Because 12 reasons
1. Democracy is about choices. Only in Nigeria does democracy function as autocracy & elites find it to be decent rather than fight
2. I’m able to separate my views from my comfort zone & see the brutalization of micro businesses/transporters by violent thugs
1. Democracy is about choices. Only in Nigeria does democracy function as autocracy & elites find it to be decent rather than fight
2. I’m able to separate my views from my comfort zone & see the brutalization of micro businesses/transporters by violent thugs
https://twitter.com/folasanwo/status/1632905735414620166
3. The pseudo accountability & citizen engagement that has happened over the past 1week shows what is possible if only govt know that they are accountable to citizens & they can be removed by the ballot
4. @GRVlagos is competent. To say GRV is not qualified is like saying
4. @GRVlagos is competent. To say GRV is not qualified is like saying
Me, you and all of us building things in the private sector are not qualified to lead government. Many newcomers globally do well in govt. His background is solid & he is sound!
5. This mindset that only the middle aged with godfather backing are qualified is why we’re in slavery
5. This mindset that only the middle aged with godfather backing are qualified is why we’re in slavery
7. We as “elites” watch CNN, BBC etc. we then drink whiskey & analyse & celebrate how the west hold incredibly high standards & accountability from their leaders; then turn around to accept mediocrity, autocracy & opaque governance as decent in our own motherland. I reject this.
8. I refuse to accept that governance by one man/party is the best governance there can be
9. I refuse to accept that Lagos is performing at par with its income & even income potential
10. When Fashola delivered, Lagos begged for BRF against his godfather. This is not the case.
9. I refuse to accept that Lagos is performing at par with its income & even income potential
10. When Fashola delivered, Lagos begged for BRF against his godfather. This is not the case.
I refuse to be selective in my assessment of what good governance is.
11. I refuse to vote for a govt that has been so loud & forceful about pushing down ethnic divisions in every election and deciding that only those in the APC are “Lagosian” enough, even when they aren’t
11. I refuse to vote for a govt that has been so loud & forceful about pushing down ethnic divisions in every election and deciding that only those in the APC are “Lagosian” enough, even when they aren’t
12. I shiver at totalitarian dominance by thugs that will happen when abuja aligns with Lagos on thuggery. The police & military will no longer be able to checkmate thugs because they are now aligned at the center. I weep for hawkers & transporters & future Gokadas in transport.
I see Nigerians in diaspora brandish benefits of citizenship of another country as immigrants, yet support the ethnic suppression in Lagos.
It should not be easier for my child to run for US President than it is to run for Lagos governor.
Bonus: Because #EndSARS happened. End.
It should not be easier for my child to run for US President than it is to run for Lagos governor.
Bonus: Because #EndSARS happened. End.
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