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Dreamer girl

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

Nothing—absolutely nothing—is impossible for me because I believe (Mark 9:23).

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

Never thought I’d one day join the association of Lagos girls wearing ballet flats.

My dad would be so disappointed because, if he’d bought me a pair of these in secondary school, I would have been so angry. 🤣

[Ilemona @I_Am_Ilemona]

The line of defence from these APC vuvuzelas on #GbajaGate actually just makes the Tinubu admin look totally inept and clueless.

What do you mean 1 man was able to deceive the entire govt? And get his scam on the budget? Do you know how utterly foolish it makes your govt look?

What other scams are on the budget? Who else is deceiving the govt?

What foreign powers are currently deceiving and taking advantage of the govt?

It's little wonder the govt cannot do anything to resolve Nigeria's many problems

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

The presidency's statement is even more damaging. In trying to defend the accused, it implicitly concedes that the budget office, the appropriations committee, the CBN, and the ministry of finance are all compromised. That's quite interesting.

[Sodiq Alabi @OneSodiqAlabii]

It's funny people use that argument in favour of keeping NYSC when it's an argument against it. NYSC was never designed to dominate basic education and health but we've allowed states to use the scheme to prop up sectors they won't invest in.

[Ọba @olasxni]

Dr. Joe Abah’s NYSC reform policy further proves my point that Nigeria does not only have an implementation problem, we also have a policy problem.

How is that the kind of reforms our best minds can come up with?

[Cyrus Ademola @CyrusAdemola]

This is one reason why Nigeria's public policies are always flawed.

With no disrespect to Dr. Joe himself, but policies shouldn't be based on individual ideas or what a group of elites considered progressive or "the brightest way of doing things".

It should be based on collected data, survey, democratic inputs and feedback from the populace. People sitting in an air conditioner filled room can't just assume what is best for the mass population in the country.

It's a monopolisation of abstract and pedestrian knowledge that no single human being or a group of politically privileged human beings can know.

On NYSC reforms, what's the data that show that the current system isn't working? And if any, where's the data that indicate that the new system will solve the identified problem? What research was carried? Where's the democratic input from the people who are currently in the system (the corp members)? Where's the feedback mechanism that made this new approach justifiable?

Without any of this, we just propose ideas that sound and look good on paper only for it to become adversely inapplicable to those who the ideas directly affected.

The same way I asked Mr. Oyedele then what data was driving his tax reform bill, and the proposed increment in VAT and CGT in the bill, only to have the host and the co-host kick me out of the space.

Our intellectual and political elites must be humble enough to know that not all ideas in their head are made of gold.

Else, we continue to fix what necessarily isn't broken.

[Tomilola @tomilola_majek]

Everyone in the ministries of environment and water resources, works and infrastructure, physical planning and urban development should be ashamed of themselves. I’m not referring to their commissioners alone, specifically their Perm Secs and Directors.

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

before these reforms were developed and approved. For a policy change of this magnitude, broad stakeholder consultation should be standard practice, so as to reflect the realities of the people who will be most affected by them.

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

Perhaps, if the skills acquisition component is properly designed around today's labour market, it could genuinely benefit many graduates. Not everyone has the means to pay for technical or vocational trainings after university, so a well-run programme could help bridge that gap.

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

in camp, my unpleasant experiences were with the civilian inspectors, not the military personnel. Unless there's evidence that the military component had a net-negative, why remove it? I'm also interested to know whether current and former corps members were meaningfully engaged

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

Growing up, once the rainy season began, family friends and church members who lived on Ayinke and Saka streets would come keep their important documents and young children at our house because they knew flooding was almost inevitable. What a society we've built.

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

This is just around the community where I was raised. I grew up on Bello-Owosho Street in Shogunle, and this is Ayinke—just a short walk away. Flooding here has been a recurring problem for as long as I can remember, yet little has been done to address it.

[Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 @emmaikumeh]

Chai just look at the flood in Lagos

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

There is a canal nearby, but many of the surrounding streets have no functional drainage system connecting to it. Yet some people will reduce the entire issue to, "It's because people clogged the drains." Where are the drains?

[Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour @GRVlagos]

Dealing with flooding in Lagos requires a forward-thinking approach tied to public policy and town planning. We need to adopt sponge cities initiatives, proper waste management policy, and technology for early warnings, rapid response, and emergency protocols.
#ourlagos

[Mobajesudade @JustifiedIfe]

Oh—

[The Lagos State Govt @followlasg]

LAGOS TO REMOVE ILLEGAL STRUCTURES BLOCKING DRAINAGE CHANNELS AT AGUNGI, AJIRAN

… Warns Developers Against Encroachment On Drainage Right Of Way, Insists On Environmental Compliance

https://t.co/oHb1QkvpLa

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#LASG