Mandate Group runs Lagos state politics not Tinubu. They are like board of directors of a company with a chairman called Tinubu. You can never be elected CEO of the company without the support of the board of directors and the chairman. The office of the CEO being the office of the Lagos state Governor. Many decisions the CEO/Governor takes even while in office must be supported by the members of the Mandate Group. Each member of the Mandate Group is a local government chairman and controls the politics of his local government area. All local government areas make up what is known as Lagos state. You see how it's connected and how powerful they are? One good thing Tinubu did in Lagos was the formation of the Mandate Group; gave power to the people or grassroot level. It will take the mercy of God for anyone to win election in Lagos without the support of the Mandate Group, let alone another party. Ambode bypassed the Mandate Group on many decisions he has taken thus far, and this Group is out to cut him to size.

benben1000:
Mandate Group runs Lagos state politics not Tinubu. They are like board of directors of a company with a chairman called Tinubu. You can never be elected CEO of the company without the support of the board of directors and the chairman. The office of the CEO being the office of the Lagos state Governor. Many decisions the CEO/Governor takes even while in office must be supported by the members of the Mandate Group.

This is rubbish. A state with more than 20million people, a certain group can't determine their fate. Democracy is government for the people and not for a mandate group.

It's okay to have a group of top political players in a state but it is stupid for them to decide the fate of a performing governor because they are unhappy.

To even make things worse, this useless group is loyal to "ONE MAN". If it is this group that determines the governor of Lagos state, then it means Tinubu is god over Lagos. Tueh... *spits*

nelronaldo:

This is rubbish. A state with more than 20million people, a certain group can't determine their fate. Democracy is government for the people and not for a mandate group.

It's okay to have a group of top political players in a state but it is stupid for them to decide the fate of a performing governor because they are unhappy.

To even make things worse, this useless group is loyal to "ONE MAN". If it is this group that determines the governor of Lagos state, then it means Tinubu is god over Lagos. Tueh... *spits*

I'm talking about state party structure of APC. PDP can upstage them if they had built on Agbaje's structure. Agbaje almost defeated Ambode if you look at the result. So it can be done but must be from another party not APC for the people to have influence as you said.

nelronaldo:

This is rubbish. A state with more than 20million people, a certain group can't determine their fate. Democracy is government for the people and not for a mandate group.

It's okay to have a group of top political players in a state but it is stupid for them to decide the fate of a performing governor because they are unhappy.

To even make things worse, this useless group is loyal to "ONE MAN". If it is this group that determines the governor of Lagos state, then it means Tinubu is god over Lagos. Tueh... *spits*

thank you jàre, what the op does not understand is that most people on lagos voted against PDP, GEJ and Obj with the dismay performance of PMB lagosians will vote against his party if the opposition present a popular candidate #facts, you can't rig where you are not popular, it's not possible, Tinubu was the face of the opposition that is why he benefitted from the way lagosians vote and to be honest he performed in his own time and had good successors, but this time playing God won't work.

benben1000:


I'm talking about state party structure of APC. PDP can upstage them if they had built on Agbaje's structure. Agbaje almost defeated Ambode if you look at the result. So it can be done but must be from another party not APC for the people to have influence as you said.

Thats why i cant agree with this. I am not even talking about other parties. Ambode hasn't done badly, so why not give him a second chanxe. The so called mandate group are just angry for selfish reasons. Ambode is supposed to control the party structure as governor of the state but Tinubu established the mandate group because of his greed.
If he bypassed the mandate group, he has every right to do so.

It's appalling to read an article trying to make us understand or buy the group's actions.