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Politics / Re: Tunji Bello To Succeed Adefulire As Lagos Deputy Governor by Ekoyinre17: 1:38pm On Nov 26, 2014
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Politics / Re: Tunji Bello To Succeed Adefulire As Lagos Deputy Governor by Ekoyinre17: 12:25am On Nov 12, 2014
Tunji Bello, this, Tunji Bello, that..."WETIN"?!!

Must this guy be in government ALL THE TIME? He became a Commissioner in Lagos State in 2003, under Tinubu. Before then, Bello had ingratiated himself with the Asiwaju, giving the latter advice behind the scenes of governance in Lagos and generally oiling the public relations apparatus of the Lagos State government with his “invisible hands”, while he masqueraded in daylight as the (impartial?) Chairman of THISDAY newspaper's Editorial Board.

When Fashola JUSTIFIABLY "kicked" Tunji Bello to the curb during his first term as governor and refused to re-appoint him Commissioner in 2007, Bello acted as if it was his birthright to be Commissioner, or to otherwise be in government (Maybe being in government can explain the sumptuous house he now owns in Ikoyi, among many others!) He huffed and puffed and drew on his (very, very, very, very) strong connections with Asiwaju Tinubu, who in turn pressurized Fashola to appoint Bello Commissioner at the beginning of his second term in 2011. (Incidentally, everyone knows the Fashola government made its name and was more dynamic during its first term, which unsurprisingly DID NOT feature Bello in government!) People will also recall that even before Fashola finally made him Commissioner again, Tunji Bello "cooled his heels"---where else?---IN GOVERNMENT, as head of Lagos State's outdoor advertising regulatory outfit.

Now the guy---along with his powerful mentor---is at it again. Make no mistake about it, Tinubu's ultimate ambition in Lagos is to install Tunji Bello as Governor. What threatened or threatens to torpedo that plan this time around is the clamour for a Christian Governor in Lagos during this election cycle. If not, Bello would have been a shoo-in by Tinubu for the governorship of Lagos State. Those in the know are very much aware that Bello is the "boy" in which Asiwaju is very, very, very, well-pleased. Not Ambode, by a mile!

Only both men (maybe in the privacy of some room, since rumours along that line trail Bello very strongly) can explain their closeness and affinity for each other. But the reality, and irony, is also that Tunji Bello is a nominal Muslim at best. So, he must find it a “cruel” twist of fate that his being a "Muslim" is now being used to deny him the prize he and his mentor seem to think is Bello's birthright.

Talking about mentors, the guy found it very "convenient" to have one at every stage of his professional (as a journalist) and political careers. Those who know remember how he used his perceived closeness to MKO Abiola to the hilt while he worked at Concord for close to two decades. There was the story that Bello's father assisted MKO while the latter was still "struggling"; Tunji Bello then rode that horse to the hilt while he "reigned" at Concord when the going was good for the paper.

Unfortunately, the same Bello could be "credited" with the paper's demise. Yes, those in the know won't blame Concord's sad fate just on feuding members of Abiola's family (or IBB for that matter!), but also on those, like Tunji Bello, who allowed vain personal interests (and emperor-like fondness for personal vendettas) to hasten the paper's death. Many are already aware of the existence of an e-mail that has quietly been making the rounds for a few years now, which details this and other destructive attitudes on Tunji Bello's part.

Now, Bello's formidable public relations machine (largely through The Nation newspaper and elsewhere) is in overdrive, touting the man's “hardwork”, “efficiency” and---wait for this!---”achievements”. This, about a man who has never been able to keep Lagos State flood-free during the rainy season while he has served as Commissioner of the Environment, among many other major policy failures while he has “served”.

There's, of course, still that other “little matter” about how Bello, as Editor of Daily Concord, hastened the newspaper's demise with his BAD LEADERSHIP qualities, which he obviously believes he has managed to keep under wraps and away from prying eyes by deft public relations and publicity stunts.

Once again, Tunji Bello for Deputy Governor? He doesn't even qualify to be a Class Prefect!

We should wonder no more about why and how Nigeria came to this sorry pass, filled as it were with leeches and lemmings who can't “survive” without an “eternal marriage” to government---and the unlimited, undeserved largesse it brings to so few, at the expense of so many.

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