Reacting to a call for the impeachment of Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola over “reckless tolling” of roads built with taxpayer funds, the ACN publicity secretary has said that the Lagos State Governor is in a league of his own and a headmaster amongst his colleagues.
Publicity Secretary of the party, Taofik Gani, had expressed the PDP’s position saying, ““It was immoral to allow the governor toll roads that are wholly built with taxpayers’ monies.
“Even the ongoing tolling of the Lekki-Epe Road that the lawmakers acquiesced to is morally wrong as they know well that a project ought to be completed and delivered before it can be paid for. In this instance, the tolling has started whereas the actual design and benefits from the said road have not even been completed which is exploitation.”
Taofik added, “the lawmakers must find their ways back into the hearts of the people and particularly to prove to them that they are not stooges and puppets of the governor and the only way to prove this is to stop the tolling of the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge. As a matter of fact, they must also commence the probe of the alleged N29 billion spent to construct the said bridge.”
The party spokesperson added: “Fashola’s imperialist system has pauperised so many people in Lagos and the time to stop it is now. The desperation to commence the tolling of the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge is indeed immoral, exploitative and further gives credence to the suspicion that even the purported repairs of some Federal Government roads in the state are indeed inflated to make extra profits into some private pockets.
In response, Mr. Igbokwe said “Lagos has never had the type of positive development being witnessed under the present administration.”
He added, “Lagos has developed to such an extent that other governors including the PDP-led states now look up to Lagos for development plans in their states. That is why Fashola is being referred to as headmaster among the governors.”