Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State,
yesterday, celebrated his 51st birthday, urging
residents to be vigilant and engage any stranger
in their neighborhood, to know the reason for his
visit to the community.
This came barely days after a car bomb explosion
occurred at the Apapa axis of the state, killing
about four persons and injuring others.
Fashola made the appeal at the commissioning of
the ‘Fountain of Life Church’ main auditorium,
owned by Pastor Taiwo Odukoya in Ilupeju axis of
the state, which also had in attendance the
minister for communication and technology, Dr.
Omobola Johnson, Bishop David Oyedepo and
others.
Speaking after receiving a birthday gift from the
church, the governor said that if Lagosians are
vigilant and adaptive to their community, the
challenges of insecurity would end.
The scene of the blast at Apapa.
“We will overcome the challenges by been vigilant
and adaptive. By asking questions of things that
are not normal. Things that failed to follow the
original conduct of human behavior. By asking
question from people who are strangers in our
mist seeking to know where they came from and
what their purpose was among us,” he said.
“We must no longer keep quite. I am sure that if
we do these simple things, all will be well with
us.”
Fashola however tasked residents to continue to
live in peace and harmony irrespective of what
whatever happens.
His words, “By our action we will show that we
have voted to live together; to live in peace and
to respect one another’s choices. And it is from
that respect that we can earn trust of one
another and keep this state together.”
The governor advocated that religious
organization should partner the government in
eradicating poverty in the country, saying
“constructing and engaging residents, are good
means of reducing employment.”
He added, “This is the partnership that must exist
between the government and the people of
different faiths. Religious organization in other
advanced countries own business to support their
government to provide job and keep the economy
going.”
ON HIS BIRTHDAY
While celebrating his 51th birthday with students
of the Nigerian Society for the Blind, Oshodi,
Fashola said “As I was planning what to do today,
I remembered that I have an unfinished business
here: the promises I made earlier, to assist the
visually impaired. I was not forced to make
them.”
He noted that this was why the state government
committed about N51 million into the
construction of the vocational centre for residents
who are visually impaired.


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My message to Governor Fashola


Dear Alhaji
Sir is it possible you use your good offices to speak to the Buko hari leader himself and beg him not to bomb Lagos? My guy please use your connections to plead with him. You can also elicit your God fada the Asiwaju of corruption to help us out in these time of need. Sir, whatever you do make sure Lagos is not bombed because that would really put you and the Jagaban in bad light.
Hoping to hear from you soon. Thanks.

I thought some people said it wasn't a Boko haram attack, that it was just a ''car explosion''.
No, they should continue deceiving themselves, no need to become vigilant.

I understand that they probably didn't want to cause panic and reprisal attacks on the hausa community.
But I don't subscribe to giving the people false sense of security also.
The stakes are just too high in lagos. Consequence of attacks at lagos island, oshodi, ijora, ojuelegba and countless areas can't even be imagined.