SO IF AMBODE BECOMES A MINISTER IN THIS NEW DISPENSATION, WOULD HEAVEN FALL?

Akinwunmi Ambode 

The new vastly improved international Airport way

Over 800 brand new buses out of the 5000 expected. 

The new addition at LASUTH 

One of the 500 seater theaters 

The outgoing executive Governor of the number 1 state in Nigeria, that's talking about Lagos State in the person of his excellency, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode never believed that he wouldn't be doing a 2nd term in office, till the plot to remove him gathered real storm. He believed against all hope, that last last, one way or the other he would be allowed to do the 2nd term. But alas that has not come to be.

Even when like a rude shock it became plain for all to see and even he himself too saw how futile the battle could be, he still fought gallantly on and when he saw that there was nothing he could do any more eventually, he had to accept his fate and let go finally and he then gave his support to the overwhelming choice of his party in the person of 'Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu', who at the subsequent Gubernatorial Election, coasted home gallantly to victory in the election, like there were no other contestants in the race. In fact, were the votes of all the others counted together, they all would still have lost against the man everyone has come to now know as just B.O.S.

So now that Ambode's fate has been sealed and the only option left for him to serve the people again if he still wants to, is if he were to he be picked/nominated by the President for a ministerial position as one of those to represent Lagos State. Those who who want him to be quickly forgotten or consigned to the past, are strongly against him becoming a minister too!

The Governor has been accused by those who do not necessarily like him, of playing to the gallery with how he has had to do so many last minutes launching of many projects--The Theaters on many areas, the new section at the LASUTH, the new Oshodi Transport Hub, many of the projects which they claim are not even finished yet. In the opinion of these people, they feel that nothing stops the outgoing Governor of letting those projects be finished in totality and then so that the incoming administration could properly launch them then. They are claiming that the Governor is 'glory seeking' at all cost. And to all of these, the one thing we can just say to these set is that, why not? What stops anyone from glory seeking? Is it an evil thing to do?

If the only way for one to assure one's legacy, is to do anything that he can lawfully do, why not then? The incoming administration under normal circumstances, should come in and come on board with her own plans/agenda and projects to execute without necessarily waiting for anything from the previous administration in the first instance.

And also, if the outgoing Governor still believes he can serve and serve meritoriously at that in another capacity and he feels he can sell himself well to the powers that be, especially with his resume, what stops him from doing so? What does anyone have to gain from his total wipe out from the scheme of things? Would anyone die, or would any misfortune fall on any, were 'Akinwunmi Ambode' to be nominated for a ministerial position? 

BANK OF INDUSTRY UNVEILS NEW VERY LAUDABLE INITIATIVE-TRADER MONI AT OJUWOYE MARKET

COO GEEP, Office of the VP, Uzoma Nwagba, Ed, BOI, Toyin Adeniji & 2 of the beneficiaries. 

The Executive Director, Bank of Industry, Toyin Adeniji yesterday said that they will not relent until all Nigerians who are willing, have access to loan irrespective of their status or level of education.

Speaking at the unveiling of ‘Trader Moni’ initiative at Ojuwoye market in Lagos, Adeniji said that the programme which has been activated nationwide will support 2 million Nigerians to grow their business.

She also disclosed that the goal of the scheme was to take financial inclusion down to the grassroot whereby pure water seller, bead seller, food seller, okada rider among others can have access to loans to expand their business without any collateral.

The “President Muhammadu Buhari led administration has recognised the contribution of petty traders to economic development and identified the fact that some of them may not have what the commercial banks may require to grant loan, so he supports this initiative to help them grow their business.

“This ‘Trader Moni’ initiative is mobile phone driven. After your details have been captured by the agent and sent to BOI system for validation, within 48 hours you will get cash notification in your mobile wallet account. You can then either transfer the cash to your bank account or cash it out at any mobile money agent office around.

 “At the beginning you can access N10,000 and pay back N10,250 to be qualified for N15,000. Once you payback N15,375 you will then qualify for N20,000 loan, when you pay back N21,000 you will then get N50,000. All these stages have duration of six months interval to pay back.”
“If you wish you can pay back before the six month grace elapses and then access bigger loans. To pay back, you enter some of the banks we have partnered with such as Fidelity, Wema Bank, GtBank, UBA, Heritage Bank, Stanbic Bank, Sterling Bank, Union Bank Jaiz Bank, tell them that you want to pay BOI-GEEP loan for PayDirect.

Corroborating her view, Chief Operating Officer, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, GEEP, Mr. Uzoma Nwagba said that GEEP consists of three products, ‘Farmer Moni’ for farmers which avails them the opportunity to access up to N300,000 loan each.
“Then there is ‘Market Moni’ which targets market women. Traders and artisans that are a little bigger and are more structured, can get between N50,000 and N100,000.

The initiative is available across the country.
Nwagba urged beneficiaries to ensure they pay back to avail others, the opportunity to benefit too, “All this initiative aims to do is to expand financial inclusion because we have over 23 million Nigerians that are financially excluded, and the present administration aims to reach them so that they can grow their businesses.

HAJIA AISHA M. BUHARI SAYS HER HUSBAND DESERVES SOME ACCOLADES!

The gorgeous wife of our President, her excellency AISHA Mohammed Buhari on her instagram page about 12 hours ago showed she is in tune with what's current and on the lips of the people.

In giving her husband a pat on the back for doing a good job well done on his current trip to the United States of America, against the backdrop of the many unrelenting ground swell of unprecedented opposition, Hajia Aisha in saying kudos to her husband said,

 "Dear President, You deserve some #accolades 🙌

The above just tells it as it is, that those in the position of power are not impervious to current realities on the ground. So if anything, we must speak out LOUD for them to always hear us.