Mr. Chuks Iloegbunam, a commentator on national affairs, wrote from Lagos.

AT 68, Dr. Peter Otunuya Odili has packed in that relatively old age, a record of achievements that is the envy of his peers. Born on August 15, 1948 in Ogba, Egbema, Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, his parents, Chief Philip Celestine and Princess Janet Okwei Odili, may not have imagined the great heights their then little child was destined for. But as the legendary Professor Chinua Achebe would say, a chick that will grow to be a cock is known the day it was hatched.

“Their HATE for President Goodluck Jonathan justifies the suffering in the land. Recession matters not. Hunger matters not. Loss of jobs matters not. Polio matters not. Making a mess of the naira matters not. Fulani Herdsmen matter not. High cost of foodstuffs matters not. Chibok matters not. We have men consumed by their hate for Jonathan and it matters not if Nigeria burns” – PRINCE HENRY NWAZURUAHU SHIELD, FACEBOOK, AUGUST 11th 2016.

In many instances, some newspaper columnists tend to cry out more than professional politicians whose utterances easily unveil their political camps. But when a newspaper columnist continuously takes the responsibility to feed readers with biased write-ups, like Tonnie Iredia does often on Edo 2016 governorship election, one is pushed to call him to order.

The innovative voyage embarked upon by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode at the Oworonsoki bus stop has no doubt mitigated the traffic snarl and incidental crime of yore that transcends Lagos Island to the mainland. Curiously too, it has raised the question regarding whether a single innovation can give satisfactory answers to a myriad of multi-faceted traffic and incidental problems confronting Lagosians?