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Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by givedemwotowoto(op): 4:47pm On Jul 14

Building roads is not an achievement worthy of celebration by a President. Every administration before President Tinubu built roads. Roads are a basic responsibility of government, not an extraordinary accomplishment. Achievements are measured by outcomes (value delivery) not projects.

Think of it this way: When you submit your CV to an employer, they look for outcomes you achieved, not tasks that you did. For example: "I answered phone calls, updated Microsoft excel spreadsheets, attended meetings" are tasks and responsibilities, and say almost nothing about your achievements on the job.

Employers want to know what changed because of the work you did. For example: "I reduced customer response time by 50% by implementing a 2-hour policy for new and existing customer requests". "I reduced employee onboarding by 50% by implementing a new HR software".

The same principle applies to government. Building a road is a task. The question is, what outcome did that road achieve? Did it reduce accidents through better engineering, signage, technology, road markings, and traffic enforcement?

The fact that building roads is now treated as an exceptional achievement shows how low the bar of governance has been set.

President Tinubu should be judged by:

1. Corruption: What measurable success has he achieved with fighting corruption which is one of the biggest problems plaguing Nigeria's institutions? How much more transparent are government institutions compared to previous admins? Which agencies have been reformed since he took office, and how did those reforms improve the quality of service delivery to the people?

2. Jobs: How many net new jobs were added to the job market under his administration? Has unemployed reduced since he took office?

3. Security: Have kidnappings, armed robberies, terrorism, banditry, violent crimes and religious motivated killings dropped since he took office?

4. Economy: Has he brought inflation under control? Has the value of Naira improved and stabilized compared to when he took over from the previous government?

5. Standard of Living: Are Nigerians better off today than when he took office? or did majority of Nigerians become poorer under his government?

6. Power Supply: Has Tinubu's government improved electricity generation, transmission and distribution? By how much did he improve electricity in homes? For example, if during previous governments, about 100 million homes enjoyed average 3 hours per day, by how much has he improved that?

7. Education: Has access to quality standard education improved? What specific learning outcomes have improved compared to previous admins?

8. Healthcare: Has access to quality and affordable healthcare improved? By How much? Are more Nigerians able to receive timely medical care?

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Parachoko: 4:57pm On Jul 14

givedemwotowoto:
Building roads is not an achievement worthy of celebration by a President. Every administration before President Tinubu built roads. Roads are a basic responsibility of government, not an extraordinary accomplishment. Achievements are measured by outcomes (value delivery) not projects.

List out the roads Goodluck Ebele Jonathan built in 6 years

I'm asking because I do travel along the major expressway across the country while he was the President, and I can say nah patch patch Government dey always patch some sections of the road

I remember when a section of the East-West Road was Constructed, immediately it rained, Water destroyed the road... Shey nah that one b Road Construction?

I've never witnesse this kind of Road Construction ongoing since dem don born me

If Jonathan or Obasanjo built this kind of Quality Roads Asiwaju is building across every part of Nigeria, Asiwaju won't be Constructing Roads all over Nigeria

Ordinary 3rd Mainland Bridge Couldn't be fixed between 1999 and 2015

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Parachoko: 5:06pm On Jul 14

If Obasanjo and Jonathan built quality roads that will last for years, Asiwaju won't be spending Trillions on Constructing Road across Nigeria

Lets use the Gbagada-Oshodi-Apapa Expressway for Example.

Obasanjo spent billions on patching the road for 8 years.

Yardua spent billions on patching the road

Jonathan spent billions on patching the road

Buhari is the one who truly reconstructed the road

If Buhari just patched the road like Obasanjo and the rest, Asiwaju will have to spend Billions on fixing the road by now.

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by givedemwotowoto(op): 6:11pm On Jul 14

Parachoko:
List out the roads Goodluck Ebele Jonathan built in 6 years

I'm asking because I do travel along the major expressway across the country while he was the President, and I can say nah patch patch Government dey always patch some sections of the road

I remember when a section of the East-West Road was Constructed, immediately it rained, Water destroyed the road... Shey nah that one b Road Construction?

I've never witnesse this kind of Road Construction ongoing since dem don born me

If Jonathan or Obasanjo built this kind of Quality Roads Asiwaju is building across every part of Nigeria, Asiwaju won't be Constructing Roads all over Nigeria

Ordinary 3rd Mainland Bridge Couldn't be fixed between 1999 and 2015

There are multiple threads that were created on NL back then, just like you guys are doing now.

Here is Fashola talking about 25,000km roads built under GEJ:
https://www.nairaland.com/3361654/jonathan-constructed-more-roads-than

Many more threads created on his road construction projects, still he was voted out for people who claimed they could do better:

https://www.nairaland.com/2056377/state-state-breakdown-goodluck-jonathans

https://www.nairaland.com/1195573/jonathan-goodlucks-report-card-assessment

https://www.nairaland.com/3956762/200-achievement-dr-goodluck-ebele

https://www.nairaland.com/2982407/new-list-204-projects-commissioned

Road construction is not something Tinubu's government should come to boast about in 2026. This shows lack of achievements.

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by BrickandLace(f): 7:31pm On Jul 14

Yes

Are these roads really providing the value Nigerians are looking for ?

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Parachoko: 7:41pm On Jul 14

givedemwotowoto:
There are multiple threads that were created on NL back then, just like you guys are doing now.

Here is Fashola talking about 25,000km roads built under GEJ:
https://www.nairaland.com/3361654/jonathan-constructed-more-roads-than

Many more threads created on his road construction projects, still he was voted out for people who claimed they could do better:

https://www.nairaland.com/2056377/state-state-breakdown-goodluck-jonathans

https://www.nairaland.com/1195573/jonathan-goodlucks-report-card-assessment

https://www.nairaland.com/3956762/200-achievement-dr-goodluck-ebele

https://www.nairaland.com/2982407/new-list-204-projects-commissioned

Road construction is not something Tinubu's government should come to boast about in 2026. This shows lack of achievements.

List out the names of the roads oga

Leave long talk

I can list out the names of roads Asiwaju is building, and I go even back am up with video evidence

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Ttalk: 7:43pm On Jul 14

givedemwotowoto:
Building roads is not an achievement worthy of celebration by a President. Every administration before President Tinubu built roads. Roads are a basic responsibility of government, not an extraordinary accomplishment. Achievements are measured by outcomes (value delivery) not projects.

I've never seen this type of opposition before. Claiming building Coastal road won't bring benefit.

I guess those working on the road are not Nigerians or maybe they are only doing Charity work.

Government don't just dash people money, such monies are channeled towards infrastructure so it trickle down through job it creates.and the ripple effects are felt by the people

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by givedemwotowoto(op): 12:41am On Jul 15

Ttalk:
I've never seen this type of opposition before. Claiming building Coastal road won't bring benefit.

I guess those working on the road are not Nigerians or maybe they are only doing Charity work.

Government don't just dash people money, such monies are channeled towards infrastructure so it trickle down through job it creates.and the ripple effects are felt by the people

You see the problem? You don’t have numbers. The people at the top working with Tinubu provided you with none, because there’s nothing to show, the numbers are embarrassing.

If they have done anything meaningful, why are they not using the numbers to campaign?

How many net new jobs have they added to the economy since they came to office? You want to tell me they don’t know? Job creation is one of the most important measures of economic performance. Give us the job numbers.

Give us the numbers on Security, Economy, Standard of Living, Power Supply, Education, Healthcare and so on.

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Authoreety: 10:11am On Jul 15

Though it helps, there are so many other projects that could be more beneficial ...

Especially light, cheap foods and accessibility to modern health care etc

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Blunt99: 10:12am On Jul 15*

This shouldn't even an argument...

But trust children of perdition.

This is all they know, or brainwashed with about governance,

Even though the roads don't last long as their erections, before getting washed away, and abandoned.

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by SeeWahala: 10:12am On Jul 15*

Imagine they take away the ability of over 90% of the citizenry to purchase vehicles or bicycles . . . undecided

Then they use the money they took from those same now impoverished citizens to build roads that only they themselves (elite) can drive on cry

Then they sit and wait for us to clap for them 🤨

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by iykololo(m): 10:13am On Jul 15*

Parachoko:
List out the roads Goodluck Ebele Jonathan built in 6 years

I'm asking because I do travel along the major expressway across the country while he was the President, and I can say nah patch patch Government dey always patch some sections of the road

I remember when a section of the East-West Road was Constructed, immediately it rained, Water destroyed the road... Shey nah that one b Road Construction?

I've never witnesse this kind of Road Construction ongoing since dem don born me

If Jonathan or Obasanjo built this kind of Quality Roads Asiwaju is building across every part of Nigeria, Asiwaju won't be Constructing Roads all over Nigeria

Ordinary 3rd Mainland Bridge Couldn't be fixed between 1999 and 2015

Debating with you will drastically lower someone's IQ.
My goodness,what a shame!

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by bluefilm: 10:14am On Jul 15*

Exactly

Every subsequent government is building roads

But at the end of the day, you have nothing at all to show for it

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by BATified2023: 10:14am On Jul 15

givedemwotowoto:
You see the problem? You don’t have numbers. The people at the top working with Tinubu provided you with none, because there’s nothing to show, the numbers are embarrassing.

If they have done anything meaningful, why are they not using the numbers to campaign?

How many net new jobs have they added to the economy since they came to office? You want to tell me they don’t know? Job creation is one of the most important measures of economic performance. Give us the job numbers.

Give us the numbers on Security, Economy, Standard of Living, Power Supply, Education, Healthcare and so on.

the problem with u people is no longer politics but hate, we were all here when Jonathan was in pdp was in power for good 16 years n they did virtually nothing but within 3 years Tinubu have done roads n u are still degrading it.

I am sure u will hail your deranged messiah if he had kept all the money in his bank while infrastructures suffer

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by AntiChristian: 10:14am On Jul 15

We are on the way to recovery!

Na Surgery we just comot!

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by BATified2023: 10:15am On Jul 15

iykololo:
Debating with you will lower someone's iQ drastically.
My goodness,what a shame!

those people are not mentally balanced so it pays to argue with the mad man at upper iweka than argue with them

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by SeeWahala: 10:16am On Jul 15

iykololo:
Debating with you will lower someone's iQ drastically.
My goodness,what a shame!

Be like me, don't debate . . . LAUGH at them 🤭

The problem with debating them is that if you win this particular moniker they will activate 5 other ones and engage you from another perspective of their jaundiced viewpoint due to excessive corn 🌽 consumption 🥺

I always make a caricature of them and it keeps me happy 🤗

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Image123(m): 10:17am On Jul 15

Until Alex Otti puts a Julius Berger sign, or fountain with light in a round about. Then you'd hear screams and tears of joy from same folks. It's become boring.

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by SeeWahala: 10:17am On Jul 15

iykololo:
Debating with you will lower someone's iQ drastically.
My goodness,what a shame!

Hehehehe 😂😅

He has already activated the alternate data B0i account to attack you seff 😏

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Gotocourt: 10:17am On Jul 15

We need good roads to drive down cost of commodities. It'll reduce inflation.

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by ade4real2016: 10:19am On Jul 15

His filthy n bigoted wailers will not put their empty brains in d gear to digest d message n neglect d messenger...Was this not what Bill Gates told Buharis n his silly cabinet members when he came for Dangote daughter's wedding that any budget appropriation that is devoid of reasonable percentage to Health n Education is fallacy huh

... Nigeria wasn't this dejected in d 80s...

Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Hemanwel(m): 10:19am On Jul 15

I totally and completely disagree with you!

Modified:

After reading through the post, I now got your points; and to be sincere, you made valid and reasonable points.

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Ofunaofu: 10:19am On Jul 15

I completely agree with you 💯

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Ttalk: 10:20am On Jul 15

SeeWahala:
Imagine they take away the ability of over 90% of the citizenry to purchase vehicles or bicycles . . .

Then they use the money they took from those same now impoverished citizens to build roads that only they themselves (elite) can drive on

Then their sit and wait for us to clap for them 🤨

The reason why it is difficult to engage a typical Obidient is the way they showcase ignorance like badge of honour.

You mean you don't know that the money used by Nass to purchase cars for the Legislators is in First Line Charge.

You don't know that Nass has 100 percent control of how their budget is spent and the disbursement is statutory?

Gosh!

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Bizibi(m): 10:22am On Jul 15

What Nigeria government lack especially the states is providing welfare for their people. Akwa ibom is a good example.

Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Ttalk: 10:23am On Jul 15

It is like building a power generation system without the transmission system.

Obidients are no longer advertising ignorance, they are chewing and swallowing it.

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by SeeWahala: 10:26am On Jul 15

Ttalk:
The reason why it is difficult to engage a typical Obidient is the way they showcase ignorance like badge of honour.

You mean you don't know that the money used by Nass to purchase cars for the Legislators is in First Line Charge.

You don't know that Nass has 100 percent control of how their budget is spent and the disbursement is statutory?

Gosh!

Peter Obi is coming to plug/remove/delete all those your armed robbery charges/allocations and disbursements from our federal tax payers purse angry

Afterall he does not benefit from it one bit 🤗 he's the leader we all know will plug the excessive wastage and corruption in your tilumbu's APC regime 🥰

Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by lordkay10(m): 10:26am On Jul 15

Roads are like arteries and veins carrying blood and nutrients round the body. If you like build a million world class schools and hospitals, it will amount to waste if they are inaccessible due to lack of good road networks. But this is too much for an Obidient to comprehend

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Guestmale: 10:28am On Jul 15

givedemwotowoto:
Building roads is not an achievement worthy of celebration by a President. Every administration before President Tinubu built roads. Roads are a basic responsibility of government, not an extraordinary accomplishment. Achievements are measured by outcomes (value delivery) not projects.

Without good and quality logistics like good and motorable road, you can only achieve little or nothing of most of what you have listed here.

If the past administrations has built all these roads there won't be need for this administration to do that.

Those communities which those roads past through will only see you as enemy of progress with this your writeup.

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by lordkay10(m): 10:29am On Jul 15

Parachoko:
If Obasanjo and Jonathan built quality roads that will last for years, Asiwaju won't be spending Trillions on Constructing Road across Nigeria

Lets use the Gbagada-Oshodi-Apapa Expressway for Example.

Obasanjo spent billions on patching the road for 8 years.

Yardua spent billions on patching the road

Jonathan spent billions on patching the road

Buhari is the one who truly reconstructed the road

If Buhari just patched the road like Obasanjo and the rest, Asiwaju will have to spend Billions on fixing the road by now.

You are absolutely correct. I remember FERMA used to be very active patching bad portions on most highways in the country.
@topic, so are Obidients now admitting that Tinubu is constructing roads all over the country? They’re no longer audio like they used to say?

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Re: Building Roads Doesn't Define Good Governance. Achieving Measurable Results Does by Guestmale: 10:29am On Jul 15

lordkay10:
Roads are like arteries and veins carrying blood and nutrients round the body. If you like build a million world class schools and hospitals, it will amount to waste if they are inaccessible due to lack of good road networks. But this is too much for an Obidient to comprehend

You just nailed it. Many people are ignorant of this.

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