The All Progressives Congress (APCBola )’s Tinubu would get the backing of Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, in the 2023 presidential elections.
This was said by Fashola on Thursday while he was a guest on TVC’s “Your View,” where he outlined his justifications for backing Tinubu for president.
Fashola said, “I’ll vote for him, and I’m campaigning for Tinubu. Other opposition candidates should come and show us what they have done (because) all of them held public office.
“I think people localise Tinubu when they only talk about what he did in Lagos. This is because all his policies have gained national resonance even by his own violent critics.”
Fashola claimed that Tinubu ‘pioneered’ the use of bonds to fund the execution of public projects when he served as Lagos State governor.
“Let us remember that the first state-raised bonds for infrastructure in this country was during his time as governor in spite of federal PDP opposition, saying that it couldn’t be done, but that is the model that all states now follow to raise funding.
“So, there was a funding problem, we still have a funding and revenue problem,” he said.
The minister claimed that other states in Nigeria are using Tinubu’s approach to boost Lagos State’s domestically generated revenue.
“Nigeria has a similar problem in our revenue based and this is what (Tinubu) is offering.
“Also, when people were struggling with access to justice, Tinubu create office of the public defender in Lagos. The last time I checked about 10 states have created their own version. So, even those who oppose him, adopt his policies.”
He pointed out that Tinubu established the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTA) and the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) in order to raise money for local governments, and he added that 15 states now have their own versions of these organizations (LASTMA).
Tinubu’s chief of staff during his time as governor, Fashola, a former governor of Lagos State, said anyone who undervalues the APC presidential candidate’s resiliency and intelligence does so at their own risk.
“Let the opponents come and show us what they have done. Tinubu is from local to national. And we’re asking them, what have you done? All of them, the frontrunners, held public office.”
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