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NO CHANCE FOR MY KINSMAN CHINEDU and that NDC man in lagos. CHINEDU should come back and drag APGA from SOLUDO

Hezmatosky210:
I thought the one who bought form and contest for election will also be the one to pick deputy. How come the party is the one choosing and announcing? Hmmm Hamzat am seeing downfall already o

Wetin concerned you?

Who picked the Gov himself?

Does he have any power of his own?

It's the duty of the GAC to pick a deputy Gov for him and it'll be diligently done in order to balance various interests in the state.

She's a good choice bcoz of the long standing agitation of Badagry Division of the state.

even if he join APC, they will never allow him to taste seat of power.
he is an outsider. he will block the way they share lagos cake.
these people only associate with people they can keep in check

Yampotatocarrot:
Outsider as in he has never been a member of APC? That's true

Thing is, aside Agege, where APC has a very stronghold due to Obasa's impact, I can't mention any other area where APC can be assured of winning "hands down"... Don't really know of Ikorodu axis

In all, may God keep up alive and healthy to witness it all and give us good leaders, Amen

Bluna:
Are you comparing a state with a whole country?
WTF? 🤥

lagos state economy is bigger than four west African countries joined together.

jaxxy:
Look at ALL the people who so called fought and won under labour party in the last elections who did they represnt apart from the bellies? Many candidates are hand picked or given support during the primaries to boost their chances and that doesnt make it bad, what is most important is the character and competence of the person u are presenting or backing.

All Labour fighting for u candidate have fought for their bellies and joined apc.

If a Godfather hand picks a credible candidate i will support it fully. Thats how we got fashola who is still the best governor of lagos sofar.

I am analyzing this as a political observer. Godfathers will only do what they think helps them, not the people. We've seen this happening before. You talk about labor, many people left PDP for APC in 2015 because of the Buhari effect. Our democracy is transitioning. There was a time the Governors were so strong that without them, we couldn't have a president. Obasanjo had to give PDP two governors in 2006 because of their demands. The governors were so strong that the nPDP governors and the Governors forum made it hell for Jonathan. But in 2023, what our democracy showed was that governors are not so powerful anymore that's why some of them failed to get to Senate despite controlling the system. Many of them have tried to be godfathers and it still fails. Tinubu's own will still fail, it's not a curse. Why? Humans cannot be tied for too long like that. Trust me. The Obasa impeachment happened while he was President, guess what will happen in a few years. It's living its final years. I will come back to this later but read some of my posts here

SixSeven:
That guy may be buying time to strike at the right time where it will hit them the most. Godfatherism is not new, we have seen it happen everytime. In Enugu, Nnamani; in Rivers, Odili/Amaechi; in Borno, Ali Modu Sherrif/Shettima; in Kaduna, El-Rufai; in Edo, Igbinedion; in Oyo, Adedibu, IN Kwara, Saraki. If Saraki's own child could sack him, there is no loyalty you are looking for. Every man in power wants to be his own man.
Fubara has nothing to lose so he can keep behaving like mumu to them. That's why they are afraid of betrayal. Imagine this weakling then having might like Ambode developed might towards the election and challenged his master. That is why they also want to impeach him because they need to be sure who's on their side. Look how they accused Sanwoolu of working with Atiku because Obi defeated his Godfather and he had to prove loyalty.

Another one

SixSeven:
Democracy is a scam if one country can decide how crazy another's democracy is crazy. Demonstration of craze...

This is why it will not work in Africa because it's crazy how the demo works here. The rulers have figured out how to manipulate the system to benefit them without direct responsibility.

In 1999 - 2003, the Executive did not like the Legislature and orchestrated the removal of the Senate and Reps different times. However you must be aware that the leaders of those houses were not 100% clean. Do you remember Salisu and Toronto Certificate? Within four years, the Senate alone had three presidents. Salisu Buhari’s removal over the Toronto certificate scandal was justified on ethical grounds, but the speed and coordination of the process revealed something deeper, the executive influence was never far away. Evan Enwerem and later Chuba Okadigbo fell amid allegations of misconduct, yet the pattern suggested that leadership crises were being managed politically, not institutionally. Accountability was selective, reactive, and often convenient for the power brokers. Nigeria began its democratic process on a faulty foundation. The Governors will learn after the 2003 tsunami by the PDP how to grab it in the next paragraph.


In 2003–07, the major issue of this tenure was the attempt tamper with constitutional limits through political pressure. Even though Obasanjo denies it today, there is enough documentation on how the third-term agenda was not just about tenure elongation but it was a stress test of whether constitutional rules could withstand executive might. The Legislature was flooded with inducements and intimidation. That the amendment failed remains significant, but equally significant is how close it came to succeeding. Democracy survived this phase by a narrow margin, not by institutional strength but thank God it survived. Credit to Sen Ken Nnamani.


In 2007–11, this tenure combined electoral legitimacy collapse, legislative scandal, and executive weakness. The 2007 elections severely damaged democratic credibility, yet governance proceeded without correction. Yar Adua's attempt to correct the anomaly of an election succeeded a bit when he set up an electoral panel to review our electoral system. Inside the Legislature, the Patricia Etteh crisis and later the Dimeji Bankole era exposed how leadership of the House became entangled with patronage and post-tenure criminalisation. The defining rupture, however, was Yar’Adua’s illness and death. The secrecy surrounding presidential incapacity paralysed governance and exposed a constitutional vacuum. The “Doctrine of Necessity” that elevated the Vice President was a timely fix but it also confirmed that Nigeria’s democracy often survives by improvisation rather than adherence to clear rules. Thank you Dora Akunyili and we can't forget the role of Mr Aondoaka and those who claimed that the President could rule from anywhere in the world. A pattern that will be repeated later under Buhari and now, Tinubu. This period was where the Governors started learning to cut their teeth. They became more influential in Nigerian politics. The Governors' Forum was influencing national politics. This was the period of one party state by PDP that made Ogbulafor boast that PDP will rule for 60 years. Obasanjo had taught the Governors lessons but Yar Adua and Jonathan's scholarly approach to democracy may have cost us a lesson on tight fisted executive.

DORA AKUNYILI'S EXPLOSIVE MESSAGE TO YAR'ADUA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47UulCINeuo

In 2011–15, the main issue of this period was oversight without enforcement. The National Assembly appeared assertive, especially during the fuel subsidy probe, which revealed massive corruption. Yet the failure to secure decisive prosecutions weakened public trust. You must remember that Farouk Lawan was recently forgiven in the Tinubu's presidential pardon list but what he did at that time was a symbol of the corruption at the top. At the same time, electoral reforms under Attahiru Jega restored some credibility to elections, creating a contrast between improving electoral process and stagnant governance accountability. Democracy looked better at the ballot box than in outcomes. Change became possible but the Governors played a major role in redesigning how party politics was. The party was no longer the class captain, each Governor was now taking hold of the party structure at each state.

AUDIO: The $3 million conversation between Farouk Lawan and Femi Otedola - Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUnWDgEMDa8

$3million bribery: Farouk Lawan request removal of Otedola's company from fuel subsidy report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gzT5vd0vE


In 2015–19, this tenure was dominated by open institutional confrontation. Bukola Saraki’s emergence as Senate President against party and executive preference triggered years of conflict. His trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal placed the Judiciary squarely within political struggle. Simultaneously, the Executive openly disobeyed court orders in security-related cases, signalling impatience with judicial restraint. This was not just an executive–legislative problem, it was a systemic breakdown of respect among arms of government because APC was in power, so yih can't blame the opposition. Power was increasingly exercised as moral authority rather than constitutional obligation.
The first attack on the judicial system began here with the Onnoghen trial by the Buhari government. The death of the media also started during this time. APC, which had oiled the machinery of the media to their advantage could not let the same machine take them out. They came out hard on critical thinking and through the Minister of Information, the Press review started here.


In 2019–23, the tenure was defined by the open surrender of legislative independence. Unlike earlier Assemblies that at least struggled with the Executive, this one publicly embraced alignment as a governing principle. Legislative leaders openly described the National Assembly as a “partner” rather than a check. Oversight weakened noticeably. Budgets were passed with little resistance, confirmations sailed through, and major policy questions rarely produced institutional pushback. The loss of teeth was not accidental. Senate President Ahmed Lawan repeatedly framed the National Assembly as a “partner” of the Executive rather than a check on it. In public statements, he emphasized working “in harmony” with the presidency to pass legislation and implement national policies, warning against “unnecessary grandstanding” that could delay governance. Oversight weakened - bills, budgets, and ministerial confirmations proceeded with minimal scrutiny. A prominent example was Godswill Akpabio’s smooth confirmation as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, which drew little interrogation despite prior controversies. Please off your mic. Committees that would normally probe ministers or government contracts rarely escalated findings, signaling a tacit decision that cooperation, not confrontation, was the guiding principle. The loss of teeth was not accidental, it was openly acknowledged, marking a clear departure from Assemblies that had previously struggled even contentiously to assert themselves.
Democracy during this period functioned procedurally but hollowly, with elections and legislative processes intact but scrutiny and accountability diminished.

From 2023–present, the current 10th National Assembly has intensified this pattern. It had easily won the worst National Assembly even before concluding its tenure. Senate and House leaders, including Akpabio, have publicly reinforced the idea that lawmakers are not elected “to fight the Executive” but to collaborate on national priorities. Akpabio stressed that legislators should support executive-led bills that serve the nation, even if critics label this a “rubber-stamp” legislature. Committees continue to exist, but oversight has become largely symbolic. Critical national issues, security challenges, rising inflation, and controversial economic policies see limited legislative pushback. What stands out is not conflict but its absence, making it clear that the Legislature now prioritizes alignment and on a mandate they wish to stand on with the executive over independent scrutiny. In practical terms, the National Assembly functions, but as a facilitator of executive priorities rather than a co-equal branch ensuring accountability. This Assembly has trashed any respect whatsoever you may have for the Legislature. Publicly singing on your mandate they shall stand, trying to praise the President's work and laughing over serious issues that affect Nigerians or completely ignoring them have made them weaker than the whisker of a cat.

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Looking at Nigeria’s National Assembly from 1999 to today, a clear pattern stands out. Each four-year tenure faced big challenges, but the Legislature often let itself be shaped by politicians and party leaders instead of standing up to protect the people’s interests. The 10th Assembly shows this clearly. Leaders openly put the President’s wishes above their constitutional duty. They approve bills and budgets without asking tough questions. Committees that should investigate government programs barely do their work. By choosing to cooperate instead of check power, the Legislature has weakened democracy from within. At the same time, the Judiciary has often compromised, bending under pressure or choosing caution, which has limited its ability to fully check government power. Go to court!!!


This problem is not unique to Nigeria. In countries like Venezuela, democracy exists on paper but is erased by politicians who manipulate institutions for their own gain. We can see the same pattern here. But pointing out these failures does not give outsiders the right to lecture Venuezela. Even strong democracies like the United States struggle with their own political crises and institutional problems. True democracy only works when the people and their own institutions hold power accountable. No one else can do it for us.

©️ SixSeven


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL6QgwDREmo

KIDfurniture:
Wonderful move for them to use a wman

Brilliant. Did not see this coming but commendable.

flokii:
Go and ask your forefathers.. Egun people migrated into Lagos State from I think Cotonou or so.
The first settlers and bonafide land owners in Lagos are the Awori and Egba people. Anything outside that is revisionism.

Did your forefathers (with due respect) told you this?

If they did, they are wrong, let me educate you and them, so that next time you can correct their usual grandstanding and historical amnesia on others history, and check their love to claiming others endowments as theirs.

The term Lagos came from "Lagos de curamo", a Portuguese phrase that implies Lagos is akin to the island of the Portuguese it's named after.

The naming of Lagos was 16th century or earlier, Egba was not founded then.

Egba was established in the year 1830, in Igbo Egba, by internally displaced Yoruba people of the interior, sacked by the Oyo and the jihadists from their original homes.

These people arrived at the realm known as igbo Egba, looking for a new site. They eventually settled at Abeokuta.

Their enemies were many and the reason they were attacked often by Dahomey was because Dahomey (Egun) believed that it's sphere of influence extended to where the new Egba country has pitched it's tent.

Coming back to the Egun and Awori, the folks have always been at the corridor they are found today. You are ignorantly cherry picking.

And as for the íjebu, if you have clue, you should understand that Epe and Ikorodu, eastward part of Lagos is peopled by the Ijebus. If you can be ignorant of this, then you know nothing about the subject.

You can always make case for your Egba as you people always like to make claims that makes you happy and grab it all.

But you are late comers sha.

ibedun:
Which national cake?

Total federal government revenue = $38billion

Total annual expenditure = $65 billion

Persistent unfundable deficit = -$27billion (roughly)

Population = 250 - 270 million people

Summary = extreme poverty

The national cake no exist bro! It’s a myth!!!

A myth to Stockholm Syndrome followers who don’t interrogate themselves on how leaders looters wreck societies.

chisomkachy:
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s first supplementary budget includes a fleet of SUVs for himself and his wife, a presidential yacht and the renovation of his villa amid a cost-of-living crisis for some of the poorest people in the world.

The proposal — which seeks additional funding beyond the annual budget approved by Tinubu’s predecessor — comes as the government asks Nigerians to persevere through pain caused in part by a raft of economic reforms ushered in by the new president. Africa’s most populous country faces rampant unemployment, soaring food prices and a plummeting currency.

Federal lawmakers approved the president’s request for extra spending on Thursday, but eliminated the provision of 5 billion naira ($6.01 million) to buy a presidential yacht. Instead, they doubled the allocation to a student loan fund to 10 billion naira, according Abubakar Bichi, chairman of an appropriations committee in the House of Representatives.

The lawmakers approved 1.5 billion-naira proposed to purchase SUVs for the office of First Lady Oluremi Tinubu — an amount larger than that allocated to many individual federal colleges. The supplementary budget also proposes almost 6 billion naira to purchase SUVs for the presidency — more than the amount initially allocated to fund a student loan program for poor families.


https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-02/nigeria-budgets-for-suvs-and-yachts-amid-economic-hardship

FreeStuffsNG:
At last, Badagry division has the No. 2 position.
Lagos Mainland's time too will come.

No be only Lagos mainland dey Lagos nau. Fashola did 8 years as governor, his a surulere man from mainland.

Okay it's not Seyi Tinubu again, Obituary followers can't do without fabricating lies

Why you no dey put the revenue wey Dem dey borrow up and down?
Abi dat one no be money?

ibedun:
Which national cake?

Total federal government revenue = $38billion

Total annual expenditure = $65 billion

Persistent unfundable deficit = -$27billion (roughly)

Population = 250 - 270 million people

Summary = extreme poverty

The national cake no exist bro! It’s a myth!!!

Anonimi copied

How? That's how it works for years, I hope you read her profile.
The most grassroots party in Lagos is APC (AD).

Hezmatosky210:
I thought the one who bought form and contest for election will also be the one to pick deputy. How come the party is the one choosing and announcing? Hmmm Hamzat am seeing downfall already o

SixSeven:
Repost👇

You see what happens when you let some select people choose and install people on your behalf? They WILL NEVER represent you. That's what this Desmond Elliot story shows us once again. The Barakat lady replacing him too will only work as a stooge.

This is what happens when parents do everything for their children, they never learn how to withstand the world challenges or fight for things, their parents did everything for them. They don't know their worth.

After Bucknor and Pedro showed Tinubu shege, they started going for female deputy governors. The ones who will not fight them. This is not to put the women down but we all know how it went with those deputies who were female. That's what is going on in Lagos. You will never get your true representative because these people did not fight for the seats. Even if they tried to fight, the party they came in through only annointed them for guaranteed victory at the polls. Until you have someone who did all the work, earned it in the primary and elections, you will only have representatives of babasopecracy consensus. Fake democracy.

"There is nothing democratic in what is referred to as consensus"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Ztoev8VNs&

Let me correct the writer who said
Former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is today a member of the influential Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the highest decision-making body in Lagos APC, largely because he accepted defeat gracefully after losing the governorship primary to the party’s preferred candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Rather than defect or head to court, Ambode congratulated Sanwo-Olu and pledged loyalty to the party. Desmond Elliot should take a cue from that example.

Big fat lie. Ambode that called Sanwoolu mad and did worse than Elliot. Abeg talk another thing. They have arranged themsleves. Even Pedro is now an Ambassador but you see that WOMAN, Bucknor. She no gree for Bola. Again, know your worth and what you are fighting for.

Ambode gave a live broadcast after the defeat but don't forget that he didn't attend the handover ceremony, instead, he handed one day before May 29 at a private event. Also Ambode lost through the primaries, at least they allowed that to happen. Did you hear what Desmond said? "Even if I will lose, let me lose gallantly". He complained about intimidation of delegates so there is a difference in losing through indirect babasopecracy and direct vote. At least they pretended to vote for Ambode's own. The truth is that some people are at the background rigging the system. They don't want true votes. If it was consensus of the delegates, it is different but here there is compulsion, intimidation and threats to select one candidate. What a shame.

Why are you complaining about what happened to Desmond "idiot" , sorry Elliot, was that not the same way he got the position he held for 12 years? I don't pity anyone of them or listen to their cry of being intimidated because people were beating and dehumanised during state house of rep. election in surulere . The election the returned Desmond to the house for the third time was full of irregularities throat were known to Desmond himself, but because he had backing of his godfathers, he pretended as if all is well but now that his godfathers have left him to support another candidate, he's now crying foul. He should shut his mouth and lick his wound quietly or he gets into a big trouble with power that can submerge him in pool of affliction he would not be about to get out of forever. I stay in surulere ( ogunlana drive to be precise) although I don't have a voter's card and I don't intend to have anytime in future because I don't trust any of the politicians or their parties, I follow surulere politics very well.

SUNNINO:
Badagry Division is only good for deputy governor, Bola Tinubu your hatred and wickedness towards them is top notch.

Minority from Ika dey talk.
You wey your people no get mouth for your backwards state.

Islie:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/05/31/apc-names-damilola-sonayon-james-as-lagos-deputy-governorship-candidate/

this is a welcome development for the people of badagry and Lagos in general……we hope this will give the people of badagry a sense of belonging and also sway more development and representation to the people of badagry……eko oni baje oo btw proudly Lagos

ibedun:
Omo Nna please rest and tell us what’s happening in the land of your ancestors.

😂😂😂 leave that clown make hin Dey muumu himself…….he wey don cast tey tey, nya Miri Dey disguise

absoluteSuccess:
What do you mean by settlers?

That will make Save, Cotonou and people of Ketu, "settlers" in republic of Benin, going by your assumptions.

Lagos indigenous people are:

Awori
Íjebu
Egun.

The rest are people who settled in Lagos much later.

indeed, most of you know more about Lagos history more than you own state…..John snow where are the egbas and the ijesha’s? Or you got your own history class from radio biafla?

bluejay05:
Why are you complaining about what happened to Desmond "idiot" , sorry Elliot, was that not the same way he got the position he held for 12 years? I don't pity anyone of them or listen to their cry of being intimidated because people were beating and dehumanised during state house of rep. election in surulere . The election the returned Desmond to the house for the third time was full of irregularities throat were known to Desmond himself, but because he had backing of his godfathers, he pretended as if all is well but now that his godfathers have left him to support another candidate, he's now crying foul. He should shut his mouth and lick his wound quietly or he gets into a big trouble with power that can submerge him in pool of affliction he would not be about to get out of forever. I stay in surulere ( ogunlana drive to be precise) although I don't have a voter's card and I don't intend to have anytime in future because I don't trust any of the politicians or their parties, I follow surulere politics very well.

It was a repost

Lagos APC: What Desmond Elliot Should Learn From Hakeem Masha’s Political Fate by mohbadliveson(op): 4:30am On May 22

ibedun:
Omo Nna please rest and tell us what’s happening in the land of your ancestors.

Lol. Don't mind those guys. Na to dey go drag land with indigenes they sabi pass. Eze Ndigbo Accra, Eze Ndigbo Cape Town etc.

She currently serves as the Deputy State Chairman of the APC in Lagos State, a position she attained after previously serving as the party’s State Assistant Woman Leader.

i say am already: politician to keep the cake in the same fridge

SonOfDSoil01:
this is a welcome development for the people of badagry and Lagos in general……we hope this will give the people of badagry a sense of belonging and also sway more development and representation to the people of badagry ……eko oni baje oo btw proudly Lagos

Indeed. Wonderful also that Lagos is going to get a female deputy Governor.

I am happy to hear that she's from badagry, I pray she remember my community in badagry and make the place motorable because over the years we couldn't drive in our cars to the community except through a plank bridge or you have to drive long distance before you can get in,


Atura people needs your attention ma

EmperorIsaac:
That State is still miles ahead of many African countries.

Yes with enormous debts.

Let's see a picture without make-up. Again, is this her recent picture?

KIDfurniture:
Wonderful move for them to use a wman

APC don win for Lagos be that. Lagos is preparing for the first female Governor in Nigeria. Hopefully, she will remain loyal throughout he tenure as Deputy Governor.

Eriokanmi:
because I'm not on your side? Na you born me give nna abi?

This Akoko Edo man again

Hezmatosky210:
I thought the one who bought form and contest for election will also be the one to pick deputy. How come the party is the one choosing and announcing? Hmmm Hamzat am seeing downfall already o

I wonder oooooo, it seems Samuel Ajose was asked to nominate a deputy, but it must be a female.

That's the deal for him to accept consensus. Badagry must be carry along

SonOfDSoil01:
indeed, most of you know more about Lagos history more than you own state…..John snow where are the egbas and the ijesha’s? Or you got your own history class from radio biafla?

Shows you don't understand the context of what "true Lagosian" means.

Can you make someone who originated in Egba a political leader (deputy governor or governor) in Osun state all because he or she is Yoruba?

Can you transfer what should be for an Ekiti indegen to the Ijesa because both were neighbors?

There's different between state of origin and ethnicity, people who don't get that often think they know a lot, but that's not true.

I'm not the reason the first guy that quoted me is so ignorant. Try and digest the context between "history" and "population" as basic topics in social studies, basic knowledge in subject differentiation count sometimes.

Knowledge is a little beyond just blind arguments.

Thanks.

Eriokanmi:
Leave them and their wahala. We've told them already. It's the turn of Lagosian to govern. Details later

Who knows you in the scheme of things. I can bet you are not recognize in your ward. noise maker.