Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu
A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju
Bola Tinubu, says the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, will fail again like he did in 2007.
Tinubu, who is a national leader of the
All Progressives Congress, said Agbaje was not a salable candidate and
was no match for the governorship candidate of the APC, Mr. Akinwunmi
Ambode.
The former governor said this at the Lagos-West senatorial district campaign of the APC on Wednesday.
He accused Agbaje of lacking political experience even as he said the PDP candidate cannot manage Lagos economy.
Tinubu wondered how Agbaje would be able
to manage the economy of the state at a time when the country was
experiencing economic hardship.
The former governor said when the
President Olusegun Obasanjo administration refused to give Lagos State
its allocation and the state could not pay salaries, it was Ambode, who
was the Accountant-General that re-engineered the economy which led to
the increase in the Internally Generated Revenue and turned Lagos into
one of the biggest economies in Africa.
He said, “In 2007, we had governorship
primary and Fashola won but he (Agbaje) failed and refused to accept the
result. I told him to accept the fact that Fashola was more diligent
and experienced than him but we told him to remain in the party and we
would teach him the way but he refused.
“You see, when a toddler is trying to run
when he cannot even walk properly, his mother has to guide him so that
he will not fall and break his teeth. He left and joined the Democratic
Peoples Alliance. The DPA presented him as its candidate but he failed,
we beat him mercilessly.
“Later, he wanted to return to the party
and we asked him if he would become a commissioner but we knew it was
unlikely because he had even refused to be the deputy governor. Before
we knew it, he had gone to join the Ebola party. God forbid that Ebola
takes over Lagos.
“See where we are coming from and where
we are going. They say they want to replace us in Lagos. Someone who
cannot take care of himself wants to take care of Lagos. Don’t
experiment with Lagos.”
Also speaking at the event, Fashola berated President Goodluck Jonathan for blaming past administrations for insecurity.
He said, “I have never said I cannot do
my job because my predecessor failed. To say that you cannot buy guns
because Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) failed to do so is flimsy. Our
military were one of the most respected and did well in Sierra Leone
and Liberia.
“Even if Buhari did not buy guns, is it the guns of 1985 that he wants to use to fight today?”
The governor said he had been able to
ensure 24-hour electricity supply at the Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital and other government facilities.
He said he was convinced that Ambode would be able to do more in other sectors.
Ambode, while addressing supporters, said
if the PDP took over Lagos, it would run down the economy of the state
which has been improving despite the fall in world oil prices.
He said his government would set up an employment trust fund and make loans available to entrepreneurs.
He promised to ensure a 24-hour economy and do better than Tinubu and Fashola.
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