SPONSORED: Ambode’s many sins against Lagosians (Part 1)

The announcement, Tuesday, August 27th, that the Lagos State House of Assembly had inaugurated a committee to probe the administration of ex-Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, was the climax of the vociferous outcry by well-meaning Lagosians at home and abroad, civil society groups and the media among other stakeholders that Lagos, under Ambode, retrogressed, degenerated and had its finances mindlessly pillaged. As at 2015, Lagos was rated the fifth biggest economy in Africa.

The good people of Lagos State would also like to know, among other things, how the state’s commonwealth was diverted to private accounts in countries like Seychelles and Mauritius; and the ownership of some prime skyscrapers in Eko Atlantic City linked with Ambode.Ambode introduced the Bus Reform Initiative designed to bequeath a world-class transportation system and enhance connectivity across the state.

Yet, Ambode budgeted for the purchase of the buses at N24bn and N7bn in 2018 and 2019 respectively, and the proposal suffered the same fate as that of the 2017 budget proposal. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa said that the House needed to prevent waste because the expenditure had been done and, therefore, directed the committee to invite the Accountant General of the state, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transport and others that were involved to explain their roles in what is unfurling as a monumental rip off of Lagos State.

One of the casualties of this initiative was the very effective Private Sector Participation in waste management which had been in existence since 1997. Ambode sacked the private waste managers and brought in Visionscape and its strategic partners for deployment of waste management infrastructure.

Now that the House of Assembly has denied approving the multi-billion dollar deal with Visionscape, some of the posers now are; did Ambode, again, circumvent the process to get the deal done? If he had nothing to hide, why not carry the necessary stakeholders along?For all his bluster and brilliance as a chartered accountant, the long arm of the law still uncovered the corruption closet of Ambode.

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