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uselessgoat:

The only thing dah occurred to me was ur user name !!!
It befits u well !!

All I can say is , its nt time to experiment with another party in lagos ..
VOTE AMBO

Vote APC
Vote AMBO !!!

I really wish these igbo people could remember or picture wah it is to have PDP in power , most of em voted for GEJ because he's frm the east nt because he's administration was good, If we continue this way, we won't move forward , looking back at 8yrs ago when fashola came in , was lagos like this ?
This okada men shouting abt the okada ban , can't they jst sit n think dah is for their own good , the rates at which people die on bikes r insane , bsides hw many government official rides bike ?? Most of this things r for our own good ...

PLEASE lagosians its nt time to experiment Ooo ! For example take a look at what fayose is doing at ekiti ! Is dah the type of government u want in lagos too ?
Please Vote AMBODE !!!

Aww , u both need to sit and talk abt this , n let him knw hw u rili feel , but don't threaten him abt u cheating !!!

Dear Lagosians,
First let me thank you all for turning out to vote on the
28th March 2015 and for doing so peacefully to make
history by electing the All Progressives Congress
candidates in the Presidential and National Assembly
elections.
Once again, I must address you as we approach
Saturday’s elections, when you will be electing a Governor
who will continue after me and consolidate on the
progress we have built together.
You will also be electing members of the State House of
Assembly who will make laws on your behalf to assist the
Governor and his team in the Executive arm.
Although your votes will be cast for one political party or
the other, let me remind you that you will actually be
voting for your well-being, security, prosperity and future.
You will also be voting for the future of your children. You
will be choosing candidates and a party that you will
entrust your lives to.
Think hard, think clearly, think deeply. Ask yourselves a few
questions.
Who has shown a better record and example of
protecting and securing you between the political parties?
Which of the parties cares more when disasters happen?
What is the record of the parties as it relates to the
promises they have made to you in the past?
Which of the parties do you see regularly and which one
do you see once in a while?
Which of the parties do you see when your life or property
is threatened by epidemics like Ebola or by unfortunate
accidents like plane crashes?
Which of the parties is showing that you can become
home-owners without knowing anybody?
Which party has responsibility for providing electricity for
you, and which one is taking up the responsibility to light
up your streets and communities at night?
Which of them cares more about your children and their
safety?
Indeed ask yourself; which of the parties threatened you
with thugs on that sad Monday of March 16th and which
is seeking to protect you by supporting the police; with
patrol vehicles, fuel and other equipment?
Ask yourself when last you saw the Federal Fire Service in
Lagos. The proud men and women of the Lagos State Fire
Service have taken over admirably.
Ask yourself who should be supporting the police and who
is actually doing it?
Dear Lagosians, your choice of who to vote for will be
easy if you answer these questions within yourself
honestly.
Indeed, you have clear choices to make between parties
that use your resources to develop your society and
community on the one hand, and the party that chooses
to bring money to you for distribution when election
beckons.
So you can choose between schools for your children,
hospitals for your community, roads for your
transportation or in the alternative, you can choose to
have these services monetized once in four years.
Remember, that choices have consequences and your
vote will decide the choice that shapes your lives.
Dear Lagosians, it is tempting to take the right and
opportunity to vote for granted. It is tempting to think
that it is too much trouble.
I agree that the process can be made much easier. But it
is no excuse to refuse to vote.
Out of 5.8 million registered voters and 3.8 million PVC
collections, only about 1.5 million turned out to vote, on
the 28th March 2015.
Think of all the pain, the effort, the sleepless nights it took
to get the PVCs to you. Think of the best way to show
that the effort was not wasted or in vain.
It seems to me that the best way is to have all these 3.8
Million voters come out to vote.
By refusing to vote, you surrender decision making to a
few and you will be bound by the consequences of your
choices.
By refusing to vote, you do a great disservice to many
who have lived before you, who fought very hard at great
personal costs to themselves, to earn you this right.
By refusing to vote, you dishonour the sacrifice of patriots
before you who fought for the right to vote.
Remember that when they were fighting for the right to
vote, they were not fighting for yesterday, they were
fighting for today and tomorrow.
They have handed today to you and I, can we secure
tomorrow for the next generation?
Remember that since the capital of Nigeria was moved
from Lagos 24 years ago in December 1991, Lagos has
been abandoned by the Federal Government.
Ask yourself when the last major new road in Lagos was
built by the Federal Government. It was the 3rd Mainland
Bridge completed in 1990.
The assets the Federal Government left behind almost
became a burden but for our resilience to maintain them.
Today the Federal Government is owing Lagos N51 Billion
which remains unpaid.
This is not in accord with the spirit of the promise made
to Lagos when the Federal Government first declared
Abuja as the capital in 1976.
The Head-of-State at the time, the late Gen Murtala
Muhammed, said then and I quote him:
“…Lagos will, in the foreseeable future, remain the
nation’s commercial capital and one of its nerve centres.
But in terms of servicing the present infrastructure alone
the committed amount of money and effort required will
be such that Lagos State will not be ready to cope.”
(But we have coped at great sacrifice)
“It will even be unfair to expect the state to bear this
heavy burden on its own. It is therefore necessary for the
Federal Government to continue to sustain the
substantial investment in the area. The port facilities and
other economic activities in the Lagos area have to be
expanded.
“There is need in the circumstances for the Federal
Government to maintain a special defence and security
arrangement in Lagos which will henceforth be
designated a special area. These arrangements will be
carefully worked out and written into the new
constitution. Kaduna and Port Harcourt are to be
accorded similar status and designated as Special
Areas…”
Sadly, no Federal Government and indeed not the PDP
Government has done anything to redeem that promise
for the 16 years it was in power or to protect Lagos.
Instead of assisting Lagos, they attacked her. If you
remember FERMA, in 2006, the same PDP seized your
Local Government money and resisted the attempt to
bring Government closer to you by creating more local
Governments.
On Monday 16th March 2015, the same PDP continued in
their tradition of assaulting Lagos. Their supporters took
over a major road in Lagos and threatened your peace
and security.
On Wednesday 18th March 2015, the President-Elect,
Muhammadu Buhari came to Lagos and said Lagos will
receive compensation for the role she has played in
maintaining Federal Government Assets.
Yesterday on Tuesday the 7th of April 2015, he was here in
Lagos in his first political engagement since he became
President-Elect and he reiterated his commitment to
support Lagos.
This is what I will vote for. This is what I urge you to think
about as you vote on Saturday.
This is the place that every Nigerian calls his home. It is
the home of displaced people. It is the place where the
homeless arrive and are made welcome.
It is the place where generations of Nigerians have arrived
without knowing anybody but have, through the
opportunities and inclusion, become somebody.
This is the place where the Late Chief Adeniran Ogunsanya
and Owelle Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe consummated the
handshake across the Niger and played politics without
bitterness.
Tell those who try to divide us that our greatest strength
has always been our diversity.
Tell them that you feel safe here, and that I have
continuously assured you of your safety as the basis of
our mutual co-existence.
Tell them that our waterways have been assets of
prosperity and sustenance, for transport, recreation and
fishing and they will remain so.
Let nobody now attempt to re-write that history for you.
When they reel out false statistics about Lagos, please
ask them the statistics about the places they governed
for 16 years.
When they reel out statistics, please remind them that
those statistics don’t stand in isolation, they are the
burden of a whole nation and many parts of West Africa
that Lagos state bears.
When they promise you heaven and earth, remember their
broken promises on power, security and many more.
Ask them to show you a plan, if they can produce one,
which is doubtful, ask them whether they have
implemented it elsewhere.
Tell them that you have seen the Lagos Development plan
for 2012 – 2025, that the Lagos Light Rail Project, the
Adiyan Water Works Phase II of 75 Million gallons a day,
the solar power for all schools and many more which are
part of the plans for you and your children and which are
already being implemented.
Tell them that you will vote to keep a plan that you can
see, that is already working, instead of a plan that you
have not seen.
Ask them what happened to Vision 20:20, to the 7-Point
Agenda and to Transformation.
Tell them that your bird in hand will not be traded for a
dozen unseen birds in the bush.
Tell them that this election is not about money, tell them
that it is not about ethnicity and it is not about religion.
Tell them that this election is about the place you call your
home, the place you earn your living and the place where
your investments are the safest.
Tell them that you will not play ethnic or religious politics
with your survival. Tell them that you will not vote with
anger.
Tell them that you will vote with common sense and for
experience.
Tell them that you have seen Lagos survive without
Federal support, and you wish to see her flourish with
Federal support.
That will be the most historic thing you will have done,
putting Lagos in the centre with your votes.
History and tomorrow beckons. Don’t turn your backs.
Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN
Governor of Lagos State.