The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mr. Tunji Shele, has described the statement made by the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, over President Jonathan’s visit to the state as an indication that the “governor has become jobless.”
Shelle, in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Friday, said he used to have a lot of respect for the governor, but that his recent actions were unbecoming of a state governor.
Fashola had at a political rally in the Ifako/Ijaye Local Government Area of the state on Thursday accused the President of distributing dollars during his five-day visit to the state last week, and that the President’s planned visit to Lagos on Sunday would amount to nothing ahead of the forthcoming elections.
He said the President never visited the state when it was facing its biggest challenge (during the Ebola outbreak) and that his recent visits were hypocritical.
Shelle, in his reaction, said the governor had abandoned his work of governance to that of gossiping and spreading rumours, adding that the governor was “jeopardising the interest of Lagosians by doing what he should not be doing and looking at the direction he should not look at.”
He added, “It’s very sad that something like that would come out from a governor. I am the chairman of PDP in Lagos State and I know the President didn’t distribute any money to anybody. He inaugurated some projects during his visit and had meetings with various groups. It is the figment of Fashola’s imagination and evil machination.
“The governor is now jobless, and to say that Mr. President was in Lagos to share dollars means that he doesn’t have work to do; all he is now doing is gossips and spreading rumours.
“He did the whole job he wanted to do in the first few months of his first term, not even the entire term. I won’t say he has not done anything, he planted flowers, did a few roads, and at what cost? What values has he added to the people than the fact that he succeeded in offending an average Lagosian, including traders and civil servants? However, we know that his master will not allow him to work even if he has any idea at all.”
via nigerianeye
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