oludare daniel

📍Lagos | ✊🏾 Activist for the People | Fighting for equity, dignity, and opportunity—every day, for everyone.

[Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour @GRVlagos]

The reality in Lagos is that the waste collection and disposal system is completely broken . Hence people have to wait weeks for their waste to be collected. In a situation where people wait weeks for their waste to be colected, the have two terrible options: either they live with their waste and risk diseases or they find a way to dispose of it. We then turn around to blame the same people for government failure. It is a know fact, even admitted by the adminstration that their system has broken down. We can only completely blame human behaviour when collection and disposal has become efficient. In terms of building contraventions and violations, the APC has been in office for 26 years, they have been completely and totally responsible for many of the building violations you see today. Whether it is the indiscriminate sandfilling that i have constantly been shouting about, or the very poor investment in the critical infrastructure required to manage the environment.

[Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour @GRVlagos]

A major reason for the incompetence you see in our waste managemen is a cronysim and corruption.

It is an open secret that psps are controlled by party leaders and those close to authority and because of greed and a polical fiefdom, the entire state has been plunged into chaos just to satisfy a few party lords.

This stranglehold is unacceptable and it is the first thing we must break to give way to an open, efficient and effective system with impeccable service delivery for everyone.

Our policies will always focus on the impact on quality of life as opposed to rent seeking like the APC.
It is time for a better Lagos #Ourlagos

[Emeka Ojikutu @EmekaOjikutu]

The tragedy of Lagos is not the absence of ideas. It is the absence of leadership willing to implement them. GRV was writing about integrating waste pickers into a modern waste management system in 2008. Eighteen years later, we're still dealing with flooding, and blocked drains.

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

@EmekaOjikutu Real leadership is thinking ahead. While others react to crises, some people study problems years before they become emergencies. GRV's 2008 thesis shows that sustainable waste management solutions have been on the table for years.

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

Every rainy season, Lagos residents hear the same explanations. What we rarely hear are discussions about the policy failures and poor implementation that created these problems in the first place.

[Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour @GRVlagos]

On Flooding in Lagos #ourlagos

[Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour @GRVlagos]

Join us
https://t.co/lSo2cS8nBJ

[Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour @GRVlagos]

In 2008, I published my thesis titled Traditional Revolution: Formalizing the Informal, examined the role of waste pickers and scavengers in Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt, and how they could be integrated into a modern waste management system rather than treated as a nuisance.

The paper argued that waste pickers form the foundation of an informal recycling network that already performs an important public service. And Instead of leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and exclusion, I proposed a framework that formalizes their activities, creates economic opportunities, improves collection efficiency, and reduces the burden on government.

More than a decade later, the same principles remain relevant. Sustainable solutions require planning, inclusion, and execution, not endless excuses.

Sadly, the environmental mess confronting our state is the result of policy failures and poor implementation. It is also the consequence of poor imagination and a lack of leadership.
You can explore the thesis at the link below.
https://t.co/rBnXSCzwtg

P.S. we have been passionate about #ourlagos for a very long time.

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

A city becomes truly modern when it solves social problems, not when it simply moves them out of sight.

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

JUST IN: Lagos state government arrest 226 beggars

[ADC National Youth Leader - Balarabe Rufai @BalarabeRufai_]

Join us Today by 10:00am, as the ADC National Youth Wing, alongside concerned young Nigerians and defenders of democracy, will be at the National Judicial Council (NJC), Abuja, to formally submit a petition and peacefully demand action on matters that have raised serious concerns about public confidence in the administration of justice. We believe that democracy survives when institutions remain accountable, transparent, and faithful to the rule of law. Our call is simple: protect the integrity of the judiciary, safeguard democratic participation, and ensure that no individual is above scrutiny where public trust is at stake.

We invite youth groups, civil society organizations, political stakeholders, students, activists, media practitioners, and all Nigerians who believe in justice and democracy to join us in this peaceful civic action. Your presence matters. Your voice matters. Together, let us stand for accountability, defend our democratic space, and send a clear message that the future of Nigeria must be built on justice, fairness, and respect for the rule of law. Venue: National Judicial Council (NJC), Abuja. Time: 10:00am.

Balarabe Rufa'i
ADC National Youth Leader
18th June, 2026

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

A government should not be congratulating itself for cleaning up waste after it has already taken over communities. The real achievement is preventing the waste crisis in the first place.

[Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour @GRVlagos]

Your Excellency, unsurprisingly, this statement is an admission of failure, not a solution.

Lagosians do not need periodic emergency evacuations of mountains of refuse. What they need is a functional waste management system that prevents waste from accumulating in the first place.

For years, residents have endured overflowing dumps, uncollected refuse, blocked drainage channels, and worsening environmental conditions despite billions of naira allocated to environmental management.

The fact that you now have to “direct an immediate scale-up” after waste has already overwhelmed communities is an utter failure of leadership.

Indeed, Lagos generates over 13,000 tonnes of waste daily today, just as it did yesterday, last month, and last year. This is not a surprise. It is a known reality that should be planned for through efficient collection, waste sorting, recycling infrastructure, transfer stations, waste-to-energy investments, and transparent performance management of operators.

Like your commissioner, you cannot continue to shift responsibility to citizens to “bag their waste properly” when many communities are left without reliable and affordable waste collection services. Rightly, Citizens have a responsibility to dispose of waste properly, but government has an even greater responsibility to provide the infrastructure and systems that make proper disposal possible.

Lagos cannot continue operating reactive clean-up exercises and public relations statements whenever refuse piles become impossible to ignore.

Lagos deserves a modern, accountable, and sustainable waste management system: one that measures success not by the number of trucks deployed after a crisis, but by the absence of the crisis itself.

Again, Your Excellency, after seven years in office, why is Lagos still battling a problem that should have been solved through competent planning, execution, and oversight?

I guess the answer is obvious: if e didn’t dey, e didn’t dey.
#OURLAGOS

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

@GRVlagos Gbam!!! Well said. A government should not be congratulating itself for cleaning up waste after it has already taken over communities. The real achievement is preventing the waste crisis in the first place.

[Safuratu Alagangan @Safuratu_Eko]

iro n pa iro fun iro. Ghandi and Makinde, Ile a mu gbogbo sekaseka. Ile Yooba a bi yin if you don't work ensure the rescue of the people this week. It is already a shame on you. @seyimakinde

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

Complaining about bad governance is easy. Participating in democracy requires action. Start by getting your PVC.

[African Democratic Congress @ADCNig]

“YOU ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE”, ADC WARNS GOVERNMENT AGENTS SEEKING PARTY DE-REGISTRATION
-JUSTICE PETER LIFU IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, SAYS PARTY

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) wishes to warn, in the strongest possible terms, against any attempt to use the judiciary as an instrument to undermine democracy and plunge Nigeria into a major political crisis.

We are deeply alarmed by the judgment reportedly delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a case filed by the so-called National Forum of Former Legislators seeking the de-registration of the ADC and four other political parties. This judgment stands in direct conflict with constitutional principles and all known judicial processes and procedures.

The facts are straightforward. The plaintiffs had argued that the ADC and four other political parties failed to satisfy constitutional requirements relating to continued registration. However, in its counter-affidavit filed before the court in May, INEC, the constitutional body empowered with the registration, regulation, and supervision of political parties in Nigeria, categorically maintained that the ADC had not violated any registration requirements, had not failed any constitutional electoral-performance threshold, and that no legally recognised basis existed for its de-registration.

INEC further made it clear that the de-registration of a political party cannot be driven by political pressure, sentiment, or the wishes of interested parties. It must be based strictly on constitutionally established grounds, none of which had been proven against the ADC.

Apart from INEC's firm position in support of the party, the ADC finds it troubling that the trial judge was aware of a subsisting order of the Court of Appeal issued on May 22, 2026, directing a stay of proceedings on the matter. The judge, however, chose to flagrantly and contemptuously disregard a clear order of a superior court in a manner that brings into question all known judicial traditions.

The ADC considers this development not merely a legal dispute, but a dangerous escalation capable of destabilising the nation's democratic process. Our position is anchored on the role that agents of the ruling party have played in this matter. It would be recalled that the case has been championed directly by individuals working with the President's Chief of Staff. The decision of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, who is a second defendant in the matter, to join the matter as a plaintiff in April, is an absurdity, which sends a signal that is impossible to ignore.

We are therefore left in no doubt that this latest development is a continuation of the ruling party's persistent efforts to undermine the opposition, especially the ADC. We also find the timing of this ruling quite curious. Despite all the obstacles placed in its way, the ADC has risen to the task and met all benchmarks and deadlines. Therefore, coming at a time when the party has concluded its primaries and is fielding candidates for all positions in the next election, especially the presidential election, it is clear what this is all about.

However, the ADC would like to warn that any attempt to eliminate the country's major opposition party through judicial manoeuvring, thereby sabotaging the political aspirations of hundreds of its candidates, is a direct invitation to anarchy.

This is why we consider this ruling reckless, provocative, and even incendiary. Those who believe they can manipulate institutions of state to narrow the democratic space must understand that they are playing with forces far greater than partisan interests.

At a time when millions of Nigerians are struggling under crushing economic hardship, escalating insecurity, widespread unemployment, and growing national anxiety inflicted by the APC, it is deeply disturbing that powerful forces appear more interested in eliminating political opposition than confronting the real crises

[Make Lagos Great Again✊ @Dapo_Isreal]

Let's go!

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

One of the loudest messages from the streets is simple: "Schools must be safe." If parents are afraid to send children to school, then something is fundamentally broken.

[Oluyode samuel @OluyodeS]

This protest is not about politics. It is about children who should be in classrooms and teachers who should be teaching instead of being held by kidnappers.

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

@GRVLagos_Media @NigeriainfoFM The conversation was great!

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

The danger of ignoring injustice today is that tomorrow there may be nobody left to speak when it gets to your doorstep.

[Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour Media ®. @GRVLagos_Media]

"Don't think that just because fire is not burning in your house that it won't come to you, Always push for fairness and Justice" -Hon. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour

If only the Former Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu had listened to GRV

[oludare daniel @DanielOlud73812]

@GRVLagos_Media The danger of ignoring injustice today is that tomorrow there may be nobody left to speak when it gets to your doorstep.

[Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour Media ®. @GRVLagos_Media]

"Don't think that just because fire is not burning in your house that it won't come to you, Always push for fairness and Justice" -Hon. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour

If only the Former Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu had listened to GRV