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He's partly right. That young boy is actually working. Aregbesola didn't do half of what he has done so far. But that senate president part of what I don't agree with because the current senate president is a Muppet of this regime.

ledaman:
I may not like as APC style of Administration, But Aregbesola tenure as minister of interior was a complete disaster with no single achievement.
When it comes to passport issuance no delay and other projects commissioned by the young dude
Aregbesola has nothing to offer in the coalition.

100% correct. You are the sort of Nigerian I personally can identify as a proper fellow Nigerian because you make it obvious, despite having no love for APC, you are into progress for our nation and her people to the extent you are committed to admitting you have experienced it under an APC government.

You'd be surprised at the number of warped Nigerians, even as witnessed on this thread, trying to whitewash the image of Aregbe whose time as Minister of interior came in a period many of us were adult and needing the services under the purview of his Ministry to directly discern he is an abject failure.

May God help with how we are the worst, most self-destructive people to be cobbled together in the history of world IMO. No people are bigger and greater enemies of each others progress than Nigerians.

This is why I envy nations hosting a people whose homogeneity of socio-economic ideas and desires are above 80% to 100% as it means, whenever those people are ready, they can shape developed nations if they truly desire that.

Such will never happen for Nigeria with so many wanting distinctly different things socio-economically, culturally and even in terms of gender equality and so many other ideas.

How will a nation that says she wants progress host a group advocating rehabilitation of terrorist and genocidal killers while another insist they must be punished and crushed?

Are those not indicators those two starkly contrasting opinions means the folks in the two groups above should preferably lead themselves and not others?

Unless we all fight for more decentralisation of power and processes, leading to the rights to go and lead ourselves at regional level, Nigeria will never make great and sustainable progress.

It will always be two step forward in 'one Nigeria' under a progressive President and ten steps backwards under a regressive President.

Whereas people who are progressive generally should lead themselves always and ditto for those who wish to be regressive and backwards always.

This is a knock out blow. No more comments

WizardOfNG:
Great and issue-based comment from Wike. I have made this same point countless times. How can those who say they are on a rescue mission be far inferior and hideously incompetent in comparison to those they wish to remove from office?

Aregbe is a prime example. Unless we wish to lie to ourselves, Aregbe heaped misery, tears and pain on Nigerians in 8 years as Interior Minister. Woeful public administrator and one of the worst ever who should not even show his face in Nigerian politics again, if he has shame, considering how Tunji-Ojo has disgraced him.

Tunji-Ojo, in a year only, reversed all the damage Aregbe did and started by clearing a backlog of hundreds of thousands of un-issued passport.

We shouted tirelessly for e-gate that Ghana has had for several years, and the world has been using for two decades now, yet Aregbe feigned ignorance so his boys and girls in immigration can continue "meet and greet" extortion of Nigerians and foreigners at our international airports.

Today we have e-gates and much more courtesy of Tunji-Ojo. These are the issues Nigerians must focus on because citizen of serious nation of the world, where politics is always about effective service delivery for the people, do not swap spectacular success for abject failure.

Wike is a fine example too. The way he moves may not be to everyone's taste but no one can deny, in two.years, he is already the best FCT Minister ever. These are the reality that should matter to Nigerians and not whether Wike has beef with Atiku or whether Aregbe mocks Tinubu publicly.

We should never lose sight of what matters if a politically sophisticated people who judge political leaders on what truly matters. I.e their performance and impact in our lives

you write excellently well

WizardOfNG:
Great and issue-based comment from Wike. I have made this same point countless times. How can those who say they are on a rescue mission be far inferior and hideously incompetent in comparison to those they wish to remove from office?

Aregbe is a prime example. Unless we wish to lie to ourselves, Aregbe heaped misery, tears and pain on Nigerians in 8 years as Interior Minister. Woeful public administrator and one of the worst ever who should not even show his face in Nigerian politics again, if he has shame, considering how Tunji-Ojo has disgraced him.

Tunji-Ojo, in a year only, reversed all the damage Aregbe did and started by clearing a backlog of hundreds of thousands of un-issued passport.

We shouted tirelessly for e-gate that Ghana has had for several years, and the world has been using for two decades now, yet Aregbe feigned ignorance so his boys and girls in immigration can continue "meet and greet" extortion of Nigerians and foreigners at our international airports.

Today we have e-gates and much more courtesy of Tunji-Ojo. These are the issues Nigerians must focus on because citizen of serious nation of the world, where politics is always about effective service delivery for the people, do not swap spectacular success for abject failure.

Wike is a fine example too. The way he moves may not be to everyone's taste but no one can deny, in two.years, he is already the best FCT Minister ever. These are the reality that should matter to Nigerians and not whether Wike has beef with Atiku or whether Aregbe mocks Tinubu publicly.

We should never lose sight of what matters if a politically sophisticated people who judge political leaders on what truly matters. I.e their performance and impact in our lives

Problem is these politicians know how the I.Q of most Nigerians is. Most of which are emotionally imbalanced.
Politicians that should be facing trial or hiding their faces are forming coalition.
The unprovoked massacres in Kaduna South, the jail breaks in the last administration or the wanton corruption under Obasanjo... Can't Nigerians see beyond?

WizardOfNG:
How is is it wrong for Wike to highlight what a huge failure Aregbesola was, in 8 years as Interior Minister, in comparison to his successor Tunji-Ojo who had delivered countless solutions in 1 year the unbelievably incompetent Aregbe will never be able to do even if in office for 50 years?

Is it not right to show Nigerians factually that they must never swap unprecedented success with abject failure?

Aregbe and co tout themselves as "saviours". Should their sordid record.and gross failings in public office not be exposed so Nigerians know to avoid them?

Wike's message is timely and spot-on because in politics, same as shopping in the market, it should always be "caveat emptor". Buyers beware. Nigerians should not use their thumbprint to go and buy bad and rotten market for themselves.

I told you all that anybody involved in buhari's government should not be listened to at all. Look elsewhere. Most of the then newly built imi*gratn offices were completed with by huge mosques that make it difficult for other facilities to be situated within the im*igratn
Complex.

DeLaRue:
The funny thing is, many of the politicians in ADC have been in power in one shape or another at State or federal level over the past 30 years or more and they did nothing.

Now, some of the common people who have been clamouring for progress for a long time are the same people saying they want the failed politicians to return to power

It's incredible.

The coalition should compare Wike developmental projects as fct Minister in 2 years with the former fct Minister Bello 8 years.

Some Nigerians are too daft.

This is a clear sign he's disturbed. His relevance will soon come to end .

DeLaRue:
The funny thing is, many of the politicians in ADC have been in power in one shape or another at State or federal level over the past 30 years or more and they did nothing.

Now, some of the common people who have been clamouring for progress for a long time are the same people saying they want the failed politicians to return to power

It's incredible.

Saying someone was in power and did nothing shows you are daft... That's a rubbish statement

Kudos to your for this build up. I keep on saying it..... Anytime you see somebody performing good better things.. just commend and support him.. forget he's this and that.... To me Wike has performed tremendously for FCT.... No single development for that place ... Nothing... Can you imagine FCT with no good road network, everywhere looks like a village, all our politicians have shared the whole lands withing themselves with nothing remitted to the government pocket.. now see those people in the coalition party... Those ones that have been eating our money since still the same people and you are telling me these ones pray for a better Nigeria... I rest my mind ...

WizardOfNG:
Great and issue-based comment from Wike. I have made this same point countless times. How can those who say they are on a rescue mission be far inferior and hideously incompetent in comparison to those they wish to remove from office?

Aregbe is a prime example. Unless we wish to lie to ourselves, Aregbe heaped misery, tears and pain on Nigerians in 8 years as Interior Minister. Woeful public administrator and one of the worst ever who should not even show his face in Nigerian politics again, if he has shame, considering how Tunji-Ojo has disgraced him.

Tunji-Ojo, in a year only, reversed all the damage Aregbe did and started by clearing a backlog of hundreds of thousands of un-issued passport.

We shouted tirelessly for e-gate that Ghana has had for several years, and the world has been using for two decades now, yet Aregbe feigned ignorance so his boys and girls in immigration can continue "meet and greet" extortion of Nigerians and foreigners at our international airports.

Today we have e-gates and much more courtesy of Tunji-Ojo. These are the issues Nigerians must focus on because citizen of serious nation of the world, where politics is always about effective service delivery for the people, do not swap spectacular success for abject failure.

Wike is a fine example too. The way he moves may not be to everyone's taste but no one can deny, in two.years, he is already the best FCT Minister ever. These are the reality that should matter to Nigerians and not whether Wike has beef with Atiku or whether Aregbe mocks Tinubu publicly.

We should never lose sight of what matters if a politically sophisticated people who judge political leaders on what truly matters. I.e their performance and impact in our lives

DeLaRue:
The funny thing is, many of the politicians in ADC have been in power in one shape or another at State or federal level over the past 30 years or more and they did nothing.

Now, some of the common people who have been clamouring for progress for a long time are the same people saying they want the failed politicians to return to power

It's incredible.

All of them are the same thing like wike he have been in rivers payroll close to 30 years, LG chairman, commissioner under amechi, minister, governor 8 years, fct minister again, please verify this & reply me

My guy... It's better you just leave some people with their opinions. I don't even know how some reason ... Aregbesola can come out and be campaigning and Nigerians still supporting him one way or the other .. we are doomed ..... Atiku, aregbe, saraki, El rufai, & co... ADC.... Ah ah.... We're waiting for them coming to our streets with their speeches... We are waiting for them

DeLaRue:
So if someone occupies a Ministerial position for 8 years and did nothing, it is ok as long as efcc has not accused them of stealing

Nigeria's matter no be small thing o.

May be Mr Aregbesola left a lasting legacy in the role that I am not aware of. Perhaps you can remind me.

WizardOfNG:
How is is it wrong for Wike to highlight what a huge failure Aregbesola was, in 8 years as Interior Minister, in comparison to his successor Tunji-Ojo who had delivered countless solutions in 1 year the unbelievably incompetent Aregbe will never be able to do even if in office for 50 years?

Is it not right to show Nigerians factually that they must never swap unprecedented success with abject failure?

Aregbe and co tout themselves as "saviours". Should their sordid record.and gross failings in public office not be exposed so Nigerians know to avoid them?

Wike's message is timely and spot-on because in politics, same as shopping in the market, it should always be "caveat emptor". Buyers beware. Nigerians should not use their thumbprint to go and buy bad and rotten market for themselves.

4years as a minister and he have his achievements too…

Under Aregbesola prison breaks were normalized almost every day we would hear of one prison break in or another.

He clearly was not a right fit for the job.
Too old and outdated in his approach
No one remembers he was a minister
Very forgettable tenure

No impact

let me tell you a secret, tell tinubu to bring back just fuel subsidy hes using to feed fat his cronies and you wont need all this explaining ...without that hes on his way out

WizardOfNG:
Great and issue-based comment from Wike. I have made this same point countless times. How can those who say they are on a rescue mission be far inferior and hideously incompetent in comparison to those they wish to remove from office?

Aregbe is a prime example. Unless we wish to lie to ourselves, Aregbe heaped misery, tears and pain on Nigerians in 8 years as Interior Minister. Woeful public administrator and one of the worst ever who should not even show his face in Nigerian politics again, if he has shame, considering how Tunji-Ojo has disgraced him.

Tunji-Ojo, in a year only, reversed all the damage Aregbe did and started by clearing a backlog of hundreds of thousands of un-issued passport.

We shouted tirelessly for e-gate that Ghana has had for several years, and the world has been using for two decades now, yet Aregbe feigned ignorance so his boys and girls in immigration can continue "meet and greet" extortion of Nigerians and foreigners at our international airports.

Today we have e-gates and much more courtesy of Tunji-Ojo. These are the issues Nigerians must focus on because citizen of serious nation of the world, where politics is always about effective service delivery for the people, do not swap spectacular success for abject failure.

Wike is a fine example too. The way he moves may not be to everyone's taste but no one can deny, in two.years, he is already the best FCT Minister ever. These are the reality that should matter to Nigerians and not whether Wike has beef with Atiku or whether Aregbe mocks Tinubu publicly.

We should never lose sight of what matters if a politically sophisticated people who judge political leaders on what truly matters. I.e their performance and impact in our lives

Tareq1105:
The coalition should compare Wike developmental projects as fct Minister in 2 years with the former fct Minister Bello 8 years.

Some Nigerians are too daft.

wike is 26 years holding political office so they all the same if tinubu loose to coalition tomorrow he I'll join them and change tone politics is there job when I was a kid I thought politicians are after my interest but not, never defend politicians they I'll give you salt and send rain to you.

buhari is now better than tinubu,every stats and indices points towards it...that tells you sumthing

WizardOfNG:
Bro, na so we see am OOO. To me, as a fairly exposed person, I firmly believe Nigeria host the most warped and damaged electorate in the world.

A people who can never think critically to see the big picture and forever remain prone to whitewashing the images of failures of 8 years (Obi, Malami and Aregbe for example) to be touting them as messiahs simply because they hate the ethno-religious, politcal or sectional background of those in office never minding that they are doing a great job.

Nigeria is a mentally-draining nation because of the aberrant character of Nigerians.

WizardOfNG:
100% correct. You are the sort of Nigerian I personally can identify as a proper fellow Nigerian because you make it obvious, despite having no love for APC, you are into progress for our nation and her people to the extent you are committed to admitting you have experienced it under an APC government.

You'd be surprised at the number of warped Nigerians, even as witnessed on this thread, trying to whitewash the image of Aregbe whose time as Minister of interior came in a period many of us were adult and needing the services under the purview of his Ministry to directly discern he is an abject failure.

May God help with how we are the worst, most self-destructive people to be cobbled together in the history of world IMO. No people are bigger and greater enemies of each others progress than Nigerians.

This is why I envy nations hosting a people whose homogeneity of socio-economic ideas and desires are above 80% to 100% as it means, whenever those people are ready, they can shape developed nations if they truly desire that.

Such will never happen for Nigeria with so many wanting distinctly different things socio-economically, culturally and even in terms of gender equality and so many other ideas.

How will a nation that says she wants progress host a group advocating rehabilitation of terrorist and genocidal killers while another insist they must be punished and crushed?

Are those not indicators those two starkly contrasting opinions means the folks in the two groups above should preferably lead themselves and not others?

Unless we all fight for more decentralisation of power and processes, leading to the rights to go and lead ourselves at regional level, Nigeria will never make great and sustainable progress.

It will always be two step forward in 'one Nigeria' under a progressive President and ten steps backwards under a regressive President.

Whereas people who are progressive generally should lead themselves always and ditto for those who wish to be regressive and backwards always.

We would get it right by force with determination and right people at the helm of affairs.
But the biggest question:is who will take the bull by the horn?

DeLaRue:
This young minister transformed passport processing within and outside Nigeria.

He has also tranformed the travel experience for those travelling to and from abroad through the Murtala Muhammed Airport.

He did these and more in a little over a year.

Mr Aregbesola was the Minister in that same ministry for 8 years when Nigerians went through hell to get a passport or renew one. 8 years o.

Can you believe that some Nigerians now believe Mr Aregbesola will be one of Nigeria's saviours if only they can just vote in ADC in 2027.

Also, instead of Minister Umahi, they prefer Minister Dino Melaye.

..Is Tinubu and APC been Nigeria saviour... Tinubu government has put Nigerians in abject poverty, hunger, hardship, inflation, high costs of living, high rate of unemployment, insecurity and destroyed the economy and country ..

Lifestylecom:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GisceAzbigI

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has criticised the opposition coalition working to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.

What is this liquor guzzling m*r*n talking about?
What was the crime rate then compared to now?
How many military bases were overrun back then like they are overrun now?
How many splinter terrorist groups were there then compared to now?
Why were there more enjoyable holidays under Aregbe than now?
Nonsense.

Wike is talking about his time as a Minister. The man was an even bigger failure as a governor. Well, I don't blame him. I blame Tinubu who supported a misfit as a governor for hiv own selfish agenda, and Buhari who rewarded mediocrity. Elsewhere around the world, people who find themselves as equivalent of a governor are those with years of experience successfully managing people and resources at the highest level.

AntiChristian:
Wike just dey press enemy neck everywhere!

Wike is wicked!

you like him,you like wickedness,no wonder you are antigoodlife

not a good comparison. i mean this tunji-ojo guy is a known crook with betta edu.

dem remove betta edu but leave this one with his known NDDC scandals.

what sort of nigeria is this where CROOKS and THIEVES are celebrated

Engineer DeLaRue, those clamouring for "progress" are
1. GenZ southerners who have not voted before or who first voted in the last election.
2. Those agitating for Biafra.
3. The ones who were part of the 2015 coalition but lost power in 2023.
4. The losers of the 2015 coalition who didn't get any position when Buhari came to power.
5. Political jobers like Ameachi who cannot stay two years without power.
6. The average northerners who sees themselves as born to rule.
7. Ignorant common people who believe in one Nigeria and who thinks Nigeria can work if we have "good leaders".

DeLaRue:
The funny thing is, many of the politicians in ADC have been in power in one shape or another at State or federal level over the past 30 years or more and they did nothing.

Now, some of the common people who have been clamouring for progress for a long time are the same people saying they want the failed politicians to return to power

It's incredible.

richmond500:
Wike is restless.
I think he's afraid of the coalition

Do the comparison and see for yourself. How can you people walk into a burning fire with your eyes open? Who cursed Nigeria? Even the educated once still cannot use their common sense.

He makes a good point here but it doesnt negate the general principle of making sure to change failures
If the coalition is bound to fail while wailing up and down

Tareq1105:
The coalition should compare Wike developmental projects as fct Minister in 2 years with the former fct Minister Bello 8 years.

Some Nigerians are too daft.

Why not compare how tinubu destroyed Nigeria in just two years with other administrations before him?

WizardOfNG:
100% correct. You are the sort of Nigerian I personally can identify as a proper fellow Nigerian because you make it obvious, despite having no love for APC, you are into progress for our nation and her people to the extent you are committed to admitting you have experienced it under an APC government.

You'd be surprised at the number of warped Nigerians, even as witnessed on this thread, trying to whitewash the image of Aregbe whose time as Minister of interior came in a period many of us were adult and needing the services under the purview of his Ministry to directly discern he is an abject failure.

May God help with how we are the worst, most self-destructive people to be cobbled together in the history of world IMO. No people are bigger and greater enemies of each others progress than Nigerians.

This is why I envy nations hosting a people whose homogeneity of socio-economic ideas and desires are above 80% to 100% as it means, whenever those people are ready, they can shape developed nations if they truly desire that.

Such will never happen for Nigeria with so many wanting distinctly different things socio-economically, culturally and even in terms of gender equality and so many other ideas.

How will a nation that says she wants progress host a group advocating rehabilitation of terrorist and genocidal killers while another insist they must be punished and crushed?

Are those not indicators those two starkly contrasting opinions means the folks in the two groups above should preferably lead themselves and not others?

Unless we all fight for more decentralisation of power and processes, leading to the rights to go and lead ourselves at regional level, Nigeria will never make great and sustainable progress.

It will always be two step forward in 'one Nigeria' under a progressive President and ten steps backwards under a regressive President.

Whereas people who are progressive generally should lead themselves always and ditto for those who wish to be regressive and backwards always.

Aregbe wasn't a disaster as a minister. You were probably referring to the time of Dambazau that was before Aregbe.
Aregbe was the one that started the decentralisation of Passport centres, which gave birth to a centre in Akowonjo side of Lagos, and also introduced an E-centre where express passport could be done for 70k or so while the regular timing is still about 40k, and people could actually do a self application without the previous stress involved, however, that is not to take away his lapses.
Few prisons experienced attack during his time.
His first term as a governor was also good
His 2nd term was a disaster.
In respect to rating, as a governor, 1st term (8/10), 2nd term (4/10), minister (6/10)
The above is what my rating of him would be.
NB: I'm from Osun, I also have family that did passport during his time without any agent or immigration officer

OlujobaSamuel:
Aregbe wasn't a disaster as a minister. You were probably referring to the time of Dambazau that was before Aregbe.
Aregbe was the one that started the decentralisation of Passport centres, which gave birth to a centre in Akowonjo side of Lagos, and also introduced an E-centre where express passport could be done for 70k or so while the regular timing is still about 40k, and people could actually do a self application without the previous stress involved, however, that is not to take away his lapses.
Few prisons experienced attack during his time.
His first term as a governor was also good
His 2nd term was a disaster.
In respect to rating, as a governor, 1st term (8/10), 2nd term (4/10), minister (6/10)
The above is what my rating of him would be.
NB: I'm from Osun, I also have family that did passport during his time without any agent or immigration officer

He was a calamity

Under him jail breaks became the norm

Those people living outside Nigeria gave up on passport renewals with waits longer than 12 months

Tunji Ojo is a great guy, but let’s not ignore what his predecessors may have done. It is “Minister of Interior,” not “Minister of Passport Issuance” or “Minister of Japa.”

That being said, was Aregbesola not an APC member? You all know he failed, yet he was allowed to oversee an important ministry for eight years. You, Wike, are not any better. Nigerians are the victims in all of this.

But one fact is clear: it is better to install another thief and failure to disappoint Nigerians than to keep the current failure and make them too comfortable. So, yes, I will endure whatever failure Aregbesola brings on board over the current failure in Aso Rock.