Is Lagos State for Everybody or Only a Selected Few?
Around 3:20 a.m. last night, our 7-month-old baby girl started crying with a very high fever. She had been running a temperature for the past two days, but it became worse during the night. When I checked with the thermometer, her temperature had risen to 38.5°C.
My wife and I were worried. It was raining heavily, and without a car, we didn't know how we would get her to the hospital.
We used a towel soaked in water to gently wipe her body and help reduce the fever while we waited for the rain to ease.
Then I remembered the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency-LASEMA number, 112. I called at about 4:07 a.m., hoping they could help. A lady answered and asked about the emergency. I explained that my 7-month-old baby had a high fever, it was raining heavily, and we couldn't get to the hospital. She could hear my baby crying in the background.
I asked if they could send an ambulance. She immediately took my address and a nearby landmark.
At about 4:27 a.m., I received another call from the Lagos Emergency Response Call Centre. The officer informed me that an ambulance had already been dispatched. He asked how the team could locate my house because it was still dark and there might not be anyone outside to direct them. I asked if I could send my live location, but he explained that he was calling from the control centre and was not with the ambulance team.
By 5:07 a.m., the rain had stopped. I received another call informing me that the ambulance was waiting at Checkpoint Bus Stop. My wife, our baby, and I quickly took a motorcycle there, and to my surprise, the ambulance was already waiting for us.
The medical personnel welcomed us into the ambulance and asked about our baby's condition. They asked which hospital we normally used. I mentioned the new Primary Health Centre at Ilepo, but explained that it does not operate 24 hours a day. They agreed and advised us that the best option was to take our baby to GeneralHospital Badagry where she could receive proper emergency care.
I believe the ambulance couldn't reach our house because of the heavy rain and the poor condition of the Ibiye–Checkpoint–Magbon road to our street. This is another reason why that road needs urgent attention from the Lagos State Government and the local government. Good roads save lives during emergencies.
One thing that amazed me was that the ambulance came all the way from Badagry General Hospital about 24 kilometres to Checkpoint Bus Stop just to respond to our emergency. Wow. Honestly we are still shock. I only see this happen in developed countries.
For that, I sincerely commend the Lagos State Emergency Response Team. They proved that the emergency service is working and that lives truly matter.
The journey to the hospital was smooth. The Lagos–Badagry Expressway from Agbara Junction to Badagry is now a modern six-lane road with no potholes. Credit goes to former President Muhammadu Buhari for starting the project, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for continuing it, and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for ensuring the reconstruction around Badagry, including the road leading to the General Hospital. Good roads make emergency response faster and more effective.
At the hospital, we were asked to open a new patient file because records from the Primary Health Centre could not be accessed there. I believe Lagos State should work towards creating a unified electronic medical record system so that patients' records can be accessed at any government hospital. I no there is existing smart card, we have that with our Lagos health insurance but had expired. I'll renew it.
We paid ₦2,000 to open a new file. The doctor attended to our baby immediately and requested a Full Blood Count (FBC) test and a malaria test, which cost ₦8,000. We also bought the prescribed injections and medications from the hospital pharmacy for about ₦4,000.
I know it’s good to run a propaganda, while I like the two of them it’s also true to state the truth instead of using lies to sell a candidate. Gbadebo is a great guy, so also is Hamzat.
Hamzat graduated from the University of Ibadan in 1986 with a degree in Agricultural Engineering in 1986 and a master's in Agricultural Engineering in 1988. In 1992, he had his PhD in System Process Engineering at Cranfield University, England.
Hamzat has worked at RTP Consulting Services, Columbia University, Merrill Lynch Inc, Morgan Stanley and OandoPlc. In Oando Plc, he served as the Chief Information Officer and Group Head IT Strategist.
In August 2005, Dr. Hamzat was appointed Commissioner for Science and Technology during the tenure of @officialABAT. He retained his position when @tundefashola assumed office in 2007. It was during his tenure as Commissioner for Science and Technology that @drobafemihamzat enforced the application of modern technology in the state's ministries, thus changing the face of data and record keeping in Lagos and at the same time eliminating the trend of state ghost workers. The office had gone without a commissioner during Fashola's first four years (post-Rauf Aregbesola's appointment), with only a Special Adviser.
Hamzat was appointed as Special Adviser on Works to the Honourable Minister for Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola in 2015. In September 2018, he resigned that role to contest in the Lagos state gubernatorial elections. After a long-fought primary, Dr. Hamzat emerged as the running mate for Babajide Sanwo-Olu for whom he had stepped down during the primaries. He later became the Deputy Governor of Lagos State for 7 years plus now.
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People don’t understand bottlenecks and how frustrating they can be. Let me give you a real example:
Ogun State reconstructed a federal road in collaboration with Lagos State Government. About a year later, truck drivers began parking along the road at the toll section, both illegally and by exploiting grey areas of the law.
People complained endlessly about petrol and diesel tankers parking everywhere along the road. The complaints were escalated to the authorities.
The Governor directed TRACE (ogun State traffic management body) to remove all trucks from the road. They moved in to remove the trucks.
The truck drivers went to court and argued that TRACE has no authority over federal roads.
They won.
TRACE is appealing the judgement, but the trucks are still there.
People are still complaining, saying government has refused to do anything regarding the concerns raised over that spot. To them, government is not doing anything.
They don’t know that “people” have defeated government with technicalities. They used technicality to stop the system.
I see that NELFUND disbursed ₦1.33 Billion to University of Lagos for 2025/2026 Academic Session, please how much was disbursed to LAUTECH?
My firstborn collected school fees from me in December. I paid almost 400k as her school fees.
NELFUND, pls answer me before 24hrs. Shey Ore Ofe don scam me ni?
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Just try to reach out to legit businesses and put some work into it.
Make it simple for yourself and stop overthinking like you’re about to do.
People from Bayelsa State have some of the strangest names.
Two of my former course mates during my first degree were actually named Focus and Embryo.
Today, I heard another Bayelsa person called “Approach”.
You’re really bearing APPROACH as your name? 😂😂😂
People are quick to blame Religion(Christianity) because of Aunty Esther's situation but Jesus founded only one Church.
Humans broke it into thousands of denominations and sects that now twist the Bible to fit their own rules.
Jesus never taught anyone to refuse life-saving treatment. When the Pharisees said no healing on Sabbath, He healed anyway. When they said don't pluck grain because of rules, He chose mercy and life.
Refusing blood transfusion or chemo isn't faith, it's human tradition overriding God's gift of life. Stop calling this Christianity.
This is what happens when people leave the Church Christ established to start their own movements for authority.
Praying she accepts treatment. Life is sacred.
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