LAGOS State governor, Mr
Babatunde Fashola, has accused the Federal Government of not being sincere
about its ability to provide stable power supply in Nigeria for the past 16
years.
Fashola made the allegation in
Abuja, while delivering a lecture as part of activities lined up to mark the
birthday of former Bayelsa State governor, Chief Timipre Sylva.
He stated that despite the
inability of the Federal Government to deliver on its pledge to provide power
to Nigerians, Lagos State government had shown what was possible with its power
initiatives in Egbin, Akute, Lagos Island, Alausa-Ikeja and Lekki.
Fashola, speaking on the theme:
“The Challenge of Democratic Governance,” said “at all times, the welfare of
the people is the central theme for the canvassing of votes. It is the
ideology, often based on economic outlook, sometimes on social outlook, that
helps to crystallise the difference between the political party machines.”
He also accused the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) of sending a clear message to the people, saying: “We
care about you, but you do not need development, so we will not do any
developmental work in three years. In the fourth year, we will give you money,
kerosene, and rice. Please vote for us, and use the money we give you to
provide your own roads, schools, hospitals and security, until we see you again
in four years.”
Reacting to the allegation, the
Presidency accused Fashola of telling blatant lies about the record of
achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan in office.
According to the Senior Special
Adviser (SSA) to the President, Dr Doyin Okupe, who addressed a press
conference in his office, in Abuja, Fashola sought to misinform Nigerians about
the president.
The presidential aide described
the claim of provision of kerosene, rice and others at the fourth year of its
administration as “blatant and obvious lies, deliberate and skillful
misinformation.”
He added that “nothing can be
further from the truth than this. We admit that Governor Fashola may have been
too occupied in Lagos and that may have narrowed his vision or precluded him
from appreciating lofty developments by this administration all over the
country.
“The government of President
Jonathan has never lied about its achievements, programmes, commitments and
even challenges within the Nigerian context.
“The government inherited a
generating capacity of 2800MW, 10 comatose NIPP projects, and an inefficient
PHCN, the privatisation of which, though central to effective power supply, was
never the less seemingly non-achievable.”
“In three years, the government
has increased power generation to 5,000MW with an installed capacity of
7,000MW; which itself would have increased but for sabotage and vandalism
sponsored by the opposition. The PHCN was seamlessly and transparently
privatised to the acclamation of global players.”
On the issue of insurgency, he
said the president had not lied to the people of Nigeria, noting that at its
peak, it ravaged some 12 states in the North, including Abuja.
“Today, because of the courage,
resilience and capability of our Armed Forces and security agencies, we have
pushed them to the fringes of the North Eastern parts of the country,” he said.
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Fashola should finish his own work abi Ago palace okota is not part of Lagos? that road is horrible
ReplyDeleteNo light in lekki , he lies a lot .
ReplyDeleteThis Fashola should shut the f***k up. What does he know? The president is trying joor! APC witches and wizards,always criticizing. 2015 will sirprises y'all modaf**kas!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 1:48 I was at that your ago palace sometime last month it is terrible, it is 2nd river niger APC might not get any vote their come next election
ReplyDeleteyou are talking about ago palace, what about ajao est.? from ejigbo link bridge to osolo way takes you more than 1hr. shameless people going abt lying to the masses. lagos is a total slum. if fashola was Akpabio, he will wear trumpet as chain. liers.
ReplyDeleteWhen APC boast about numerous achievements in Lagos state , I just wonder if it is d same lagos I know or another .bola tinubu m fashola combined can't even equal marwa's achievements
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