When former Lagos governor, Babatunde Fashola, took center stage at the ongoing screening of the ministerial nominees, the sound of a pin couldn’t be heard at the upper chamber of the National Assembly.

With evident dexterity and a deep grasp of issues, Fashola answered every question asked of him and carefully side-stepped a few sensitive queries.
The minister-in-waiting successfully impressed the Senators and the watching public with his answers.

Here are 21 quotes by Fashola from the screening:

1. ‘Our Work in Lagos was a Team Effort, I won’t appropriate personal responsibility for the Good Work’.

2. ‘My attitude was to see criminals as my competitor and with competitions ,my desire was to win’.

3. ‘Security remains the primary but toughest job a leader can have; It was a competition’.

4. ‘As governor I felt responsible for every citizen that was robbed. Every citizen that was robbed, I had failed. That’s how I felt’.

5. ‘Before we increase taxes, we must optimize the capacity to get that which is in the place.’

6. ‘Online Technology is a very versatile tool for tax collection… moving to it would be important’.

7. ‘Competition stimulates productivity. There is no state that is unable to carry out productive activity’.

8. ‘If we are afraid of abuse, start the state police. Not every state should start if it can’t be funded’.

9. ‘My Knowledge of Abuja is not as deep as my knowledge of Lagos. I have lived in Lagos all my life.’

10. ‘I don’t know the last time a serious conviction was made for rape in any of our high courts’.

11. ‘I will walk away from the tendency to condemn the level of development of our Country’.

12. ‘It is our responsibility to continue to add value whenever we find ourselves in a privileged position’.

13. ‘The only training I have is that of a lawyer. I don’t fix contract prices, I don’t sign cheques, non of my commissioners signs cheques. We have a process that was followed.’

14. ‘In my own right as a 52 years man, I am old, but we must continue to interface with and guide the youths’.

15. ‘Nobody has alleged that I have corruptly enriched myself. The unfortunate thing about money is that it always raises suspicion even amongst brothers.’

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Number 19 is my favorite..

In ajegunle we excavated 1.35 deep refusr

. The unfortunate thing about
money is that it always raises suspicion even
amongst brothers.’

Hmmmm! What a quote!

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I like his answer about loyalty. 'may our loyalty not be tested. Very deep answer.