Onworchei Odiakasen

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@Abdul_A_Bello @Mindset_Post Ok... what of the space that were created for Primary and Secondary education. Why were those "spacez" left blank??

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@egi_nupe What is "intelligent" here? I dont get it?

Is this comment supposed to be satire or what?

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@waletobi1 @OpeBee He actually talked more about what he is going to do in this interview

Did you watch it?

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@Omojuwa He said that they were northerners o. He corrected himself in the interview

And they are actually northerners

This is his best interview in my view. He was real and passionate. And the interview is already catching up
Imagine some persons watching a 2hr interview more dan once

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@seyilaw1 His best interview in my view.

He came out as someone that is passionate, believable, compassionate and real.

I think it is a very important interview for him. And it is already catching up

[The Party Oxygen @theDjWhyte]

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[Ayo FBI @PureMinD__]

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR OF LAGOS STATE

Close the Rent-Increase Loophole Before It Prices Lagosians Out of Lagos State

Dear Governor @jidesanwoolu

A Plea for Clear, Enforceable Limits on Arbitrary Rent Increases

I write as a Lagos resident and sitting tenant, and out of concern for the millions of Lagosians whose homes, livelihoods and family stability are increasingly exposed to sudden and excessive rent increases.

My immediate experience illustrates the problem. Recently, the agent managing my apartment communicated a proposed rent increase of 125%. When I challenged the increase and asked for its justification under the applicable tenancy regulations, the response was that property managers deal with “value, not percentage,” followed by a question as to which tenancy regulation I was referring to.

That exchange captures the crisis in one sentence: when the law sets no clear ceiling, frequency limit or objective formula for increasing rent, those who control access to housing are emboldened to treat affordability as irrelevant and discretion as unlimited.

This letter is not an attack on landlords or property owners. Landlords have legitimate rights. They face inflation, maintenance costs, taxes, repairs and the need to earn a fair return on investment. However, ownership rights should not translate into an unrestricted power to impose a 50, 100 or 125% increase on a sitting tenant without a transparent basis or an accessible means of review.

The Law Recognizes the Problem but Does Not Prevent It
Section 37 of the Lagos State Tenancy Law 2011 allows an existing tenant to apply to court for an order declaring a rent increase unreasonable. In deciding the matter, the court may consider rents for comparable premises in the locality, evidence from the parties and any special circumstances relating to the property. The law also protects the tenant from eviction while that action is pending.

These protections are important and should be preserved. Yet, the section begins with the words “Subject to any agreement to the contrary.” It provides no numerical ceiling, no indexed formula, no minimum interval between increases and no mandatory standard of advance disclosure.
The result is a protection that largely operates only after the harm has begun. A tenant faced with an extreme increase must find legal assistance, commence proceedings, bear the cost and stress of litigation, and risk the deterioration of the landlord-tenant relationship merely to ask a court what the law itself could have made clearer from the beginning.

This is the loophole that requires urgent legislative attention. It is not correct to say that Lagos law offers tenants no remedy at all. The deeper problem is that it provides no clear preventive boundary against an arbitrary increase. It leaves “reasonableness” to be determined case by case, often after a household has already been destabilized.

Why This Is a Matter of Public Welfare
Lagos State’s official website displays a population of more than 22 million people. Published housing-sector reporting has also stated that more than 70% of Lagos residents are tenants, with many households committing a substantial share of monthly income to rent.

This means rent regulation is not a private concern affecting a small group. It is a major question of economic security for millions of residents.
An excessive rent increase does not affect housing alone. It removes money from food, healthcare, school fees, transportation, savings and small businesses. It can force families out of communities where they have built their lives, push workers farther from their jobs, lengthen commuting time and increase pressure on already stretched transport infrastructure. It can also turn every renewal date into a moment of fear, even for responsible tenants who pay promptly and maintain their homes.

A city cannot build lasting prosperity while millions of residents remain one rent notice away from displacement.

The Legislative Action Lagos Needs
Your Excellency, I respectfully ask you to work with the Lagos State House of Assembly to amend or replace the relevant provisions of the Tenancy Law and make an express pronouncement on rent increases.

The reform should, at a minimum:
> Establish a clear and non-waivable limit on rent increases. The law should prescribe either a defined annual percentage ceiling or a transparent formula tied to an independently published inflation and rental index. Any increase above that threshold should require proof of substantial improvements or exceptional costs and prior approval by an independent authority or court.
> Limit the frequency of increases. Rent should not be increased more than once within any 24-month period.
> Require adequate written notice and justification. A landlord or agent proposing an increase should give at least 180 days’ written notice, state the current rent, the proposed rent, the percentage change, the effective date and the objective basis for the increase.
> Remove the contractual escape route. The words “Subject to any agreement to the contrary” should not permit a tenant to be deprived of the protection against an unreasonable increase. Core rent-stabilization rights should be mandatory and incapable of being waived in a tenancy agreement.
> Create a fast and affordable review process. Tenants should be able to challenge excessive increases through a specialized housing panel, the Citizens Mediation Centre or a simplified court procedure, with strict timelines and protection against retaliatory eviction.
> Regulate agents and property managers. Registered agents should be required to comply with the rent-increase rules, disclose the basis of every proposed increase and face proportionate sanctions for issuing unlawful demands or using eviction pressure to compel acceptance.
> Publish a Lagos Rental Index. A transparent, regularly updated index for different locations and property categories would help landlords, tenants, mediators and courts distinguish a fair adjustment from exploitation.

These measures would not freeze rents or deny landlords a fair return. They would replace uncertainty with rules, arbitrary power with accountability, and confrontation with predictability.

A Request for Leadership
Lagos has often presented itself as the center of innovation, commerce and progressive governance in Nigeria. The State now has an opportunity to lead again by creating a balanced rent-stabilization framework that protects tenants while respecting legitimate property and investment interests.

I respectfully urge you to:
- transmit or support an amendment bill before the Lagos State House of Assembly;
- direct the relevant ministries and agencies to hold a public hearing with tenants, landlords, estate surveyors, property managers, developers, civil-society organizations and housing-law experts;
- seek an interim regulatory or executive measure, within the powers permitted by law, requiring transparency and proper notice for rent increases while the legislative process continues; and
- ensure that the final law contains an actual, enforceable standard rather than another general appeal to “reasonableness.”

The central question is simple: Should a sitting tenant who has met every obligation be exposed to a 125% rent increase solely because no provision states how much is too much?
I believe the answer must be no.

Your Excellency, this silence in the law is not neutral. It gives the stronger party room to dictate and leaves the weaker party to litigate. Closing the loophole would bring relief, stability and confidence to households across Lagos. It would also show that this administration understands that a home is not merely an asset class. It is the foundation on which families, careers, businesses and communities are built.

I respectfully ask you to act.

Yours faithfully,
Ayo FBI
Lagos State Resident and Concerned Tenant

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

I've spent the last several months researching, travelling, and studying why countries like Singapore, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada and Finland built some of the world's best public education systems.

One thing became clear:

Nigeria doesn't just have an education problem. We have a school management problem.

Today, I'm releasing a white paper that proposes a new way to transform our public schools, keeping them publicly owned while introducing world-class management and accountability.

This isn't about politics.

It's about giving every Nigerian child the opportunity to attend a world-class public school.

I hope this sparks one of the most important conversations our country has had about education.

Read it. Criticise it. Improve it. Share it.

If we get education right, we change Nigeria.

Here is the link https://t.co/EViU52FKFi

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Roadmap to a New Nigeria That Is Possible – Part II

Education and Healthcare: The Foundation of a Renewed Nigeria

Recall that on July 1st, in Part 1 of "My Vision for a Productive and Prosperous Nigeria," I outlined the broad framework of my proposed roadmap for national renewal. In it, I emphasised that the transformation of Nigeria must begin with rebuilding our human capital through quality education and healthcare, supported by reforms in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), character and civic education, and strategic investments that will move our nation from a consumption-driven economy to a production-driven one. I promised to follow up with other parts in the coming weeks and months.

Today, July 16th, in the middle of July, I wish to expand on these two critical pillars - education and healthcare - because they are the bedrock upon which every prosperous nation is built. They are the cornerstones of the foundation that will ensure that a son of nobody can become somebody and remove many from the ranks of the disaffected who often become tools in the insecurity challenges confronting us.

Evidence from around the world shows that quality education and accessible healthcare are among the clearest distinctions between thriving nations and lagging ones. Princeton University Nobel Prize-winning economist Angus Deaton highlights this reality in his book, “The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.”

Nothing, therefore, could be further from the truth than the claim by some young people that “education is a scam.” Education, when combined with good health, provides the ladder for individual upward mobility and drives economic growth for the nation.

We must become more intentional about aligning education with our national priorities, as Singapore did, and challenge our country to value education in the same way Deng Xiaoping repeatedly urged China to do from 1978 onwards, with the remarkable transformation we see today.

We will work through commissions that strengthen collaboration among the tiers of government, ensuring that primary education is domiciled at the community and local government levels, with strong parental involvement and curricula that are sensitive to local economic factor endowments and the value chains derived from them.

State governments will be supported to expand high-quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), as well as general secondary education, through targeted grants and incentives.

We are also developing schemes that will enable universities to focus more deliberately on specialised areas of teaching and research, making them globally competitive while producing a workforce equipped for the demands of the future.

A NEW Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@enitandev @PeterObi Which other "opinion" do you want me to form?

Is it incorrect that is a crime(an impeacheable one) to spend outside budgetary approval?

Do you know any other reason why a Govt will spend #8.83trillion outside the budget?

Stop been an accessory to crime. Use yr head for once

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@Dannymasterp Yes,Oga. If you there is a need for extra spend, the Govt must send a SUPPLEMENTARY budget to the Assembly for approval BEFORE any money is spent. Regardless of how altruistic the reason is, including paving the roads in my village.

By the way, we are talking of #8.83trillion!!

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@comrade_banjo @PeterObi Ok, so the small budget we have should then be stolen without restrain like our political leaders are doing at almost every level, right?

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@thematthewjenny What profession is this?

[SBM Intelligence @sbmintelligence]

First of many SBM polls drops:

@officialABAT at -58.5, @PeterObi at +58.3. But turnout flips the script.

The real question? Will Nigerians brave hunger and bandits to vote?

Stay tuned, this is just the first one. 🇳🇬🗳️

https://t.co/9xUrcWyI3h

#NigeriaDecides2027 #SBMVST

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Excessive Borrowing Without Accountability: Further Affirmation of Imprudent Governance.

President Bola Tinubu's administration has engaged in remarkably imprudent borrowing, escalating Nigeria's total debt to approximately N200 trillion. This represents an increase of over N100 trillion within a mere three years, a stark contrast to the roughly N49 trillion accumulated during President Muhammadu Buhari's eight-year tenure, which would have projected to around N80 trillion. As millions of Nigerians grapple with the shock of this unsustainable debt accumulation, the situation is exacerbated by the government's reckless approach to borrowing and a profound absence of accountability and transparency in the utilisation of these funds.

For instance, data from the Federation's Budget Office reveals that the Bola Tinubu government borrowed N11.89 trillion in the first three quarters of 2025 (January to September), exceeding the planned borrowing target of N10.34 trillion by approximately N1.54 trillion. Under a responsible and accountable government, such an overshoot would necessitate rigorous scrutiny and explanation from relevant governmental bodies. Regrettably, this is not the reality under the current administration.

Compounding this issue, only N3.10 trillion of the borrowed funds was allocated to capital expenditure during the same January-September 2025 period. This constitutes a mere 17.66% of the N17.58 trillion earmarked for capital projects, leaving a deficit of roughly N14.48 trillion, or 82.34% of planned capital expenditure unfunded.

The most disturbing aspect of the financial management fiasco under Bola Tinubu is that there is no explanation or information regarding how the balance was utilised or deployed. The question that Nigerians are rightly asking and deserve an answer to is what happened to the balance? Was it deployed for recurrent expenditure/ consumption, for the entertainment of guests to Aso Rock or transferred to the Renewed Hope Agenda 2027 Election Campaign Fund? Nigerians deserve an answer on how our economy and resources are most unpatriotically managed.

A New and Productive Nigeria is POssible, and Nigeria will be OK!
-PO

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Dear Young Nigerians,

One lesson from the 2023 elections, particularly in Lagos, should never be forgotten.

In the period following the presidential election and leading up to the governorship election, we witnessed a troubling shift in public discourse. Conversations that should have focused on competence, governance, development, and the future of our nation were gradually diverted towards tribal sentiments, ethnic divisions, and unnecessary suspicion among citizens.

Many sincere and well-meaning Nigerians participated in these conversations without realising that they were being drawn into narratives carefully designed by others.

Throughout history, whenever politicians find it difficult to compete on ideas, performance, character, or vision, some resort to exploiting the fault lines of ethnicity, religion, and identity. Their calculation is simple: a divided people are easier to manipulate than a united people.

Today, I see similar efforts emerging again, sometimes in more subtle and sophisticated ways. Narratives are planted, amplified, and circulated, often by individuals who genuinely believe they are defending a worthy cause, without recognizing the broader agenda behind such campaigns.

Let me state clearly that Pastor Enoch Adeboye remains one of the foremost fathers of faith in our nation. For decades, he has consistently preached the virtues of peace, prayer, love, reconciliation, and national unity. Even when faced with provocation, his response has always reflected humility, restraint, wisdom, and grace.

At 84 years of age, it would be unfair for young and able-bodied Nigerians to transfer to him responsibilities that properly belong to them. The task of building a better Nigeria rests primarily on the shoulders of the younger generation. It is their duty to lead the conversations, champion the reforms, and drive the positive change our nation urgently requires.

We must be careful not to become instruments in the hands of those who secretly nurture division while publicly preaching unity. In most cases, their target is not the individual being attacked; instead, it is the person who is attacking. Their real objective is to weaken the bonds that hold us together as one people and one nation.

I therefore urge all young Nigerians: do not allow anyone to recruit you into hatred. Do not allow anyone to weaponise your ethnicity, your faith, or your admiration for respected leaders.

Question every narrative. Verify every claim. Follow the facts. Resist manipulation.

The Nigeria of our dreams can only be built by citizens who refuse to be divided, who choose unity over hatred, and who place our collective future above narrow interests.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Onworchei Odiakasen @odiakasen296]

@AjibolaOsteve This is a great summary

I am writing so that i can always come back to this