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Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by agbaikings: 12:08pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
I've always maintained that knocking Governor B.R. Fashola (SAN) for his achievements all because I'm running for Governor on a different platform will just be playing mere politics - and that's not what I've set out to do in this campaign. However, I like to think Governor B.R. Fashola (SAN) and I have very different positions and ideologies when it comes to leadership and what we both think is critical to developing Lagos into a world class mega- city. Which leads me to an issue that needs to addressed. An issue that has to do with our doctors and healthcare workers. First and foremost, I find it heart wrenching that at our level of development in Lagos, we still have to grapple with the decision of paying the salaries of our doctors. You see, quite simply, we cannot expect to have grown our economy by almost a hundred fold in the last 16 years without improving the lives and working conditions of our healthcare workers. It's not just logical. What's the purposes of building schools, if our children cannot afford it. What's the purpose of building bridges, if it doesn't connect people to commercial activity. What's the purpose of leadership, if there are no followers. What's the purpose of such great prosperity, if it doesn't trickle down to the least of us. This is where I think we fundamentally differ. There's a semblance of being Progressive on the surface but the position and decisions that the honorable Governor has made over his tenure leaves us to wonder if truly he and the leaders in the Lagos' ruling party, the APC, are true Progressives - in the footsteps of great Yoruba leaders like Awolowo and LK Jakande. You see being progressive has nothing to do with your party. It's in your lifestyle, in your instinct, it's subconscious. I learnt this from my great mentor Pa Abraham Adesanya - A man that took me under his wings as a young politician and taught me all I know about politics. He would say, "It's about the people. At the end of the day, no other metric counts, no validation is greater than the one you see on the faces and lives of the people. If they are hungry and without jobs; if they're without a roof over their heads; if they're uneducated and lack the life skills to compete; then we've all failed even if we build the tallest of skyscrapers or the longest of bridges." That's what I call being Progressive. So don't lecture me on experience. If doesn't have a human face to it, it's all for nothing. Let me assure Lagosians that hope is on the way. And being a Pharmacist myself and understanding the importance of a healthy people to national development, I intend to do more in this area. I have said under my watch, we shall introduce a free-health insurance scheme that would be beneficial to Lagosians and service providers amongst other things. It's bold - no doubt - but it's possible. As long as we have the the political will to see it through, it will happen. In this election, it is important that we let the opposition know that when it comes to being Progressive: it is not in the size of the cap, it's in the THOUGHTS. It's not by the shape of the glasses, it's in the VISION. And it's definitely not for them to decide whose foot the shoes fit. Our Progressiveness is about the PATH that Lagosians themselves choose to travel and our ability as leaders to harness that. God bless. 2 Likes |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by babs01(m): 12:10pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
JK lafe 2 Likes |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by temitemi1(m): 12:30pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
JK is OK for LAGOS!! 2 Likes |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by Nobody: 12:43pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
Jimi is a very sound mind. I wish Lagosians can give this great mind a chance to bring the government back to the people, at the moment, government still belongs to Bourdillon. 6 Likes |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by simpleseyi: 12:51pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
JK is Just Kidding. |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by tswitch: 12:51pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
#GBAM |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by Nobody: 1:04pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
I have said it and I will say it again, if agbaje is rigged out of the governorship election for lagos, I will just close down my business in lagos and relocate it to the south east, I will not continue to give out my hard earned money in the name of multiple taxations to some agberos who say ðεƔ are representing the Agbero People Congress led government. There must be a change in Lagos. 5 Likes |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by Orunto: 1:07pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
Lagos is now for Agbajes. Just grab her and treat her well for good. |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by ba7man(m): 1:33pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
JK is OK!!!!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In a pharmaceutical store. 1 Like |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by abacusCm(m): 1:36pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
simpleseyi:JK=JUST KIDDING 1 Like |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by chamboy(m): 1:39pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
Jk we Know, PDP we don't want |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by Nobody: 1:56pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
Being progressive has nothing to do with your party. It's in your lifestyle, in your instinct, it's subconscious. |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by Ayus34(m): 2:01pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
mobuch:please it's better u do just that.....so that u can develop the east same way u developed Lagos,God will bless u,if u relocate and that will stop Lagos from developing through your sweat! |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by aderonila18: 2:02pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
Mr. just Kidding, go and develop your failed pharmacy first https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_2veWZZWyo&feature=youtu.be |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by Nobody: 2:33pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
mobuch:I can assure you that you will not be missed at all. Good riddance!! |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by Nobody: 2:43pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
His recent utterances in his quest for power have shown beyond reasonable doubt that he's not fit to govern a state as complex as Lagos.. Ambo + Atide vote Ambode for continuity Vote Buhari for Change Sai Baba |
Re: Jimi Agbaje's Statement On Governor Fashola by KwoiZabo(m): 2:44pm On Feb 21, 2015 |
mobuch:Sorry our Presidential candidate have changed our name. It's Agbero People's Confidence |
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