Tinubu’s Critics Adopting His Policies, Underestimate Him At Your Peril – Fashola

Tinubu’s Critics Adopting His Policies, Underestimate Him At Your Peril – Fashola

Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, has stated that All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu will receive his vote and support in the 2023 elections.

Fashola stated this on Thursday as a guest on TVC’s ‘Your View,’ where he explained why he supports Tinubu’s presidential ambition.

“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,” Fashola said.

“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.”

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When Tinubu was governor of Lagos State, he “pioneered” the use of bonds to fund the execution of public projects, according to Fashola.

“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.”

The minister said the strategy that Tinubu used to increase Lagos State’s internally-generated revenue is being adopted by other states in Nigeria.

“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 stated that Tinubu established the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) to generate revenue at the local government level, and that 15 states now have their own versions of LASAA and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).

Fashola, a former Lagos State governor who served as Tinubu’s chief of staff during his governorship, said anyone who underestimates the APC presidential candidate’s resilience and intelligence does so at their peril.

“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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