Fashola- The Way We Collect House Rent In Nigeria Must Change

Babatunde Fashola,who is the Minister for Works, Housing and Power said at a recent press conference that the way landlord demand for two years house rent whenever people are seeking to get an apartment should change.He also said that that maybe if we changed the way we collected rent alone many houses that are unoccupied, will be occupied,

“The way we collect rent is something that must change. If we are collecting two years rent in advance from a salary that is going to be earned in arrears monthly, there’s an accounting mismatch. This is something many of us have experienced, you pay two years rent in advance money you haven’t earned.
Something is distorted somewhere in our accounting model. We must all resolve, property owners alike, that maybe if we changed the way we collected rent alone many houses that are unoccupied, will be occupied. I am inclined to think that if we just change the payment system for housing we will accommodate a significant number of people.” he said

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2,123 Police Officers Deployed to Protect The President While Robbers Robbed Lekki Bank- Fashola

March 12 was a day not to be forgotten in Lagos state as armed men dressed in army uniforms stormed the First City Monument Bank in Lekki, killing police officers and innocent citizens.
Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola has said that over 2,123 police officers that would have helped to prevent the recent dreadful bank robbery in the state were all deployed to protect President Goodluck Jonathan when he visited the state.

Fashola, who said this yesterday at the 2015 Agriculture Value Chains Empowerment programme, lamented that the president’s visit to the state had paralyzed the state security apparatus to a large extent as a result of which it could not deal with the armed robbery.
He said nearly all the vehicles bought by the state government for the police to enable them respond rapidly to crime were on alert for the president.

Fashola said, “When the president came to Lagos last Thursday, while citizens were being robbed, the president was protected by 2,123 security personnel.

“Let me be very clear, the president is entitled to every protection; he’s our president, but the question to ask is that, when you were being traumatized yesterday, where were these 2,123 men, because you are also entitled to be protected. The reason why the president gets all that protection is so that he can protect all of us”.
Fashola said he was also displeased by the reports of violence and harassment of innocent citizens on Monday during a protest by members of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Coalition of Concerned Nigerians loyal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

“Yesterday, they also showed the difference between us and them when the supporters of the PDP and President Jonathan came out. On March 7, just about a week ago, the APC held a solidarity walk in Lagos. Did anybody attack you on that day?

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NICE PHOTO: See Governor Fashola and Peter Obi Dancing To Daddy Showkey (PHOTO)

They are all legends, its really a nice sight because they are usually all serious, its quite good to see them loose, nice sight, the photo was taken from the Silverbird Awards.

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Lagos deports fresh 46 destitute to Osun

Lagos state has deported about 46 fresh destitutes to Osun State.  Osun State Government, yesterday, said it received 46 additional destitute including two children evacuated from Lagos State.

Receiving the destitute at the National Youth Development Centre, Ode-Omu, yesterday, the Special Adviser to Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Youths, Sports and Special Needs, Hon. Biyi Odunlade said that the state government has no option than to take care of its citizens in any part of the country.

According to him out of the 46 destitute evacuated from Lagos, only 26 were genuine indigenes of the state after their screening.

Odunlade disclosed that about 150 destitute have been repatriated to the state from Lagos, Oyo and other places since the current administration came on board.

His words; “We were invited by Lagos State to pick our brothers and sisters who were destitute and 46 persons were brought, out of which we discovered that just 26 of them are actually indigenes of the state, comprising of 19 males and five females with two children who are from different local governments in the state.

“It is our responsibility to take the matter up because Governor Aregbesola believes in quick and responsible action, and that is why the state government insisted that any time Lagos invited us for their evacuation, we respond on good time.

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