Buddha3:
It is not an arguable fact that Lagos State has not seen measurable development that is befitting of her status as a commercial city with a basic economic yield that eclipses about 50 African countries. In a manner of speaking, the annual revenue being disclosed to the NBS is actually well under half of what Lagos makes in reality. And for a state with a small geographical landmass, housing the population equivalent of two to three Northern states, Lagos is immensely overburdened, reason the very oxygen there is toxic enough to reduce the life expectancy of an average Nigerian by 10years.

That being said, it is important to remind the likes of the OP and others who find delight in meddling with issues concerning Lagos, that there's the need for you all to "LET LAGOS BE"!

Leave Lagos State for Lagosians. Whatever problems and challenges the state has, should be of no concern(s) to you. If you see the need to live or work there, do it in relative peace and self-awareness. Stop bothering yourselves with issues of no positive consequences to your lives. Yorubas and other Lagosians like the city as it is. Do not complain on their behalf. By virtue of studies and published analysis, Lagos is adjudged to be a sinking city that has been predicted to be swallowed by the Atlantic ocean in about 50years. If and when that should happen, leave Lagosians to mourn the loss.

I see no sense in making Lagos state your headache when you're peacefully residing in a far away state. Personally, even if a gun is put to my head, I won't live or work in Lagos State cause of my sanity. I spent 3years of my young life over there and the lawlessness and arbitrary living standards are not for me. So y'all should learn to find peace within yourselves and leave Lagos alone!

Lagos was developed by Nigeria's Commonwealth. Lagos is the commercial capital of Nigeria and reaps benefit from all Nigerians. Anybody living in Lagos state is a stakeholder and has the right to demand for good governance. Lagos has a special status like Abuja

Buddha3:
It is not an arguable fact that Lagos State has not seen measurable development that is befitting of her status as a commercial city with a basic economic yield that eclipses about 50 African countries. In a manner of speaking, the annual revenue being disclosed to the NBS is actually well under half of what Lagos makes in reality. And for a state with a small geographical landmass, housing the population equivalent of two to three Northern states, Lagos is immensely overburdened, reason the very oxygen there is toxic enough to reduce the life expectancy of an average Nigerian by 10years.

That being said, it is important to remind the likes of the OP and others who find delight in meddling with issues concerning Lagos, that there's the need for you all to "LET LAGOS BE"!

Leave Lagos State for Lagosians. Whatever problems and challenges the state has, should be of no concern(s) to you. If you see the need to live or work there, do it in relative peace and self-awareness. Stop bothering yourselves with issues of no positive consequences to your lives. Yorubas and other Lagosians like the city as it is. Do not complain on their behalf. By virtue of studies and published analysis, Lagos is adjudged to be a sinking city that has been predicted to be swallowed by the Atlantic ocean in about 50years. If and when that should happen, leave Lagosians to mourn the loss.

I see no sense in making Lagos state your headache when you're peacefully residing in a far away state. Personally, even if a gun is put to my head, I won't live or work in Lagos State cause of my sanity. I spent 3years of my young life over there and the lawlessness and arbitrary living standards are not for me. So y'all should learn to find peace within yourselves and leave Lagos alone!

Is Lagos not a State in Nigeria? If I reside in Lagos, I have every right to criticize or call out the government if they're not doing well.


Don't be daft please.

Eko ti baje

The land of Agberos
The land of Thugs
The land of Touts

The kings, the kingmaker, the politicians were at one time or the other either of the above 3 and depends on them for crude rulership

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Everyday you see engineers and other workers go to work at the Ministry of Works. At the end of the month they get paid. It makes one wonder exactly what they do. Just like the four dilapidated refineries that gulp billions in salaries every year. Are people getting paid to be unproductive?

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Christistruth03:
Whoever says Gov Sanwo Olu is not doing well is an enemy of Truth

You are the real enemy, can you compare what Ambode did to all these rubbish?

Racoon:
Abeg visit Ilorin first. Yes! Alaigbo is under IPOB attacks but the region is still viable with sons and daughters still acquiring properties across the length and breath of Nigeria. How many SW can you see venturing East to invest?

The Igbo man's never-say-die resilient spirit makes him cosmopolitan and enterprising. You rarely see us doing toutism/agberoism because we are industrious and breaking spectacular academic records as seen in recent WAEC and JAMB despite seat @ home.

Apart from the print media, banking, Insurance and stock broking segment of the economy being dominated by Yorubas in Lagos, the main notorious feature of the city life is the large swarm of anti-social elements( touts, thugs, alayes, owomida miscreants, brigands ) making life difficult for Lagosians

Biafra war makes the Igbos stronger.
Don't forget that Igbos ate themselves.
Fork your commmmmen tttt

Christistruth03:
Whoever says Gov Sanwo Olu is not doing well is an enemy of Truth

Sanwo-Olu is a 4.5/10 governor.

Those local government chairman are totally useless.

Secondly, Sanwo olu need to do more. Despite our huge IGR, lagos is still way behind cities like Nairobi, Cairo, Dar es Salaam, harare,, Tripoli

Adesina18111:
One thing I don't understand about Lagos and Ogun state is whether their LCDAs are working or not...there is no good road and light in some of the streets of Lagos (not Lagos Island)...each time i pass through streets (when u have to pass through the street to avoid gridlock on the main road) for Lagos like this everywhere be like dem no be part of the Lagos we watch on news...abi na only Governor get power to do projects ni?...

Because like most of Nigeria the politicians at all levels are not answerable to the people. They owe their allegiance elsewhere so performance is not the ultimate objective and not the determinant of political survival or otherwise.

I really don't see how Nigeria can become like other nations we admire without social conflict.
We must come to a point where we realise that nothing can be achieved without a class fight.
There is just no way to uproot the feudal nature of black african leadership systems to get to the point where the political class respects and fears the people they lead.

Our leaders are too comfortable and so often progress in error.

Allardyce:
Is Lagos not a State in Nigeria? If I reside in Lagos, I have every right to criticize or call out the government if they're not doing well.


Don't be daft please.

My comment was not meant to address you. The fella it was intended for, responded with civility and the requisite respect that ought to exist between sane humans.

If you see the need to quote me and air an opinion, do yourself good and refrain from insulting me.

I am not one to suffer fools or strike bargains with one. If you insult me again, I'll hound you endlessly, from thread to thread, to the point you'll feel reluctant and uncomfortable to use nairaland in the near future.

Be properly guided!

Tinubu’s reign and cronies in Lagos have been a scam

Ambode started the major infrastructure and transformation at the cost of not remitting to Tinubu as usual

That’s why even Tinubu is taking him back now

ehikwe22:


Lagos was developed by Nigeria's Commonwealth. Lagos is the commercial capital of Nigeria and reaps benefit from all Nigerians. Anybody living in Lagos state is a stakeholder and has the right to demand for good governance. Lagos has a special status like Abuja

And after all the years you have spent demanding good governance in Lagos, what has come of it?

Well said...Godfatherism is still one of the biggest problem in Nigerian politics

Reference:


Because like most of Nigeria the politicians at all levels are not answerable to the people. They owe their allegiance elsewhere so performance is not the ultimate objective and not the determinant of political survival or otherwise.

I really don't see how Nigeria can become like other nations we admire without social conflict.
We must come to a point where we realise that nothing can be achieved without a class fight.
There is just no way to uproot the feudal nature of black african leadership systems to get to the point where the political class respects and fears the people they lead.

Our leaders are too comfortable and so often progress in error.

XerXers:
When I tell them that the Aba they mock has better roads than Lagos they refused to believe because they only consume propaganda.

Exactly,

Aba even get better Sea Port

Penguin2:
A drive through Lagos will leave the picture of dilapidated infrastructure before you.

Is it the expressway from Ojota to Costain that now has collapsed portions that a simple patchwork could have solved?

Is it the the road to Ogombo from Abraham Adesanya that has totally collapsed and spills traffic to Abraham Adesanya roundabout?

Is it the abandoned project at VGC that left bad portions of road there that causes massive traffic and loss of productive hours?

Is it the construction of Awoyaya to Abraham Adesanya section of the Lekki-Epe Expressway that is moving at the speed of snail which has made a trip that should have been 10 minutes to run into 3 hours sometimes?

Or is the total collapse of infrastructure in Idumota Market with flood almost taking over some section of the market without government lifting a finger?

Or is it the fact that no inner streets roads has been constructed anywhere in Lagos in the past four years?

These things leaves you wondering, “what is Lagos really doing with its huge revenue”?

Again, one can’t help but wonder, if smaller and poorer states like Ebonyi, etc, can build infrastructures without putting it back on the residents in the name of tolls, why does Lagos keep concessioning major infrastructural projects like roads, bridges, to private entities who use their money to build these projects and resort to daily taxing of residents in the name of tolls in order to recoup their investment?


https://guardian.ng/news/despite-huge-revenue-lagos-local-councils-underperform-worsen-residents-pains/

Lagos is working, you must be an ipob lover to condemn Lagos, our heaven on earth 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Buddha3:


My comment was not meant to address you. The fella it was intended for, responded with civility and the requisite respect that ought to exist between sane humans.

If you see the need to quote me and air an opinion, do yourself good and refrain from insulting me.

I am not one to suffer fools or strike bargains with one. If you insult me again, I'll hound you endlessly, from thread to thread, to the point you'll feel reluctant and uncomfortable to use nairaland in the near future.

Be properly guided!

"Don't be daft" is an advice. I repeat don't be Daft. If the government of the day is not doing well, we have every right to talk irrespective of our differences.
Don't come here to tell us that Lagosians are the only ones meant to criticize Sanwo Olu.
By the way, are you that jobless and silly to be looking for my comments on every thread?

Try me.

Buddha3:
It is not an arguable fact that Lagos State has not seen measurable development that is befitting of her status as a commercial city with a basic economic yield that eclipses about 50 African countries. In a manner of speaking, the annual revenue being disclosed to the NBS is actually well under half of what Lagos makes in reality. And for a state with a small geographical landmass, housing the population equivalent of two to three Northern states, Lagos is immensely overburdened, reason the very oxygen there is toxic enough to reduce the life expectancy of an average Nigerian by 10years.

That being said, it is important to remind the likes of the OP and others who find delight in meddling with issues concerning Lagos, that there's the need for you all to "LET LAGOS BE"!

Leave Lagos State for Lagosians. Whatever problems and challenges the state has, should be of no concern(s) to you. If you see the need to live or work there, do it in relative peace and self-awareness. Stop bothering yourselves with issues of no positive consequences to your lives. Yorubas and other Lagosians like the city as it is. Do not complain on their behalf. By virtue of studies and published analysis, Lagos is adjudged to be a sinking city that has been predicted to be swallowed by the Atlantic ocean in about 50years. If and when that should happen, leave Lagosians to mourn the loss.

I see no sense in making Lagos state your headache when you're peacefully residing in a far away state. Personally, even if a gun is put to my head, I won't live or work in Lagos State cause of my sanity. I spent 3years of my young life over there and the lawlessness and arbitrary living standards are not for me. So y'all should learn to find peace within yourselves and leave Lagos alone!

Sincerely speaking, you deserved to be in the STONE AGE.

It has turned to tribal war again. We have some of the most unfortunate sets of human beings living in that country.

Honestly sanwo olu is one of worsted governor of Lagos state .all the inner roads are in bad shape.

broadman20:




Sincerely speaking, you deserved to be in the STONE AGE.

Okay.

Kindly come and take me there. I don't have transport fare.

Apt, this article is telling and detailed the real happenings in Lagos, a section of the road in my estate was done with over 30 million Naira by residents.

Allardyce:
"Don't be daft" is an advice. I repeat don't be Daft. If the government of the day is not doing well, we have every right to talk irrespective of our differences.
Don't come here to tell us that Lagosians are the only ones meant to criticize Sanwo Olu.
By the way, are you that jobless and silly to be looking for my comments on every thread?

Try me.

For your sake, I will decide to be jobless. And believe you me, it is not an experience you want to have.

O boy, this Lagos bad roads go favour me and my family.

Buddha3:
It is not an arguable fact that Lagos State has not seen measurable development that is befitting of her status as a commercial city with a basic economic yield that eclipses about 50 African countries. In a manner of speaking, the annual revenue being disclosed to the NBS is actually well under half of what Lagos makes in reality. And for a state with a small geographical landmass, housing the population equivalent of two to three Northern states, Lagos is immensely overburdened, reason the very oxygen there is toxic enough to reduce the life expectancy of an average Nigerian by 10years.

That being said, it is important to remind the likes of the OP and others who find delight in meddling with issues concerning Lagos, that there's the need for you all to "LET LAGOS BE"!

Leave Lagos State for Lagosians. Whatever problems and challenges the state has, should be of no concern(s) to you. If you see the need to live or work there, do it in relative peace and self-awareness. Stop bothering yourselves with issues of no positive consequences to your lives. Yorubas and other Lagosians like the city as it is. Do not complain on their behalf. By virtue of studies and published analysis, Lagos is adjudged to be a sinking city that has been predicted to be swallowed by the Atlantic ocean in about 50years. If and when that should happen, leave Lagosians to mourn the loss.

I see no sense in making Lagos state your headache when you're peacefully residing in a far away state. Personally, even if a gun is put to my head, I won't live or work in Lagos State cause of my sanity. I spent 3years of my young life over there and the lawlessness and arbitrary living standards are not for me. So y'all should learn to find peace within yourselves and leave Lagos alone!

what if op is a lagosian ? Swines that think gbadebo is not a lagosian lol


Tell me who is a lagosian ? Yeye lots

There's a reason why development can't thrive in a corrupt system- and it's Igbo, Yoruba, or Hausa affair.
Just the facts ma'am!.

Vboot1:



Even the "almighty" island is nothing to write home about. From Awoyaya to VGC is hell, you'll probably spend 2-3 plying that route. Lagos with the huge igr shouldn't be in this mess.

After visitin Lome and Accra, I come to realize that Nigeria is a mess, our standard is so fucking low.

You are not the first person to say this.

Everyone who has traveled to those small countries always come back with tales of how they have left us behind even with their meagre resources; good roads, steady electricity, etc.

But when we make effort to demand same in Nigeria, some dimwits that cannot grow above ethnic and primordial sentiments will be labeling us haters and all what not.

They wish everyone bows to their warped definition of truth and normalization of suffering, but we shall continue to state and demand that the right things are done.

Op come to Amuwo especially festac and see something. Our local government chairman is dead.

Local council governments in Nigeria died many years ago. Such is the fate of a government that is not owned by the people of a locality.

SANWO OLU SHOULD WORK ON ALL THE ARTICLE BELOW.

Buddha3:


Okay.

Kindly come and take me there. I don't have transport fare.

Haha!

You are already there with your backward ways of reasoning, no need for transportation fare anymore.

Seeing you get angry with a study done on an international city like Lagos where so many international citizens lives, makes me feel you really need help coming back to our Morden world.

orion7:
what if op is a lagosian ? Swines that think gbadebo is not a lagosian lol


Tell me who is a lagosian ? Yeye lots

You think I bought data to come and educate your fat filled brain?

Nigga, take several seats down the hall! Your reasoning is cancerous and your opinion, largely inconsequential.

Na fools like you dey collect unnecessary beatings because you thoughtlessly jump into issues you know nothing about.

Oponu!

It's embarrassing that supposedly educated minds can't discuss reasonably on a matter that affects us all irrespective of tribe or status. What's this new addiction to turning every post to tribal war?

Anyway, the fact is that LGs are underperforming across board and we should proffer good ideas towards their improvement for our benefit.

The CDAs should monitor the allocations received, how it is spent and brief their members. Residents/members should ensure that the CDAs work in their favor. They should monitor projects and help to ensure that facilities are well maintained and not vandalised.

One thing that baffles me is how and why the State Governments don't allow the LGs to thrive on their own by cornering their funds. Also why the LGs can't fight to get their full allocations and to make good use of it.