Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State Saturday said
President Goodluck Jonathan’s and his Vice, Namadi
Sambo’s high academic qualification has not reflected in
the policies they introduced since they assumed office,
saying “We need someone who could address our
challenges.”
Fashola who made the statement at the All Progressives
Party, APC rally in held in Ikorodu lamented that the
country has failed to progress despite their high academic
qualification.
According to him, “We prayed that if we have someone who
has degree, he will be able to develop the country. And
when the current President a Ph.d holder assumed office,
we rejoiced that the country will improve. Rather than
implement policies that would improve the standard of
living of citizens, we were having regression.
“Also, his Vice-President is an architect but he cannot
construct road. But it is sadden that a lawyer is the
commissioner for works in Edo State and he has
constructed several roads. In Ogun State, the
commissioner for works is an architect and he has built
several roads.
“So, let’s ask Sambo, the vice president what has he done
for the nation since he assumed office. All he (Sambo)
could do was to inform the president that people are
leaving Lagos because of the State tax regime. And I want
everyone to ask the Vice President if the number of
vehicles coming into Lagos has reduced,” he added.
Fashola noted that lack of governance experience exhibited
by the President and his Vice could also be seen in all the
candidates presented by the People’s Democratic Party,
PDP for the 2015 elections.
He said “For instance, their Governorship candidate in
Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje is displaying his inexperience
and ignorant on government budget with his recent
comment on budget allocation for education in Lagos.”
Agbaje had at the third edition of the gubernatorial debate
organised by the Diocese of Lagos West, Anglican
Communion (Church of Nigeria), Ikeja said that state
government spends 3 percent of its budget on primary
education.
He continued “With this comment, he does not have
knowledge on finance issues. If he listened to my budget
speech, I said that we increased budget for education from
15 percent to 16.8 percent. I also explained that the 16.8
percent is not the entire budget for education. But fund for
some of the education programme were left with the
ministry that was saddled with such responsibility in the
state.”
The Governor explained “We do de-worming and school
milk programme but the fund for such was left with the
ministry of education. We do refuse collection across all
the schools and the fund for such was left in the purse of
the ministry of environment. We repair desk and
maintained schools the budget is in ministry of works.
“We do this because we have experience to manage this
state. And when you add all these funds together, one will
realize that the fund for education was more than the 16.8
percent. If we leave fund for such projects that could be
well executed by the ministry in charge of such in the
state with the ministry of education, the project will not be
effective.
“In ministry of education, they are teachers, so we have left
them to cater for the teaching aspect of education while
the ministries that have experience in such programmes
to handle it,” Fashola added.
Earlier, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, the governorship candidate
of the APC however urged residents of Lagos to vote for
him in other to continue the good works his predecessors
have started.
He promised to provide job opportunities to jobless
graduates when voted into office

Fashola go talk until he talks APC into a tight corner.

imaging a PhD holder (a zoologist), and an architect cannot transformed Nigeria for almost six years, now they need another 4 years to do that despite excessive resources at their disposal! it's either high academic qualification is not equivalent to good governance or we a perishing from poverty of knowledge. Nigerians lov

imaging a PhD holder (a zoologist), and an architect cannot transformed Nigeria for almost six years, now they need another 4 years to do that despite excessive resources at their disposal! it's either high academic qualification is not equivalent to good governance or we a perishing from poverty of knowledge. Nigerians loves suffering n smiling.

A man that insulted village women did not exclude his mother

When you bend to look at other people yash remmeber others are having field day of yours.
Apc governance in lagos state has equally made life unbearable for lagosians..Starting with accomadation..non nagotiable.
Today without blinking the eyes every bus stops has upto 4different bodies or thugs collecting tolls here and there.
Each step you take in lagos attracts money..What a good governace!