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Deputy Governor of Lagos State and Lagos APC Governorship Candidate for 2027, Dr Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat yesterday at the PODFEST NAIJA 2026 held at the Harbour Point, Victoria Island.

The Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat gave a recap of what the Government has been doing in terms of digital connectivity, he says Lagos is expanding a unified digital infrastructure to support connectivity, entrepreneurship support, healthcare access, smart-city services, and public safety.

FIBRE NETWORK EXPANSION:

Between 2019 and 2025, Lagos laid more than 3,000 kilometers of fiber infrastructure and is approaching its 6,000-kilometer target, being developed through the Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA) and $22m direct investment for additional cable expansion.

SMART CITY AND HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE :

Fibre connectivity is intended to support faster creator uploads, lower startup costs, and improved access for schools, health centers, and hospitals.

Hospitals are being linked so patient records can be retrieved across locations using a patient’s name and record number, regardless of where the patient lives.

SAFETY:

The State is investing heavily in Security, that has given a boost to economic development, and has made Lagos State the safest State in the country.

The state is using geographic information systems, 5G-enabled smart poles, and other smart-city systems to manage infrastructure and data.

About 650 cameras have been deployed toward a target of 3,000; expansion is being implemented in batches.

STARTUPS RESEARCH SUPPORT:

The Lagos State Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC) at is supporting at least 90 research and development projects.

More than 200,000 small and medium-sized businesses have received 15 billion Naira in loans and grants, alongside finance and skills support.

TRANSPORTATION AND PAYMENT:

The Blue and Red rail lines have changed how thousands of Lagosians travel. About 6.2 million Lagosians use Cowry Cards, with a target of enabling one payment method across BRT, ferry and rail services.

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#ForwardLagos
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Deputy Governor of Lagos State and Lagos APC Governorship Candidate for 2027, Dr Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat @drobafemihamzat yesterday at the PODFEST NAIJA 2026 held at the Harbour Point, Victoria Island.

The Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat gave a recap of what the Government has… pic.twitter.com/ehWGERk8LP

— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) September 26, 2026

APC Lagos has perfected ways of deceiving Lagosians with English language!

Major reasons they drowned education in the state. They needed a populace who cannot think or decode information’s.

Digital connectivity my foot!

Lagos and Ogun state people are the dumbest voters we have in the world. MAGA is behind them!

Set of people who will see nothing, drown in pains and still keep screaming “Eko o ni baje”. Ask them what has not spoilt and they will turn it to fight and start breaking bottles.

I mean a retarded and archaic set, who can barely read and comprehend! Level of in-exposure is highest in Africa despite being a major city.

A state you can fool for continuously for 2 decades and they will still keep screaming “Eko o ni baje” even when they are directly affected by the incompetence of several administrations.

Now, they are anxious to sign up for another 8 years of woeful failure!

Fiber this, Fiber that.. who's executing the project. Huawei, NCC or Telcos.

Wow his excellency speaks well and fluently without even reading from a script. Kudos and well done Sir

This is the excellence of execution. We don't need any validation from PO or Obedients. APC is simply the best. Lagos always sets the pace for good governance in Nigeria.

HacheNoire:
APC Lagos has perfected ways of deceiving Lagosians with English language!

Major reasons they drowned education in the state. They needed a populace who cannot think or decode information’s.

Digital connectivity my foot!

Lagos and Ogun state people are the dumbest voters we have in the world. MAGA is behind them!

Set of people who will see nothing, drown in pains and still keep screaming “Eko o ni baje”. Ask them what has not spoilt and they will turn it to fight and start breaking bottles.

I mean a retarded and archaic set, who can barely read and comprehend! Level of in-exposure is highest in Africa despite being a major city.

A state you can fool for continuously for 2 decades and they will still keep screaming “Eko o ni baje” even when they are directly affected by the incompetence of several administrations.

Now, they are anxious to sign up for another 8 years of woeful failure!

I need to understand where you stand exactly. One day you’re singing on your mandate and standing with Tinubu for president. Next day you’re saying APC in Lagos is a failure.

Isn’t the APC of Lagos following the footsteps of Tinubu any more?

Sheuns:
I need to understand where you stand exactly. One day you’re singing on your mandate and standing with Tinubu for president. Next day you’re saying APC in Lagos is a failure.

Isn’t the APC of Lagos following the footsteps of Tinubu any more?

I love your question!

Being a disciple of the Demigod-His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) does not put me on a one way street.

We have underperforming states and never a time have we boasted we got it right across all boards.

Look at Ogun state? My stupidity cannot make me applaud that state, how much more my brilliance.

I know what Nigerians deserve and being a adherent follower of the Demigod does not make me pass everything affiliated to him.

Eko lagos ... welldone sir .. Eko oni baje o

HacheNoire:
I love your question!

Being a disciple of the Demigod-His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) does not put me on a one way street.

We have underperforming states and never a time have we boasted we got it right across all boards.

Look at Ogun state? My stupidity cannot make me applaud that state, how much more my brilliance.

I know what Nigerians deserve and being an adherent follower of the Demigod does not make me pass everything affiliated to him.

If you’re a disciple of your demigod Tinubu, yet you said Lagos has been on chuckle hold for over 2 decades. Do you want to pretend you don’t know who has been in charge of Lagos for that long?

Whose master plan have all of the governors after Tinubu which is also part of those that governed in the over 2 decades of failure you pointed out have they been following?

Who’s the king maker in Lagos state?

Sheuns:
If you’re a disciple of your demigod Tinubu, yet you said Lagos has been on chuckle hold for over 2 decades. Do you want to pretend you don’t know who has been in charge of Lagos for that long?

Whose master plan have all of the governors after Tinubu which is also part of those that governed in the over 2 decades of failure you pointed out have they been following?

Who’s the king maker in Lagos state?

The last governor of Lagos was Fashola! He was damn too brilliant and had a dream but constitutional tenure did not permit.

Subsequent governors were just wall clocks and door knobs in the government house.

HacheNoire:
The last governor of Lagos was Fashola! He was damn too brilliant and had a dream but constitutional tenure did not permit.

Subsequent governors were just wall clocks and door knobs in the government house.

You’re dodging my questions.

Sheuns:
You’re dodging my questions.

Tell me, I will answer it

I probably missed it.

HacheNoire:
I love your question!

Being a disciple of the Demigod-His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) does not put me on a one way street.

We have underperforming states and never a time have we boasted we got it right across all boards.

Look at Ogun state? My stupidity cannot make me applaud that state, how much more my brilliance.

I know what Nigerians deserve and being a adherent follower of the Demigod does not make me pass everything affiliated to him.

For the first time ever, I agree with you.

axglide:
Wow his excellency speaks well and fluently without even reading from a script. Kudos and well done Sir

Why has the speaking well and fluently failed to deliver something as simple and basic as pipe borne water to all buildings in the state?

Why is Lagos setting a bad example for the remaining 35 states and FCT, even though it has grown the state budget 100 times to N4.2 trillion in 27 years, from high revenue generated by increased tax burden on people

The federal government is not responsible for water supply in cities and towns. This is the responsibility of states.

InvertedHammer:
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It is by far better than Enugu.

500 gallons of water go for N20k. Multiply by 4 in a month, that's N80k. By extrapolation, that's N960k in a year on water alone. Why? Because the governor believes that clean and accessible water is the least of his worries. Yet they prance around like Enugu is Abuja even though the red muddy soil will have residents looking like they went tomb-raiding at night.

But then, considering where it was before Peter Mba, one can understand the accolades being that he moved the town from 16th Century to 17th Century but not anywhere near 20th Century. 21st Century is a stretch. EEDC? The worst of all.

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fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5v-F81hNTs

The Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services and Water Resources in Lagos State, Mahmood Adegbite, has said that people drilling borehole in the Lekki axis of the state is probably drinking ‘’shit water.”

While speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the state recently, Adegbite noted that contaminated boreholes in Lekki pose health risk and added that treatment of waste water would eradicate any form of disease that may arise from it.

He said, “On waste water treatment, I will say that everyone digging borehole within the Lekki axis is probably drinking what I will call ‘shit water.’

https://punchng.com/video-everyone-digging-borehole-in-lekki-is-probably-drinking-shit-water-lagos-govt/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMABDJjbGNrAwAEK2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEewOd7728C0FSKQJNWar4yKRxNpNKt1owSlw47y57FKAux2QxvQL24Iu18rtw_aem_3kB5Sd2GjpdqjN6zFuIs7w

HacheNoire:
The last governor of Lagos was Fashola! He was damn too brilliant and had a dream but constitutional tenure did not permit.

Subsequent governors were just wall clocks and door knobs in the government house.

Fashola may be brilliant in stealing money from people for his godfather but he is very clueless and dumb in governance.

In eight years of his progreThief tenure, did he achieve anything near what UPN progressive governor Jakande did in just four years of comparative chicken change? Did he achieve a tiny fraction of what Jakande did in basic benefits like free education for all children, low cost housing, water supply, healthcare etc

Splashme:
The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.

Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.

The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.

Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”

The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.

Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.

He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/cancelling-metroline-a-major-mistake-jakande/

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eluquenson:
REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE

* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.

* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.

* His government built the Lagos State Television

* His government built the Lagos Radio

* His government built Lagos State University

* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.

* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.

* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.

* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.

* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.

* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.

* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.

* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.

* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.

* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.

* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.

* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.

* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.

* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).

* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.

* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.

* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980

* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).

* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.

*His government established LASACO Insurance.

*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.

*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?

IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.

Willy2025:
This is the excellence of execution. We don't need any validation from PO or Obedients. APC is simply the best. Lagos always sets the pace for good governance in Nigeria.

Makinde is setting the pace for good governance in Oyo state without calling himself progressive.

Do you have anything close to this in basic education and water supply for Lagos state in the last 27 years of Tinubu a-looter master plan?

From dams to households, Oyo State continues to expand access to safe water — keeping the promise of sustainability and service. Watch this documentary about the progress made so far by the Water Corporation of Oyo State under Omituntun 2.0. pic.twitter.com/bz6TAcFwM1

— Oyo State Government (@oyostategovt) December 29, 2025

anonimi:
NUT commends Oyo over recruitment of 19,500 teachers

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, Oyo State, has commended Governor Seyi Makinde-led government for recruiting 19,500 teachers in five years.

The union, in a statement signed by the NUT Chairman, Oladimeji Raji and the Secretary, Salami Olukayode, noted that the appointment of 5,000 teachers in his first term and 14,500 since the inception of his second term into the state primary and secondary schools was noteworthy.

The union said the ripple effects of the recruitment were that it would address the problems of inadequate manpower in the education sector and promote teaching and learning.

The statement read, “Your disposition towards turning the tide of the education system of Oyo State remains unprecedented and unmatched not only in the annals of recruitment history of our dear state in recent times but also across the entire 36 states of the Federation including the Federal Capital Territory.

“Your Excellency Sir, your achievements in the education sector since assumption of office particularly, on the successful recruitment of over 14,000 qualified teaching professionals and about 3,500 non- teaching personnel, aside from an appreciative number of caregivers is a clear cut and a perfect reflection of your results-oriented style of leadership aimed at providing free, qualitative and quantitative education to the amiable citizens of Oyo State. This gesture shall, without doubt, have a significant touch in our classroom and as well enhance educational service delivery to our school children.”

https://punchng.com/nut-commends-oyo-over-recruitment-of-19500-teachers/?amp

I fault this Man,, so safety is all about Security Infrastructure
What Happened to the Main Safety and Rescue Services.
You haven't said anything about installation of Safety Gadgets in Homes or High Rise Buildings Strewned all over Lagos,, acquiring more Modern Fire Fighting Trucks, build more Fire Stations before you can call Lagos the Safest State in a Country of Particular Concern

Governor candidate for Muslim majority in Lagos state. If he ever won, I hope he won’t bring S. H. A. R. I. A. into Lagos state.

The Solomons of Lagos State.

Through them your expectations about a State( or Federal level) are realized unlike the pioneer who laid the foundation.

What has your state been able to achieved in the last 2 decades?

HacheNoire:
APC Lagos has perfected ways of deceiving Lagosians with English language!

Major reasons they drowned education in the state. They needed a populace who cannot think or decode information’s.

Digital connectivity my foot!

Lagos and Ogun state people are the dumbest voters we have in the world. MAGA is behind them!

Set of people who will see nothing, drown in pains and still keep screaming “Eko o ni baje”. Ask them what has not spoilt and they will turn it to fight and start breaking bottles.

I mean a retarded and archaic set, who can barely read and comprehend! Level of in-exposure is highest in Africa despite being a major city.

A state you can fool for continuously for 2 decades and they will still keep screaming “Eko o ni baje” even when they are directly affected by the incompetence of several administrations.

Now, they are anxious to sign up for another 8 years of woeful failure!

Check your state of origin government and relate same statement to your home state people
You always focus on others while yours is nothing to write about.

HacheNoire:
APC Lagos has perfected ways of deceiving Lagosians with English language!

Major reasons they drowned education in the state. They needed a populace who cannot think or decode information’s.

Digital connectivity my foot!

Lagos and Ogun state people are the dumbest voters we have in the world. MAGA is behind them!

Set of people who will see nothing, drown in pains and still keep screaming “Eko o ni baje”. Ask them what has not spoilt and they will turn it to fight and start breaking bottles.

I mean a retarded and archaic set, who can barely read and comprehend! Level of in-exposure is highest in Africa despite being a major city.

A state you can fool for continuously for 2 decades and they will still keep screaming “Eko o ni baje” even when they are directly affected by the incompetence of several administrations.

Now, they are anxious to sign up for another 8 years of woeful failure!