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"Reuben Adeleye Abati is a Nigerian Journalist, Politician, Television Anchor and Newspaper Columnist. He was the Peoples Democratic Party's Deputy Governorship candidate in Ogun State for the 2019 Gubernatorial election" And Politics is his serious business. 1/
2/. We are family. We have Abati in it. He is as principled a politician as all of us. I mean his colleague politicians. As a politician he has shared the full Kerfuffle. Appointment transciency, failed political election escapades and the anti- corruption "resort"sojourn.
3/. His vision of non anti-party is for Northern Nigeria to rule for 16 continuous years in a 251 multi ethnic African republic.A multiparty American style Presidential democracy. Abati ignorantly believes all democrats voted for Clinton and all Republicans Trump.
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#citi_BOY series: "The realities of Lagos may thwart Mr. Tinubu's ambitious plans; the city is collapsing as fast as it grows, disappearing under a mountain of rubbish" read the article LAGOS HOPE FOR CHANGE
-BBC Barnaby Phillips, on
Saturday, February 20, 1999.
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Prior to the emergence of citi-boy, previous administrations spent millions of dollars on ambitious projects that were either not completed nor put into use, in other to make significant impact on the city.
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Bola Ahmed Tinubu with his persistent vision, potentials and subsequent implementation of high government policies was undaunted by the speculations of pundits and the like.
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Before I talk about the leadership and mentoring philosophies of the governors from the class of 1999,
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I want to first shed some important insight on what political leadership and mentoring is all about, as opposed to godfatherism, which has been the norm for teeming youths. We must understand that, effective leadership requires a variety of abilities.
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I find this reliance on this local Enugu man for information on the high and mighty of Nigeria's Lagos rather intriguing. However, Mr Ehix, I will oblige you as a member of the #ebeanoFAM 🍊💕 #Chimaroke #ebeanoCONTINUA #ebeanoDOINGS #ebeano #ebeanoNADEMDRUSME #ebeanoSTANDYG
When he took office in 1999, #citi_BOY Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration in Lagos State, encountered a variety of never-before-seen challenges.
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These issues included severe lack of infrastructure, widespread poverty and socioeconomic problems, a high prevalence of crime and unemployment, inadequate institutional capacity, and a burgeoning population.
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Regarding the judicial system.
It is crucial to remember that Lagos State's diverse demographics has greatly increased the court system's complexities.
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With debatably nearly half of all Nigerian lawyers practicing there, Lagos State boasts the biggest judicial and legal system in the country.
The justice committee of the transition working group,
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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu #citi_BOY Lagos State Health Sector 1999-2007. A Review: Before taking the oath of office, Bola formed a transitional working group to assess the state of Lagos's health and make some recommendations which were immediately implemented.
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PMTCT –Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
IEC– Information, Education and Communication ( like posters, handbills, pamphlets etc)
BCC – Behavioral Change Communication.(Materials or process used to communicate IECs effectively)LASEMS –Lagos State Emergency Med. Services
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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu #citi_BOY: The Governors from the class of 1999 may still be the nation's top system builders and political reformers.
Many have forgotten that the class of 1999 had it worse.
Most of us received a state that had all of its sectors in poor conditions as a
result of several years of military rule.All we had was pure joy in our electorates hearts because they had a democratically elected governor. Many years have passed, and people now have all of their memories entwined into one.
From health to education to the economy to security,
Lagos state and many other states were in turmoil as a results of years of military rule but Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made the most progress out of all of us in reforms of various sectors, with Enugu State coming in second.
These large progress came as a result of assembling 23
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Asiwaju Bola Tinubu #citi_BOY: The Governors from the class of 1999 may still be the nation's top system builders and political reformers.
Many have forgotten that the class of 1999 had it worse.
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Most of us received a state that had all of its sectors in poor conditions as a result of several years of military rule.All we had was pure joy in our electorates hearts because they had a democratically elected governor.
Many years have passed,
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and people now have all of their memories entwined into one.
From health to education to the economy to security, Lagos state and many other states were in turmoil as a results of years of military rule but Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu made the most progress out of all of us in
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