Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde
Fashola, and the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the
state, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday, took a swipe at President
Goodluck Jonathan for his repeated visits to Lagos ahead of the March 28
presidential election.
They said the President was only being deceived by the state leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party as Lagosians would not vote for him.
While speaking at a rally in the
Ifako/Ijaye Local Government Area of the state, Fashola said although
Jonathan had a right to visit the state, his recent visits were
hypocritical because when Lagos was facing its biggest challenge during
the Ebola outbreak, the President never visited the state.
He, therefore, urged the people of the state not to be deceived by the visits.
Fashola accused the President of
distributing dollars during his five-day visit to the state last week,
adding that Jonathan’s planned visit to Lagos on Sunday would amount to
nothing.
He said, “They have said the President is
coming to Lagos. He is welcome to come; Lagos is part of his
constituency but we will not vote for him because when we needed him, he
did not come to help us. When the international airport road was
damaged and he promised to fix it, did you see him?
“When Ebola hit Lagos, did he come? When
Kuramo Beach was overflowing and it was going to wipe out the entire
Goshen Beach Estate, did you see the President? When I took him to
Ibeju-Lekki, where people were losing their lands, we flew in a
helicopter to the place but after that, the President never returned. I
wrote letters and appealed but no response.
“We have been using your taxes to protect
those communities. So, you have been on your own, with your own party
and government. So, he can come 200 times but will you vote for him? The
only time the President works is a few weeks to elections. When there
was security problem in Lagos, who was buying guns and patrol vehicles
for the police? Was it not us?”
Ambode said his supporters were free to
collect money from Jonathan when he comes to visit on Sunday. He,
however, urged the people of the state not to sell their PVCs to the
PDP.
“When they offer you dollars, collect it, it is our money. But vote for us,” he said.
From Punch..
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