Fashola And His Legacy

The Lagos State Government has put in place a government that is genuinely committed to managing the state resources for the common good of all. Wherever you go in Lagos, you can see the administration of Babatunde Fashola at work without seeing his face on billboards. He is quietly charting a new course for the State without ranting about it. His work simply speaks for him. There is a general consensus across the land that government is working for the good of the people in Lagos.

In Lagos, capital expenditure is given prominence over re-current expenditure as only 30% of the budget is committed to the latter and the results are there for all to see. New blocks of classrooms are springing up in public schools, books are given freely to public schools’ pupils and students while government has continued to pay the NECO exam fees of SSS3 students in the public schools even as it has continued to employ hundreds of them for holiday jobs to avoid the idle hands syndrome through the youth empowerment programme, new roads and bridges are being constructed and commissioned while existing ones are being re-habilitated in different locations of the state with quality delivery being the watchword, first class health facilities now adorn most of the public hospitals.

Similarly, over seven years arrears of the state pensioners money were paid, the Operation Green Lagos project has transformed the environmental landscape, against all odds the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system has become a relative success as its scope of operations is being expanded to other parts of the state, there is renewed genuine efforts to transform the rural areas through provision of access roads, electricity and water. Equally, new sporting facilities have been provided across the state while more opportunities for employment now abound for all.

Despite the relative success of his administration, the Governor is not resting on his oars. Fashola has the right kind of vision. His dream of a new Lagos transcends the present. He wants to build a Lagos that is similar to reputable international cities like London, Mumbai, Istanbul, Sao Paulo, Jakarta, Delhi, Dubai, Bangkok, and Cairo among others. Fashola’s government is working with the Organized Private Sector (OPS) to realize the $1.5 billion Lagos Energy City Project as well as the audacious $3.5 billion Atlantic City Project which intends to accommodate over 250,000 Lagosians who are to live and work in the city.

Part of the objective for bringing the city on board is to relieve the pressure on the ever enlarging population of the state. Equally, the emerging city is expected to overturn the ecological harm on Victoria Island and environs brought about by years of coastline erosion.

Also, the ongoing construction of the Lekki Free Trade Zone is another project offering tremendous developmental opportunities for the state.
Already, a Chinese firm has taken up 1000 hectares of the 6000 hectares of land available at the Zone for the establishment of industrial enterprises. Equally, the Managing Director of Jianging Industrial Zone in China, Mr. Yang and the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria , have visited the zone while over 40 Chinese firms have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the State Government for the establishment of Industrial Park and City, which will be known as "China City.

Perhaps more significant is Fashola’s success in tapping into the resources of the business community in Lagos, the commercial hub of the country. Lagos State has cleaned up its finances to the point where it can now convince investors to take up a series of bond offers designed to raise N275bn to fund infrastructure works. Nigeria’s fast-growing banks, demonstrating their belief in the Fashola government, snapped up the initial tranche of 50bn naira to pay for government’s bid to transform the state’ infrastructure.

A leader is not successful until he has gotten for himself worthy successors. Therefore, the success account of the Fashola’s administration is a critical lesson in progressive political engineering. As the Fashola administration approach the final lap of its mandate, there is reason to believe that, no part of the state will be left untouched in its developmental efforts.

This is what the people wanted. This is what they voted for. This is what they deserve.
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Though very impressive, it's too early to write Fashola's Legacy. Too many rivers to cross, too many projects to complete, too many projects to get off the drawing board.

Eko o ni baje lai lai.

farayiola and babapupa who do you both think ure folling?

As for farayiola all of your 29 posts are about fashola and babapups is always the first to break us on fasholas info and exclusive upclose pictures.

I have noticed a lot of new ID's created for this fashola propaganda and i ask myself why?

if fashola wants the people support he should

-work on building roads that wont collapse,

-address the sufferings of isolo-ikotun-idimu residents which his construction company PLYCOn has decideed to increase with their fraudulent road rehabilitation exercise in the area

-forget about the idea of increasing brt rates as an avenue to get money for his 2nd term bid. .the people already suffer from multi-taxation and they dont need more

-he should focus on delivering water to residents

-he should address the issue of pot-hole ridden roads all across lagos with the exception of some very few areas in VI and lekki which appear to be the only people fashola is concerned about

-he should focus on building new roads rather than use his company PLYC|ON to fraudulently excavate already exisiting roads only to poorly relay asphalt on them

I could go on and on. .my point is BRF is fraudulent. .he's doing a good job but i have come to the conclusion that all fashola's good deeds are for his selfish and personal interests. .

Any major contract that does not benefit him financialy have been stopped while billions are being diverted to contracts being undertaken by his personal companies run by his cronies.Which is why he made himself commisioner of works so he would be able to do as he pleases awarding contracts to PLYCON and his cronies without prying eyes.

BRF is a beneficiary of a well laid down political and administrative machinery sweated and conceived by the likes of tinubu and alake. .he has brought nothing to the table on his own.

I call him the rehabilitator because that's what he has been doing. .nothing new,nothing fresh in terms of ideas or projects.

Someone pls,prove me wrong.

I know the over 30 NL id's that have been created towards BRF 2011 will come at me with a barrage of attacks but i dont care. .it is not i that matters.

Rather than waste ur time on NL trying to court the support of the elite and diasporans you all should do a better job at administration and go to the streets to the common men and women whom you have abandoned. .

People are mystified by the instruments that come with the office of the Governor. .but noone gives a dead rat about babatunde Raji Fashola. .he's in a fools paradise and oma to ka loju e.

babapupa:

Though very impressive, it's too early to write Fashola's Legacy. Too many rivers to cross, too many projects to complete, too many projects to get off the drawing board.

Eko o ni baje lai lai.

Agreed. . .

We don't start talking about a person's legacy unless they are dead or 40 years after his/her accomplishments.

It might be too early to talk about his legacy but never too early to commend a job well done.
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