Fashola attacks Jonathan, says Nigeria worse under him
Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, launched a verbal brickbat at President Goodluck Jonathan saying Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government under the Jonathan has left Nigeria worse than it was four years ago when President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office.
Fashola said PDP had woefully failed Nigerians in the past three years when Nigerians had expected that the election of a university graduate as president of the country would have salvage them from their predicament and develop the nation, Nigerians would agree that there is the need for more attributes that cannot be found in a school.
The Lagos governor, who himself is being accused of waning performance in the last term of his administration, spoke in Abuja at the birthday lecture of former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylvia.
According to him, , the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled states have been performing better than states governed by the PDP.
He therefore posited that there was more to leadership than having university degrees.
Fashola who delivered a lecture entitled, 'The Challenge of Democratic Governance', lamented that the Jonathan administration had perpetually been lying to the people of Nigeria on sensitive national issues such as the abduction of over 200 Chibok girls and the alleged missing money from the federation account. He implored Nigerians to ensure that the PDP is voted out in the 2015 general polls.
He said, “Until recently, we all used to think that our national development was inhibited by the fact that we never had a university graduate as leader of any national government in an executive capacity.
“We now have two graduates, a zoologist and an architect, at the helm of our national affairs, and I think majority of Nigerians will tell you today that their lives are worse off today than they were four years ago. The event has been followed by other round of liès. The abduction of the girls have been enmeshed in lies. They have also lied about the economy,” he said.
Sylva, in his remarks, warned of impending danger ahead of the 2015 general elections and accused the present administration of having failed to tackle security challenges, poverty and corruption issues in the country.