What Lagos State Governor Fashola said yesterday Friday April 13th:
Lagosians were needlessly inconvenienced yesterday (Thursday). It dawned on me the need for public officers generally to be more sensitive to the people we serve.
It is particularly worrisome that this is not an elected person. I think we all must check how security agencies use the movement of high officers, especially VIPs, to disrupt citizens and taxpayers, whose money were used to fuel all the vehicles and all the apparatus that we used to block the roads against them.
It is an issue that calls for greater sensitivity. I understand the need to protect the VIPs, but it must be done in a way that it does not inconvenience anybody.
It should not get to the level that we close the roads in the state because VIPs want to pass.
If they let us know earlier, traffic can be managed and citizens here respect their leaders and they will gladly allow them to go. I don’t think they deserve to be kept on the road in a standstill for five hours.”
BRF pls tell them oh! tell ur president n mrs.
ReplyDeleteWa da anu oku maka wa bu first lady.
Fashola should have been the president for Nigeria but then again i say NO to that or YES if he will govern the federation without staying in Aso Rock becos that place is a den of demons.
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, if you want, please blog this. Thanks.
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The article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grhNA7peFue4L0QEjgK5PEPEm4lA?docId=46309f0c49474abda2c444dcbbda8a3c
Check out the video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ncU87B07LQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
abegi....doesn't bola tinubu block the road? is he an elected official. BRF should be careful with his comments. its carelessnes like this that makes him lose credibility
ReplyDeleteSharap dere, have u been held up in traffic for 5 hrs by Tinubu b4?
DeleteThank you for being very objective. Fashola has really shown himself on this. Who did he address during Tinubu's road block?
DeleteMumu. Point of correction tinubu does not close down roads. So a governor speaking up for his people will make him lose credibility. Does that make sense?
Deleteyou are so right dear. I was a victim when tinubu blocked all roads to stadium. I was almost late to work. Fashola didn't say a thing. Now it's pdp and he is showing himself. I guess it's a party thing for them afterall, not that he is really concerned. Terrible leaders!
DeleteYeah, Governor Fashola can be hypocritical. That's hw he condemed Jonathan sending soldiers to quell protests, but get quiet when police and thugs brutalised protesters @ the Lekki toll.
DeleteIts all politics anyways. They don't want outsiders tresspassing on their turf.
I love you Fashola, You are the man!!!
ReplyDeleteHow I wish we can have you as the President and Donald Duke as your Vice...that Would be a dream come true!
Why would Donald Duke be the VP to Fashola?? Duke is his senior in politics and moreover he is not wanting in the area of achievements. Fashola is being given more credit than he actually deserves.
DeleteHow much more ignorant can you be? Is there seniority in politics? You must be a primary school pupil else you won't give such a stupid response. So jonathan is the most senior politician now abi? Oluku
Deletei just love fashola mehn!!!
ReplyDeleteLinda why is it dat u dont like posting comments on time ds days???
ReplyDeletemaking d blog uninteresting nawww...
Otiiii . She no get her own life abi . See jamb question o
DeleteAwon Linda voltron oloshi, someone asked a very imp question, u jump in with ur daft answer
DeleteI love you Fashola, You are the man!!!
ReplyDeleteHow I wish we can have you as the President and Donald Duke as your Vice.... that would be a dream come true!
Linda guess ur pain finally got to Fashola..
ReplyDeleteWell said, though I expect jabs @ him knowing that tinubu's birthday caused similar traffic and no words from him but then madam 1st lady was just something else 5 good productive hrs of people's life wasted by a government that doesn't even provide anything for d said people, no good roads, nor light or security and then they hustle to do their thing you come dey disturb them, she deserves all the knocks possible and someone ought to sue her as a form of detterent, serious economic loss you have their for those that were stuck, and pschological trauma for being falsely imprisoned on one spot, trust my white fellows they'd be incurring shrink fees by now,and definitely be seeking reimbursement from their oppressor which any grand jury would have granted, you have gotta love the americans
ReplyDeleteThat was well said by d governor, but hw do u see d log in someone's eyes when u have a bigger one in urs, i mean d ex-governor's week long birthday dat also inconvenienced pple. He should have started from there! Ok, i remember, he was in d groove too!
ReplyDeleteAbegi, let us hear word. When they closed down lagos for Tinubu's birthday nko?
ReplyDeleteBunch of hypocrites. All of them.
Mscheeeew
God'll never allow Fashola and his likes to be President.He's not a true Nationalist.
DeleteGbam!!!! Fashola haff talk am well.
ReplyDeleteYes o!it was totally unnecessary!dt is by the way.lin lin wats wt the mortein wallpaper na?u don collect the money for dt one pocket shey?anyways its ur hardwork so enjoy it to the fullest!love u loads!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah i think he is right, an average human being shld tink dat way but sori my able gov they don't buy ur idea, dat was d same thing dat happen in oyo state wen d same presi's wife can on a visit every where was block 4 her. Claimin security, Security my foot, anyway we go reach there one day.
ReplyDeleteBless your soul
ReplyDeletei love this man, and the illiterate first lady
ReplyDeleteNYC-1 says: Kudos! Governor Fashola. If only we have leaders like you, we would raise our heads high no matter any where we reside in the world.
ReplyDeleteThis is 21st century; gone are those days when leaders deem themselves demi-god - its old fashion. I pray God to continue to lead you and sustain you.
I used to like Fashola.Bt nw i jst dnt like hm.I love him.And i wish we cld ve more leaders who r sensitive to d plight of d masses.
ReplyDeleteWell said sir
ReplyDeleteGreat,fashola a governor with a difference
ReplyDeleteOga BRF abeg don't take us for a ride for d 2nd time dis year jare.Y pretend as if u didn't know it was gonna happen just d same way he feigned ignorance of d millitary occupation to disperse d occupy naija protesters in January.
ReplyDeletePreach!
ReplyDeleteFashola I love you.
ReplyDeleteLinda, that is what we r suffering in abuja. unnecessary road blocks because VIPS r passing- everyday!
ReplyDeleteGod bless Fashola for this correct talk jare!
ReplyDeleteI hope this was a press release sha, so all them insensitive leaders fit hear am.
The act was simply inhumane simple. It is human consideration to view other people's situation before taking rash decisions. Just imagine!
Thank God I dint go to Lagos that day sef
Thank U jare Fashola!
ReplyDeleteWhat do U expect, when U have illiterates and ill-exposed people as leaders.
Sorry for Jona..i cannot ever see him winning in 2015..met a man from Balyesa that said he would vote Buhari..u watch this space..his illiterate corrupt wife only compunds his problems..a man that cannot manage his home..how can he manage all mighty 9ja!!
ReplyDeleteIt just shows the kind of idiots we have in govt. Imagine disrupting the businesses of thousands of people just because of this empty-headed illiterate woman. And, is her husband any better?
ReplyDeleteAnd for those of you complaining about Tinubu's birthday causing traffic, yes it caused traffic as expected but the roads were not blocked, even though we had so many real VIPs there, not some bunch of nonentities who can neither read a paragraph or have contributed anything noteworthy to the growth of the nation.
An interesting fact is that Gov. Fashola moves around Lagos everyday and he DOES NOT USE THE SIREN. He moves around quietly like any of us. Go figure that.
Which one to be celebrated TINUBU or DAME,BRF shud not claims that he knows nothing about the arrangement abi! Who's the chief executive of the state. STOP PRETENDING MR FASHOLA.
ReplyDeleteAbbeg sharap there. @least tinubu was an elected governor. But jona's wife is jus wife to an elected president. Did u hear fashola talk wen d president comes to lag and causes dis kin traffic. Bsides 5HOURS!!! Haba. Dats jus too much. Na who wan kiii d illitrate woman. Mschewu!! U bera b careful. Kudos Gov Fashola.
DeleteAnd anoda point for dis olodo. Stadium road was not closed down for tinubu's bday. There was jus too much traffic cos a lot of people were going there. Dat mrs jona needs to b flogged.
DeleteLagos was nt closed down at anypoint in time 4 tinubu's bday Get ur facts rite odes *drops mic*
ReplyDeleteThank You
DeleteBRF is just any other politician, very bad liar!
ReplyDeleteWow! Someone still has a brain in their Head.
ReplyDeleteIf only we can have so many of him in Nigeria.
So you mean to tell me that Federal government came to Lagos and blocked road with out notifying state Government...abegi...Lagos state should have raised objections before they landed not after they have left. That is not leading that is politicking...love you Fash...but on this one you were too slow to react.
ReplyDeleteSTORY!!!!WHILE IT WAS TOTALLY WRONG,WE SAW WEN WHEN BOLA TINUMBU DID HIS WEEK LONG BIRTHDAY CELEB TOO.THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.BUT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO COME OUT ON TOP ALMOST A WEEK LATER WHY DIDNT THEY CARRY THEIR LASTMA TOW TRUCKS TO REMOVE THAT RRS VEHICLE.IF MY CAR HAD A FLAT TYRE,IT WONT TAKE LASTMA OFFICIALS 10MINS TO CHAIN MY CAR AND BEGIN TO DRAG ME AWAY.THEY ARE ALL SAME OF SAME.
ReplyDeleteabegi! fashola park well jo! cheap potshots! was he asleep when ashiwaju shutdown mainland lagos? abegi.
ReplyDeletei hear fashola doesnt do the siren thingy but his cabinet members do.even the cheap ones like LG chairman o talkless of comms.but this is water under the bridge.shebi his ogas buffday did even worse or similar sef.na so we dey suffer from our supposed elected servants o.and then ths patience or whurreva she calls herself.no wahala,its maximum 8years abi?we dey wait.
ReplyDeleteI will like to get something cleared. Was the road blocked during Tinubu's birthday or there was a free flow of traffic? I still think BRF is a good democrat.
ReplyDeleteI will like to get something cleared. Was the road(s) totally blocked during Tinubu's long week birthday? like we have it when first lady visited Lagos. I still think BRF is a good democrat.
ReplyDeleteTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKKKKK YOU SIR!!!
ReplyDeleteI am not a fan of the first family but the truth is that we have Zero security in Nigeria,hence the need to shut down the city of lagos!
ReplyDeleteWith all the wahala and bad publicity we have abroad,it would be an added disadvantage if we cannot protect the first family!
Trust me,pple from Ghana sef will not want to come to Nigeria!
My point is,d issue of road block cannot be dealt with in isolation of our numerous probleMs in Nigeria which has a ripple effect on everything!
Charity begins @ home, Tinubu nko?
ReplyDeleteI luv dis man,he has sense everytin he says makes brain.
ReplyDeleteTinubu's party caused traffic, yes, but so would any high profile event. Most event centers don't have adequate parking, and until road officials begin to tow vehicles parked on the road, we'll continue to have problems. That said, roads were not closed off during tinubu's party, the crowds just caused traffic. How can you close off major access roads, in the commercial hub of lagos(VI) and environs? On a work day? And not just when she's approaching, hours before her convoy even gets to that road. Its only illiteracy that will make someone do such.
ReplyDeleteKudos to BRF. We're not asking him to carry gun and fight, even if he knew, just show a bit of compassion is all we ask. And he has done so. To even challenge her actions is worthy of praise. How many other govs will issue such a statement?
I see why the country is underdeveloped. There are too many tiny brains around. We read comments from politicians against one we don't like and take it as wise talk.
ReplyDelete1, Fashola is the bigger irresponsible person here. Is he saying he had no prior knowledge of the visit? If not, I have to say I see why insecurity and robbery are rife in the state.
2, Fashola knows most of you are semi-literates and logical thinking is way beyond your reach. He accused the army of stopping protests in Lagos yet he refused to let protesters do their thing for the Lekki toll gate. Didn't he just spend Lagos money on Tinubu's birthday. And yes that also disrupted traffic.
3. Anyone that is pushing this incompetent Fashola, that talks from both sides of his mouth, for the presidency doesn't wish Nigeria well and deserves all the sufferings that come with it. Until you start realising Lagos is a dump will we search for genuine leaders to move the country forward. PDP, ACN all thieves. The man has been there for 5 years yet he can't send any of his kids to any of the public schools. He is a failure abeg!
4, As for GEJ and that moronic embarassment of a wife of his, I can't wait to see the back of them.
Fashola for president . Amen
ReplyDeleteBLOGLORD, i agree with you, he must come out for 2015 bide, i think we all know the right people, so let call them, the will answer, FASHOLA FOR PRESIDENT 2015
ReplyDeletepolitrics,,,all of them are the same.
ReplyDeleteThis BRF is a hypocrite and an ass licker. This is the day i finally lost all my respect for him.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened during the Asiwaju party?
A party that he and his agents planned for months.
This man has lost it.
NIGERIANS ARE PAYING FOR THEIR EVIL VOTES.WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THIS MARKET WOMAN? YOU PUT A MARKET WOMAN AND AND A FISHER MAN TO RULE YOU AND THIS IS THE RESULT.
ReplyDeleteHMMM dis Fashola n em mouth. he should not forget what his Godfather has been telling him and just told him recently at the just concluded birthday parry....
ReplyDeleteThese are the only people that can deliver Nigeria. If this man does not become the next presido, Nigeria is doomed!
ReplyDeleteShut up your big ass month Fashola or whatever they you. Hypocrites...all.
ReplyDeleteOh come on. He didnt know? He is losing credibility. This event has been on Patience's'calendar since last year. Some of the roads were blocked with Rapid response squad vans - so Fashola didnt know? The increased Lastma and yellow fever personnel came from where? While i dont think blocking the roads is okay - we are where we are and Lagos is a notoriously traffic unfriendly state. Shouldnt something have been done - maybe have more serious traffic plans at alternate routes or sthing. Or announce to people a day before about massive work on the island (since for security reasons - u cant say she is coming) - that way people with non essential business on the island stay away - something.
ReplyDeleteHe should not politicise this jare and step up so pple can say - inspite of it all - Lagos is performing.
Now that the rains are coming - maybe he will come and issue one statement about pdp govt not fixing the roads when we get flooded out again - inspite of the fact that it happens every year and we can see it coming
I have a contrary view, but I like your comment. Of course BRF knew she was coming, of course he knew orders had come from above to block the roads, but he cannot contravene such an order. The best he can do is ask lastma to manage what they can. I'm happy he at least acknowledged the suffering we endured.
DeleteAll of knockin fashola,i pity you all,tinubu's birthday party,there was alternative route,pple dint follow.as for mrs jonathan oponu,do i blame her no be una vote im idiot husband,for 4yrs una go hear am well well,una jst start...next tym dnt vote 4 pple & party.vote 4 personality nt person.
ReplyDeleteYes Tinubu caused traffic but it was moving, not to say that is right either considering that he is not elected. Plus pple im sure he was referring to Tinubu as well, but as his Oga he fit no just cast am like that. Read btwn the lines and ul figure.
ReplyDeleteAs for our yeye first lady, Them no try. leave abuja come block rd. Thats just nasty
Demola it is narrow minded fools like you that keep the country underdeveloped, i cant deal with fools like you,, i have no more words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletePatience's fellow illiterates that keep going on about asiwaju's bday, the state did NOT BLOCK OFF ROADS IDIOTS GET THAT INTO YOUR FISH BRAINS, you finally have a government that speaks for its people and all you illiterates both educated and non educated is to go about traffic at an event that us always the case at most major events! i feel said because we are truly not ready for the for the change that we all crave for, damn FOOLS!
ReplyDeleteI love Fashola but what is he saying....didn't Bola Tinubu block Lagos roads during his 60th bday celebration...is Bola an elected official....abeg jor!
ReplyDeleteJAMB Question:
ReplyDeletewho is the governor of Lagos State?
a) Babatunde Fashola
b) Asiwaju Ojuyobo Tinubu
c) Dame roadblock Jonathan
d) All of the above
right answer carries 40marks
This is great but I hope it's sincere and not just because of the ACN / PDP thing. It reminds me of the whole soldiers on the streets of Lagos thing. Do all these people really just show up anywhere without contacting the state government?
ReplyDeleteMuch as I like fashola, he seems to have imbibed the habit of speaking from both sides of the mouth. The roads may not have been blocked during Tinubu's birthday unlike Dame Peshe's visit but the outcomes were the same. Traffic gridlock. Nobody cares about what caused the discomfiture, we are all concerned about the outcome. Tinubu's birthday should not have disrupted Lagosians just like Peshe's visit. Both are bad and one and the same.
ReplyDeleteThis was the same way he condemned the military putdown of occupy nigeria protesters whilst conveniently forgetting that he did worse to occupy lekki protesters by brutalizing them with agberos and police...
He should stop playing politics and address the issues facing Lagos. The rains are here and very soon, the roads will be flooded, yet ACN has been in power for 13years...
Of course, I don't buy the argument he couldn't contravene orders from above. Why didn't he make any public announcement with respect to that. He had the opportunity to warn Lagosians. I will say this again. Health, education, security in Lagos are appalling. The common people are suffering. After so many years in power and the money realised from taxes, Lagos is still in such a messed up state. Fashola, Tinubu, GEJ are not fit to be leaders. We need to put politics and sentiments aside and root for competent capable people. Come to think of it like GEJ, he was also imposed on us
ReplyDeletefashola for president!!!! :P
ReplyDeleteEko oni baje ooooooo
ReplyDelete@aisha, pls dont call our 1st lady illitrate, she is still Nigeria's number one women and desires little respect for her status not as Patient but as d president's wife
ReplyDeleteHi Linda... nt sure if u have seen dis but gud job.... http://akinbami.blogspot.com/2012/04/governor-fashola-praised-linda-for-good.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FTMehv+%28Yesterday+%26amp%3B+Today%29
ReplyDeleteHello!. The roads were not closed off during Tinubu's birthday.... There was just heavy traffic because of the large number of people going there. Anyway Tinubu used to be the governor of lagos state... What has patience noenglish jonathan ever done for lagosians.....abeg BRF carry go! You are plenty much.
ReplyDeletethe problem of my ppl, is that is easy 4 then to condemn, wen abacha come they say is our lord, obj come come nau, they name am, baba shagey say in is God, now just becox fashola condemn, fist lady attitude, concerning standstill, if u giv fashola chance he can do so too, even more then she did, why did she say, that all the cars that was pack near gov house must be removed, is it not 4 security of his life, now another person do so, to secure his life, is now offense and his boss block road too, just 4 party, guy stop deceiving us, u hear
ReplyDeleteTrue my governor. These so called VIP needs to be spoken to.
ReplyDeleteBRF abeg go siddon jooo.......u wan tell me say u no know say dame patience dey come Lag, abi u no follow receive am for airport...Mtchewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...all u politians may God deliver u all. AMEN
ReplyDeleteI trust Fasola and I appreciate his view on this matter. It is really insensitive to block off the roads just because the first lady is in town. I will not blame the first lady just yet cos she may not be aware of what happened that day, but I blame her overzealous security operatives who need to be retrained on how to handle such matters in the future. Abeg first lady, can we hear from you?
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ReplyDeleteIt is difficult to tell if most of our leaders are truly empathetic or only driven by political inclinations. I'm not sure BRF will have said the same if the she were the first lady to an ACN president. Anyways, nicely said.
ReplyDeleteGod bless Fashola oooo, but where was he when Tinubu blocked up Western Avenue?????
ReplyDeletefashola for life
ReplyDeleteUncivilized people carry that crap all the way back to that village of a state Bayelsa..useless leader and illiterate wife that cannot modernise a oil producing state of sorts..
ReplyDeleteGet this we always block road in Lagos for parties thats the way we roll..so Tinubu's wasn't really a surprise...it was only curbed cos of armed robbers..however Patience was just a silly power show..let her keep stealing with inpunity..Jona would lose in 2015 and eventually become her boy!!
Would he have said dis if it was blocked for Tinubu's wife they all politicians its all politics dats wat I know
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