These photos show his last day in office as captured by his official photographer,Lukesh!
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Fashola Clears Desk And Leaves Office(Photos)
These photos show his last day in office as captured by his official photographer,Lukesh!
Governor Fashola Pictured Waiting For Election Results(See)
The governor of Lagos is seen watching the results announcements in his office. Surely he's just as curious to find out the winner as we all are.
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola Hosts Ebola Survivors
Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, September 18th, hosted some Ebola survivors at his office at the state Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
Speaking with the survivors, the governor commended them for coming forward to share their experiences, saying that they are proof that the disease is not a death sentence.
The survivors in attendance included the widow of late Port Harcourt doctor, Dr Emenuo Kelechi (left), Dr Ibeawuchi Morris (second left), Dr Fadipe Akinniyi (centre), Mr. Dennis Akagha (late Nurse Justina Ejelonu's fiance) and Dr Adaora Igonoh.
While sharing their experiences, one of the survivors and staff of First Consultant Hospital, Dr. Ibeabuchi Morris, said he was the first to receive late Sawyer at the hospital where he was first treated for Malaria.
He said after the patient continued to have high temperature, he took the blood sample and sent it to the laboratory, then contacted Dr. Stella Adadevoh who advised him to continue attending to the patient pending the arrival of the test result. He said when the blood result arrived it was confirmed that he was EVD positive. Sawyer died a few days later.
Dr. Ibeabuchi disclosed that he started manifesting symptoms of the disease 12 days later as his body temperature continued to rise beyond 38.5 degrees Celsius. He said when his condition continued to degenerate, he reported to the Lagos State Ministry of Health and was advised to restrict his contact with members of his family.
According to him, his body temperature got to an all time high of over 40 degrees at which point the Medical team from Lagos State came and took him to the isolation centre after decontaminating his house. He thanked the Lagos State Government and all the other agencies and individuals who took care of him and made it possible for him to survive.
Another survivor, Dr. Adaora Igonoh, thanked the Lagos State Governor and the Government for their dedication in the battle to contain the spread of the disease which, according to her, made it possible for some victims, including herself to survive the virus.
Dr. Igonoh, who is also a staff of First Consultants Hospital, commended the hospital and the staff for the risk they took to ensure that the disease did not spread beyond the limit it did. She also paid tribute to those who lost their lives, adding that without their sacrifice, the story would probably have been different.
Also giving his testimony, Mr. Dennis Akagha, fiancee to Justina Akagha, a nursing staff of First Consultants Hospital who died days after attending to Patrick Sawyer, said he got to hear about his fiancee's contact with Sawyer when the death of the Liberian was announced on television. She later told him she'd treated Sawyer.
He said when the symptoms of the disease started manifesting in Justina, they first thought it was pregnancy induced or Malaria because she'd told him she wore protective gloves while attending to Sawyer. He said that on the 14th day, Justina's condition worsened and he took her to First Consultants from where he was directed to the Isolation Centre in Yaba where she later passed on.
He disclosed that he did not immediately go to hospital when he started manifesting the symptoms until he started vomiting and feeling dehydrated. He said he was finally taken to the Isolation Centre where he was treated and discharged after he tested negative of the virus.
Other survivors who gave testimonies were Dr. Fadipe Akinniyi, also a staff of First Consultants Hospital and Dr. (Mrs.) Kelechi Emenuo, wife of late Dr. Emenuo, who treated one of Mr. Sawyer’s companions in Port Harcourt and later died of the disease.
Revealed : Synagogue Building Had No Govt. Approval, As Governor Fashola Visits Site
Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola yesterday I4th September, visited the site of the collapsed building inside the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun.
He commiserated with the church founder, Prophet T.B Joshua and also ordered all church workers to stop work on the site to enable officials of the Nigerian Emergency Management Authority work effectively.
Meanwhile, the Lagos state Commissioner for Physical planning, Mr Toyin Ayinde, revealed that the 5-storey building had no government approval for its construction.
Speaking to newsmen at the site today, the state Commissioner said records in his office shows that no permit was handed to the civil engineers for the building to be erected but said he was awaiting the church engineers to present the building permit they were given to erect the collapsed building. Source
Governor Fashola Denies Reports That Ebola Patients Are Treated Unfairly(READ)
In a broadcast yesterday August 17th, Lagos state governor, Raji Fashola completely debunked reports of Ebola patients in Lagos state-provided Isolation wards being maltreated. While appreciating the concerns of relatives and friends of the victim, Governor Fashola said they are receiving the best care health..
"I appreciate the concerns and anxiety that friends and relatives of sick victims must be going through. I assure you that our thoughts and prayers are with you. I understand that you expect special care for your loved ones, and this is to be expected. I assure you that they are receiving the best care that the experts have recommended to us, given the circumstances; because they say that this is the best way to proceed especially because experienced personnel in Ebola containment and management have always been a challenge" Fashola said. Read the full message below....
Dear Lagosians,
As you must now be aware, we are facing perhaps our biggest challenge to public health and the safety of human lives at this moment with the discovery of the Ebola virus in our state.
This poses a threat to the primary purpose of our Government whi...ch is to save lives.
This address has become necessary to respond to a series of text messages, e-mails and telephone calls that I have received in order to reiterate some of what you may already know, to share information about what you may not know, and to keep everybody safe.
This has become the moreso in the light of allegations that are making the rounds, either that victims are being neglected, orthat a useful drug or vaccine is being rejected or that there is a shortage of funds.
I wish to state very categorically that none of these is true.
What is true is that we should perhaps never have been in this situation, but we are now in it.
What is true is that the Ebola virus did not break outfrom within Nigeria, it was imported into Nigeria.
What is true is that we have followed all the contacts that we know who have had primary and secondary contacts with the patient who imported the virus into our state, or with people who had contact with him.
Because we had to react to an unexpected situation, we had to react in a proper and methodical way, according to acceptable global health standards.
I can now tell you that in the last one week, with the help and advice of our technical partners, such as the World Health Organisation, the Centre for Disease Control and the Medecins Sans Frontiers, who have tracked this virus and studied it for decades, our response is a lot better than when the news first broke; and our capacity is increasing daily.
Although we have suffered very painful losses of lives, I think it is fair to say that we are not yet at an epidemic stage and we are determined to do everything not to get to that stage; because of the grave consequences to the safety of human lives.
We have provided information to the public on all state-owned media, while the private media have commendably joined in this effort. There is also information available on the social media platform.
Since Monday last week, precisely on the 11th of August, I commenced meetings on an almost daily basis with stakeholders in our society, religious leaders, traditional rulers, market men and women, community development associations, to brief them of the risk, to re-assure them that we are daily gaining control, to advise them and all of you to be cautious but not to panic.
My view of the fact that we are gaining control, is informed by verifiable facts that I receive daily from our health workers that all the cases of those who have either unfortunately died, or those who are sick, and those who are contacts under surveillance are directly traceable to the imported case.
There is also now the news that a confirmed victim has fully recovered, which reinforces the advice from our experts that it is not an automatic death sentence.
This is encouraging news from which our containment strategy can profit greatly; because it means that we do not have any case of unknown origin, which will raise the risk of an epidemic.
Dear Lagosians, the challenge of managing the Ebola virus is big but our resolve to contain and defeat it is bigger.
That resolve is demonstrated by the courage shown by the first set of health workers at state and federal levels who stood up to be counted, and the leadership of the state and federal Ministries of Health with the support of our international partners.
In spite of fear, they stood up to be counted at a time of grave danger.
We should salute their courage, professionalism, patriotism and humanitarian disposition.
They are the heroes and heroines that we have looked for for a long time. I cannot thank them enough.
While we are doing everything to assure their safety and to give them confidence to proceed; I want to passionately appeal that we must not do anything to distract them or demotivate them.
What they need now is our encouragement and support to gain even stronger control of the situation.
What they do not need are rumours and the distractions that they can bring with them.
I appreciate the concerns and anxiety that friends and relatives of sick victims must be going through. I assure you that our thoughts and prayers are with you.
I understand that you expect special care for your loved ones, and this is to be expected.
I assure you that they are receiving the best care that the experts have recommended to us, given the circumstances; because they say that this is the best way to proceed especially because experienced personnel in Ebola containment and management have always been a challenge.
What will be helpful to the situation now is additional medical personnel, who are willing to volunteer to join hands with those on the frontline.
But the experts also caution that those who sign up cannot immediately start to participate in the isolation ward, where sick people are being treated, no matter how qualified and experienced they are.
They must undergo a few days of training by our international body of advisers and understand the protocol for operation in the isolation ward for their own safety, and the sustenance of the containment plan to stop the virus from spreading.
To those who are seeking to do brisk business from this situation, I offer a word of caution and re-assessment. This is not our way.
I must also say to those who are seeking to raise funds that we appreciate your concerns but we are not yet at a fund raising stage and I cannot foresee that eventuality.
For now, the state has enough resources to fund everything that is needed. This is what your taxes can do in emergencies. Our House of Assembly has thankfully approved a request for any needed expenditure.
The President, Dr.GoodluckEbele Jonathan and the Honourable Minister for Health have shown the appropriate level of concern about the national and global risks that this poses and I am sure they will provide funds should we be unable to do so, if we ask for it.
The combined team of State and Federal personnel, our international partners, are daily sharing information with the public and the Federal Government about the status of the patients and contacts in a transparent way, and we should all please listen to them. They are the ones who have the facts.
What all of us must do is to follow all their advice, especially about reporting any suspected cases and about increasing our personal hygiene by constant washing of our hands with soap and water.
We should stop unhygienic practices of urinating in public and defaecating in public because those are body fluids and waste through which the virus is known to thrive.
This new week, starting from today and the next one, will bethe sharpest part of the curve that we expect to negotiate.
Last week we cleared a total of61 (SIXTY ONE) contactsafter the 21 days surveillance which is the known lifespan of the virus.
These people were not sick. They were persons who needed to be monitored because of real or suspected contacts to be certain that they did not eventually fall sick.
We cautiously wait to see how many more people will be cleared and hope that there will be no new cases.
Nevertheless, our strategy is to prepare for the worst by making plans to expand the facility to take any new cases, while we hope for the best.
There is a lot to do, and we need your collaboration to remain focused on containment and treatment.
Finally, I will like to say that this is the first time that the virus has infected people in an urban centre. It is a steep learning curve for everybody but it presents a huge opportunity for us as a people to show the world how to overcome it.
With your support and understanding, we will do no less, because we intend to overcome and defeat this threat.
BabatundeRajiFashola, SAN
Governor of Lagos State
Shocking and Outrageous!!! Lagos State Versus Akwa Ibom State Pension Benefits Bill
Last week the internet was abuzz with the pension demands stipulated in the bill passed by the Akwa Ibom state house of Assembly.If you missed it, read it here.
While Nigerians criticize the extravagant and dubious pension bill sent by Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio; they are unaware that his Lagos State counterpart, Babatunde Fashola has the same version of the bill already assented to by the State House of Assembly.
The bill was sent to the lawmakers on 9th May, 2007 and passed into law on 18th May, 2007 hurriedly by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration with connivance from the then elected governor.
The bill which was obtained by Elombah.com reveals that Fashola and his deputy will always be entitled to the same salary paid to the State sitting governor and deputy governor with all benefits as provided by the Revenue Mobilasation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). This will be enjoyed for life by the duo, provided they were not impeached during their tenure in office.
The bill which is also outrageous stipulates that Fashola and his deputy shall be paid 100% of the annual salary of the incumbent which will be reviewed every 5 years or when there is a review of salaries for political holders in the state and nation. More alarming are the benefits attached to the retired governor, which Fashola will soon be in less than a year time. According to the bill; Fashola and his deputy will smile home with 300% of their annual salary being paid for mere furniture’s, which must be payable every two years en-bloc while their house maintenance will gulp 10% of same salary.
Their personal allowance will also be paid to them at 25% while their car maintenance will make the state purse run short with 305 of same annual salary. Their entertainment of any kind will cost the state 10%, just as their utility bills will be 25%.
Other fringe benefits which Fashola wants for himself but left out the amount to be paid him includes emoluments for his transportation and the payment of salaries to his direct staff.
The governor and deputy who may have just gone cold are also entitled to free medical checkup, alongside their immediate families with excess security provided for him.
While it is a known fact that houses in high brow areas of Lagos and Abuja cost millions of Naira; Fashola went ahead to demand for a residential house in Lagos for himself and deputy governor in any place of their choice.
Should Fashola and his deputy chose to stay in Banana Island after his tenure; Lagos State will cough out over N500 million to do so. Another residential house will also be given to the duo in Abuja in any place of their choice; which will also cost over N500 million of the state purse on two consecutive terms.
The bill also gives the governor access to three chauffeur cars, I pilot car and two back up cars, while his deputy is entitled to two cars, 1 pilot car and a backup car which will all be replaced every three years, without stating if the former ones will be retrieved back from them.
Fashola will also enjoy the services of cook, steward, Gardner, and other domestic staff all at tax payers’ money, with all the staff pensionable. The security details of the former governors propounded by Fashola will have two SSS details and one female officer for the governor and just one SSS detail for the deputy. 8 policemen will also guard the governor (four each for house and personal security) and two for the deputy governor. His drivers whose numbers are not mentioned are also pensionable.
The mind boggling bill was passed in 2007 after being ascertained by the State House of Assembly Clerk, R.O.A Jaiyesimi. The bill haven been passed into law will be enjoyed by Fashola and other former governors and deputy governors of the state who are qualified.
This is why people die when it comes to politics in this country. Nobody is saying people should not be rewarded for serving their fatherland but the above is outrageous and selfish and a standard national pension bill should be stipulated for the payment of president governors and their deputies. Who knows what Obasanjo is currently enjoying at the moment. We will do a check on that...
Gov. Fashola Alert: Heavy Extortion By Road Safety, VIO and Lagos State Officials At The Drivers License Office
Victims of road safety, VIO and Lagos state officials extortion at the drivers license office is calling on Governor Fashola to come to their aid as the manner in which the exercise is conducted is not balanced at all. People coming through the back door pay more fees while the people who want to follow the due process are being ignored and kept to wait.
Various comments on this issue from popular blogs has been coming, please read some of them:
1. Anonymous said...
Heheheheh me and my hubby paid 26k and did it in 1 hour.... My country My country... the money pain me well.... but my sister in law as been doing hers for months,and I wasn't about to go through that s**t and the way they just made us pass people that have been sitting down all day ehn???,
2.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
I paid 17000 for d so called license for it to come out under a short duration of tym which it did came out, This is Nigeria, a country where everything goes either gud or bad. I love ma country except for some injustices.
I refused to pay any bribe and its been over a year now. My licence is nt out.
Mteeeews
4.Na wetin police dey take chop now o. Once they stop you, they will ask for your driver's license cos they know a lot of people do not have it yet. mtschew!
Kaycee. said...
Dear Poster,do you have a choice?There had been series of complains to the governors office; he's reply is always like Jonathan, we have our people looking critically into the matter; the difference is Fashola speaks good English with Vocabularies,so most of us take him serious; Lagos has not seized being the chop-i-chop state, from lekki toll gate to drivers licence; when this guys even see that. you have. the new drivers licence,some go vex ask you for fire-estinguisher;nothing seems to work except there is money involved constantly then it works great; be thankful that you have a car and live this people to Chop; i remember getting the new plate number and in less than 3months all the ink just wiped out effortlessly, what will you do-Nothing because Nigeria won't listen;"na where them dey work;na there dem dey chop"
Eesah said...
It's not new. Extortion has always been synonymous 2 Fashola's regime. It's his own way of enriching dmslves. D rich getting richer and d poor languishing in abject poverty. God no dey sleep
7. diamondblinqZ said...
Yet deir kids, siblinqs, cuz,relations come here n rain insults on Jonathan. Since he is d scapeqoat. God is watchinq u all!
POWER TUSSLE : Governor Fashola closes Orji Uzor Kalu’s Lagos Mansion
The recent deportation of Igbo’s in Lagos State back to their State is hottest trending social news.
Few weeks ago Lagos State Government under the leadership of Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola deported some Igbo indegenes back to their state.
This move has being criticizes by many Igbo leaders including former Abia state Governor Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu while Amnesty International has in fact put the number of Lagos State residents deported by the Fashola administration at over 9,000.
The Lagos State Government has sealed a property of a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, in Park View Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos.
The sealing of the house is coming on the heels of the criticism of Fashola by Kalu over the deportation of 72 residents of Lagos, who are of South-East origin.
The Igbo men and women were dumped by the Lagos State Government under the bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State, in the early hours of the day.
Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu criticizes and request apologies from Governor Fashola over the deportation of the Igbo’s peoples and threatened to sue him.
Reacting to the sealing of Kalu's Park View house, his Special Adviser (Media), Emeka Obasi, said it was done as a revenge for the criticism he(Fashola) received from the former Abia State Governor, who is the Coordinator of Njiko Igbo, a group fighting the cause of the South East.
Obasi said the property had been there for several years and that sealing it after just two weeks of his boss criticsing Fashola over the deportation issue was an indication that there was more to it.
'Governor Babatunde Fashola's father passes on'
Alhaji Ademola Fashola, the father of governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has been reported d*ad. He died in the early hours of today, August 5th, after a brief illness.
He was 75-years old. Governor Fashola is on his way back home from Saudi Arabia, after a brief visit.
May his gentle soul rest in peace, Amen.
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