38% of the votes, while Rhodes-Vivour received 39.40%. He contested the result in court, citing electoral violence and disruptions as reasons why the result should not be valid. However, the court deemed that not to be enough and upheld the election of his opponent.

He was the Labour party gubernatorial candidate in the 2023 Lagos State gubernatorial election, losing to the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He was initially one of the nominees gearing up to contest under the PDP, but pulled out just before the primary election was held. He defected to the Labour Party, contesting during substitute election through which the substantive candidate of the party was to be chosen, and came out victorious, getting 111 votes, to defeat former All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Moshood Salvador, who got 102 votes.

He is married to Dr. Ify Rhodes-Vivour (née Aniebo), a molecular geneticist by profession, who is the daughter of former military administrator to Kogi and Borno states, Augustine Aniebo.

Oga, as you can see, at his age, you cannot refer to GVR as “mediocre”. While the likes of your Sanwo Olu and Fubara were handpicked by godfathers, GVR fought his way to the top politically as a very young person. Hopefully you also read his family background, as evidence of who his father and grandfather were. We even know the family history of his wife. Now can you forward the family history of your oga Tpain and Sanwo Olu for better understanding?