The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has blamed the Peoples
Democratic Party for the challenges confronting the country, especially as
regards the insecurity of lives and property of Nigerians.
According to him, the country is too important – both globally and
continentally – “to be left in the hands of those who play politics with the
lives of her citizens.”
He also said that an alternative to the All Progressives Congress
government in Lagos State in next year’s election was tantamount to
experimenting with the life and future of its residents.
In a statement obtained by Saturday PUNCH through the governor’s Special
Adviser on Media, Hakeem Bello, Fashola stated that a change of leadership at
the national level was expedient, while blaming the PDP for failing to provide
the security of lives and property of citizens.
While throwing a jab at the PDP-led central government, he said, “Please
ask them why smaller economies could get petrol easily for their people and why
we have to queue for hours and days to get petrol in a biggest economy in
Africa.
“When people come and say that there is no power, they only speak of
their inefficiency and incapacity to deliver power. Electricity, as an
invention, is over 100 years old; so there is no excuse for Nigerians to
continue to live in darkness.”
Fashola also advised that Nigerians cast their votes wisely in the
upcoming general elections at the national and Lagos State levels.
He said, “Lagosians have the responsibility to keep the change that has
been achieved so far.You will do so with your votes; that is your power. Please
ensure that you go and collect your voter’s card in order to protect what you
have built in Lagos.
“Lagos is too important to Nigeria, it is too important to Africa, it is
too important across the world, to be entrusted to those who want to experiment
with it.”
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