Good and Bad

I love talking about Lagos, because that is where i reside. It is a very interesting place to be, i mean with all the very interesting changes going on here and there, I am beginning to feel like i am somewhere else, say New York, Ah Ah Ah !!!! am sure you are having a hearty laugh but not to worry we will get there someday with the likes of Governor Raji Fashola still there i hope...............
He is doing things alot of people won't dare to do but as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria he is well grounded, he knows his Onions.
Why i will not stop pouring accolades is because if you were in Lagos in the past ten years, you will understand why i am so excited, "The place was out of place" I am not being political here but i am just appreciating something good. If you don't live here it will be practically impossible for you to even imagine the Horrors and the Fear of Living in Lagos but thank God we can breadth fresh air.
The changes are numerous from the Brt, to the maintenance of the third mainland bridge to the beautification of the city infact everywhere is coming alive but i have a problem here, are the people carried along?
Change comes with alot of responsiblities and the people who are supposed to be the beneficiary of this changes are not carried along. Let me give a typical example. I reside in Sururlere, Itire to be specific and alot of demolishing is going on as i write, at this point i feel so sad because my mind quickly goes back to helpless people watching as the government brings down there homes to rubbles with no alternative and no immediate provision for where to lay there head. I know the government will argue that they gave them notices but we all know how accommodation is like here, very expensive and a lot of people here live hand to mouth,with no steady means of livelihood so just removing the shelter off their head and leaving them stranded on the street is not fair at all. I can’t write more, my heart is so heavy now, I feel even more than pity for them and I hope somebody somewhere reads this and do something, expansion of the road is good but living the people homeless is bad. Think on this…..

Eagle’s eye

BRT or WHAT !

Wow,
Lagosians are experiencing a new phase in transportation, with the arrival of the Bus Rapid Transport popularly known as BRT and it is actually rapid beating the traffics with ease. Shall we say Kudos to the governor, wait a minute that is why we voted him in, i mean he is obliged to serving us well although there is no problem saying well done.
Now we can get to our various destination with ease clean and crisp as we left our homes, Hmmmmmm....... I remember the good old days or will i say the bad old days , i dreaded going out, i had my mind prepared for any eventualities, my money was always in smaller denomination to avoid harrasment from conductors or gettin involved in " bus stop Marriage" dont ask me what that means, in lagos conductors always marry people out everyday, man to man, woman to woman, man to woman, young to old, infact the list is endless.
Now i just enjoy the cruise in the very clean( i mean the inside) and spacious BRT, but....................... i have a proplem here, i mean on board the BRT, the conductors or what do they call them really don't have any similitude of customer relations a typical case of old wine in New bottle. The way they talk to the passengers infact is appalling, Working with the Governor does not make them the Governor and whatever happened to maintenance, i mean the buses are so dirty that you wonder if Lagos was no more a city surrounded by water.
While i still enjoy my jolly ride on Brt, I hope the conductors will be given a little training on dealing with people and please the buses should be cleaned inside out apart from all of these the development is commendable.
Well done Governor Raji Fashola, Hmmm..... Brt or What
Eagle's Eye