₦airaland Forum

agos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has
described Vice President Namadi Sambo’s comment
that people are running away from Lagos because
of heavy taxation by the state government as a
display of ignorance and ‘diabolical.
Fashola, who spoke at an end of the year news
conference at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos,
Southwest Nigeria on Thursday said if it was true
that Sambo made that statement, it was simply a
display of ignorance and that such a statement
should not come from someone who is the
Chairman of the National Economic Council, NEC.
“I sincerely want to believe that the vice president
was misquoted. If it was true, it was a display of
ignorance because how did he justify the perception
that people are leaving Lagos? Is the VAT collected
from Lagos being reduced compared to other
states?
“Is the air traffic into Lagos reducing? Or have you
seen a significant reduction in Lagos traffic? Has the
water demand in Lagos reduced? Or has the
demand for hospital services reduced? More hotels
are being built in Lagos. Companies are licensing
and operating in Lagos.
“Displaced persons from other parts of the
federation are moving to Lagos. It is very grave
statement to make. That is why I hope he was
misquoted because that is the Chairman of the
National Economic Council,” he stated.
According to Fashola, “if he misunderstands what is
happening in the economic capital of the country, it
may be a revealing index into their understanding
of the country’s economy. It may also confirm to
you some of the things you heard from the
president that he received contradictory advice.
“Maybe, this is part of it. That is a very dangerous
statement to make. It is either ignorant or
diabolical. Either way, it is not good because it tells
you why the economy is not functioning if the
Chairman of National Economic Council made such
statement.”
The governor also wrote off the challenge posed by
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Lagos
governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, saying he is no
threat to the All Progressive Congress, APC,
governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode.
“On Jimi Agbaje, he is not a threat to us. Let’s go
and check the result of the 2011 election. He got
three percent of the vote cast. Even his party, we
have defeated PDP in all election done them since
1999.
“Ambode is going to defeat Agbaje with your
support. This is not the place to experiment; one
needs a lot of experience to achieve what we have
done in Lagos. When you look at what their party
has done with the country, for instance, there are
missing funds, non-functioning rail, epileptic power
supply and others, do you want that to happen in
Lagos?” He asked.
On the 2015 election, Fashola said the Independent
National Electoral Commission, INEC, was not
prepare for the election, which he said, led to the
shoddy distribution of the Permanent Voters Card,
PVC.
The governor said the real head of INEC should be
a statistician and not a Professor, academics and
others, saying that “it is not about theory, it is
about practical. People who should also do this job
should be those who have managed distribution
activities in the country. It is not a judicial work but
logistics.”
www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/12/31/heavy-taxation-sambo-is-ignorant-diabolical-fashola/

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Fashola, has spoken well, Sambo dey part of the people wey dey give GEJ bad advice