A conversation between X User (@FinPlanKaluAja1) and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, 2023 Governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Lagos State.
@FinPlanKaluAja1 posted: “Most of the kids here in X don’t really understand that Nigeria was a giant.
“Nigeria was so wealthy that it was sending engineers, doctors and professionals across Africa and the Caribbean for free.
“Today, it’s reduced to parents struggling to get a branded carton of Maggie and tomato sauce with the photos of the president to feed kids they can’t afford
“If all you know is hot, dirty water to drink, then cold, dirty water is an improvement
“Some of us drank clean water from a public tap”
GRV quoted @FinPlanKaluAja1 ‘s post and commented: “I vividly recall playing football in ISL ‘1993 after playing, we all take turns to wash our legs, face and then drink water from the tap AND not get sick, there was nothing like boreholes or pure water sachets then. Clean Potable Water was supplied by the water works
“Today the people of Lagos island are desperate for water, the very same Lagos Island, Darocha was supplying water through pipes he laid from Iju to Lagos island as far back as 1910.
“It is time for a Lagos that works for you, A lagos that revolves around maximising your quality of life, from the most basic things like potable water to the more complex such as affordable housing and affordable intermodal transportation.”
The Convo:
I vividly recall playing football in ISL '1993 after playing, we all take turns to wash our legs, face and then drink water from the tap AND not get sick, there was nothing like boreholes or pure water sachets then. Clean Potable Water was supplied by the water works .
— Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (@GRVlagos) April 23, 2026
Today… https://t.co/4qRZ9mdW6j
Photo: Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour
