Rebuilding Nigeria
Yesterday, Wednesday, 21 October, I arrived in London at 7 a.m. from Basel, Switzerland. It was one of my busiest days, filled with several engagements, including meetings with stakeholders in the UK.
I rounded off the day in the evening with a meeting organised by the COPDEM Chief and the NDC Director of Diaspora Affairs, bringing together other stakeholders in London.
All the meetings with British government officials and the Nigerian diaspora centred on our collective responsibility to rebuild Nigeria and free our country from the shackles of bad leadership, corruption, and the lack of accountability that continue to undermine our national development. These challenges have deprived millions of Nigerians of access to basic necessities, including quality healthcare, education, and decent employment.
Nigerians deserve a country where every life matters, where hard work is rewarded, and where every citizen has a fair opportunity to succeed, regardless of their background or connections.
We must build a Nigeria where the child of nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody. A country that works for everyone, not just a privileged few.
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO
As governor of the decade, the @THISDAYLIVE Award humbles me. I dedicate the award to the people of Anambra State for believing in me and to all Nigerians for standing with me through the travails to recover my stolen mandate.-PO
https://t.co/mv89YqFp7L
Six years later, not much has changed. Same government, same playbook of fear and intimidation.
Today, right here at the Lekki Toll Gate, citizens gathered peacefully to honor the lives lost six years ago during EndSARS. And how did the authorities respond? By firing tear gas at us.
Let that sink in.
Six years after a generation cried out for basic dignity, safety, and accountability in policing, a peaceful memorial is still met with an unprovoked tear gas attack?
The message is loud and clear, they are still terrified of remembrance, they are still terrified of accountability, and they are still terrified of YOU speaking up.
Expressing grief and sympathy is not a crime. Peaceful assembly and solemn reflection should not be met with state brutality and repression.
Effective governance is not about silencing the streets. It is about building a system that listens, that protects, that includes and that provides for everyone.
To every young person and resident carrying the vision of a better Lagos, never forget that your voice is powerful, that your vote carries your voice and that the ballot is the vehicle through which you can speak loudest and change the story.
We remember, We rise.
FD
Ó Ti Yá.
#EndSARS #Lagos #FunsoDoherty #OTiYa #NDC
I wrote to the National Assembly on the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road. It’s a moment of truth and whether they will rise in defense of the public interest in this matter, remains to be seen.
*Coastal Road: Dave Umahi is Living in Bondage*
Dr Ugo Egbujo.
Someday a tribunal will sit on the coastal road project
Nothing can be hidden under the sun
A president awarded a multi trillon naira project to his business partner
The project had barely started
When they suddenly discovered there were telecom lines on the route
A multi trillion naira project
No surveys
No tender. No bidding . No costing
And the minister wouldnt answer any questions
The minister had said the contractor would source all the money
Then he changed and said the country would contribute 15-30%
He wasnt even sure of the exact percentage contribution
Then suddenly the FG threw over a trillion into the project
When a yound lady dared to ask if there was an environmental impact assessment
Umahi mocked her
Two weeks later Umahi said they didnt know there were telecom lines on their path
Rufai Oseni asked what the cost per kilometer was
Umahi dismissed the legitimate question as illiterate
A few days later Unahi announced that he scope of the project had been reduced
It was no longer a total of 10 lanes .
It would now be six lanes. Just like that
The entire thing was arbitrary , haphazard, shifty
When Obi said the road was a wrong priority for a country whose existing roads were crumbling
Saying the road would require 30 years for completion
Tinubu and his men scoffed at him
When Amaechi said he would stop the road and fix the East West road first
They mocked him
Now Umahi has childishly confessed that the day Tinubu approved the re routing of the road to the East West road was the best day of his life
Guy must have be living a miserable life
A few days ago he had told us that he chose the project and chose the contractor without any prompting from Tinubu
He wanted to fool us into believing that Tinubu didnt award the contrat to his business partner
If the best day of his life is now the day Tinubu agreed to a partial discontinuation of the coastal road
Then Umahi has been living in bondage all the while
But the joke is on the clown
Because
Almost the entire country knew that Tinubu was only interested in the lagos Ogun corridor
And he wasn't going to complete no coastal road 🤣😢
The government has confirmed that the coastal road will no longer pass through the coast; it is now called the “Queen of the Coast.”
When I asked them to disclose the cost per kilometer, they protested against me for simply demanding accountability in Ebonyi State.
— Rufai Oseni
When I started scrutinizing coastal road
Una say I no like Umahi, I no get problem with Umahi
I repeat the coastal road is flawed
When I complained no EIA was done before the project started Una think say I no know wetin I Dey talk
This was an investigative journalism piece on how coastal road broke the law on EIA
Watch am first I Dey come
https://t.co/BjVJoadQLW
MEET THE TICKET.
Two leaders. One shared vision. A partnership built to serve the people of Lagos.
I am honoured to introduce the team that will lead Ọ̀NÀ TUNTUN, The New Way for Lagos:
Funso Doherty for Governor
Tolani Animashaun for Deputy Governor
A Lagos built on accountability, opportunity, dignity, and a government that actually works for everyone.
The New Way starts here.
FD
Ó ti yá
Mr Funsho Doherty will be unveiling his deputy candidate for the governorship Tomorrow 8th October and he will be unveiling his manifesto, please be there
NDC service!!!
Vote for me in the 2027 for House of Representatives Surulere 1
Vote NDC for service!!
Some constituency projects I will embark on:
I will subsidize cost of major surgeries via medical outreaches for young and the elderly . I did it in the. #65freeAdenotonsillectomy surgery for children who could not breathe.
I will now do it on a Surulere 1 constituency level.
I have done it before without government support and I will do it again
School children with outstanding performance in their WAEC will have scholarships to school abroad in my special academy programs
Nursing school programs will be sponsored as part of my health initiatives
INEC has confirmed that Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) collection commences on 9 October 2026. Please get your PVC so that you can participate in the 2027 election.
I spent Sunday evening with His Excellency, @PeterObi and other NDC Lagos Candidates hosted by the incredible members of the Obidient Movement Lagos.
One thing is clear: We share one mission: to build a country and city that work for the people who live here every day.
I remain grateful for the vision and leadership of our presidential candidate. I appreciate all those who show up with conviction and all those who worked behind the scenes to make the evening possible.
The work continues and together, we move.
FD
Ó ti yá.
I want to profusely thank all the lovers of Lagos, all of whom have refused to major on the minor.
Thank you for the outpouring of love and support. Your encouragement gives me the energy, courage and faith to keep believing that, one day, our country will be great.
As usual, the APC has resorted to its familiar strategy of distraction. Its loudest voices are not talking about the impact of their government on the people of Lagos. They are not telling Lagosians how they have made their lives better. They are not talking about the state of our roads, the worsening flooding, the housing crisis, the lack of reliable public water, the traffic crisis or the growing filth across our city.
Instead, they want us to major on the minor.
They did the same thing in 2023. And despite all their claims, they still resorted to thuggery, intimidation and violence to force their way into office. It was state-sanctioned terrorism using the same culture of thuggery that remains one of the biggest problems confronting ordinary Lagosians today.
Why won’t the APC confront this problem?
Because they depend on the same thugs and the same culture of political violence to force their way into power. When a political party knows that it cannot win the confidence of the people on the strength of its record, it becomes dependent on intimidation and coercion.
Our roads are worse. Flooding has become a bigger problem. Rents have continued to rise, while affordable housing remains grossly inadequate.
They have effectively given up on solving the traffic crisis. Now, instead of admitting failure and fixing the problem, they tell us that traffic is a “lifestyle.”
There is no reliable supply of public water. And in many parts of Lagos, the city is as dirty as it was under Governor Tinubu.
Under Governor Fashola, Lagos was operating more than 1,000 PSP trucks. After more than 12 years, you would expect the system to have expanded significantly. Instead, we are now down to roughly 200 trucks.
Why?
Because the problem is not simply a lack of trucks. It is a system that has been weakened by corruption, poor management and alleged racketeering around diesel, truck leasing and waste collection.
That is why Lagos stinks.
And this is the point I want Lagosians to focus on: we must stop allowing them to change the subject.
The question is not who can shout the loudest. The question is, after all these years in power, have they made Lagos better for the ordinary Lagosian?
That is the conversation we should be having.
That is the conversation they want us to avoid.
And that is exactly the conversation we must continue to have.
Let's make Eko Great Again
THIS IS A CALL TO RECLAIM LAGOS FOR ALL LAGOSIANS AND FOR NIGERIA
For too long, Lagos has had the potential to be far greater than what we experience today. A city of enormous talent, enterprise, energy and opportunity deserves leadership that can transform that potential into measurable progress.
This is why the emergence of H.E. Funso Doherty, NDC Lagos Governorship Candidate, represents more than another political contest. It is a choice about the kind of Lagos we want to build.
What kind of Lagos do we want to build?
A Lagos where government works.
A Lagos where public resources are managed responsibly.
A Lagos where infrastructure keeps pace with growth.
A Lagos where waste is properly managed, flooding is confronted with lasting solutions, transportation is efficient, and communities receive the attention they deserve.
Funso Doherty has consistently spoken about the need to move Lagos from government as usual to government that delivers with competence, accountability, transparency and genuine service at the centre of governance. The choice before Lagos is therefore bigger than personalities or ruling party.
It is about leadership.
It is about competence.
It is about accountability.
It is about service to the people.
It is about finally making government work for every Lagosian.
We cannot continue to accept a Lagos where problems are managed instead of solved. We deserve better and can do better.
Funso Doherty will not steal and his cabinet will not steal.
O TI YÁ!
Time for a new direction.
Time for responsible leadership.
Time for a government that listens, plans and delivers.
Time for a Greater Lagos.
A New Lagos is Possible.
Dear Lagosians, This is my promise to you.
I will never in any language tell you to live in your parents house as an answer to the expensive rents and housing deficit.
Instead we will work tirelessly to deliver a 100,000 units of housing that are not only accessible but truly affordable.
Enact laws that protect tenants and create an agency to investigate and enforce said laws.
I will never in any language tell you that Traffic is a lifestyle.
Instead we will deliver the entire rail network in 2years by opening the project to private sector procurement. Our focus will not be how to pad or steal money it would be on making movement in lagos more effective and affordable.
I will never in any language tell you that we do not know or understand how much waste is being generated in Lagos state, neither will we tell you to go back to you village when you complain about the state of the enviroment .
We will rid the waste management system of the corruption and racketeering that has left lagos covered in filth. We will create a waste to energy and waste to wealth value chain. We will build out proper sewage processing facilities and empower local governments to participate in waste management.
Lastly under no circumstance will any public official boast about expensive watches whilst so many struggle in poverty.
My promise to you is high impact governance, actions you will feel, because Actions speak far louder than words.
#ourlagos.