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<\/a><\/p>\nIt is an open secret that the five governors that funded the activities of the APC the most over the course of the last two years were those of Lagos, Rivers, Kano, Osun and Imo \u2013 and it is very apparent from the challenges those states are facing today that \u201cthe monies meant for the development of these states were not judiciously used for the betterment of those states.\u201d<\/p>\n
See how they place below:<\/p>\n
1. LAGOS: While Fashola only inherited a debt profile of N15bn from Tinubu, he left the state with a debt profile of N418bn even as his government could not complete the three biggest projects it embarked upon \u2013 with which it made so much noise and secured so much political capital at home and abroad.<\/p>\n
None of them even got to 50% stage before leaving office \u2013 being
\n[a] Lagos-Epe Expressway
\n[b] Lagos-Badagry Expressway + Mono Rail [c] Lagos Epe Airport<\/p>\n
Interestingly, perhaps the biggest problem Lagos faces today is that of \u201cExtremely Terrible Traffic\u201d \u2013 that could have been alleviated if some of these projects had been completed!<\/p>\n
2. KANO: Kwankwaso left Kano with a debt profile of N300bn even though he spent only 4 years in office inheriting a N77bn debt stock from Shekarau who spent 8 years \u2013 I hear Ganduje who Kwankwaso handpicked as his replacement says \u201cThis is no big deal\u201d \u2013 LOL<\/p>\n
3. RIVERS: While Amaechi is alleged to have sold off $800m of Rivers State assets to fund the elections, it is also on record that he got the House of Assembly under controversial situations to approve the release of N19bn from a sinking fund put away by the state \u201cfor the rainy day\u201d for undisclosed projects! It should also be noted that Amaechi practically converted planes that he claimed was meant for the state into \u201cBuhari\u2019s personal plane\u201d during the elections season.<\/p>\n
4. OSUN: This being my own Home State \u2013 I am from Otan Ayegbaju in Boluwaduro Local Governemtn Area \u2013 this place that \u201cMy indefatigable Governor\u201d wants the world to refer to as \u201cState of OSUN\u201d should be aptly referred to as \u201cState of Hunger and Pain\u201d as that is what Aregbesola has turned the place into \u2013 he now owes 8 months in unpaid pensions; and 7 months in unpaid salaries even as the Pensioners were at the House of Assembly yesterday screaming \u201cOle, Ole\u201d [Thief, Thief] just as more than 230 of their members have now died from this terrible state of affairs. The same Governor maintains a Private Jet \u2013 for which use I do not understand \u2013 and remains defiant going about the place like he should be named the President without elections by 2019 for his wonderful deeds!<\/p>\n
5. IMO: I have been reliably informed just this morning by a seasoned journalist who hails from the state that Okorocha now owes 10 months in unpaid salaries.<\/p>\n
Mind you \u2013 these same states were the very hotbed of the opposition leading to the polls \u2013 making life difficult for their respective citizens while giving the impression to the same people that \u201cIt was President Jonathan, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Federal Government led by the PDP\u201d that they needed to vote out to enjoy better lives \u2013 in fact, some of these people were the very ones that led the propaganda against NOI that \u201cShe was the one responsible for the states\u2019 inability to pay salaries and meet up its obligations\u201d even though they were receiving their monthly allocations from the FGN supported by Internally generated revenues [IGRs] from their local domains on a regular basis.<\/p>\n
On a sarcastic note, it would appear that the tough life being experienced by some of the staffers these states is more like KARMA \u2013 you go on to support a candidate\/party that is stealing from you blindly while you are being owed salaries and one day you wake up to remember that you are being owed 6-10 months salaries or pensions in a classic case of \u201cDon\u2019t Cry for me, Argentina.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then one other thing \u2013 I have stated in the past that \u201cThe Nigerian Media and Civil Society have become subsidiaries of the APC\u201d \u2013 not even the NLC\/TUC has been able to call for a strike in Osun and Imo state \u2013 as their members languish in abject poverty in the states to the point that the Christian Association of Nigeria [CAN] is now planning to offer help to some of these staffers in Osun \u2013 and you can be sure that these same people would have called for a total shut down of the nation if these shameful acts were being perpetrated by GEJ\u2019s Government or one of its ally states that was being led by the PDP \u2013 we would have had all the Falanas, Keyamos, Ezekwesilis, #OccupyNigerias, etc running all over the place \u2013 appearing in the media \u2013 giving erratic interviews; sweating and throwing saliva all over the place while also comparing \u201cGEJ to Gbagbo \u2013 a Dictator that wants to make life hell for the masses!\u201d<\/p>\n
Once again, I congratulate the Nigerians that have now rewarded APC with control of about 22 states \u2013 many more State House of Representatives; many more seats at the Senate and House; and most importantly, the crown jewel \u2013 Aso Rock \u2013 truly, \u201cto whom much is given, less should be expected.\u201d<\/p>\n
Favour Afolabi can be reached on Twitter @favourafolabi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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