 All right, welcome everyone. And thank you so much for being a part of the Telethon. We are also here, we're here, the members of the Ligus, members of the team with the Ligus Gubernatorial Candidate, Mr. Gadivore Ruzvaevo. And also other members, we have Mr. Kola and we have Mr. Shego. We are all members of the team and we are so glad to be here today. Yes, this is a wonderful historic thing. And I'm very happy that, I love who I have tuned in and I also show a lot of support, donations have been coming in and people are really showing that they are really to get mobilized and help people, help us put in a leader that will be a servant leader. Oh yes, oh yes. And speaking of leadership and servant leadership. Oh, my name is Priscilia Maddi. By the way, pardon me for forgetting to do that. We have our own servant leader in Ligus and we are so thrilled to hear what he has for Ligus. What was the plan for Ligus in a nutshell basically before we go into some nitty-gritty? So I think that the key things that we're going to talk about today are many things that are issues that we're going to address. One, traffic situation in Ligus State. Everybody knows that the traffic situation in Ligus it has been unending and it's gotten worse and worse and something that must be tackled. And also that directly links into housing and accommodation all across the state and also ties into the quality of development and how it's going to happen across the state. And then lastly, youth unemployment. Oh, my day. Which has reflected in so many ways. I mean, from the agro situation that is constantly multiplying on the streets of Ligus everywhere in every corner and even the bus drivers starting to complain about it and how they've become another level of governance in the states that pretty much just takes, milks the citizens and you have a situation of monkey to walk around the shop being normalized in Ligus State. So those are some of the topics that we're going to address and if we have time we'll delve into other topics that are more interesting to go into. Oh yes, we'll be doing a lot of that and please do note that as members of the team and supporting our gubernatorial candidates one thing we are very happy about is the fact that our candidate is extremely capable. He has good character, he's competent and he has proven in various ways that he's willing to take the bull by the horns. Considering that the current leadership has currently been there for over 20 years having a fresh new leader. I mean, take a look at us, you're looking all white. Take a look at us. We are trying to do something that has not been done before and that's because we want our Ligus because everybody knows that Ligus is not working. So what is it Mr. Kala? So briefly would you like to tell us what is it that your own concerns about Ligus? What are your concerns? Thank you very much. I think the first thing we should realize is that by May 29th, the current government will have been in power not for eight years or not for four years, but for 24 years. 24 years is a long period. In 1965, Likwanyu took over Singapore as a third world country. By 1990, when he was handing over, he handed over a first world country. 24 years is a long time to achieve almost total transformation of a place. Now, sadly, the international economist has done a review of the quality of life in 172 major cities in the world. And Ligus comes 171. That's a testament to how much better things could be. So I believe that Ligus can do much better. I believe that Ligusians ought to realize that they are the only place in Nigeria that as it were, are voting in two presidential elections. And I know that, I say that. So Ligus is the only place where the governor, if he does the right things, has enough resources to better the lives of the people regardless of what is going on in Abu Dhabi. Ligus is a place where, in all of the West Coast, the next biggest economy after Nigeria is Ligus. So the reason why I'm here, I'm here also to speak for a generation, if I have the time. Please, go ahead. I'm here to speak for my generation. You see, it's an Algerian philosopher, Franz Fanon, he said, every generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission and either fulfill it or betray it. You see, there is a generation of my grandfathers, the generation of Habat-Makali's and Zeke and Awu, that generation got independence from Nigeria. Don't trivialize what they did. There were a small bunch of graduates who were essentially saying to the queen, before the queen was ready to go, leave us alone. They delivered that. The generation after that, but the generation of the soldiers, the general al-Obbas on jobs, the Tewai, Danjumas, Anko, they may have foisted on us an imperfect union, but they did something to keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done. You see, my generation, those of us born from 1950 to 1969, it was our job to set this country on a path of irreversible progress. The path that will make us achieve our potential and we failed. It is because my generation failed that we have this nation, nothing is more symbolic of the failure of my generation than the fact that we have never chosen for ourselves who will be a ruler. The only two people from my generation who have led the country, general, I mean, President Gerard Dua and good Lord Jonathan, those were anointed for us by the generation before us. Peter will be the first time that one of us will be waking up on his own terms and say, I want to be president. That's why I'm saying everybody born after 1950 has a duty. This is the last chance we have to select a president that is of our own making. One of us, since I want to be president, not because President Duba Sojourn wants me to be president, not because General Danjuman wants me to be president, because I think I've ended. This is our chance. Then the second thing is that because of the failure of my generation, those coming after us literally have no platform to stand on. Look at the rate at which they are abandoning the country. The excuse my generation used to give was to say that because of the army, that the army was in power and so we were incapacitated. No, every generation has a big challenge. And I'm so delighted that a young man trained in the best institutions, you know, a young man who has worked with some of the best organizations, rather than opt to go and work abroad, for the last 10, 15, 20 years, has stayed close to what is going on in the country because it's determined to make a difference in Lagos and interacted closely with him. So this is a generational call. If you are born from 1950 to 1969, you ought to vote Peter Obi because he's one of us. And you ought to vote Badi Borodzweibow because it is a generational debt to create a platform for those coming after us. And of course, if we are born after 1970, here is one of you who is saying, I've learned, I've gone to one of the best schools and if you're going to one of the best, you see, we are all in white, you know, deliberate. The candidates that come in white, development and corruption do not go together. Development and waste do not go together. Mr. Rodzweibow has severally told me that he reviewed the affairs of Lagos and found that projects are done at an average of four X world bank standard costs. That can support development. So I want to say to everyone, if you are born after 1950, you have a duty to vote Peter Obi for president and you have a duty to vote Badi Borodzweibow for governor. We will much be the better for it. 24 years. I mean, look at the bridges. If we built one new bridge every six years, we will be on the seventh mainland bridge now. We have not built any bridge since the military handed over to us. In fact, we are now down by one. The military handed over three bridges. Echo bridge is down. There isn't a fourth mainland bridge. We should be on the seventh mainland bridge if we are building one bridge for six years. So Mr. Badi Borodzweibow, the other thing that distinguishes from my interaction with him. You know, those of us in the faith that I subscribe to, love and empathy is important. I've watched this man who by the grace of God, I pray and call governor in waiting. I've watched him closely. And he genuinely wakes up with the care. He does not see why the child of the sweeper on the street should not have access to the best quality of education so that he can write. You see, that makes a difference. So that's why I'm here. That's why I'm here with total support for this candidate. And if there's anyone who cares to listen to me, I recommend him to you unequivocally, unabashedly and very determinedly, knowing that this candidate will make Lagos the kind of Lagos that we serve all of us. Oh my goodness. Thank you so much. And I don't know if we should clap for that, but then this is the kind of passion we see on the streets of Lagos. If Lagos was working, we would not be having these basic concerns. And one of those basic concerns for us as well is housing. So Mr. Shagun, what do you say about the current housing situation in Lagos right now? What do you have to say about it? Well, as we know, like you said, Lagos is not working. And one of the things the current administration likes to tout is revenue collection. And the basic concept of revenue taxation is a progressive tax. Essentially, the concept is you tax the wealthy so you can provide for the less privileged. And you can see that in Lagos, that has not been done. And housing is one place where you can see where it manifests tremendously. If you go to a place like Lagos Island, that place is simply not habitable. And yet they give some of the largest votes to the current administration, the current party in that government. And it's time for those people to wake up and ask themselves. It's essentially because you can't keep voting for the same people and they don't deliver. We need to have a concept in Nigeria and Lagos like Chelsea. If the coach doesn't deliver, i.e. the governor, sack him until they forget who's going to figure it out or how they're going to do it, they would now figure it out knowing that even within four years they don't deliver. Now, why I have joined Gabbadi West campaign because he has a comprehensive plan for housing. I mean, among, first of all, when he's going to solve the traffic problem, which actually undermines the economy and which basically affects everyone's lifestyle and everything. But with his housing program, he's going to have a plan where he's going to have, because Lagos is congested. There's not a lot of land space. You're going to have to organize. I mean, there's nothing in Nigeria that's a problem that cannot be solved with us organizing ourselves for production. That's what society is. And he has a plan whereby he's going to take, take a place like Lagos Island. You're going to have, try to bring the landlords to cooperate, to build more modern, higher capacity housing. So the first thing that does is create, first of all, it's going to dampen the cost of housing because there's more availability, because it's a demand and supply problem. And then those currently there are in more habitable housing units. And then the last thing about that is that, even where you are, where he hasn't built, because you created more availability, your landlord isn't feeling that, there's not that price and pressure. So the point is this is the first administration. I think we have a four million housing deficit in Lagos and he has studied that. And he has a comprehensive plan such that, for instance, when he builds a real network, it's going to make more far out places accessible so that you don't have to leave in the city center. And it now makes it functional for you to get to work, but at a cheaper housing with better lifestyle and things like that. Oh, that's amazing, Mr. Shagun. I mean, you literally broke it down in an amazing way. For me personally is waste management and the young men on the street running after cars and just asking for money. You see, those two things give me headache. Like in the morning, you're just driving down or you're taking public transportation and then you get a certain location where there's traffic grid lock. You're not just dealing with the fact that your car is not moving. You're dealing with the stench coming in to the car. And that alone can reduce the quality of your life by how many, I don't even know how many years sometimes you feel in the car, you can just literally see your ears dropping in the car. You can feel it. And you're wondering, like with all the IJRs, I mean, by H1 2021 according to the National Bureau of Statistics, now Legos did over 267 trillion, but you are living with dirt on the street. I mean, that's basic human living. Like you should be able to make the environment livable. And Legos rose up in ranks to second worst livable city in the world. I mean, how do you do that with that much amount of money? So it makes us think, how about the young men on the street? So one morning I was going to work. What happens? I see a young man with swollen face, literally swollen face. He had just gotten beaten that morning. And that's supposed to be a tax collector. I mean, the money you collect from those buses, I mean, it's indirect tax. So that's a tax collector. Shouldn't they have more respect for being beaten or hit by a bus or fighting? You know, or running in rugged shoes. Sometimes you see them running in bad shoes and I'm wondering, the people in charge of these things, are they not concerned about the welfare of these young men that can be further placed in better situations? So those are my concerns. And that's why, of course, I joined the campaign of our amazing but Mr. Badiburu's Vival because he speaks to these issues. He cares, he's particular about this. So would you like to address our concerns that we've highlighted here today? Yes, yes. I think that the foundation of the better Lagos, the new Lagos, is the transportation system. First of all, we need to have a circulation system across Lagos state that creates a truly intermodal means of transportation across Lagos. So we're going to properly dredge our waterways and have industrial ferries connecting people and moving people around the way it was done in Latin Japan this time, right? So we are having people move from who will do in record time to Lagos Central, right? So we are also reducing the pressure on our road infrastructure and our bridges. Also, we are going to deliver four rails in four years, right? Currently it's taking them 20 years to do 16 kilometers of rail. Meanwhile, they took money according to their books, 1.2 billion to be able to do 160 kilometers. So at the rate they're going, it's going to take 200 years for them to properly rail Lagos state the way it ought to be. We don't have that time, we don't have that time at all. We don't have 200 years. So we're looking at delivering four rails in four years. Now, the wonderful benefit of that is that, like he has said, it then reduces the pressure on land in Lagos Central. You start to open up places like Ikurodo, the Badagri axis or Jor and Badagri and also make sure that we're restoring transportation that's going down to Badagri. Currently, the blue line that he talked about so much, nobody's using it today. Nobody got on the blue line today. You know, our legal seat has been run on so much tokenism and politics. And we're trying to get away from that. So as opposed to stopping at mile 12, that blue line is going to get to Badagri. So we start to rebuild the tourist industry that we used to have on that axis and allow people to have access to that. So also doing that then starts to reduce pressure on land and starts to make more parts of Lagos feasible for developers to build in. And also, like he mentioned as well, our plan is to have situation where funds that we get from heavy value real estate is channeled into a social housing development fund. And we're also going to involve the private sector heavily because we don't believe that our government should be limited in its development by its press strings. The private sector needs to come in and get involved because legal cities state that can actually afford and allow for lots of projects to be feasible. The role as government is to have oversight and to ensure that the price points that these services are delivered to the people of Lagos is extremely competitive, is extremely affordable, and then the project is done with high quality in the fastest possible time to have the most impact on the most amount of people and ensure that these projects are then transferred back to government in record time. So that is what are interesting, but we must ensure that maximum amount of projects are going on at the same time. That's where we're going in terms of transportation. And that also ties in housing because then you can now have a decentralized level of development. Currently, all development is too centralized. We need to decentralize it. Also, we're going to open the BRT lanes to the private sector as well, especially innovative ride sharing buses from your business. You can book a ride for all your workers. And if you have the bus that can take that capacity, why can't they use the BRT lane? Why should they be in monopoly? And BRT also shares our lane too. Exactly. And also, you also know that we are highly underserved because you're waiting for a bus, waiting for almost 20 minutes. Oh my God. So literally, we want a station where every three minutes a bus is coming. And that's because we've opened up that lane. Also, we're going to set a benchmark for the quality of roads that we have in Lagos State and tie the life expectancy of that road to the payment to the contractor. Because the scam of six months doing road every six months and you watch the way a rainy season is something, is a scam that has to go. Exactly. Considering Lagos is in a center where it rains a lot. So why are these rains washing off the road? A key driver that's going to put all of this together is to have a robust autonomous local government system where you have potential governors as local government chairmen that are visionary, that live to serve their people. So all those inner roads across Lagos State, and I joined me fellow doing OCD in Baragbe, these spaces, it should be their focus. The state government has no business doing inner roads in local governments. And we need to ensure that local governments are autonomous, they're receiving money because they're also ties into security. They're ties into data-gathering, right? And having a robust local government that works will make my own job easier, right? And allow for me to have more oversight responsibility. So that's, so we touch on transportation, touch on housing, and we're talking about security now. Youth unemployment is really what this is about. But it has even a bigger problem with society because you see, the more young people in primary school are looking at a 17-year-old tiny plastic and hitting the bus and getting money. And people they are looking at are people that are rubbing shoulders with potential presidents or wannabe presidents and governors or ministers and all of that. Then you have set a precedent. These children will not finish school. They will just go on the road and be like their older brother or their cousin. And if you look at it, if you trace the number of aggroes in 2015 to the number of aggroes now, they've multiplied. And all of this is also tied to drugs. It's tied to a culture of violence because the more violent and aggressive you are, the more you can rise. But then you see, the issue is this. If one of these young men that are running on the road get hit by a car, that's it. No welfare. No welfare. They generate $120 billion every year. These funds are not accounted for. These funds do involve, you don't see it on these people that are collecting this money. So we need to have a system where, and all of this system is created in such a way so that every four years, these young men can be used to perpetuate voter suppression, voter intimidation and all of that. So we're going to complete it. We're going to do the work. So we depend on people to put us in power. We don't need any of these young men to be doing that anymore. What we're going to do is create an alternative means for them to end the living, give them new skills and build this policy with them based on the local governments that they are based in, right? And after two years of doing that, there will now anybody that is still trying to pervade the law will then face the law. But the idea is that we'll work with them as stakeholders and give them skills and employability skills because it's not just about them on the road. It's about the young people that are coming out after. The young people that will not finish primary school or finish secondary school because they are looking at these people and feel that that's the way to go. So these are some of the things that we're going to tackle and ensure that the young people of Lagos become productive members of society. And you know, his Excellency, Peter Albee, constantly says, we're moving Nigeria from consumption to production. And that is going to happen in Lagos state. Yes. Oh, Lagos, you can hear that. We are moving also as the whole Nigeria is going from consumption to production, we are going along with them as well, productively. Would you like to add something? Yes, my idea. I wanted to respond to something you said about the tax collector being beaten up. And I think it's important for Lagotians to understand that what we have in Lagos, take it or not, is actually feudalism. It's normally in the feudal culture and history that you have tax collectors of the feudal lord being beaten up. People need to reflect on this. Lagos is actually the one place where you've had the same government for 25 years. So everything you can say is because of the rotation. Now, what you have is a system where you can actually have someone use the resources of the state run for precedent. We all know that's happening. We all have a system and it's just intolerable. Normally, the way you usually over throw a feudal lord is people carry sticks and fire and run him out of town or burn down his castle. Now we don't have to do that. All you have to do is show up and vote to change that. And Lagotians need to wake up to do that because this is not going to change otherwise. It's not going to change by itself. Understand that you're in a feudal system and the structure is built to serve that system. And that is really what this whole race is about. Oh, that's so sad actually. Would you like to answer with that, Mr. Kola? I just wanted to appeal to Lagotians. You know, anytime a group of people look and it appears that the character of the government is not exactly representative of the character of the people. You don't have to ask why. Why? It's a different thing if soldiers do a coup. And because they came in by the butt of the gun, they may not represent us. I think Lagotians are by and large descent people. They are welcoming people. They are considerate people. The question we need to ask is, why does it appear that our government is different? And I want to appeal to Lagotians. It is because, for example, in the last election, for a city of 20 million people, only one million people elected governor, don't let anybody tell you that your vote does not count. I want to appeal to everyone. Let us come out and vote. Yes. There are seven million of us. By the time seven million of us come out to vote, that government that we elect is most likely to represent our character. When half a million or just one million elect leaders for 20 million people, there's a very high possibility that the government you are electing is not representative of the wishes of the seven million. True. Don't let people tell us that our votes does not matter. If it does not matter, why are they buying, why are they attempting to buy the votes? Why is it being... If it has no value, why are they paying us, why are they attempting to buy it? Your vote counts. Yes. The parents, I understand, is excellent as he was showing me some data. The parents have passed a vote of no confidence in education system. In Lagos state, only 17% of primary school students are in public schools. Only 25% of secondary school students are in public schools. He showed me that our vote makes a difference. Let this election, let seven million of us come out and express our preferences. Yes. And they let us see whether the people we elect will not be those who are like us. Yes. Yes. And like Mr. Kola has rightly said, we cannot over emphasize the importance of ensuring that your vote counts. We have an amazing presidential candidate in the center and that's his incoming president, Mr. Fita Ubi, telling us that he's going to do all these amazing things that we believe in. But you see, the president is not going to do everything. You still need the governor that is going to impact your life directly in your state. Make all the right decisions in your state. Lagos currently has one of the highest number of registered voters. So we are not just gonna sit back and let a certain number of few who have been induced by some certain welfareism to vote their choice and it doesn't actually represent the people. We want the candidate that truly cares and is going to build an inclusive Lagos that does not practice its kind of class system where some people are more important than some people or some local government where it's setting party shifting leaves against the good road and the other ones, everybody else can go to hell. We have Mr. Madibor Rosvival as the preferred candidate of the Labor Party and also by the grace of God, our incoming governor in Lagos. Do you have one or two words for the electorate in Lagos and even in Nigeria as a whole? Yes, thank you. Lagos state has the largest number of registered voters. So this state has should play a defining role in the emergence of a president in this country. So I call on everybody that is trying to get their voters cars to not give up. I know that they're frustrating you. We are watching, we are monitoring and we're also going around to meet all these INEC officials to ensure that voters cars are being released. So we know that they're trying to suppress our voice. We know that they're trying to suppress our votes. Don't be discouraged. Go out, do your best to get your voters cars. And on the day of election, try and make sure you talk to at minimum 10 people that you know how voters cars come out and vote. This year, this election will be like nothing that Nigeria has ever seen before. It will be like nothing that Lagos has ever seen before. And it's time for us to put in position servant leaders and leaders that will work for us. They are accountable to us and will ensure that our interests are met. And that's doing with Nigeria and Lagos is going to move forward. So we are counting on you. We don't have Boolean vans. We are counting on you, the people, to ensure that you install leaders, not rulers, leaders that will work and serve you. Well, thank you so much. All right, thank you so much. And that kind of brings us to the end of this segment. My name is Priscilia Amaji and we have Mr. Kola. Kola, yeah, yeah, yeah. Daddy Boyz, my boy. My boy. And Shay Gwadibandro. And we are all members of the team and we are telling you, Lagosians, allow your votes to count, participate and be heard. Don't complain the next four years. It's going to happen in March. Be ready, get your PVCs and God bless everyone. God bless Nigeria and God bless Lagos States.