The gentle man in the picture on suit (without a tie) is Mr Sadiq Khan the new Mayor of London. Elections were conducted last Thursday (May 5, 2016) he scored majority of the votes and was returned as Mayor. He resumed work on Monday 8 May 2016. Please note the following facts:

1. He is at the Bus Stop waiting to catch a bus to work. This is the Mayor of one of the biggest cities in the world. No retinue of security men or assistants following him about and no motorcade.

2. He is the son of immigrants yet he won an election into such a prestigious office in a very conservative society.

So much for us Africans to learn about democracy and political office.

photo credit Huffington Post

That is a country

now..dats what we call a democratised society where elected officers r not afraid of the electorates since there r no skeletons in their locker

I hope he employs people to clean up the streets.........
Just like the one he’s standing......

All I see is a street in London full of dirt, littered by Nigerians.

bright87:
All I see is a street in London full of dirt, littered by Nigerians.

**facepalm**

If na naija u go see motorcade lyk 20

A whole Mayor of London just waiting by the Bus stop to pay his fare and go to his office same as anyone. Nobody is with him, no security or staff. The out going Mayor uses bicycle. Even in a hundred years, Nigerian democracy will not get to this level

Chai Sweet Country

CACAWA:
That is a country

I tell ya.

Not like Nigeria where every body is like I must drive.

I keep wondering why we must all drive to work every day in Lagos.

Imagine say na one nairalander wey FIRST TO COMMENT dem give mayor of London....

Eh..I thought only our roads here are littered with dirt..

If it was in Lagos, you would have seen a lot of people gathering around him to either ask for money and to praise him.

That man and the lady behind don't even care.

That's the 21st century, OP. Here in Nigeria, we are still stuck in the 17th century. Hence, the difference!

It was the one nigeria problem that caused the problem of backwardness.

It breeds unserious leadership.

Ghost01:
That's the 21st century, OP. Here in Nigeria, we are still stuck in the 17th century. Hence, the difference!

Even may be we are still in 10th century.

Ghost01:
That's the 21st century, OP. Here in Nigeria, we are still stuck in the 17th century. Hence, the difference!

our political system you mean.

and he is a Muslim

Man is nothing. Our Nigerian mentality is one filled with self aggrandizement and brutish intimidation of people they ought to serve.

We pray someday our Nigerian politicians would evolve beyond the animal instincts in them.Poor souls. This life is a fleeting one.

CACAWA:
That is a country

That is a "sane" country

CACAWA:
That is a country

and Nigeria is a zoo

seunayeni:
and he is a Muslim

your reasoning is so awkward. how does being a muslim affect his positiom in countries religion and tribe don't count, what matters is your competency.

That is a man that is going control the budget of over £40 billion pounds and yet doesnt have an official car or budget for cloths. Nigerian politicians won't copy that one never.

Ghost01:
That's the 21st century, OP. Here in Nigeria, we are still stuck in the 17th century. Hence, the difference!

we travel back in time.

Nigerians will be like
"Your excellency sir, your boys are loyal sir."

olaitoro:


your reasoning is so awkward.
how does being a muslim affect his positiom
in countries religion and tribe don't count, what matters is your competency.

my dear he is a Muslim that I wrote in this context is what u just put down too....thank u for ur opinion

slimfit1:
That is a man that is going control the budget of over £40 billion pounds and yet doesnt have an official car or budget for cloths. Nigerian politicians won't copy that one never.

40 billion pounds?

Nigerian Politicans will be like

"Edakun Sir Mayor stop the joke"

where is the 2016 Mercedes S550 Official car?

Where is your london Met Police attache?

Where is your PA?

Is it this kind of shoe you will be wearing?

So why did you contest if its to be entering Bus?

Reply: I became Mayor to offer selfless service to humanity and leave a positive impact on society.