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9jatriot:
If Nigerians allow GEJ to win, then there will be no need to pray to him for solutions because this is one chance he has given us to change the order of things. Now to the men that ruined Nigeria, lets look at them one by one and their parties:

IBB: PDP
Anenin: PDP
Dasuki: PDP
David Mark: PDP
Abacha's family: PDP
Etc

All the people name here were pre democracy. I know you are eager to call Tinubu's name, it will interest you to know that while all these guys were supporting Abacha the likes of Anthony Enahoro of blessed memory, Wole Soyinka and Tinubu were in the fore front of NADECO, fighting for democracy to return to Nigeria and that June 12 should stand. So who are the APC members that destroyed this country you want to talk about? Limit it to pre democracy please.

You're really ridiculous bro...why should I limit to pre-democracy? Were crimes and looting under democracy any different from crimes and looting under military? Aren't they all making Nigeria to bleed

Tinubu fought under NADECO for democracy NOt because he loved the masses or democratic rule any better but because he wasn't a military man and democracy was his only bet and access to power...QED

Why did you exclude Buhari from your list
Where's Obj, Saraki, Rochas, Amechi, Oyegun, Oyinlola, Atiku, Magoro, Goje, Wamakko, Tinubu, Mbadinuju, Kwankwaso, Buhari, Tam David West, Izunaso, etc...These guys made Nigeria to shed tears, blood, sweat etc...

Did put Abacha Didn't you hear when Buhari passed vote of confidence on Abacha...he said Abacha NEVER looted our money...

IBB isn't an active politician again... if he's PDP; why did buhari go to him for endorsement...he plays more of a statesman now...

Finally, after our military horror experience; Nigeria started democracy with the aim to move forward past her ignoble past but unfortunately some rotten minds felt otherwise and held decided to hold Nigeria down again under democracy... KINDLY NOTE THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HELD US DOWN EVEN UNDER DEMOCRACY HAVE GATHERED AGAIN IN APC AFTER BEING MANOEUVRED OUT BY JONATHAN... GOD WONT ALLOW THEM AGAIN... THIS EVIL CONSPIRACY MUST BE DEFEATED...

9jatriot:
I will look for the receipt and bring to you. You hear.

Work is still on going on the rails. Serious rail business is a long term project not when you paint one or two coaches o, but real rail projects. The project will not be rushed just to score cheap political points.

In projects engineering, projects usually face both foreseen and unforeseen circumstances e.g dollars moving from 150 to 220 USD which can have a large negative impact on the project. As long as work is still ongoing, I am sure they have not abandoned the project then there is hope. After this first delivery, the others will be fasters because there will be lessons learnt. Peace

lolz... my bro plz don't be ridiculous here... In any project, both your foreseen and unforeseen circumstances are fathomed in before project life span is fixed...all those were done in that project before it started or are you implying fashola used quacks who couldn't do their calculations well the rail fashola showed us in Canada; do you think it is a new one....it has been abandoned in Canada for long...maybe anomini will show you the picture here...

Abuja- Kaduna speed rail was started under Jonathan and is almost ready to be commissioned.... can you compare that job to fashola or amechi rail

BTW will you grant Jonathan all these excuses you are making up for fashola
If you can grant fashola all this benefit of doubt; why not do same for Jonathan...
Why don't you judge and excuse Jonathan the way you are doing for fashola

9jatriot:
I am no lawyer, but if you initiate a case and use the FOI law to request for info, the defendant lawyer can say that law does not apply here, it does not mean that they have anything to hide. FOI has not worked in anyway at the federal level, I asked for the PWC report using the FOI law, you went into rhetoric's because you know it will not come out with FOI bill or law.

Sunborn Yacht was meant to generate income for the state from what I have read, right? I understand it turned out not to have been able to generate enough money as the projections were. By your own admission, LASG indicted itself in saying it turned out not to be a viable venture without invoking the FOI bill. Moreover, most information that you require are in the website of LASG. So even without the FOI bill, most information are in the public domain already, so what are you not saying?

Bottom line, BRF is not perfect but deserves all the accolades he gets. He is shoulder above his peers who are governors in Nigeria and even the president. It's that simple.

Not at all...FOI is perfectly working in federal level...whatever you request for will be given to you unless it will jeopardize national security or sovereignty...

Sunborn yacht never generated any kobo for the state...the comment of being bad business was issued after the uproar and assault from CLO and PDP...

LASG only keeps favourable information on their website nothing implicating for them...

Above which governor?...Someone brought up a challenge on that on a given thread about akpabio...search for the thread and see what it means to build state infrastructure etc...forget fashola media hype...good evening

9jatriot:
Thieves for a work that is still ongoing?? Haba bros? Have they run away now? If delivery date is delayed, has that translated to denial? Are you saying that the work has stopped and the project abandoned?? Be fair boss.

The guy who is in charge of the treasury at abuja is distributing it to traditional rulers. Stealing from the treasury is defined as what

Remember, all contractors deliver projects before the delivery date on paper unless there is a hitch which they will announce officially... So which hitch did the rail encounter.... Train supposed to move by July 2013-today is March 2015 and the work isn't finished yet not to talk of train moving on them...Where is the 1billion dollars...what happened to the 90million dollars and 8billion and others have happened to it too...shikena...

kindly Provide proof of bribery of dollars to traditional rulers because all the traditional rulers denied receiving such money....I am waiting

9jatriot:
The school in that thread is deplorable.

I do not understand what the newspaper on FOI or sunborn yacht was meant to achieve, we have already agreed that FOI is not effective even in places that have signed it.

Research on the role FG has played in stalling or slowing down the progress of that light and blue ray lines. They have missed their delivery dates but those who live in those areas keep testifying that work is on going,. so what exactly is your point? that they should not have done it? should they bring in trains when the tracks are not yet ready? Na wa.

If they (APC)ever succeed in pushing Jonathan out but God forbid; Nigeria will bleed till she ceases to exist...
check out all the men that ruined Nigeria and pushed her to these problems have gathered again in APC chanting "change"...using buhari to cover themselves...unfortunately buhari can NEVER remain the same after this election because they are messing him up...Watch or research on buhari now and see that all he is saying today contradicts all he said before he joined APC....

9jatriot:
The school in that thread is deplorable.

I do not understand what the newspaper on FOI or sunborn yacht was meant to achieve, we have already agreed that FOI is not effective even in places that have signed it.

Research on the role FG has played in stalling or slowing down the progress of that light and blue ray lines. They have missed their delivery dates but those who live in those areas keep testifying that work is on going,. so what exactly is your point? that they should not have done it? should they bring in trains when the tracks are not yet ready? Na wa.

FG supported fashola and didn't delay any loan...forget the lies and propaganda... I can show you all the updates if you want here...

Fashola took a loan of 1billion dollars because of the rail project...It was approved for them by Jonathan... Fashola said that the rails will start running by July 2013...we are in 2015 but there's no rail....ONE BILLION DOLLARS; imagine the money bro...Nobody delayed him one inch...They are simply thieves...When they fail; they blame Jonathan...hypocrites!!!

9jatriot:
The school in that thread is deplorable.

I do not understand what the newspaper on FOI or sunborn yacht was meant to achieve, we have already agreed that FOI is not effective even in places that have signed it.

Research on the role FG has played in stalling or slowing down the progress of that light and blue ray lines. They have missed their delivery dates but those who live in those areas keep testifying that work is on going,. so what exactly is your point? that they should not have done it? should they bring in trains when the tracks are not yet ready? Na wa.

For federal level, FOi has been awesome...let fashola domesticate so that we feel the impact here too...

The FOI news showed how fashola refused to allow investigation into what he used the 90million dollars loan he obtained in the name of primary education to do...He refused investigation saying FOI is not allowed in Lagos...

Sunborn Yacht was bought using Lagos 8billion naira but the yacht was useless and meaningless... When fashola was accused of wasting Lagos money for tinubu through that yacht...that's when APC explained it away as simply bad business...as if 8billion is nothing... Imagine if Jonathan wasted that kind of money; what APC will do and say??

9jatriot:
No need for long episode. When you finish calculating total income vs the number of persons in Lagos and comparing same for other states and comparing the developments in lagos with others states in Nigeria and even abroad, then we can have a more meaningful discussion. I understand your grievances about a particular area, but using that one area to claim that a performing governor is overhyped is a no no. BRF's achievements are screaming for even the blind to see, I insist and he deserves all the accolades he gets both home and abroad. A bad product is difficult to sell, media hype can only work when you have real developments (not 3d animations or drawings) to show. I asked you again what has FOI done in Abuja. Please use the FOI to help me bring the PWC audit report on the NNPC account.

You are a Nigerian citizen, go for it if you need it...or you want to convert me to boy boy as tinubu did to fashola?

Since you think it is only my area...let me take you to another area now...remember someone else told you of the wrath in his own area...


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Lagos N8bn Sunborn Yacht deal, bad business — APC
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Spent $1 billion to buy aloku scrap metal trains in Toronto since 2011.
- Promised in January 2013 the light rail will work in five months i.e. June 2013.
- 21 months later, trains we nor see, even money sef don enter Toronto kalokalo.

anonimi:
Why are they ADVERTISING Fashola's very limited work at this late hour

I thought the APC e-rats like quoting the perpetual running mate of the old pensioner, Femi Osibande that government work does not need advertisement!

Anyway we know Fashola's scorecard is complete and total FAILURE.

He gets an all round F9 except in noise-making, EMPTY propaganda- there the boy, boy of Thief'nuibu cabal collect A1 gabadaya
QED!!!

Sure...hypocrisy is their trademark... They criticize Jonathan for showing his achievements but wanna advertise theres... but that's not even the issue; because I live in Lagos; so if I can't feel government impact all round me; then there's serious problem....
Jonathan isn't grassroot government but state and local governments of fashola are; so there impact must be felt at my area and home...

adaweezy:
www.nairaland.com/2180887/fasholas-8-years-gej-fg/4
Stop ranting and check this page out .......
It compares fashola and jonathan
I hope you have MB

You people should stop littering this thread with this same thread plzzz...I don't need any thread to see government activities in my area...I only need such threads for places I haven't been to like borno, kebbi, sokoto etc...As for Lagos here; I am yet to see it in my area...

9jatriot:
I admit I do not have the answer to all your queries, after all I am not any where near the corridor of power, but when I see and hear of good governance, I will say it. In summary to your questions:

Has Fashola done enough considering the resources he has?
The resources you are talking about is generated with the ingenuity of the government, something other state governments have not been able to achieve. In response to the question itself, I will say yes.

Do other states have the same challenges as Lagos?

Hell no. Lagos has a small land mass with a large volume of people. The population is both a blessing and a challenge in itself. That means that the resources that seems so much becomes very small compared with the number of people in the state. Someone did a calculation that amounted to 17k per person earlier. Meaning if all lagosians queued up to collect their share, that will be probably be what they will get. Compare that with Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Enugu etc

Have they solved all the problems in Lagos?

Hell no, Lagos remains a difficult place to leave in.

Are certain areas still having issues with roads?

Yes. I agree. Government however is a continuous process, areas not solved today could be done moro.

Is Fashola over hyped? FOI?

No, he is not. He has earned the right to the accolades he gets. it is not mere propaganda. What has FOI done at the federal level or in states that have signed it into law. Moreover, this FOI did not come out at it was presented to the National Assembly and hence has no bite. So?

As for the others I either do not have answer to them like I said earlier or I do not understand them in their context.

It is wrong, dubious,a case of stealing and corruption to tax people and refuse to use it for their good...How can you applaud ingenuity in being able to shortchange the people...In all, it is not his money; the more he collects from revenue; the more work he should do...


Some did a dubious calculation of IGR...why not add Federal allocation too alongside funds for the local governments... Do you see the quantum of money involved now?...Now, add all the loans and bonds secured in Lagos...what were they used for...Do you see the amount involved now...Are you still comparing them to those states again?... lolz...Lagos is in bondage brother...


How was FOI diluted bro...what bite doesn't it have?...Do you know why people can access different documents of Jonathan government now?...Do you think Jonathan would have signed such bill into law if he had so much to hide as APC rumoured/rumouring?...Remember, that bill was there throughout Obj regime....
If Fashola is clean and not corrupt with Tinubu; let him domesticate that law...shikena...but he dare not because the theft is TOO MUCH bro...

Finally, has fashola worked better than Tinubu?...Yes...Is he being over hyped by media?....Yes...Mind you; Jagaban and APC doesn't play Jonathan gentleman politics...They are bullies...They use force to intimidate any dissenting voice...Most media houses in Lagos are in their pocket...
BTW where's the train he inspected since 3years or so in Canada whose cost has been covered by a loan fashola got and promised that the train will run before July last year or so...where is $90million education loan??....

montedo:
Yes! Take a look at Oshodi for instance; take a look at the street lights at nite; general hospitals and the thousands of roads Fashola alone has done and u will agree with me that he has worked wonders. Now, car owners park their cars at home and board BRT buses cos its convenient. Need i talk about the waste management system that has witnessed a turnaround? Its an aberration to say that Fash has not performed. If u tell me he can do more, ofcos i would agree but to say he didnt perform? Fear God abeg! BTW, dont u get it? If Akwa ibom has witnessed more transformation than Lagos, their first family wont be in Lagos. Eko oni baje o!

You are didn't answer my questions and you are mixing up issues...kindly note that People migrate for so many reasons bro including economic reasons...Akpabio didn't come to Lagos because of whatever tinubu or his boy has done...good day...

9jatriot:
I will take your word for it that there is nothing about those areas in that thread. However, if the roads there have not all been done, are you also saying that no sign of government at all in terms of health care facility, schools renovated, drainage?? In lagos state haba. Even your claims in terms of road, I do not believe, they may not have done all the road but that no major road has been done. Its hard for me to believe.

Bro, I hate to argue with people who try be cunny or play fast one on me because it gets me irritated easily...
If you say that fashola isn't over hyped, kindly prove me wrong with facts...we are talking from experience here in Lagos not based on Nairaland rumours or threads or any publications... I didn't say fashola didn't work at all...I said with the amount of revenue which accrued to Lagos compared to what fashola put on ground...HE DID NOTHING BUT LOOT...PEOPLE WILL CURSE HIM THE DAY FOI WILL TAKE EFFECT IN LAGOS...WHY SHOULD A SAN BE BLOCKING SUCH IMPORTANT LAW IN HIS STATE IF HE IS CLEAN...

I JUST TOLD YOU ABOUT MY SIDE...ANOTHER PERSON HAS SPOKEN ABOUT THE WRATH IN HIS SIDE...IT IS NOT ABOUT LIES AND PROPAGANDA BRO...

IF YOU THINK THERE ARE MORE INFRASTRUCTURES THERE...KINDLY NAME THEM...THANKS

9jatriot:
I see that someone more informed about that area has responded to you already.

He said nothing because it is just one out of over 50 roads unconstructed and not motorable in that area...where is the government presence in such a big area?... someone just told you about their aguda surulere area...so do we need threads to know what's up in our areas...If one is under litigation; what happened to over 50 other street roads there...why not build them...is water and health care under litigation too

montedo:
They are in Lagos cos staying in Lagos is more conducive, business friendly and peaceful than a state being governed by the head of their family. Its a no brainer!

Is Lagos what it is today because of Tinubu and Fashola APC...did those families come in there under this democratic dispensation?... Are they living in Lagos because of good governance by APC?

adaweezy:
Pdp ibo trolls
If you divide 400 billion by 19 million you wil get 17,000 naira per head ...
Comparing enugu or akwa ibom with lagos is insanity...
Fashola has tried only if Aresa would shut una up

hehehehehe...what were you trying to achieve with this calculation?

montedo:
And even the Akwa Ibom state governor's family reside in Lagos. Its an evidence that Fash has done very well.

Wow...are they living in Lagos because of fashola? Maybe they would have relocated to sambisa to prove to you that fashola is over hyped...

adaweezy:
The ago palace way is one that is subject to litigations by the inhabitants of that area who have continued obtaining injunctions from courts stopping the lagos state government from working on the road
My area ijaiye ojokoro LCDA has a public water plant, new roads constructed by fashola .....
We have a president who is in the news for sharing dollars and recommisioning old projects you are here criticizing an original governor

If Ago Palace Way major road is in court...what about over 100 street roads bordering the major road Is water scheme and health care under litigation too...

Punch, APC propaganda alliance media accused Jonathan of bribing Obas with dollars but all the Obas denied such...So why not provide substantial proof?
If Jonathan reduced corruption according to TI rating and Lagos state won the most corrupt state in Nigeria according to TI...what message is it sending to you?...APC is the real enemy of Nigeria and Nigerians...

None of his projects were recommissioned...

9jatriot:
That thread has most of BRF's achievement. Even the blind after going through that thread will shout, "This is development". So my not saying with certainty is because you asked for a specific location, just like asking what he did for a particular house, I would most likely not be able to answer it. It does not change the fact that the actions and developments that affect our common good are or were not addressed by the government.

I have seen that thread long before now...it didn't show any part of Ago Palace way there or aren't we part of the state again? don't we pay tax? so where's the government presence there from health; road; water etc
I don't want to take you to other parts of Lagos...abi do I need w thread to see what's happening around me?
Also, consider what is on ground with the revenue so that you can tell me again if fashola performed well given the available resources?

francizy:
Because they know they can deceive a gullible few while the majority of their supporters are the biased and tribalistic set.

I think you just summarized the support base of APC with these words of yours...The truth is airtight...
I was asking someone who argued last time that Jonathan polarized Nigeria along ethnic & religious lines some questions like;
1) Was Jonathan president when Murtala Muhammed who was Buhari and Ibb mentor cum boss committed genocide in massacring unarmed eastern civilians

2)Was Jonathan president when religious riots came on unended in jos and other northern states?

3)Was Jonathan president during the massacre of Igbo living in the north during numerous ethnic cleansing campaigns against easterners there?

4)Was Jonathan president when the military including buhari as a junior officer armed civilians to decimate both Igbo military officers and civilians in the north?

5)Was Jonathan president when Tinubu as governor kept quiet as OPC decimated other other ethnic groups especially in the Ajegunle axis for days without end?

6)Was Jonathan president when Nigeria was registered as part of OIS?

7)Was Jonathan president when all our national buildings was designed and built after Islamic architectural masterpiece with mosques in all?

Was Jonathan president when the rules of admissions to federal institutions and colleges were re-designed to favour a particular group and ethnicity?

9)So how did Jonathan polarize us or is he not being vilified & kicked from all fronts for trying to change the old ordernotwithstanding he's a bloody civilian from a minority...

francizy:
You don't expect patriotism from a gang of viscous crooks desperate to grab power and loot Nigeria dry, do you?

Why can't they hide their desperate lust for power under some patriotic coat...As in painted sepulchre kind of thing...Why spew it on our faces believing we all are unapologetically gullible..?

9jatriot:
The answer you seek will most likely be found in this thread and already answered.

https://www.nairaland.com/2180887/fasholas-8-years-gej-fg

Most likely that means you are not even sure...BTW read my questions again and you will see it has no relationship with that thread...so kindly provide my answers plz...

angelsing:
hahahahahah....You are funny, so u believe him when he said he provides his own road?..So u consider all those thread propaganda even with pictures posted there..Won't u say same thing if I post my comment regarding what he said?

Not at all bro...Why not ignore me and pick him on those...BTW When last did you visit Ago Palace way? Orile? That rail fraud? $90 education loan? If FOI is domesticated today in lagos, you will curse them....Fashola worked more to me in his first term than now...All those pictures were more of first term achievements... second term was dedicated to looting...Lagos just won award as the most corrupt state in Nigeria...

philips70:
These 120 'Atiku' chopping groups will be buried March 28th. I know they are so angry he was not given the ticket so their hope of grabbing campaign funds were dashed. I SMH vigorously for this country. Everyone are just so concerned about what will come into their pockets today, tomorrow and their own future can go to hell. Hope is here if Goodluck Funnybone Gordons Kaycee Ebele Jonathan allows the elections to hold March 28th. He lost the last group of undecided voters yesterday on AIT. I watched the man yesterday and never believed that was the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria being tossed around with zero charisma, looking forlorn; all because of desperation for votes. Even a ward councillor in my local government appears more co-ordinated than that.

Once a carpenter, everything will look like nail to you...hence with your prejudice against him; whatever he does will look silly to you and earn him more insult from you...So I am least bordered about your opinion of him...

tp10:
deceive una sef well well.

120 atiku support groug indeed and yet look at the spokesperson:Mr Peter Ogar


pdp and their lies.

Do you want the 120 to the shouting at same time

francizy:
Don't get me wrong bro, Fashola works but for only the benefit of the few. He did build some certain areas and abandoned other areas because he might classify people living in those areas he didn't work as worthless to him and the NBL. If I were to manage 20% of the allocation of Lagos state and the 30% IGR, I will perform 2 times better than Fashola.

No No No...francizy, I get the drift and I know what I am talking about...Fashola has caged the media that people believe he is the best thing to happen to governance in Nigeria but sincerely, given the kind of taxation here, fashola did nothing to me...He has a lot he could have done but chose otherwise...
Why should a SAN like Fashola be going to court to fight the domestication of FOI in Lagos People will always confuse themselves that Tinubu and Fashola fought for democracy... the former even as NADECO man was vilified by the military ..But the truth remains that these guys want their stomach and Tinubu fought for democracy because that's his only access to power not because he loved the masses or he loved democracy better...

9jatriot:
To be able to generate an IGR of 20billion from the 600million they met on ground is one of the achievement of APC in Lagos. Taking advantage of your resources to reduce your dependency on Oil. So the IGR was worked for and should not be used against them. Now divide that 20billion by the population in Lagos and do same for Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom and Enugu and tell me the per capital available per individual then we can have a basis for comparison.

What has Fashola done for those in Orile, Satellite, Amukoko, Ago palace, Coker, Aguda etc with all the taxes generated from those places
Kindly do an analysis of that income vis a vis projects on ground...
Remember to also; balance out the rail project with its loans and time projections alongside the education sector loan of $90million with projects on ground...We are waiting...

Acekidc4:
Oga mi, no need to argue and pls don't be Biased in your rating of Him!!

The Guy has done a lot in Lagos!! You can see for yourself na!!!

When compared to Tinubu, fashola did better but when compared to the revenue of Lagos state...fashola did nothing but only steal and loot for himself and his Oga Tinubu...

angelsing:
The fact is most times I like to engage in things like this but my laziness will not make me type long epistle..I will try and respond in due time when I can type..For now I can only refer the poster to some thread on nairaland on fashola's achievement...I will try and respond in my own way

Plz...forget any propaganda thread here...Most of the posters here reside in Lagos...so let's dig it out here and now...Ask francizy & co who built their own road and other amenities they are using while the media hypes fashola for doing nothing.. .

sammyj:
............

Bro, why do we prefer lies and propaganda in this country?
If APC and her allies have spent half the time they used in maligning Jonathan in good governance and looking inwards; lot of things would have changed...charity begins at home...APC should change themselves first...

Acekidc4:
Why ask this Question!! Can't you see for yourself say the man try well well!!

Try well well how and where plz?...let us see his revenue and anti-corruption stance too...

oduastates:
Yes he has.
Even beyond how he was expected
Let the former US ambassador to Nigeria do the talking.

Seth D. Kaplan, writing in the opinion pages of the January 7 New York Times, observes that by 2015, half the world’s population living on less than $1.25 a day will reside in fragile states. These poor contribute disproportionately to political instability, even terrorism. Nigeria is a fragile state, and the “worst run of the world’s most populated countries.”

Lagos, the commercial and cultural capital of the country, has a population of more than 17 million. By comparison, New York’s five boroughs numbered 8.337 million in 2012. Most Lagos residents are impoverished and large portions of the city are built in a swamp. Nevertheless, Kaplan suggests that Lagos may be a model for how fragile states might begin to succeed. Kaplan points out that in fragile countries such as Nigeria, central governments are often remote from their citizenry and politics is dominated by elites struggling for a larger piece of the pie. Not so, at least to the same extent, in urban agglomerations like Lagos where more localized elections take place.

[b]Kaplan’s strategy (shared by many) is devolution of power from the corrupt national government to state and local governments and the creation of a local culture that holds governments accountable. [/b]Devolved power (under Nigeria’s 1999 constitution) means that the Lagos electorate can and does demand specific services, thereby encouraging candidates to address practical problems. [/b]Numerous Nigerian interlocutors have told me that something approaching a civic contract is indeed emerging in Lagos: citizens pay taxes and the city government provides services. Over the past decade public transportation, garbage collection, and street cleaning have dramatically improved. The Lagos state government has also become friendlier to business.

I would also suggest that Lagos has been fortunate in its leadership. The current governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola has vision, native political skills, and an eye for good management. So too did his predecessor, Bola Tinubu. So, one good governor succeeded another, though subsequently they have fallen out with each other. Kaplan also argues that in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural city like Lagos, politicians cannot afford to pit ethnic and religious groups against one another. Both Tinubu and Fashola have emphasized what unites Lagos, not what divides it. Finally Lagos has had a long tradition of opposition to whatever government is installed in Abuja. Among other consequences, Lagos has had to meet its costs of government largely through local taxation rather than through oil revenue doled out by the central government. But, the nagging question remains how much of the progress in Lagos is the result of the personalities and skills of the last two governors, rather than a fundamental transformation of its political culture.

Thanks for this post brother...Now, kindly state these achievements of fashola with a look at the revenue accruing to Lagos...remember to check the anti-corruption measures of fashola...