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I Grew Up in Lagos Under Tinubu. That’s Why I Have ZERO Respect for Obasanjo.

Let’s set the record straight.

I grew up in Lagos — the Lagos that Tinubu rebuilt from scratch while Obasanjo was busy flying presidential jets and settling personal beefs in Abuja.

One built a future.

The other clung to the past like a rotary phone in the age of iPhones. (I wasn't too young to remember, stuff from the era of plane crashes; and OPC drama of which still links to OBJ)

When Tinubu came in 1999, Lagos was a glorified ghetto with sea breeze.

No IGR.
No proper sanitation.
Public services were a myth.

OBJ gave him NOTHING — not allocations, not support, not praise.

Instead?
Federal oppression.

What did Jagaban do?

He built an economy within a hostile economy.
He multiplied IGR from ₦600 million to over ₦8 billion/month.

He restructured governance, digitized services, created LASTMA, LAWMA, and laid the groundwork for Eko Atlantic, BRT, and Lagos as a smart city. (Quod erat demonstrandum)

Meanwhile, Obasanjo?

He spent 8 years chasing third term like a toxic ex stalking a restraining order.

Power sector? FAILED.!
Education? STRIKES.!
Police? Used as private goons.!

(Hi Tafa Balogun, any update from Satan?)
Economy? Privatized to friends with long spoons.

Tell me, what exactly did OBJ do that positively impacted the average Nigerian like me growing up in a rented flat in Ikotun?

Nada. Nothing. Zilch.

But Tinubu? I saw the difference.

Cleaner streets.

Traffic regulation.

Schools being renovated.

A vision for tomorrow.

He made Lagos work, and mentored a generation of leaders — Fashola, Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu, and others.
OBJ left behind excuses, letters, and goats.

Let’s be clear: Obasanjo didn’t build Nigeria.
He built Obasanjo Incorporated.
Everything was about his ego and revenge.
And now he parades himself as an elder statesman? Abeg.!

I was there.
I lived it.
I’m not tweeting from memory lane.
I’m testifying from experience.!

So when I say:

"I grew up in Lagos under Tinubu — and that’s why I have zero respect for Obasanjo."

It’s not hype.
It’s not fanboyism.
It’s not propaganda.

It’s called gratitude with working memory.

Because while OBJ was playing tribal politics and writing shady memos, Tinubu was building a Lagos that gave me — and millions — a chance to dream.

Let that sink in.

©Oreoluwa O. Olaleye
(I grew up on facts, not fairytales.)
@abdullayofel on twitter
A. Ayofe

lol.

Before Tinubu, OBJ was head of state and he built the national theatre in Lagos. He built FESTAC town in 1977.

Obj was head of state at the age of 39/40, Tinubu was not one to be known then.

During OBJ’s tenure as head of state, Jimmy carter the late President of the USA came to Nigeria to visit. Bill Clinton as well as George Bush were two other US presidents that came to visit Nigeria. They all came when OBJ was president or head of state.

In “76 when OBJ came on board as head of state, Nigeria’s inflation was 36%, within a year, inflation dropped to 30%.

Obj is not a saint, but it is an insult comparing someone like Tinubu to Obasanjo. Obj is far ahead of Tinubu in all ramifications but tribal and politics of hate.

The poster must be a child for him to say he grew when Tinubu was governor. He clearly doesn’t even know his left from right.

Obj never ceased state allocations to Lagos state. What was stopped was LGA allocations and the reason is simple. Tinubu created new LGs which is against the constitution of the country and refused to cancel them. Obj and the FG then decided to not give LG allocations for 20 LGAs to Tinubu then because he was going to share it amongst 57 LGAs as against the 20 recognized by the constitution.

God bless you my brother, you are 💯 right.
I witnessed this, how Lagos begin changing gradually.
May God bless ASIWAJU

lordm:
Ipob people will come for you soon

You won't because of it not to utter the truth.

We from south west, we see the reality.

i love his comment. Don't insult anyone but say the reality

OBJ lacked vision, if he did Nigeria would be far. Those who know him don't take him serious at all. He is the architect of our current woes

Why is Tinubu fumbling now?

Among all the governors since 1999, Tinubu performed less than Fasola and Ambode

kabillion:
I Grew Up in Lagos Under Tinubu. That’s Why I Have ZERO Respect for Obasanjo.

Let’s set the record straight.

I grew up in Lagos — the Lagos that Tinubu rebuilt from scratch while Obasanjo was busy flying presidential jets and settling personal beefs in Abuja.

One built a future.

The other clung to the past like a rotary phone in the age of iPhones. (I wasn't too young to remember, stuff from the era of plane crashes; and OPC drama of which still links to OBJ)

When Tinubu came in 1999, Lagos was a glorified ghetto with sea breeze.

No IGR.
No proper sanitation.
Public services were a myth.

OBJ gave him NOTHING — not allocations, not support, not praise.

Instead?
Federal oppression.

What did Jagaban do?

He built an economy within a hostile economy.
He multiplied IGR from ₦600 million to over ₦8 billion/month.

He restructured governance, digitized services, created LASTMA, LAWMA, and laid the groundwork for Eko Atlantic, BRT, and Lagos as a smart city. (Quod erat demonstrandum)

Meanwhile, Obasanjo?

He spent 8 years chasing third term like a toxic ex stalking a restraining order.

Power sector? FAILED.!
Education? STRIKES.!
Police? Used as private goons.!

(Hi Tafa Balogun, any update from Satan?)
Economy? Privatized to friends with long spoons.

Tell me, what exactly did OBJ do that positively impacted the average Nigerian like me growing up in a rented flat in Ikotun?

Nada. Nothing. Zilch.

But Tinubu? I saw the difference.

Cleaner streets.

Traffic regulation.

Schools being renovated.

A vision for tomorrow.

He made Lagos work, and mentored a generation of leaders — Fashola, Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu, and others.
OBJ left behind excuses, letters, and goats.

Let’s be clear: Obasanjo didn’t build Nigeria.
He built Obasanjo Incorporated.
Everything was about his ego and revenge.
And now he parades himself as an elder statesman? Abeg.!

I was there.
I lived it.
I’m not tweeting from memory lane.
I’m testifying from experience.!

So when I say:

"I grew up in Lagos under Tinubu — and that’s why I have zero respect for Obasanjo."

It’s not hype.
It’s not fanboyism.
It’s not propaganda.

It’s called gratitude with working memory.

Because while OBJ was playing tribal politics and writing shady memos, Tinubu was building a Lagos that gave me — and millions — a chance to dream.

Let that sink in.

©Oreoluwa O. Olaleye
(I grew up on facts, not fairytales.)
@abdullayofel on twitter
A. Ayofe

Lol
The Op accused OBJ of playing tribal politics and Tinubu of being a visionary
That's the height of delusion
What is emilokan again?
Op you didn't grow up experiencing anything
You're among Tinubu's brainwashed and enslaved horde of worshippers

Sheuns:
lol.

Before Tinubu, OBJ was head of state and he built the national theatre in Lagos. He built FESTAC town in 1977.

Obj was head of state at the age of 39/40, Tinubu was not one to be known then.

During OBJ’s tenure as head of state, Jimmy carter the late President of the USA came to Nigeria to visit. Bill Clinton as well as George Bush were two other US presidents that came to visit Nigeria. They all came when OBJ was president or head of state.

In “76 when OBJ came on board as head of state, Nigeria’s inflation was 36%, within a year, inflation dropped to 30%.

Obj is not a saint, but it is an insult comparing someone like Tinubu to Obasanjo. Obj is far ahead of Tinubu in all ramifications but tribal and politics of hate.

The poster must be a child for him to say he grew when Tinubu was governor. He clearly doesn’t even know his left from right.

Obj never ceased state allocations to Lagos state. What was stopped was LGA allocations and the reason is simple. Tinubu created new LGs which is against the constitution of the country and refused to cancel them. Obj and the FG then decided to not give LG allocations for 20 LGAs to Tinubu then because he was going to share it amongst 57 LGAs as against the 20 recognized by the constitution.

the person you're talking to says OBJ played tribal politics. Don't you see that something is wrong upstairs with him

DMerciful:
Why is Tinubu fumbling now?

Among all the governors since 1999, Tinubu performed less than Fasola and Ambode

Somebody that opened up a forest scary to everybody and the person that later planted corn on it. History will remembered who opened up the forest more than who planted corn

Sheuns:
lol.

Before Tinubu, OBJ was head of state and he built the national theatre in Lagos. He built FESTAC town in 1977.

Obj was head of state at the age of 39/40, Tinubu was not one to be known then.

During OBJ’s tenure as head of state, Jimmy carter the late President of the USA came to Nigeria to visit. Bill Clinton as well as George Bush were two other US presidents that came to visit Nigeria. They all came when OBJ was president or head of state.

In “76 when OBJ came on board as head of state, Nigeria’s inflation was 36%, within a year, inflation dropped to 30%.

Obj is not a saint, but it is an insult comparing someone like Tinubu to Obasanjo. Obj is far ahead of Tinubu in all ramifications but tribal and politics of hate.

The poster must be a child for him to say he grew when Tinubu was governor. He clearly doesn’t even know his left from right.

Obj never ceased state allocations to Lagos state. What was stopped was LGA allocations and the reason is simple. Tinubu created new LGs which is against the constitution of the country and refused to cancel them. Obj and the FG then decided to not give LG allocations for 20 LGAs to Tinubu then because he was going to share it amongst 57 LGAs as against the 20 recognized by the constitution.

And when court asked him to release the allocations, did he?

When Marwa was Lagos Administrator, they said he was the best. When Jakande was there, tbey say he was it best. Fasola, they say he was the best.

This leaves me to conclude that Lagos wealth makes performance easy and that why when they come to national, they fumble.

If Umahi was Lagos governor, he'd perform better

kabillion:
Somebody that opened up a forest scary to everybody and the person that later planted corn on it. History will remembered who opened up the forest more than who planted corn

DMerciful:
When Marwa was Lagos Administrator, they said he was the best. When Jakande was there, tbey say he was it best. Fasola, they say he was the best.

This leaves me to conclude that Lagos wealth makes performance easy and that why when they come to national, they fumble.

If Umahi was Lagos governor, he'd perform better

Umahi I agreed will redefine Lagos no doubt even without Tinubu torchlight on him. The man is the best Igbo man I have seen aside okadigbo.

What and what did Tinubu built from scratch. Which of the structures? Educate us. You did not name the things he built from scratch. Is it BRT? Is it sanitation? Or the IGR you talk about is the structures?
Because even till now, 60% of the structures in Lagos were built by the federal government. Even till now The federal government are still the one maintaining those structures.
And FYI Tinubu constantly received State allocations from Obasanjo as you claimed he did not. What Obj through the federal government seized was local government allocations and they even released afterwards

Agbegbaorogboye:
Lol
The Op accused OBJ of playing tribal politics and Tinubu of being a visionary
That's the height of delusion
What is emilokan again?
Op you didn't grow up experiencing anything
You're among Tinubu's brainwashed and enslaved horde of worshippers

u don't even understand the meaning of emilokan

Factcheck0001:
u don't even understand the meaning of emilokan

What is the meaning
Do you also agree with the Op that OBJ plays tribal politics?

Mabuggi88:
What and what did Tinubu built from scratch. Which of the structures? Educate us. You did not name the things he built from scratch. Is it BRT? Is it sanitation? Or the IGR you talk about is the structures?
Because even till now, 60% of the structures in Lagos were built by the federal government. Even till now The federal government are still the one maintaining those structures.
And FYI Tinubu constantly received State allocations from Obasanjo as you claimed he did not. What Obj through the federal government seized was local government allocations and they even released afterwards

How old are you kid?

Agbegbaorogboye:
What is the meaning
Do you also agree with the Op that OBJ plays tribal politics?

not really

But with the resources at his disposal then, he failed woefully.


Compared to what we have now obj should have done better but he added to our woes but creating a faulty foundation.


I don't know your age when obj was ruling but I was of age n in d university then, if obj had done the right thing then we won't b here today


If he had fixed electricity with 16 billon dollars borrowed then , today we won't b having grid collapse

If he had done national id card then, today we won't b battling with influx of terrorists in our country

If he didn't play politics of witch hunting then by removing ladoja, tinubu wouldn't have d mind to remove fubara today

If he didn't start politics of imposition by writing election results on his bed with fayose then, tinubu n co won't leverage on that now.

Today we are all complaining politicians pay is too much, same obj started that madness so they can support him for 3rd term.

If he didn't play bad politics by jailing bode goerge cos of political differences, politicians today won't start it


Hope u know obj was president when Bola I've was killed till today n nothing done, hope u know who Bola ige was tackling then?

The problem all these politicians of today bank on to wreck havoc, na obj start am

If you are not from Lagos or a reside in Lagos during Tinubu era as governor of Lagos State, just keep shut and dont pass your warp judgement on the father of modern Lagos.

We saw something good in him when we voted him as Senator in 1992. The Senate saw his capacity when they appointed him as Chairman Committee on Banking and Finance that covers appropriation during his time. Lagosians see the good in him that made them elect him twice as governor.

Nigerians see the good in him that's why they elect him as president.

If you can't see the good all these people saw, then your eyes are blurry and your reasonings are shallow

Another propaganda and lies.

Imagine they're even comparing Tinubu to Obasanjo. Tinubu cannot lace Obasanjo's boots when it comes to administration. Tinubu didn't build Lagos. He squandered Lagos and embezzled the tax revenue from Lagos.

I grew up in Lagos and Tinubu was a massive failure. That's why his minions are trying without success to prove that he is a competent administrator. Even if he is, how has Nigeria fared under him in the last 2 years? Hasn't he moved from failure to failure? Is he and APC not a curse to Nigeria? Has he not put Nigerians in all-round captivity at the moment?

We can see Tinubu wearing OBJ's shoes today and how he seems bereft of ideas.

Even those who called Goodluck Ebele Jonathan clueless are speechless now.

As for those on this thread who claimed they voted Tinubu in 1992 because they saw something good in him, going by that terrain, they must have been in their late 30s minimum then.

That means they are in their 70s now.. Trolling On Nairaland.. Promoting Tinubu..😂😂

Who like chilled zobo by the way?

God bless you my brother. These were also my mind. I am also a witness to this. I am not a card carrying member of APC and don't intend to join politics. But I can vote against my conscience. I was also conversant with his opponents but they were nowhere close. ON HIS MANDATE I STAND!

Max24:
God bless you my brother. These were also my mind. I am also a witness to this. I am not a card carrying member of APC and don't intend to join politics. But I can vote against my conscience. I was also conversant with his opponents but they were nowhere close. ON HIS MANDATE I STAND!

If they say Tinubu is bad at least they should present a candidate that his achievements surpass that of Tinubu, talk is cheap, how did El Rufai manage the bandits and the killing of Southern Kaduna people when he was governor? .

How did Atiku manage the privatisation exercise as VP that was handed to him by Obasanjo.?

How did Amaechi manage the transportation sector as a minister, did.he build rail system that a state like Lagos built despite having all the money and China loans on his laps.

What is the record of the coalition members that will make me dump Tinubu for them?

Factcheck0001:
not really

But with the resources at his disposal then, he failed woefully.


Compared to what we have now obj should have done better but he added to our woes but creating a faulty foundation.


I don't know your age when obj was ruling but I was of age n in d university then, if obj had done the right thing then we won't b here today


If he had fixed electricity with 16 billon dollars borrowed then , today we won't b having grid collapse

If he had done national id card then, today we won't b battling with influx of terrorists in our country

If he didn't play politics of witch hunting then by removing ladoja, tinubu wouldn't have d mind to remove fubara today

If he didn't start politics of imposition by writing election results on his bed with fayose then, tinubu n co won't leverage on that now.

Today we are all complaining politicians pay is too much, same obj started that madness so they can support him for 3rd term.

If he didn't play bad politics by jailing bode goerge cos of political differences, politicians today won't start it


Hope u know obj was president when Bola I've was killed till today n nothing done, hope u know who Bola ige was tackling then?

The problem all these politicians of today bank on to wreck havoc, na obj start am

And you're sure you were in university when OBJ was in power
Where did OBJ borrow $16bn from? Is it IMF or WB or Chinese? Kindly educate me

Agbegbaorogboye:
And you're sure you were in university when OBJ was in power
Where did OBJ borrow $16bn from? Is it IMF or WB or Chinese? Kindly educate me

oga I don't need to educate u

If u were around, it was all over the news then

kabillion:
I Grew Up in Lagos Under Tinubu. That’s Why I Have ZERO Respect for Obasanjo.

Let’s set the record straight.

I grew up in Lagos — the Lagos that Tinubu rebuilt from scratch while Obasanjo was busy flying presidential jets and settling personal beefs in Abuja.

One built a future.

The other clung to the past like a rotary phone in the age of iPhones. (I wasn't too young to remember, stuff from the era of plane crashes; and OPC drama of which still links to OBJ)

When Tinubu came in 1999, Lagos was a glorified ghetto with sea breeze.

No IGR.
No proper sanitation.
Public services were a myth.

OBJ gave him NOTHING — not allocations, not support, not praise.

Instead?
Federal oppression.

What did Jagaban do?

He built an economy within a hostile economy.
He multiplied IGR from ₦600 million to over ₦8 billion/month.

He restructured governance, digitized services, created LASTMA, LAWMA, and laid the groundwork for Eko Atlantic, BRT, and Lagos as a smart city. (Quod erat demonstrandum)

Meanwhile, Obasanjo?

He spent 8 years chasing third term like a toxic ex stalking a restraining order.

Power sector? FAILED.!
Education? STRIKES.!
Police? Used as private goons.!

(Hi Tafa Balogun, any update from Satan?)
Economy? Privatized to friends with long spoons.

Tell me, what exactly did OBJ do that positively impacted the average Nigerian like me growing up in a rented flat in Ikotun?

Nada. Nothing. Zilch.

But Tinubu? I saw the difference.

Cleaner streets.

Traffic regulation.

Schools being renovated.

A vision for tomorrow.

He made Lagos work, and mentored a generation of leaders — Fashola, Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu, and others.
OBJ left behind excuses, letters, and goats.

Let’s be clear: Obasanjo didn’t build Nigeria.
He built Obasanjo Incorporated.
Everything was about his ego and revenge.
And now he parades himself as an elder statesman? Abeg.!

I was there.
I lived it.
I’m not tweeting from memory lane.
I’m testifying from experience.!

So when I say:

"I grew up in Lagos under Tinubu — and that’s why I have zero respect for Obasanjo."

It’s not hype.
It’s not fanboyism.
It’s not propaganda.

It’s called gratitude with working memory.

Because while OBJ was playing tribal politics and writing shady memos, Tinubu was building a Lagos that gave me — and millions — a chance to dream.

Let that sink in.

©Oreoluwa O. Olaleye
(I grew up on facts, not fairytales.)
@abdullayofel on twitter
A. Ayofe

While acknowledging the fact that it is your inalienable right to support and love anyone you love,I will like to say, that you are wrong in your assertion.
(1) Comparing Obj as president of Nigeria and Tinubu as governor of Lagos State, is like comparing an apple with an orange. This is no standard or ground for your comparism on this ground.
Obj, managed a whole nation, while Tinubu was just after a unit of the nation that Obj was managing, therefore what was the ground for comparing them?
(2) It's very wrong for you to say Tinubu built Lagos from the scratch. This is the kind of wrong information that people like you peddled before the election.
Lagos State,has been in existence before Tinubu came to it from Iragbaji,it was a federal capital, most of its infrastructures, were built with federal resources, government after government has been in Lagos before him. We can't forget the contributions of past governors in Lagos State like Alhaji Lateef Jakande( A.ka) baba kekere, Col. Buba Marma, whose footprint in Lagos State still exists till date. Saying he built Lagos from the scratch is a very wrong statement, but rather, say that he improved on what he met on the ground in Lagos State, this will be more acceptable than the former. Every government that comes into place anywhere, must have one thing good or the other that they did.
(3) Under Obj, the economy of Nigeria was sound, check ot out the percentage of growth then , it was close to 7%. We had a single digit inflation rate, exchange rate was very stable, unemployment rate was less than what we have now. You want to compare Tinubu with Obj then?
(4) We had debit cancellation under Obj, that freed us from the weight of foreign debt.
Under Obj, security of lives and properties were top notch in Nigeria then, incessant killings like you have now, wasn't the case.
(5) Under Obj, our communication sector of the economy was unbundled, received a boost, that brought about the use of GSM in Nigeria today. Do you know the contribution of this to our GDP? Do know the jobs it created and still creating till date?
(6) Under Obj, we had what was then called ECA , meaning Excess Crude Account, where the excesses of our crude oil sales were deposited and managed. You said Obj,built Obasanjo Incorporated, can you tell us what was Tinubu's worth financially before and after his reign as governor of Lagos State?. What businesses did he do that gave him much wealth after his tenure?
(7) Power, Education and other sectors of the economy mayn't have functioned too well then, but even with Tinubu as the president now, have we faired any better? Obj, had a team of sound technocrats from different fields, a pan Nigeria economic team, unlike what Tinubu is having now, past and present, there's no basis for it.
I'm not of the opinion that Tinubu did nothing in Lagos State, but not enough to compare what he did with what Obj did

Crying and weeping in the camp of the bitter losers

This comment section though. I'm not surprised sha.

Spot on OP.

asfrank:
OBJ lacked vision, if he did Nigeria would be far. Those who know him don't take him serious at all. He is the architect of our current woes

Very correct