An Article: Fashola’s Indestructible Record By Wale Olaleye
Despite orchestrated misgivings, former Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has an immutable record in the court of public opinion, writes Olawale Olaleye
Some days ago, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria and his team paid a private visit to the residence of Mr. Babatunde Fashola, immediate past governor of Lagos State. It was an interactive meeting designed to rub minds on mutual possibilities. Not just the US alone, everyone as well as great institutions of sound reasoning knows that Fashola is a material to be proud of as well as flash anywhere. This was further confirmed at this august meeting with the US team, three months after leaving office.
But a few minutes into the discussion, it turned out a lecture being delivered extempore by the vintage Fashola as the US officials resorted to frantic note taking. Quite expectedly, they were awed by his knowledge of policy, grasp of national development and his articulation in terms of administration and its complexities. They could not but take notes. That’s what is referred to in advanced quarters as “notes for the file”.
Without having to recycle the facts, Fashola’s cerebral deposits are enough to last a century of developmental reporting. He is both a child of circumstance and a product of many chances. He is wont to admit this too easily. Challenged by his father’s dismissal that he might not do well academically and the proposal for a vocational training (an automobile apprentice), Fashola wanted more from life and took the initiative to indulge in personal development. He thus remade himself. It’s still a classical case study.
Basking in the success of his chosen career as a lawyer, who would later become a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), strutting through his unarguably sound mind, Fashola’s invitation to serve in a government that was deficient in credibility was strictly on personal recognition with a clear brief to help in administration, however operating from the office of the Chief of Staff.
For about five years that he served in that capacity, it was essentially administrative. He stayed away from “politics” which didn’t seem anything like his thing because they played it pretty dirty in the part of the corner he was called to serve. He excelled still.
Therefore, asking him to man the driver’s seat was arguably on merit but without any inkling that a bigger job awaited him. Those who settled for him knew they merely gambled for obvious selfish extrapolations. But on the contrary, it was a gamble that paid off. Fashola resolved immediately he took up the challenge to not make a name but do the job for with doing the job comes the name. And so it is.
Whilst the fact of who the pathfinder of Lagos has always remained a debate between two classes of people – those who reckoned it is Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the first civilian governor of the state and those who would stake their fortune on Senator Bola Tinubu – there can never be any such debate as to who the actualiser of the new Lagos is. It is and will always be Fashola. It is just another fact of public record.
Unfortunately for Fashola, he soon became a threat to his “makers” and unto himself with too much to offer. They probably thought it would be just another guy in the saddle, who would mess himself up in four years and thrown out afterwards on the grounds of non-performance. But Fashola turned out a game changer. In two years, he had decimated whatever was the record of the latter day pathfinder and set Lagos on a highway to its mega dreams. With Fashola, Lagos worked. He was responsible, sensible, sensitive, sensate and effective. He typified the cosmopolitan ilk of the breed required for everyone’s Lagos.
Whereas his record should have turned out a collective pride, it started to threaten the existence of some in the Lagos cabal. And then, stories started to fly – unpalatable stories of first, alleged corruption and then, character deficit and when those would not yield desired result, they resorted back to their allegations of corruption, which they had concocted to stall his second coming ahead of the 2011 elections.
The sudden emergence of a group, “The True Face of Lagos” in 2010 reeked of hate campaigns and a clearly thought out plan to destroy the vintage Fashola. The group that was later identified as faceless with sponsors traced to insiders – both in the party and government – was unable to do the required damage because of the likely effect it could have on the collective. They sucked it in and tolerated him for another term of four years, painfully though. Indeed, they were helpless, else, it would have been their loss as Fashola had grown in stature and rating beyond what a majority of them may never attain.
However, in the twilight of his second term, allegations of character deficit started to swirl. They accused him of promiscuity and alleged that he was responsible for a certain set of twins. What a-no-brainer! They could have done better. Interestingly, Fashola knew the sponsors of the stories and their motive but ignored them because as far as he was concerned, God had given him victory over them and doing a dogfight with them would only equate him with the no-do-wells.
The emergence of yet another group, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) further exposed the desperation of those behind the “Pull Down Fashola Project”. This time, it is a consolidated approach. They have brought together their previous charges in addition to new ones and are daily churning them out to decimate the incomprehensible BRF rating.
The latest being the N78million website contract seems to have enhanced what many now regard as hatchet job. They had celebrated the information with their counterparts in government and the party. But that celebration was tainted and short lived. Fashola’s unexpected reply seemed to have dented the flow and life span of their project as they still battle recovery.
Having dismissed the allegation of fathering the controversial set of twins, Fashola explained the website contract thus: “As far as the website contract is concerned, yes there was a contract. It went through procurement and was approved by the government agency authorised to do so. One of the services was an upgrade quoted for N12.5m but awarded for N12m.
“There were other services that were new like a handover countdown clock, mobile Apps for Google, for IOS and Ipad, for Microsoft and for Research in Motion (Blackberry), which the existing website did not have, as well as the annual maintenance cost for managing the website.
“It was for all these services that the contract was issued for N78m, which the Lagos State Procurement Agency gave no objection based on the advice of the Ministry of Science and Technology, who are the government’s adviser on ICT matters.
“In publishing this contract award, which was the government tradition under my watch, the procurement agency’s website summarised it as ‘upgrade’ only without detailing the other services and this has been distorted by the agents of hate as their suspected smoking gun. It is regrettable that a summary of the contract has been deliberately distorted to misinform the public.”
Although the hate campaigners are said to have dismissed the explanation as insufficient, what stops them from coming up with a different quote by professionals, explaining away the facts given by Fashola.
Suffice it to say that those driving the anti-Fashola project have a clearly marked out destination. The idea, it is believed, is to blackmail President Muhammadu Buhari from giving Fashola an appointment, apparently sensing that the man seems disposed to the former governor. They however failed to realise that everyone, the president inclusive, can also read through their feeble and lowly mind; they also failed to realise that the presidency has a more reliable means of running checks on people as well as institutions and will never resort to their indecent hollow, however desperate they get.
Whether or not they like, Fashola has become a phenomenon they cannot compel to grovel before their defiled shrine. He would not even stoop to cheap conquer. It takes the cheap and small minds to want to decimate an asset like Fashola. Although he has not announced that he was looking for an employment anywhere, the truth is that a legion of his traducers cannot stop his career progression, if God pleases.
It is common knowledge that the era before him was branded difficult for business and businessmen in the state. Approval for constructions was literally impossible, let alone some other government consent required for a thriving friendly environment, except for some face-saving propaganda. But all that changed with the coming onboard of Fashola as Lagos started to work. And that is their pain, really.
They may choose to run him down and attempt to alter the facts of his record, it does not change what the public already knows about the BRF years. No matter how much harm they do to his person, they cannot obliterate the many roads he constructed across the states. Their hate notwithstanding, they cannot claim the hospitals he built are no longer in existence. They can label him whatever name; it won’t change the fact that he lit up Lagos and reduced crime to an appreciable level. That Fashola built institutions and not individuals like the era before him is another feat they cannot trample underfoot.
They can continue to concoct their yet unfinished lies against him, it would not change the fact he was one governor that visited places that no governor had visited in the political history of the state. They can pretend he never existed; it won’t change the fact that he was efficient, effective, responsible and responsive in the running of the state. They cannot pretend not to know that he understands policy, development and governance. They cannot feign not to know that he was the one that changed the face of administration in the state and brought its way, the mega status.
Above all, it is also public knowledge that it was on the basis of his stellar performance and outstanding record that the party succeeded in installing another governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode. Therefore, whatever are Ambode’s misgivings – whether founded or perceived – it would take more than running some ignoble executive errands to step up to Fashola’s intellectual credentials much less trump his sterling record. This is a fact already established in the court of public opinion. It is certainly not some misguided debate on the meaning of ocean economy.
But whilst it will be gladdening to see an Ambode run on his own record some four years from now – living above petty cravings and outgrowing his overweight infantile exuberance – no one sure needs a reminder that Fashola has already graduated from that school and with distinction. Indeed, he has moved on and cannot play in a pig league.
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**Buhari reverses Jonathan’s NPA MD’s appointment, reinstates former MD

**Buhari charges Nigeria’s military chiefs to defeat Boko Haram in 3 months

**Ooni of Ife: Oba Okunade Sijuwade to be buried (today)Friday – Son

**Aregbesola reveals content of Ooni’s last text message

**Ambode mourns Ooni of Ife, says nation has lost a rare gem

**Buhari appoints NNPC Head of crude oil sales

**Anyone against anti-graft fight wants Nigeria destroyed – APC

**NNPC to sack more staff, set for fresh audit

**Oil subsidy removal will check corruption, says Emir Sanusi

**Don’t encourage corruption, APC cautions Sultan, Oritsejafor, Kukah, others

**Niger lawmakers want ex-Governor Babangida Aliyu probed

**Ekwueme charges Aguata-Orumba in diaspora to build stronger Anambra

**Boko Haram: Nigerian lawmakers ask Buhari to establish North East Development Commission
**We are developing the state but opponents always see the negatives – Idris Wada

**Senate approves Edo $75m World Bank loan

**Protesting Rivers APC candidates teargassed at INEC office

**Prof. Wole Soyinka need prayers – Otunba Gbenga Daniel

**Helicopter Crash: Bristow pledges to assist survivors, families of deceased

**Helicopter crash: Survivors stable, moved to St Nicholas Hospital

**Two remaining bodies in Lagos helicopter crash found

**We welcome constructive criticisms, says Lamorde

**Consumers laud Senate’s directive on electricity fixed charges

**Boulos Enterprises raises bar on customer engagement to increase market share

**BMW sales rise  as Europe growth offsets China slump

**Foundation launches Girls’ Safety Initiative campaign in FCT

**Former US President Warren Harding's love child confirmed

**New elections loom in Turkey as coalition talks collapse

**Babangida assumes duty as Oliseh’s Special Adviser at Super Eagles

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Today's Food for Thought: Don't ever listen to the noise of the market to distract you from your transactions.Anybody's opinion about you is their problem not yours.You only need to privately re-examine yourself to confirm if such opinions are concrete facts about you.Life is a battlefield and not designed to be a smooth journey for anybody.We all have different stories to share.Always go to where you're celebrated not tolerated to fill in the gap. If you're celebrated,the aura of happiness descends on your entire body and it radiates to all the corners of your body. You're not in this world to act according to anybody's script. Be responsible for all your actions!Blame nobody for your failure.Stand firm with your ideas and aspirations. Don't ever give up on your dreams no matter the barriers unless you're six feet below the ground.
Plenty words can't fill a basket!Morning Every.

Tuesday, 11/08/2015

**I’ll never be a politician again – Obasanjo

**Buhari blasts Akpabio, others, says corrupt APC, PDP members must face trial

**Ooni’s death to be formally announced Wednesday

**Sagay heads advisory committee on war against corruption

**Jonathan was held hostage while in office – Soyinka

**Buhari to Nigerian elite: Wake up, help your country

**Fayose blast Buhari,  says the acting INEC Chairperson is Buhari’s in-law

**Buhari queries diversion of $1b loan by Finance Ministry

**Centre trains Nigerian journalists on investigative reporting

**Lagos restates commitment to tackling sexual, domestic violence

**Buhari’s administration will not be deterred by orchestrated distractions – APC

**Imo Assembly to regulate sale, consumption of ogogoro

**Police arrest hospital owner in Ogun for stealing baby

**Nigerian Army to punish soldiers for maltreating suspected armed robber

**Kano offers free eye treatment to 44,000 patients

**Peter Obi group denies Metuh, others in Anambra PDP crisis

**WAEC releases Result, withholds 118,101 results over exam malpractices

**Shun bribery, Abe, new Lagos taskforce chairman warns officers

**Traders get 60-day ultimatum to quit Alade Market

**More than 69 defect to APC in Bayelsa State ahead of state elections

**JTF nabs 6 suspected attackers on Bayelsa military base, recovers arms

**Nigerian Navy faces N200m suit over seizure of vessel

**Cartel hijacks fertilizer distribution in Niger

**‘Potatoes boost brain power, fight cancer, diabetes’

**Rotary seeks empowerment, support for breastfeeding mothers

**Shooting get first away win against Heartland

**Customs upsets Gombe Bulls in DSTV Basketball Final Eight opener

**We could’ve beaten Everton, says Ighalo

**Buhari congratulates
Nigeria’s special athletes

Good P.M Everyone. I wish you a robust and exciting day!

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, MON,  Aug 10, 2015

PUNCH

Lagos to combat street trading

Private sector critical to sustainable development ' Unilever

Tax evasion: FIRS to introduce new rules

Ghana overtakes Nigeria in yam exports

Fire razes Ilesa market

Sijuwade: Ife set for tree-felling ritual

Controversy surrounds dog attack in A'Ibom

Kogi: 27 jostle for APC gov ticket

NEMA evacuates 1, 200 displaced persons deported by Cameroon

Account for N80bn LG funds, LP tells Obiano

Yahaya replaces Laleye as 4th Brigade commander

Cult group kills four in Makurdi

Makinde hails dismissal of judges petition against Aregbesola

We spent N78m to upgrade Fasholas website LASG

CRiver fines still in pounds, shillings Speaker

Title of Yoruba leader impossible for now Osoba

OPC leader faults call for Gani Adams resignation

Kogi: Audu declares for gov, backs power shift

VANGUARD

Man, 30, arrested over abduction of 82-yr-old woman

Corruption: Buhari orders MDAs to operate Treasury Single Account

P-Harcourt refinery to reduce fuel import by 40%

Edo PDP crisis deepens as party leaders kick against Orbih's return

CBN orders banks to refund withdrawal charges in 30 states

New rules to halt tax evasion, raise VAT underway

THISDAY

Osoba: Obasanjo Lied on Awolowo's Election as Yoruba Leader

NGE Endorses Buhari's Anti-graft War, Laments Naira Depreciation

Aregbesola Berates Oloyede, Says She's Not Fit to Be a Judge

Finally, Traders Get 60-Day Ultimatum to Quit Alade Market

Alleged Bank Debt: Tejuoso Accuses FCMB of Blackmail

Centinary City Project: Anyim Demands N2bn from Ojougboh, Frank for Liibel

JTF Nabs Six Suspects over Attack on Military Base in Bayelsa

Ogun Evacuates Beggars, Destitutes from Major Roads

Ondo: Over 200 Register for Residency Card Daily

TRIBUNE

Wike sacks Rivers Accountant-General

402 military men for 2015 hajj

I will take OAU to greater height 'Etsu Nupe

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UPDATES: Buhari’s approval delays NNPC director’s appointments. Oil won’t be sufficient as Nigeria’s revenue earner –Buhari. CBN, banks to impose sanction on delinquent debtors. FG begins payment of allowances to ex-Niger Delta militants. CBN to provide fresh bailout for textile industry. Produce military weapons locally, Buhari tasks defence ministry. Clampdown on corrupt Nigerians will be sustained –DSS boss. Governors have no right to spend LG funds –Yari. India arrests two Nigerians planning to join ISIS. EFCC: Lawyers ask Buhari to ignore PDP senators’ attack. Juwah Absent as Danbatta Resumes as NCC’s New Boss. Kachikwu Redeploys NNPC’s Head of Crude Oil Marketing. Lagos Spends N12bn on Crime Fighting in 7 Years. Convicted Kidnappers to Forfeit Assets in Rivers as Wike Signs New Law. NAFDAC Nabs 5 for Faking Tomato Paste, Syrups, Other Consumables. FG Cautions against Employers' Compromise on Worker's Safety. Downpour submerges houses, shops in Benue. Eight members dump Boko Haram sect in Borno. Kano sacks 2,620 street sweepers. Alleged N17m Kickbacks: Onyeka Onwenu Shuns ICPC’s Invitation.

UPDATES: FG Fires Eight NNPC GEDs, Directorates Pruned to Four. House to Probe Alleged N15bn Import Duties Evasion by Stallion Group. Okowa: Asaba Airport in Full Operations in Six Months. Buhari Congratulates Obama at 54. MRS Denies N6.2bn Indebtedness to FCMB. Lagos releases 11bn for pension payment. Ambode warns perm secs against compromise. Fraudsters solicit money in Lagos dep gov’s name.  Court summons comptroller over refusal to produce ex-Mint boss. Tribunal dismisses four petitions against Wike’s election. PDP crisis: Workers vow not to apologise. Enugu approves three-week paternity leave. CBN bans cash deposits into domiciliary accounts. Aviation debt profile worries Buhari. JTF arrests suspects, destroys 21 illegal oil sites. Senate summons CBN governor over naira depreciation. Buhari rules out scrapping of NYSC scheme. Ex-minister Dalhatu’s firm, Chicken Republic owners, others owe UBA N9.3bn. Ayeni’s name on debtors’ list in error – FCMB. 12,000 Nigerians return from Cameroon. Corruption: Probe your election sponsors first, Fayose tells Buhari. Ooni’s body undergoing traditional embalment inside palace – Source. Aregbesola: Panel asks commission to discipline judge. Buhari begins environmental clean-up of Ogoniland. Malaysia PM confirms wreckage belongs to MH370. FAAN orders evacuation of abandoned aircraft at MMA. Buhari Orders Take over of Nigeria’s Airspace over Gulf of Guinea from Ghana.
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I THINK WOMEN USE SOCIAL MEDIA MORE

Social media is a place for all. In my views, I think both parties use them almost equally. Predominantly, men use social media for business reasons. They want to get in touch with their co workers and they want to ensure their business is going fine. Some men sell stuffs online like wrist watches, shoes, books, clothes and so on. Some men are into Fashion and I think it's necessary to showcase what you've got and capable of doing, at least, for people to patronize. Men that are writers need to get online to scribble and fill in their blogs. As a writer, you just have to. It's not holdable.

In contrary, women use social media for personal life purpose. All about family and friends matters, mostly. Women love to show off, a clear evidence I'll like to give you is that we all know that women use Instagram more. Isn't it all about showing off? (laughs). Women are expressive, vocal, we love to demonstrate, exaggerate and share. WhatsApp for example is a platform where you can easily send texts to your children, husband and lot more. I think women use WhatsApp more on that note.

If as an entrepreneur, your consumers are principally men or women, we can actually get to know which party uses social media more on that platform.

According to my research when I was compiling some vital information for this write up, I found out that 76% of women use Facebook as opposed to men, 66%. 22% of women use Twitter. Women are mostly online too. Women have as twice as the posts men have on their Facebook walls. This shouldn't be surprising because everyone knows that women are centers of attraction. No brainer. Everyone enjoys the company of women, even women. I've seen a situation where two individuals were advertising the same product of goods, one was a woman and the other one was a man. People patronized her more. Why? She was simply a woman.

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The new Stephanie Rose previously known as Dapo Adaralegbe said in an interview.
“I was studying Law at the Obafemi
Awolowo University, (OAU), Ife. I am of the1995 set, but I had to leave school in 2001because of pressures. People were too harsh on me; they did not understand me at all. When I was in school, the school authorities got to know that I slept with my fellow male students. There was also an incident when I had to be admitted in the
hospital. I was bleeding from the anus and I had bad pile arising from sexual
intercourse.
“When the school got to know the kind of person I was, they sent me to meet a
Guidance Counselor, Professor Roger
Makanjuola, who was the Vice Chancellor, who took care of me. You know he is a re-nowned Psychiatrist. He handled all issues relating to psychiatry with me. “After a time, I tried going back to school but they told me I have stayed too long away from the system. I applied to change over to University of Lagos (UNILAG) and OAU authorities promised to assist with my transcripts, but they did not send it early, that was how I lost the chance of changing to UNILAG. I eventu-ally dropped out of school.”
“I know this will shock you but I started
having sex at the age of six. I had this
cousin of mine who used to bring his friend to our house. He was the first to make love to me.
“Since I was small, I realized that I had this feeling that I was a woman. I used to paint myself up and wear girls’ clothes. Nobody stopped or cautioned me. My mother later died when I was 11 years old. My father has other wives and no one particularly bothered about me. I am the last child of my mother, she had four of us"
"I started having sex at the age of six, but no one in my family noticed the problem until I was 14 years old. My father is a Professor of Education. My mother was also a Professor in the same discipline. When my dad got to know, I think he was among the people who made Professor Makanjuola to examine me.
“The truth is that I had gone too far, and I don’t want to talk about my family in this issue. I have slept with a lot of people but my problem is that they were not faithful to me. They were not committed; we just have sex and they go away. I wish to have a committed partner that is why I have been trying to get a real lover, one that will care about me. In the alternative, I will like to relocate abroad where my kind exist.

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