At the 2013 ministerial platform recently held in Abuja, Minister of Information, Labaran Maku (who we haven’t heard from in a while), went straight to business, with some tough words for the Lagos government.

He insisted that most of the revenue generating projects in the state, were actually federal projects.

Maku said: “Most of the projects in Lagos State where taxes are being collected are federal projects. “Lagos State does no significant thing other than environmental sanitation.”

[READ: Lagos State is running on federal infrastructure”: Laban Makun comes out swinging at the launch of the 2nd Ministerial Platform]

The stated aim of the ministerial platform according to Maku was to avail Nigerians of the progress government was making in various aspects of national life. How bashing Lagos fits into that is another topic entirely.

Take for instance the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), a flagship achievement of the current Babatunde Fashola administration in Lagos. Maku’s take on this is that they run on federal roads – so the state is collecting taxes on federal infrastructure.

Maku also said that the ongoing National Good Governance Tour, a logical progression from the ministerial platform, has unearthed less well known projects that the federal government was involved in.


http://ynaija.com/politico/lagos-state-does-no-significant-thing-other-than-environmental-sanitation-maku/