Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has said that the southwest has been short-changed because Yorubas were not contributing to the success of the President Goodluck Jonathan.
Ogundipe made this statement at a forum of Local Government Chairmen under the aegis of Goodluck Lagos Grassroots Project in Lagos on Monday.
He said “If you take a look at the current structure of the Federal Government, you will see that the South-West has been short-changed.
“The reason is clear; we did not contribute to the success of the President. We are not even in key positions at the National Assembly and we find it hard to get highly placed positions.
He also added that no one should commend what Governor Babatunde Fashola is doing in Lagos because instead of fixing roads, he is busy fixing federal government roads and sending inflated bills to the federal government.
He said “No one should say Fashola is doing well in Lagos. Go to Akwa Ibom and see what the governor is doing there. Look at the stadium in Akwa Ibom.
“How many stadiums has Fashola built? There are bad roads all over the state with heavy traffic every day.
“Instead of Fashola to fix the roads, he was busy repairing Federal Government roads and sending inflated bills to the Federal Government as the cost of repair.”
He urged Yorubas to vote for Peoples Democratic Party, he said “We must ensure that we vote for the PDP in all positions so that we can have a National Assembly that will make life easy for the President.”