Nigerians have come for Actor turned politician and member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliot, for inaugurating a toilet in his constituency in Surulere, Lagos, on Thursday.
At the inauguration ceremony, Elliot had said, “Commissioning (sic) of a public bio-fuel toilet in Love Garden field, Surulere, Lagos which was facilitated by Hon Elliot. It was donated by Ladi Lawanson, the Commissioner for Transportation.
“This isn’t just a building neither is it just a toilet but one that converts waste to manure so nothing is wasted as we keep the environment clean. Sincere thanks and gratitude goes to Ladi Lawanson for making the bio-fuel toilet a reality. Thanks to the Australian Government for sponsoring the project.”
However, comments from his Twitter followers have asked him if constructing toilets was the best he could do in his four years in office.
Some of his followers lamented that Elliot’s action showed that youths may not necessarily perform better than the older politicians when voted into office.
“We wanted ‘Not too Young to Run bill’ signed. We wanted more youths in governance. APC gave us Yahaya Bello and Desmond Elliot, the toilet commissioner,” Offor Cyril, a follower tweeted.
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“We have the power to throw the APC and Desmond Elliot into that toilet with our PVCs. Vote wisely.”
@Ilynem tweeted, “People like Desmond Elliot is the big part of the reason we doubt these new generational not too young to run politicians. They are mostly younger versions of the old ones. The man is smiling and commissioning toilets. Tufia!”
Elliot also had a little support from others, who explained that he did not build the toilet but merely inaugurated it.
@Ak_cute tweeted, “Desmond Elliot didn’t build the toilet. It was donated to his constituency by an organisation. Read the notice on the wall for more clarifications. We are quick to spread bad news. The good ones will never go viral. Negative energy everywhere.”