Rehabilitate Existing Infrastructure Before Embarking on New Projects
I have consistently advised governments at all levels to prioritise rehabilitating existing infrastructure before embarking on new projects that may also end up abandoned or left unfinished. For expressing this position, I have often been criticised and called all sorts of names. Yet, it remains the most responsible approach to governance.
It is therefore noteworthy that President Bola Tinubu has now cautioned state governors against committing scarce public resources to constructing unnecessary flyovers in areas with little traffic while neglecting more pressing developmental needs.
The President is, in essence, saying what I have always maintained: government must prioritise projects that directly address the immediate needs of the people. I hope those ministers, officials, and supporters who have consistently attacked this position will now direct the same criticism at him.
However, this admonition must also apply to the Federal Government. There are several unrealistic and white-elephant projects being pursued by the current administration, even as much of our critical infrastructure remains in a state of disrepair. Given our present fiscal realities, priority should be given to rehabilitating and completing existing infrastructure rather than embarking on expensive new projects with limited immediate impact.
Across Nigeria, many of our major highways linking commercial centres and food-producing communities have deteriorated into death traps. Neglecting these critical roads while pursuing prestige projects is neither economically prudent nor people-centred.
This philosophy guided my administration as Governor of Anambra State. I prioritised completing viable projects initiated by my predecessors before embarking on new ones. Government is a continuum, and development should never be measured by who starts a project, but by whether it is completed and serves the people.
Leadership is about making the right choices: fixing what is broken, completing what has already been started, and investing limited public resources where they will have the greatest impact on the greatest number of people.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
You wanted a whole Cardinal to lie because he is from the tribe of the President.
Saying “he is a disgrace to Yorugbas” for saying 3 years ago that Tinubu is not supposed to be Nigeria’s President”
He is back 3 years later now to tell Tinubu to just chill the eff out and let things play out fair and square
That’s how a real man of God moves in my books
Mass burial held for the 27 people killed in the terrorist attack on Naridon Village, Southern Kaduna, with no government officials in attendance.
This is heartbreaking and deeply troubling.
@UchePOkoye Old dementia is real, his family should not be allowing him to recontest in 2027, neither should he be allowed to be talking in the public.
@UchePOkoye He's an agbero who was lucky to live abroad and learn good English. The man is just a specialist at self perpetuation and keeping his cronies happy at the expense of over 200million Nigerians.
@UchePOkoye “And that is why we have churches, to give hope to the people and society”
And you think your pastor defending a failed government doesn’t know what he’s doing?
It’s all part of the plan.
If you want to know why they don’t allow this empty skull speak to the media is because when he opens his mouth, kasala burst.
Just listen to your president.
To remove Tinubu in 2027 we must be as Ruthless as he is.
We must understand that we shouldn't be fair because they won't be fair.
We must understand that to save Nigeria from Tinubu we must fight against many múmú Nigerians
ARE YOU READY?
Hunger and the Insensitivity of Mr. President
I watched with deep concern the statement made by President Bola Tinubu to the Catholic Bishops who visited his office, that there has always been hunger in Nigeria, even before he was born.
While it is true that hunger has been a part of human life and has existed in our country for decades, such a statement appears insensitive to the plight of the millions of Nigerians who face worsening economic hardship today. More importantly, we must focus on the facts and the measurable outcomes of governance.
Before the present administration assumed office in 2023, an estimated 17 million Nigerians were facing acute food insecurity, primarily caused by insecurity, armed conflict, widespread banditry, and devastating floods. Today, less than three years later, that number has risen to about 35 million Nigerians. Instead of improving the situation, the crisis has worsened significantly under the current administration.
The same trend is evident in poverty. Before this government took office in 2023, Nigeria’s extreme poverty was estimated at 87 million people. Current projections suggest that this number is approaching 140 million people, making Nigeria home to the largest population of people living in extreme poverty anywhere in the world.
No one disputes that this administration inherited serious challenges. However, leadership is measured not by the challenges inherited but by the results achieved. The government must honestly acknowledge that its response has fallen far short of what the situation demanded, with millions more Nigerians pushed deeper into poverty and hunger.
The combination of persistent insecurity, poor economic management, fiscal indiscipline, wasteful public expenditure, and inadequate investment in productive sectors has compounded the suffering of ordinary Nigerians.
A responsible government must prioritise investment in education, healthcare, agriculture, security, and small businesses while pursuing policies that create jobs, expand production, and lift people out of poverty. That remains my commitment to the Nigerian people.
A New Nigeria is Possible. PO
Dear Festus Keyamo, kindly release the CCTV footage of the Enugu Air crash landing in Benin City. Transparency shouldn’t be selective.
No be only Peter Obi matter dey make you active. Release am now!
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