I read a lot about Tinubu's "atrocities" and with the recent AIT documentary, i have come to wonder how did Tinubu get here?

Is it a case of greed?

Is it not knowing when to stop?

Is it mere propaganda?

Is it better business sense?

Below is an article written shortly after Tinubu left office.

A brief journey back into the fiscal, physical,
economic and social conditions of Lagos some 13
years ago will reveal the following: a city buried in
heaps of rubbish, a city almost swallowed up in
crime, a people choked up in traffic, millions of
unemployed youths, thousands of area boys on the
prowl, decaying infrastructure, dwindling internally
generated revenue and a city of over 12 million with
hopelessly bad and damaged roads. The armed
bandits also ruled the day and night. Lagos was
Nigeria’s nemesis. Everyone loved Lagos, but no one,
not past military and civilian governors could do
anything about it. Not even the federal government
was willing to tackle the problems of Lagos. The
narrative of Lagos was that of an abandoned and
neglected former capital city which had become a no
man’s land.
Then the military with their jackboots exited power
and stepped in one man who changed the face of
Lagos. That individual was Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He
came in as an elected governor in 1999 after years of
democratic struggle and a wealth of experience in the
business world as an accountant and oil industry
expert. Soon after he took over, he stamped both his
vision and authority on the state of Lagos and in 8
years, the face, reputation and face of Lagos
changed. He re-wrote the rule book, broke away from
development stereo types and against all odds,
inspite of detractors and political enemies initiated
and implemented policies that laid the foundation for
the infrastructural renewal of Lagos. The Lagos we
see today had one chief Architect- Governor Tinubu
supported by a cast of competent technocrats and
progressively minded individuals, one of whom now
occupies the Alausa government house-Governor Raji
Fashola. The story needs to be told and there is no
amount of hatchet job or sponsored write ups and
paid online advertorials that can change the solid
legacy that was built.
The virtues of courage, determination, commitment,
vision, focus and strong sense of purpose that have
characterized Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s politics
were no doubt responsible for this extraordinary
politician’s emergence as one of the country’s most
successful governors since Nigeria’s return to
democratic governance 12 years ago. On his
assumption of office as Governor of Lagos State in
1999, Asiwaju Tinubu inherited a state that was
practically bankrupt. The country’s commercial nerve
centre was one of the worst victims of the previous
one and a half decades of military dictatorship and
neglect.
Public infrastructure had disintegrated abysmally.
Delivery of social services had collapsed in virtually
all sectors. The environment was in chaos as Lagos
was routinely described as one of the dirtiest cities in
the world. The state was largely dependent on
insufficient financial allocations from the centre as
she lacked the capacity to generate adequate revenue
internally to meet her numerous challenges.
The public sector was demoralized and ill-equipped,
psychologically and logistically, to effectively perform
its functions and achieve set objectives. While the
citizenry was alienated from the state and thus de-
motivated from paying taxes or the ones they paid
being stolen making the state technically bankrupt,
the organized private sector had little or no incentive
to partner with the government in meeting the
immense developmental challenges of the Mega City.

Assembling a team of accomplished technocrats,
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Administration drew up
a Ten-Point Agenda, which it began to systematically
implement for the re-vitalization and re-invention of
the state. The total budget size of Lagos State at the
inception of the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Administration in 1999 was a little over N14 billion
while the state’s Internally Generated Revenue was
approximately
N600 million monthly. Yet, the monthly public sector
wage bill was N800 million. The implication was that
Lagos state was entirely dependent on allocation
from the centre, which was grossly insufficient to
meet the huge challenge of re-building a state that
had been neglected and allowed to decay for over two
decades.
Eight years later under Asiwaju’s astute guidance,
Lagos had become financially viable and autonomous
of the federal government; lives and property had
become more secure; public infrastructure was being
aggressively modernized and expanded; there had
been a dramatic improvement in the quality and
efficiency of public health care, education, the
environment, water supply and public transportation;
Lagos was attracting new investment in diverse
sectors on a daily basis despite the depressing
national economic climate.
The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration from
inception drew up a clear and focused Action Plan for
the state in conjunction with critical stake holders
including the Organized Private Sector, civil society
groups and the public service. The result was the
evolution of the Ten-Point Agenda focusing on
Education, Health care, Job creation/poverty
alleviation, Power and water supply, Public
transportation/Traffic management, Physical
Planning/Environmental renewal, Infrastructure
renewal, Justice/Law and order, Food security and
public sector reforms.
Tinubu’s visionary administration re-structured the
machinery of government creating new ministries
such as Housing, Physical Planning Sports and Youth
Development as well as Women Affairs and Poverty
Alleviation for more effective policy implementation.
Asiwaju Tinubu brought seasoned and accomplished
technocrats into government as Commissioners and
Special Advisers in their areas of expertise. Through
meticulous planning and disciplined implementation,
the Asiwaju Tinubu Administration grew the budget
size of Lagos State from N14.200 billion in1999 to
N240.866 billion in 2007. It is significant that at no
time under Tinubu’s stewardship did budget
implementation performance fall below 60%.
In a similar vein, the Tinubu Administration
consistently maintained an annual budgetary ratio of
at least 60-40% in favour of Capital over Recurrent
expenditure to ensure rapid infrastructure
development.
A first class financial strategist, Asiwaju Tinubu,
through creative and innovative financial engineering,
took Lagos from a yearly Internally Generated
Revenue of N14.64 billion in 1999 to N60.31 billion in
2006. By March 2007, the state had achieved a
monthly Internally Generated Revenue of N8.2 billion.
This impressive revenue performance achieved by the
Tinubu Administration in Lagos State did not happen
by chance or luck. It was due to carefully thought out
and effectively implemented policies such as the
introduction of the Electronic Banking System/
Revenue Collecting Monitoring Project,
computerization of the revenue collection process,
introduction of Electronic Tax Receipts, re-
organization and professionalization of the former
Board of Internal Revenue now the Lagos State
Internal Revenue Service, tax administration reforms
and the creation of robust data base of tax payers.
Lagos State under Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
became a pace setter in sound and innovative public
sector financial management. In September, 2002, for
instance, Lagos State was the first government in
Nigeria to raise funds from the Capital Market for
infrastructure development. This was in recognition of
the fact that long-term funds were necessary for long-
term projects. The state raised a N15 billion Floating
Rate Redeemable to prosecute such development
projects as roads construction, millennium housing,
water works, construction and rehabilitation of courts,
waste management projects and millennium class
rooms among others.
The bond has since been fully redeemed and other
states and even the federal government have copied
the Lagos State model. Again, in 2003, the Tinubu
Administration invested N3.84 billion in Celtel (now
Airtel) and by the time the state divested from the
company in 2006, asurplus of N19 billion had been
reaped, which was invested in the provision of
infrastructure. As a result of its financial ingenuity,
prudence and discipline as well as extensive public
sector reforms for improved service delivery, the
lasting legacy of the Tinubu Administration in Lagos
State between 1999 and 2007 are still there for all to
see. They include:

They include:
ROADS
• Massive roads construction, dualization and
modernization across
Lagos State such as Kudirat Abiola road, Oregun;
Awolowo road, Ikoyi; Akin Adesola road, Victoria
Island, Adeola Odeku road, Victoria Island; Agege
Motor road; Ikotun-Igando road; Yaba-Itire-
Lawanson-Ojuelegba road; LASU-Iba road, Ojo; Ajah-
Badore road, Eti-Osa; Oba Sekumade road, Ikorodu;
Adetokunbo Ademola road, Victoria Island and the
ongoing expansion and modernization of the Lagos-
Epe Expressway as the largest concessioneering
project of its size and compexity in Africa among
several others.
• Reconstruction and upgrading of the Lagos
Island Central
Business District including the modernization of 16
roads in the area and the historic Tinubu square.



HEALTH CARE
• Upgrading of the buildings and facilities at the
Lagos State
University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) to world
class grade; expansion and rehabilitation of old
General Hospitals in Lagos, Gbagada, Epe, Isolo,
Ikorodu, Badagry, Agege and the Island Maternity;
building of new General Hospitals at Mushin,
Shomolu, Ibeju-Lekki and Isheri-Iba as well as
upgrading of existing health centres to full fledged
hospitals at Ijede, Ketu, Agbowa and Agege among
others.
• Provision of free health services for children
under 12, the
aged above 60 and free ante-natal care for women;
Free eye screening, eye treatment, eye surgery and
provision of free eye glasses popularly known as ‘jigi
Bola’, free treatment for maleria, tuberculosis and
leprosy, free Limb Deformity Corrective Surgery, free
Cleft-Lip Corrective Surgery and the introduction of
the Quarterly Eko Health Missions that provides free
medical services including free heart surgeries to
local communities.



ENVIRONMENT
• Elimination of mountains of refuse that used to
deface and
disgrace Lagos through the introduction of
community-based Private Sector Participation (PSP)
in refuse collection and disposal, expansion and
modernization of land –fill sites, construction of
Transfer Loading Stations, establishment of waste-to-
wealth facilities in Ikorodu as well as re-organization,
modernization and re-equipping of the Lagos State
Waste Management Authority (LAWMA).
• Massive construction of new drainage channels
as well as the
creation of Drain Ducks as well as the Emergency
Flood Abatement (EFAG) to clear existing drains and
respond to flooding.


EDUCATION

• Rehabilitation of primary and secondary
schools in all Divisions
of the state through the Schools Rehabilitation
Programme, massive construction of school furniture
and equipping of laboratories; provision of free
education in all public primary and secondary schools
including payment of WAEC/NECO fees as well as all
internal examination fees to ensure that indigent
children do not drop out of school.



HOUSING

• Construction of 6,000 housing units such as
Abraham Adesanya
Estate, Ajah, Ibeshe low income housing scheme,
Oba Adeyinka Oyekan Estate, Lekki, Ayangburen
Phase II, Ikorodu, Gbagada Medium Housing Scheme,
Amuwo-Odofin Housing Scheme, Abraham Adesanya
Estate, Phase II, Ojokoro Millennium Housing
Scheme, Alaagba low income housing scheme as well
as the Oke Eletu and Oko Oba low income housing
schemes among others.
• Massive construction of rural roads as well as
rural
electrification and water supply schemes;
construction of micro water works at Onikan, Ikeja,
Iwaya, Igando, Oworonsoki, Atan, Bariga, Isolo,
Shomolu and Iponri among others to improve water
supply in Lagos state.



JUDICIARY
• Construction and equipping of new High Courts,
computerization
of court registries, enhanced welfare for judicial
officers to stregthen the rule of law, establishment of
the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) to provide free
legal services to indigent persons and the
establishment of the Citizen Mediation Centre as an
alternative dispute resolution mechanism.




TRANSPOTATION
• Establishment of the Lagos State Traffic
Management Authority
(LASTMA) for enhanced traffic management;
establishment of the Lagos Metropolitan Area
Transport Authority (LAMATA) to plan and manage
an integrated transportation master plan for Lagos;
initiation of the revolutionary Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
scheme that has transformed the face of public
transportation in Lagos State; construction of 55 bus
stop shelters; construction of 25.9km of median
barriers to enforce lane discipline and improve travel
time on major high ways; fabrication and installation
of 50,000 units various types of traffic signs to
improve road safety; installation of at least 63
functional traffic lights at major road intersections
among others in the transportation sector.



POWER
• Initiation despite stiff opposition by the federal
government of
the first successful Independent Power Project (IPP)
by any state government generating 260MW of
electricity from Ikorodu to the National Grid.


OTHERS

• Completion of such abandoned projects as
Teslim Balogun Stadium
and the new Government House at Alausa as well as
finding a permanent solution to the erosion and
perennial flooding of the Bar Beach by constructing
an enduring shoreline defensive barrier.
• Creation of 37 new Local Development Council
Areas bringing the
total number of Local Government Areas in the state
to 57 in order to accelerate grassroots development.
He successfully sustained and nurtured them to
maturity despite the fierce opposition of the Federal
Government that illegally withheld N24 billion of the
state’s Local Government Statutory Allocation for two
years despite a Supreme Court directive to the
contrary.
In Y2007, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu successfully
handed over the mantle of the state’s leadership to
Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) who has continued
to build on the firm foundation laid by his
predecessor. In the just concluded general elections,
Asiwaju Tinubu’s influence was a critical factor not
only in his party’s retention of power in Lagos State
but also its success in recovering the states it had
earlier lost in the South West in the 2003 and 2007
elections.
For his excellent performance as the Executive
Governor of Lagos State of Nigeria (1999 – 2007),
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu received several awards.
These include
• Best Governor in Nigeria for Y2000 by the
Nigerian-Belgian
Chamber of Commerce;
• Y2002 Best Practices Prize in improving the
living environment,
awarded by the Federal Ministry of Works and the UN
Habitat Group;
• Citation by the New York based World Trade
Association on June
12, 2002, as the symbol of progress in Nigeria. The
only other recipient in Africa was President Nelson
Mandela of South Africa.
Asiwaju Tinubu palyed key roles in Nigerian politics
long before he became Governor of Lagos State.
Tinubu was elected to the Senate from Lagos West
constituency with the highest votes in the country in
the Third Republic.
In the Senate he was the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Banking, Finance, Currency and
Appropriations. In that capacity Tinubu initiated a far
reaching probe of the finances of the National
Assembly that set him at loggerheads with the
legislative bureaucracy and the military regime at the
helm of affairs at the time. Again, Tinubu was at the
forefront of Chief MKO Abiola’s campaign for
presidency in 1993. When the June 12, 1993 election,
described as the freest and fairest in the country’s
history was annulled, Tinubu emerged as one of the
fiercest opponents of the annulment. As the
arrowhead of the struggle to actualize Abiola’s
mandate, the military junta reached out to him
severally to jump ship and come over to their side. He
was offered juicy appointments and contracts to no
avail. He refused to betray his principled commitment
to the sanctity of a free and fair election. Exasperated
by Tinubu’s intransigence, the military viciously went
after him. He was detained. His house was fire
bombed. He eventually had to flee the country for his
dear life. His wife, now Senator Oluremi Tinubu and
her children had to be smuggled out into exile.
Tinubu, while in exile remained steadfast in his
commitment to the pro-democracy struggle making
great personal and financial sacrifices towards this
effort. A pseudo democrat would rather enjoy the
transient benefits of economic and political power
rather than risk his life fighting for truth and justice
but not Tinubu who remained steadfast.
Tinubu’s re-engineering of the finances of the IGR of
Lagos, remains a sterling contribution. The facts are
clear. Lagos was earning an Internally Generated
Revenue of N600 million monthly when Tinubu
assumed office in 1999. Through deft financial
engineering, Tinubu turned around the finances of
state and by the time he left office in 2007, the IGR of
Lagos was over N8 billion monthly. Governor Fashola
has built on this strong foundation and the IGR of
Lagos is today over N15 billion monthly.
Asiwaju Tinubu remains one of the most influential,
courageous and principled politicians and statesmen
in contemporary Nigeria. In a political culture where
most members of the political class tend to gravitate
towards the ruling party for pecuniary reward,
Tinubu’s resilience and steadfastness in giving
inspirational leadership to the opposition is
remarkable. It is a testimony to the depth of the
convictions that have motivated and sustained him in
politics over the last two and a half decades.

pointblanknews.com/pbn/articles-opinions/tinubu-meet-the-pathfinder-for-the-development-of-lagos/


Where did it go wrong for him. The essence of this thread is not to sing praises but i hate to see the likes of fashola, amaechi, lamido or maybe apkabio end up like this.

Obiagelli:
pointblanknews.com/pbn/articles-opinions/tinubu-meet-the-pathfinder-for-the-development-of-lagos/


Where did it go wrong for him. The essence of this thread is not to sing praises but i hate to see the likes of fashola, amaechi, lamido or maybe apkabio end up like this.

what happened to tinubu? is he dead or in jail? so how did he end up now?
Please dont let the mindless pdp propaganda get to you

MizMyColi, you keep visiting but never leaving comments. We'd soon bar you from showing up on this board. We have been tinkering with a de-population policy and inactive visitors like you just might get caught up in the dragnet.

diluminati:


what happened to tinubu? is he dead or in jail? so how did he end up now?
Please dont let the mindless pdp propaganda get to you

Its not getting to me and never will it. Tinubu's image is a question today , he is the symbol of the opposition and that should worry us all.

Why has Tinubu or the Apc allow this propaganda to fly for too long?

Behold what senseless greed does to a man who has LAZY fellow citizens that applaud rather than oppose his KLEPTOMANIAC behaviour.




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diluminati:


what happened to tinubu? is he dead or in jail? so how did he end up now?
Please dont let the mindless pdp propaganda get to you

oh my daughter !!!
Who did this to you!?

Just a simple mistake can make a man rise or fall... The story of Tinubu

omenka:
MizMyColi, you keep visiting but never leaving comments. We'd soon bar you from showing up on this board. We have been tinkering with a de-population policy and inactive visitors like you just might get caught up in the dragnet.

L-o-L
I wanted watching the video first.
I was about opening youtube to search for it and I got distracted again.

Other times I don't comment, it's prolly because I'm not inspired to say anything.

Since when did it become a crime to lookout for you and Madam Oby's threads bikonum
When I'm here, I prefer observing and liking posts.

Those who talk so freely here must have some form of protection

Obiagelli:
Its not getting to me and never will it. Tinubu's image is a question today , he is the symbol of the opposition and that should worry us all.

Why has Tinubu or the Apc allow this propaganda to fly for too long?

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How does one describe a complex condition of Stockholm Syndrome combined with acute dementia

Doctors/Psychiatrists in the house, over to you, ejooorrrrrr!

Obiagelli:

Its not getting to me and never will it. Tinubu's image is a question today , he is the symbol of the opposition and that should worry us all.

Why has Tinubu or the Apc allow this propaganda to fly for too long?

in buhari's voice "he is kworrapt"

Obiagelli:
I read a lot about Tinubu's "atrocities" and with the recent AIT documentary, i have come to wonder how did Tinubu get here?

Is it a case of greed?

Is it not knowing when to stop?

Is it mere propaganda?

Is it better business sense?

Below is an article written shortly after Tinubu left office.

We should have asked our presido why he has not get him arrested and tried for corruption instead of sponsored Ducumentary.

MizMyColi:



Those who talk so freely here must have some form of protection

Not at all! like me i'm just a twenty something girl with no political affiliations whatsoever
and i dont have any membership card of any party. So which protection am i looking for? am i barcanista?

Tinubu is simply avaricious. Pure and simple.

MizMyColi:






L-o-L
I wanted watching the video first.
I was about opening youtube to search for it and I got distracted again.

Other times I don't comment, it's prolly because I'm not inspired to say anything.

Since when did it become a crime to lookout for you and Madam Oby's threads bikonum
When I'm here, I prefer observing and liking posts.

Those who talk so freely here must have some form of protection

.. Barcanista comes to mind

anonimi:




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How does one describe a complex condition of Stockholm Syndrome combined with acute dementia

Doctors/Psychiatrists in the house, over to you, ejooorrrrrr!

I don't remember Tinubu having a corruption case in court, i don't remember him serving time in jail for corruption either. This thread is directed at neutrals who probably have been told that Tinubu didn't do anything in office.

All i know is that he was discharge and acquitted by the code of conduct bureau

seunfly:

We should have asked our presido why he has not get him arrested and tried for corruption instead of sponsored Ducumentary.

Maybe they actually don't have evidence to arrest him. This actually the essence of this thread.

Obiagelli:


I don't remember Tinubu having a corruption case in court, i don't remember him serving time in jail for corruption either. This thread is directed at neutrals who probably have been told that Tinubu didn't do anything in office.

You should find out why he is called Don Teflon!

Meanwhile, you may wish to note that his stealing, breach of trust, etc is from the states and against the affected south west states that have their


- state governors
- state houses of assembly
- state judiciary
- deprived citizens of the states


in a democratic Nigeria that has significant autonomy for states who have sued the FGN for deductions out of their Niger Delta monthly allocation.
Get the drift

Lemon12:
.. Barcanista comes to mind

While it may look like I'm making jest of him, I'm not and you shouldn't.
People take this section too serious, I have seen people threaten people here, and I strongly believe that those who are so free with their opinion have a backing of sorts or are generally elusive, down to their monikers.

@ OP, I wanna thank God for ya life, ya now seeing d lite. Tinubu can't give us change, he never did anytin In lagos state. He's corrupt, and no man can be claiming to be clean wen he's got tinubu behind him. D guy is just too greedy, at dis age he's still searching and looking for oil wells, man dat is almost close to d grave. Buh thugs won't see anytin bad in dat beast, rather dey celebrate him.

MizMyColi:



While it may look like I'm making jest of him, I'm not and you shouldn't.
People take this section too serious, I have seen people threaten people here, and I strongly believe that those who are so free with their opinion have a backing of sorts or are generally elusive, down to their monikers.

ok chill down

Obiagelli:

Maybe they actually don't have evidence to arrest him. This actually the essence of this thread.

So no evidence? Certificate, sickness, Jega want to rig, islamisation, northerners want our oil wells and so on,what is next?
Look we all know Tinubu is very corrupt and no one except the general is free from that sin called corruption, but should that stop us from demanding our right or vote any bad government out? For me I want change across board from APC states to PDP states so that they will know that people has the power not they the politicians.

anonimi:


You should find out why he is called Don Teflon!

Meanwhile, you may wish to note that his stealing, breach of trust, etc is from the states and against the affected south west states that have their


- state governors
- state houses of assembly
- state judiciary
- deprived citizens of the states


in a democratic Nigeria that has significant autonomy for states who have sued the FGN for deductions out of their Niger Delta monthly allocation.
Get the drift

You should explain to us how he has stolen from any state, don't mislead people by making empty statements.

Obiagelli:


I don't remember Tinubu having a corruption case in court, i don't remember him serving time in jail for corruption either. This thread is directed at neutrals who probably have been told that Tinubu didn't do anything in office.

All i know is that he was discharge and acquitted by the code of conduct bureau

The same way you all lie that bros J never do anything

OREMUSSANCTUS:
@ OP, I wanna thank God for ya life, ya now seeing d lite. Tinubu can't give us change, he never did anytin In lagos state. He's corrupt, and no man can be claiming to be clean wen he's got tinubu behind him. D guy is just too greedy, at dis age he's still searching and looking for oil wells, man dat is almost close to d grave. Buh thugs won't see anytin bad in dat beast, rather dey celebrate him.

I bet you didn't read the article at all.

Well...The man is not a saint. He loves to be in power, and loves to amass wealth...But at least he invests his loot in Nigeria, and not in Switzerland.

Rad1cal:





The same way you all lie that bros J never do anything

At least you can see what Tinubu did from the article, copied from a pro Jonathan website.

Obiagelli:
You should explain to us how he has stolen from any state, don't mislead people by making empty statements.

Jonathan plans to freeze Tinubu, Amaechi’s accounts — APC


More from: http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-plans-to-freeze-tinubu-amaechis-account-apc/

I guess you can show us how the man who CLAIMS he is Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu went from begging food from his 1998 running mate and squatting in Gbenga Daniel's Kresta Laurel office for his governorship campaign to owning a private jet as well as a newspaper among other business BASED on his RMAFC income as state governor for eight years.
I guess a copy of his Personal Income Tax returns to Lagos state IRS will do nicely.