Gov. Fashola blasts Jonathan again... SEE REASONS

The Lagos state governor,
Babatunde Fashola, has accused
President Goodluck Jonathan of
taking credit for projects
constructed by the Lagos state
government.

According to Premium Times,
Fashola expressed his discontent
speaking at the seventh annual
colloquium of the former
governor of the state, Bola
Tinubu, on March 25, 2015.
According to the governor it was
“corrupt” for the president to lay
claim to a waterworks project in
Lagos.
Jonathan’s campaign group had
listed the Phase two water
project at Adiyan, Lagos, as one
the achievements of his
administration, suggesting to
Lagos people that the president
had delivered it to the state.
“This morning on page 64 of the
Guardian, I saw a list of
accomplishment of the president
in Lagos; there were others that
they have built the road leading
to the international airport. But
what was disturbing was that
they listed phase two
waterworks as one of things the
president have done in Lagos,”
Fashola said.
Fashola stressed in his speech
that the project was constructed
by his administration, with
funding from Lagos taxpayers’
money.
“I think that is cheap, a lie about
something you did not do and I
think it is corrupt. For the record,
that waterworks is being
constructed by the Lagos State
government with tax payer’s
money,” he added.
In November 2014, Reuben
Abati, the special adviser on
media and publicity to the
president, showcased projects
executed by the Kano state
government as part of the legacy
projects executed by the
President Goodluck Jonathan’s
administration in the northwest
geopolitical zone of the country.
On March 22, 2015, in a 10-part
series of tweets Abati
highlighted major projects that
he said the Jonathan
administration had executed in
the six northwest states of Kano,
Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi
and Zamfara.
The Kano state government in its
turn accused the presidency of
fraud and demanded an apology.
It is not the first time the Lagos
state governor has voiced his
criticism of the president’s
actions. A month ago Fashola
blasted Goodluck Jonathan for
his incessant visits to Lagos
ahead of the presidential
election.
Following the tragedy when
armed men stormed the First City
Monument Bank in Lekki, the
governor reacted with fury at the
preside n
t for diverting police resources
during his campaign visit to the
city.

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