The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has accused the former governor Babatunde Fashola of being a failure, alleging that his administration was largely based on propaganda.
The party, therefore, counselled his successor, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, to govern the state with the fear of God in order to move the state out of its “make-belief” situation.
This was stated in a statement issued by PDP state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Taofik Gani, adding that the party did not expect Ambode to act differently in terms of running his administration based on propaganda.
Gani said: “While we hope the best for Lagos State, it is our objective projection that Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode may not depart from the propagandist government now institutionalised in the state by Governor Fasholal.
The party also advised the new governor to avoid the entrapment of ‘godfatherism’ for Lagos State to prosper.
The party said: “It is, however our wish that the state prospers and so we admonish Ambode to get close to God and jettison ‘godfatherism’ in order to make any appreciable success. By upholding this tenet, Mr. Ambode will implement policies for the people and not continue in the manner that (suggests) the state economy is in the hands of a godfather.
“With monthly internally generated revenue of at least N27bn, no governor should fail in Lagos State. But former Governor Fashola left office leaving the state with the highest local and international debt profile in the federation.
“The former governor failed because of his overdependence on a godfather and his own self believe”, adding that so many projects were abandoned by Fashola.
“Such include, lack of affordable low-cost housing, balkanised civil service with no minimum wage, unresolved Lagos State University crisis, economic and human rights violations. Others are shortage of road networks, hostile business environment, inability to bring down cost of living in the state, poor primary and secondary education standard, to mention a few,” the statement added.
The party expressed confidence that through the ongoing governorship tribunal, its candidate, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, might be declared the winner of the April 11, 2015 poll.
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