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Winters23:
All APC have to do is field Amaechi and Rivers state and other SS/SE states will naturally fall in line.

The best thing going for APC now is the Amaechi factor.

You are very wrong. Amaechi will not even win Rivers State let alone SS. Its like you don't know SS & SE. They are total lock down for PDP. Even when Amaechi was Governor, Wike flogged him out. Even when Buharii with his federal might, Wike also flogged Amaechi in Rivers State. SS will not even vote Amaechi. NE will not do so too if Atiku is on the ballot. Get your calculations right. Amaechi is so hated in Rivers State. No problem building Univ of Transportation in Daura but what can he boast he has done for Rivers people under his ministry? Nothing. Next topic pls.

Audio house of rep.....making mockery of themselves. Get serious jokers....there are serious issues killing Nigerians.

This is very funny. So coward Osinbajoo that has supported every single step of Buharii is now you people's new messiah. May God help Nigeria. When will Nigerians get sense? This is a man that has kept mute in the face of brutal killings in Nigeria even when a member of his church was killed at Abuja during early morning evangelism. He did not say a word. He's a coward and a hypocrite. He's in full support of Buhariis evil policies. Nigerians, wake up pls.

How many pages is this electoral act that someone cannot review in a day and sign off the following day. In our respective offices, you'll be given a thousand page document and asked to return feedback in 48hrs and its delivered. What's wrong with Nigeria? 2023 General election will never be conducted without the electoral act. Buharii and his team should watch it. They should not take Nigerians for a ride.

It baffles me how Nigerians critisize people. If Obi is corrupt as APC agents portray, why the so called anti corruption team of Buharii never accused him of any corruption let alone inviting him. You may not like Peter Obi but he's one of the few Nigerians that can revive the economy if giving a chance but the problem is some Nigerians like suffering. They prefer a man with Waec certificate that has ruined their lives to a proven technocrat who did great as Anambra Governor. May God help Nigeria.

dragunov:
FORGET!!!!!!! Empty threats.

I don hammer you with fact nah, e don become emptying threats. You know the truth and your mind tells yiu the truth. Why will SW be clamouring to get Presidency in 2023 when 3 out of the 6 regions of the country have not tested it? Its absolutely unfair and you know it.

seunmsg:
Yoruba candidates won the presidential elections in 1993, 1999 and 2003. Tell us how many times an Igbo candidate has won a presidential election in the history of Nigeria?

We’ve a good history of electoral success and you have none. That’s why you and your folks are everywhere shouting and begging that Tinubu and Osinbajo should not contest in 2023. Once they are on the ballot, it’s guaranteed victory.

Is this not hypocrisy pls? You all are shouting power should return to the South. I totally agree but it should be the South East, if not, let North continue. E go do una for eyes nah. Since yiu have the monopoly of only SW winning presidency, let's see how it goes. PDP will Field a northern candidate and I assure you, North like themselves die. E go clear for your eye nah. Why won't South East be allowed to lead Nigeria? Where was Obj before he was picked to run in 1999? Either SE, NE or NC will be President in 2023. SW got 8yrs Presidency in Obj, SW got 8yrs VP in Osinbajo. Why do yiu think it's justice, equity and fairness for SW to get it again in 2023 when SE has not gotten either President or VP since 1999. Pls tell yourself the truth. If it will not be given to SE, let it remain with the North. That's all. North will continue to rule Nigeria until SW get sense.

This Biden is a low life, a fraud and a total disaster. Every sensible leader knows Iran is a threat to the world. Unfreezing the account is granting unlimited wealth access to a nation that is heartless and evil. May God deliver the world from the dangers and evils of Biden.

Pls keep kwayet. I'm happy you did not win the trophy.
You are not better than Mendy. Go home and prepare for Ivory Coast 2023 and stop crying like a baby. You forgot than Mendy also did some fantastic saves especially towards the end of the match.

ButterBurger:
Abeg make PDP go sit down, na dem put Nigeria yesterday for this APC mess today.
If to say Dem don do well follow democracy the way e supposed be, no be so so cry cry dem go dey do now.

At least compare the days you claim PDP did not do well to today that your APC is in power. You can tell me which one is better.

Buharii is a total disaster. He's not interested in inflation, insecurity, poor masses dying of hunger in the land. May God deliver Nigeria ��

Audio contract from evil party. With less than 1 Yr to go, yiu are planning to use this to deceive who? Gerrat of here.

If its a United Nation, this would bave been gotten from Innoson motors hence boast internal revenue and Job creation but no, they won't do that because nepotism is still tearing the nation apart.

Is this the outcome of their meeting with Tinunbu? It is happening.

Nigerians are sometimes very funny. APC has destroyed Nigeria and yet some people are clamouring for a man that participated in the 7yrs massive destruction of the country to run for President in 2023. Osinbande and Buruhari are the same, no difference. There's nothing Buuhari did that Osinbande has condemned. Get sence Nigerians pls.

And you guys are still planning to vote for APC? Let Nigerians rise up and save this country from this terrible APC administration.

Nonsense post

Audio awards.....only NOI is the real candidate there.

Nonsense! Such amount was withdrawn and yet yiu couldn't get documents to confirm your claims. Get out of this space pls. The same Jonathan yiu failed government has failed to prosecute. The same Jonathan evil APC is trying to lure him to run for Presidency in 2023. Get a life. Jonathan stole all those so called money and Nigeria still had the fastest
growing economy in Africa during his tenure. Yiu can check economic indices then and now and know how far for your corrupt APC. Transparency Int'l just rated Nigeria 2nd most corrupt in West Africa under your so called Corruotion fighter Bubu.

And you forgot to include that his part of the fraud that destroyed Nigeria from 2015 till date. You forgot to show indices of Nigeria economy in 2015 and now. Go and sit down. Osinbajoo and Buharii are the same. APC has destroyed Nigeria. The level of corruption that happened under them is beyond comprehension. It will be better another part takes over so that Nigerians will know what happened under Buharii.

Osinbajoo and Buharii are the same. If the Presidency doesn't go to the South East, let North continue until SW gets sense. So the reason Tinubuu supported and continued to support disaster in chief and wish to continue on his evil legacies is to become president baah! He has failed already. SS, SE will vote en masse for the North in 2023...watch!

It's very clear that Nigeria is in deep mess. No aura of leadership, so dull, no command and control, no Competence, nothing. May God deliver Nigeria. What a demoralising speech from him.

See Tinubu’s silpas. These people should leave Nigeria alone pls.

He went to discuss with him next nonsense clause they will insert in the Amended Electoral Act so that he'll keep rejecting it until its too late to sign it. He'll now tell Nigerians its too late to sign it close to Election.
Nigerians, get up and stand up against these folks. They are bent to destroy the nation unless something is done to stop them.

Congratulations Omawumi....... "If you ask me.....na who I go ask" great song.

IbileIfe:
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and The Visionary Leadership of Lagos State

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was the 12th Governor of Lagos State from May 29, 1999 – May 29, 2007.
On his assumption of office as Governor of Lagos State in 1999, Asiwaju Tinubu inherited a state that was practically bankrupt. The country’s commercial nerve centre was one of the worst victims of the previous one and a half decades of military dictatorship and neglect.

Public infrastructure had disintegrated abysmally. Delivery of social services had collapsed in virtually all sectors. The environment was in chaos as Lagos was routinely described as one of the dirtiest cities in the world. The state was largely dependent on insufficient financial allocations from the centre as she lacked the capacity to generate adequate revenue internally to meet her numerous challenges.

The public sector was demoralized and ill-equipped, psychologically and logistically, to effectively perform its functions and achieve set objectives. While the citizenry was alienated from the state and thus demotivated from paying taxes or the ones they paid being stolen making the state technically bankrupt, the organized private sector had little or no incentive to partner with the government in meeting the immense developmental challenges of the Mega City.
Assembling a team of accomplished technocrats, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Administration drew up a Ten-Point Agenda, which it began to systematically implement for the re-vitalization and re-invention of the state. The total budget size of Lagos State at the inception of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration in 1999 was a little over N14 billion, while the state’s Internally Generated Revenue was approximately N600 million monthly. Yet, the monthly public sector wage bill was N800 million. The implication was that Lagos state was entirely dependent on allocation from the Federal Government, which was grossly insufficient to meet the huge challenges of re-building a state that had been neglected and allowed to decay for over two decades since the federal capital was moved to Abuja in 1991.

Eight years later under Asiwaju’s astute guidance, Lagos had become financially viable and autonomous of the federal government; lives and property had become more secure; public infrastructure was being aggressively modernized and expanded; there had been a dramatic improvement in the quality and efficiency of public health care, education, the environment, water supply and public transportation; Lagos was attracting new investment in diverse sectors on a daily basis despite the depressing national economic climate
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The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration from inception drew up a clear and focussed Action Plan for the state in conjunction with critical stake holders including the Organized Private Sector, civil society groups and the public service. The result was the evolution of the Ten-Point Agenda focussing on Education, Health care, Job creation/poverty alleviation, Power and water supply, Public transportation/Traffic management, Physical Planning/Environmental renewal, Infrastructure renewal, Justice/Law and order, Food security and public sector reforms.

Tinubu’s visionary adminisration re-structured the machinery of government creating new ministries such as Housing, Physical Planning Sports and Youth Development as well as Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation for more effective policy implementation. Asiwaju Tinubu brought seasoned and accomplished technocrats into government as Commissioners and Special Advisers in their areas of expertise. Through meticulous planning and disciplined implementation, the Asiwaju Tinubu Administration grew the budget size of Lagos State from N14.200 billion in 1999 to N240.866 billion in 2007. It is significant that at no time under Tinubu’s stewardship did budget implementation performance fall below 60%. In a similar vein, the Tinubu Administration consistently maintained an annual budgetary ratio of at least 60-40% in favour of Capital over Recurrent expenditure to ensure rapid infrastructure development.

The futuristic Eko Atlantic City under construction on Victoria Island.

A first class financial strategist, Asiwaju Tinubu, through creative and innovative financial engineering, took Lagos from a yearly Internally Generated Revenue of N14.64 billion in 1999 to N60.31 billion in 2006. By March 2007, the state had achieved a monthly Internally Generated Revenue of N8.2 billion.

This impressive revenue performance achieved by the Tinubu Administration in Lagos State did not happen by chance or luck. It was due to carefully thought out and effectively implemented policies such as the introduction of the Electronic Banking System/Revenue Collecting Monitoring Project, computerization of the revenue collection process, introduction of Electronic Tax Receipts, re-organization and professionalization of the former Board of Internal Revenue now the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, tax administration reforms and the creation of robust data base of tax payers.

Lagos State under Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu became a pace setter in sound and innovative public sector financial management. In September, 2002, for instance, Lagos State was the first government in Nigeria to raise funds from the Capital Market for infrastructure development. This was in recognition of the fact that long-term funds were necessary for long-term projects. The state raised a N15 billion Floating Rate Redeemable to prosecute such development projects as roads construction, millennium housing, water works, construction and rehabilitation of courts, waste management projects and millennium class rooms among others. The bond has since been fully redeemed and other states and even the federal government have copied the Lagos State model. Again, in 2003, the Tinubu Administration invested N3.84 billion in Celtel (now Airtel) and by the time the state divested from the company in 2006, a surplus of N19 billion had been reaped, which was invested in the provision of infrastructure. As a result of its financial ingenuity, prudence and discipline as well as extensive public sector reforms for improved service delivery, the lasting legacy of the Tinubu Administration in Lagos State between 1999 and 2007 are still there for all to see.
They include:
Massive roads construction, dualization and modernization across Lagos State such as Kudirat Abiola road, Oregun; Awolowo road, Ikoyi; Akin Adesola road, Victoria Island, Adeola Odeku road, Victoria Island; Agege Motor road; Ikotun-Igando road; Yaba-Itire-Lawanson-Ojuelegba road; LASU-Iba road, Ojo; Ajah- Badore road, Eti-Osa; Oba Sekumade road, Ikorodu; Adetokunbo Ademola road, Victoria Island and the ongoing expansion and modernization of the Lagos-Epe Expressway as the largest concessioneering project of its size and compexity in Africa among several others.

Reconstruction and upgrading of the Lagos Island Central Business District including the modernization of 16 roads in the area and the historic Tinubu square.

Upgrading of the buildings and facilities at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) to world class grade; expansion and rehabilitation of old General Hospitals in Lagos, Gbagada, Epe, Isolo, Ikorodu, Badagry, Agege and the Island Maternity; building of new General Hospitals at Mushin, Shomolu, Ibeju-Lekki and Isheri-Iba as well as upgrading of existing health centres to full fledged hospitals at Ijede, Ketu, Agbowa and Agege among others.

Provision of free health services for children under 12, the aged above 60 and free ante-natal care for women; Free eye screening, eye treatment, eye surgery and provision of free eye glasses popularly known as ‘jigi Bola’, free treatment for maleria, tuberculosis and leprosy, free Limb Deformity Corrective Surgery, free Cleft-Lip Corrective Surgery and the introduction of the Quarterly Eko Health Missions that provides free medical services including free heart surgeries to local communities.

Elimination of mountains of refuse that used to deface and disgrace Lagos through the introduction of community-based Private Sector Participation (PSP) in refuse collection and disposal, expansion and modernization of land –fill sites, construction of Transfer Loading Stations, establishment of waste-to-wealth facilities in Ikorodu as well as re-organization, modernization and re-equipping of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA).

Massive construction of new drainage channels as well as the creation of Drain Ducks as well as the Emergency Flood Abatement (EFAG) to clear existing drains and respond to flooding.

Rehabilitation of primary and secondary schools in all Divisions of the state through the Schools Rehabilitation Programme, massive construction of school furniture and equipping of laboratories; provision of free education in all public primary and secondary schools including payment of WAEC/NECO fees as well as all internal examination fees to ensure that indigent children do not drop out of school.

Construction of 6,000 housing units such as Abraham Adesanya Estate, Ajah, Ibeshe low income housing scheme, Oba Adeyinka Oyekan Estate, Lekki, Ayangburen Phase II, Ikorodu, Gbagada Medium Housing Scheme, Amuwo-Odofin Housing Scheme, Abraham Adesanya Estate, Phase II, Ojokoro Millennium Housing Scheme, Alaagba low income housing scheme as well as the Oke Eletu and Oko Oba low income housing schemes among others.

Massive construction of rural roads as well as rural electrification and water supply schemes; construction of micro water works at Onikan, Ikeja, Iwaya, Igando, Oworonsoki, Atan, Bariga, Isolo, Shomolu and Iponri among others to improve water supply in Lagos state.

Construction and equipping of new High Courts, computerization of court registries, enhanced welfare for judicial officers to stregthen the rule of law, establishment of the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) to provide free legal services to indigent persons and the establishment of the Citizen Mediation Centre as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism.

Establishment of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) for enhanced traffic management; establishment of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) to plan and manage an integrated transportation master plan for Lagos; initiation of the revolutionary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme that has transformed the face of public transportation in Lagos State; construction of 55 bus stop shelters; construction of 25.9km of median barriers to enforce lane discipline and improve travel time on major high ways; fabrication and installation of 50,000 units various types of traffic signs to improve road safety; installation of at least 63 functional traffic lights at major road intersections among others in the transportation sector.

Initiation despite stiff opposition by the federal government of the first successful Independent Power Project (IPP) by any state government generating 260MW of electricity from Ikorodu to the National Grid.

Completion of such abandoned projects as Teslim Balogun Stadium and the new Government House at Alausa as well as finding a permanent solution to the erosion and perennial flooding of the Bar Beach by constructing an enduring shoreline defensive barrier.

Creation of 37 new Local Development Council Areas bringing the total number of Local Government Areas in the state to 57 in order to accelerate grassroots development. He successfully sustained and nurtured them to maturity despite the fierce opposition of the Federal Government that illegally withheld N24 billion of the state’s Local Government Statutory Allocation for two years despite a Supreme Court directive to the contrary.
In 2007, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu successfully handed over the mantle of the state’s leadership to Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) who has continued to build on the firm foundation laid by his predecessor. In the just concluded general elections, Asiwaju Tinubu’s influence was a critical factor not only in his party’s retention of power in Lagos State but also its success in recovering the states it had earlier lost in the South West in the 2003 and 2007 elections.
For his excellent performance as the Executive Governor of Lagos State of Nigeria (1999 – 2007), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu received several awards.
These include

Best Governor in Nigeria for Y2000 by the Nigerian-Belgian Chamber of Commerce;

Y2002 Best Practices Prize in improving the living environment, awarded by the Federal Ministry of Works and the UN Habitat Group;

Y2000 Best Computerized Government in Nigeria Award by the Computer Association of Nigeria.

Citation by the New York based World Trade Association on June 12, 2002, as the symbol of progress in Nigria. The only other recipient in Africa was President Nelson Mandela of South Africa.

Y2003 Green Crystal Award for enhancing the value of the environment by Clean Up Nigeria

Winner of the Health Care Award for Y2002 as the producer of the best health service in Nigeria

Presidential Merit Award for technological development by the Nigerian Society of Engineers

Y2001 National Literacy Award for outstanding contribution to mass literacy in Nigeria

Y2005 and Y2006 World City Awards for exemplary performances in health care delivery, environmental renewal and youth development.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won several awards for exemplary leadership qualities and commitment to humanity. Among these are:

One of the ten winners of Y2002 Outstanding Alumnus Award of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC); He was the first African outside North America to be accorded this honour

2001 distinguished Alumnai Award by his Alma Mata, Chicago State University

Distinguished Service Award for exemplary leadership by the Lagos State Economic Summit Group (LASEC)

Recognition for distinguished service to Nigerian women by the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS)

Lagos State University MBA Y2001 Merit Award for contribution to academic excellence in Lagos State

Certificate of commendation by the National Conference of Black Mayors

Award of Excellence by the Nigerian Society of Engineers

Silver Jubilee special award by the University of Jos for his commitment to the growth of the university

Exempary award for thoughtful leadership and outstanding public service by the Lagosians Club of Chicago

Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by the Abia State University in recognition of his immense contribution to democracy, good governance and development of Nigeria.

What is this? Lol....

You left PDP that gave you platform to power and joined APC,sort out yourself and stop crying foul. You people will eat in full the food you prepared for yourselves. Enjoy!

And how much was paid when it was $30 per barrel. This government is a disaster.

This man is a total disgrace, the worst Senate President in Nigeria history. You'll go down in history as the most rubber stamp Senate President in Nigeria and posterity will judge you for not standing up for the citizens. You are a total disgrace.

Stop this nonsense. Utilise these billions of naira to develop the country and parents will have money to feed their children. The level of corruption in this government is amazing. They shall be exposed and disgraced at the right time. What a terrible government! Nigerians, be wise in 2023. If you miss it, it will be disastrous for the nation.

They are all Men of the Match. Excellent performance.

Listen to that one mind that is telling you don't abort the baby. You have already made a mistake by committing sex outside marriage, you'll worsen your situation if you abort that child. Go back to God, beg for forgiveness, allow the child to be born, do marriage rites and marry the girl. Work out things with her and if you can get the Grace of God through genuine repentance, things may turn out to be good for you. But I warn again, if you abort the child, you'll worsen your situation terribly.