am welcoming you to change.
I welcome you to a change that is
for the better.
I welcome you to change that will
liberate Nigeria from inefficient
national management.
I welcome you all delegates from
across Nigeria, to Lagos, where
the first building blocks of the
country now known as Nigeria
were laid.
My duty today is simple; yet it is
one that excites me very deeply
because as I welcome you all to
Lagos and to the first Presidential
Convention of the All Progressives
Congress, I am confident that I
I welcome you back to the
epicenter of nationalism and the
home of change, where our pre-
eminent nationalists forced a
change from colonial government
to a Nigerian government.
I welcome you all back to where
the promise of Nigeria was
hatched, as a land of endless
opportunities.
Unfortunately, the bridge between
us and our opportunities have
been shattered by a series of
broken promises by a party,
Government and President for
whom promises mean nothing.
I have made it my task to record
as many of the promises made by
President Jonathan and his party.
The lists of promises are as long
as the list of disappointments.
All over Nigeria, he made
promises to us and as far as
Lagos is concerned, I can tell you
that those promises remain
unfulfilled without explanation.
I do not know what all
experiences from your various
states are, but I will repeat here,
some of the promises that I
recorded that he made across
Nigeria and ask you to tell us
whether they have been fulfilled.
1. To complete the second
River Niger bridge
before the expiration of
the tenure
2. To make the Minister of
Works to immediately
start repairs of the road
leading to Murtala
Mohammed International
Airport
3. To transform all major
routes in Damaturu to
federal roads
4. To assist in resuscitating
all the collapsed
industries in Kano state
5. To set up a committee to
review Federal
government landed
properties in Lagos,
hand over those that
should and retain those
that should be in
possession of the
Federal Government.
6. To give Sokoto-
Kotangora road
unfettered attention
7. To deliver stable,
constant supply of
electricity
8. To ensure that Nigerians
do not use generators
more than two times in a
week
9. To explore the coal
deposits in Benue and
Kogi states for improved
power supply
10. To reduce the
importation of
generators at least 90
percent in four years.
11. To address the issues of
unemployment through
diversification of the
nation’s economy to that
of sustainable
agricultural development
across the 36 states of
federation
12. To create 1.5 million
jobs in 2 years
13. To transform the
economy within four
years
14. To construct 2 world
scale petrochemical
plants, 2 fertilizer plants
and 2 fertilizer blending
plants.
15. To establish
petrochemical plant
around Koko Free Trade
Zone in Delta State
16. To make Nigeria go
beyond producing and
exporting crude oil to
exporting refined
petroleum products
because Nigeria has no
reason to keep importing
kerosene
17. To make anyone caught
breaching the public
peace to face the full
wrath of the law.
18. To make sure that no
part of the country is
allowed to be a
sanctuary for criminals
anymore be they armed
robbers or kidnappers
19. To make a complete
transformation of
national security
architecture
20. To ensure there is no
sacred cow in the fight
against corruption; all
crimes will be
investigated as security
is key.
21. To strengthen EFCC and
ICPC to fight crime
22. To embark on irrigation
project to boost
production; to start two
projects in Kwara State
23. To boost farming
activities by providing
power and water
24. To re-build Ilesa water
scheme
25. To complete Ife/Ijesa
dam
26. To provide sufficient
water to the people of
Taraba;
27. To revamp mining
activities in Jos, Plateau
State
28. To make solid mineral
key revenue source in
Nigeria
29. To fight corruption
regardless of the
position of the person
involved
30. To play politics without
bitterness.
31. To lead by example;
strengthen the anti-graft
agencies, not interfere
and give free hand on all
matters of investigation
against any government
official.
32. To ensure that the
National Boundary
Development Agencies
are funded to tackle the
challenges that arose
out of the ceding of
Bakassi to Cameroun
Today, we must rebuild the bridge
that will bring change to Nigeria
and more Nigerians closer to the
promise of Nigeria.
Today you will have the
opportunity to change broken
promises to fulfilled promises and
rescue Nigeria from
mismanagement and bad
governance.
Our party has carefully developed
a Manifesto through which the
broken and unfulfilled promises
made to the people of Nigeria can
be actualized.
The Manifesto is anchored on
changing insecurity to security.
That Manifesto will change a
dysfunctional government to an
efficient Government.
That Manifesto will change
underdevelopment to rapid and
accelerated development.
That Manifesto will change our
poor circumstances to a
prosperous dawn.
That Manifesto will change
Nigeria’s global reputation from its
current dismal status to one of
international respect and global
admiration.
One man will bear the
responsibility and enormous
burden for implementing that
Manifesto and the change that it
brings.
All of you, our delegates are the
men and women to whom history
has been so kind to bring to this
day, to this State, to this venue
and to this moment, to choose
that man with your votes.
Let me be clear. What you are
gathered to do is epical.
What you are gathered to do is
not easy. Change is not easy.
What you are gathered to do is
important to the whole world.
Let me remind you that we gather
to vote to make a choice that will
alter the way Nigeria develops
and in that way, Africa develops.
You are gathered to elect the
potential leader of Africa’s most
populous nation.
You are gathered to elect the
Ambassador of Change.
Please do so wisely, decorously
and with a sense of duty.
God bless you all as you cast the
votes to change Nigerians for the
better. Long live the All
Progressives Congress.
Long live the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
Thank you.
Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN
Governor of Lagos State
http://www.newsmen.ml/forum2_theme_111659546.xhtml?hash=66774380d726f0e3162f3b206cb70a&tema=159
http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/14/president-jonathan-litany-failed-promises-babatunde-raji-fashola

Seun Obinoscopy mukina2 pls this has to be seen by the PdP faithfuls

Skelemba1:
Seun Obinoscopy mukina2 pls this has to be seen by the PdP faithfuls

NL is pro-GEJm post like this hardly make FP

tempex88:


NL is pro-GEJm post like this hardly make FP

O i forgot,thanks for reminding me

32 things that GBM will do in 2016

Nairaland Association of Politicians...

hmmmmm. fashola self don join politics.

has he finished licking the wounds tinubu inflicted on him over lagos gubernatorial primaries?

[quote author=Skelemba1 post=28884846] fashola click on nairaland lets recite your own faild promises...mr i too know

At least Fresh Air dey.

Let this mofo pay the health workers on strike before talking.Hipocrites everywhere.

Too bad, nairaland has been politicised. If this na anti buhari news, it would have hit front page

this is the kind of leadership Nigeria deserve. fashola has spoken all through his eight years and he is able to account for his promises. they say a man is some1 that reject passivity,accept blames/responsibility,lead courageously & expect God reward for d thing he/she does. i find that my president does not meet 75% requirement. my kongo garri on GEJ/GMB is that GEJ is more passive,leads less courageous. What ought to have been our greatest gain is having a PHD holder presido but wphew! DEMOCRACY IS A HUGE FRAUD ..i think black people ought to get a new system of government.

Tinubu toy sorry Fashola do you have a voice of your own?

i welcome u to a world without shoes
I welcome u to world with an illiterate first lady.
I welcome u to a world were corruption is rewarded.
I welcome u to a world were criminals are paid.
I welcome u to a world were terrorists roam d street.
etc........... those are is actual promises. GMB TILL 2019