I keep hearing talks of IGR, no one ever focuses on what this money is used for.

Do you even have water from the government that flows to your house or apartment complex? Or are you a denizen of Lagos 2021, today, either using a borehole water supply or having to buy water in trucks? Be honest with yourselves.

Where does the money go?

It’s like how the lekki epe expressway used to be tolled, yet the roads would have dead streetlights stretching many kilometers, and the lane markings had all worn out, even till today, the lane markings remain worn or totally non existent. We then had to ask, where was all the toll money going? I mean it’s one thing to generate money, it’s another thing to spend it wisely. Things like lane markings could have been done with just one days income from the toll booths or at the max, a weeks income would have afforded for the re-painting of the lanes.

If you are a resident of Lagos, take a drive across the third mainland bridge, paying close attention to the lane markings, you’ll notice that they are all intact, and clearly visible, thereby guiding road users into observing lane discipline somewhat without any law enforcement stimulus.

Now juxtapose that with a drive across the lekki epe expressway, which until recently, was extremely well funded by road users in the form of tolls ranging from about 200-300 naira PER PASS. You’d notice that as at today, close to 90% if not more of the lane markings are non existent.

I think we should focus twice as hard on expenditure as we do on income, so we can get value.

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Sincerely, this is a valid question you asked. If arid countries in the middle of the desert can provide water for their citizens, why can't Lagos state?