Don't turn Lagos to fascist state, Lagos PDP warns Fashola

Opeyemi Adesina

The Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm that Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has skeletons in his cupboard and desperate to cover up his misdeeds, even If he has to turn the state into a fully fascist State.

The Alarm is a reaction to the recent directive by the Governor to his commissioners and Senior Civil Servants not to speak to the Press on matters of Governance in the State.

In a press release issued by the State Chairman of the Party, Chief Tunji Shelle, the party asserts that only an attempt to cover up misdeeds can necessitate the hoarding of  information by a Governor who had severally touted himself as running an open door Government. Similarly, such a step pre supposes that all is not well in Alausa and the governor is panicking.

The party posited that such a reactionary directive can only be sustained in a fascist regime which the governor may turn the state into if not checked. The Party further holds that no wonder the LAHA is so slow to domesticate the FOI Act, which would allow private persons to get information on the workings of the Government.

"We have said severally that Governor Fashola is not on the seat to serve Lagosians selflessly. We have equally stated too that the huge IGR, now over 40B naira Monthly, are being shared between the Governor and the ACN Leadership and that the assumed developments in the state are by Concessionaires, Philanthropists, FG and needless Loans.

"Now that the Governor is jittery and has come out to ban his Commissioners and Senior Civil servants from speaking to the Press, then he has admitted failure and misdeeds. We are now indeed Vindicated"

It would be recalled that the same Governor had sometime sacked certain Media houses from reporting from the State Secretariat, claiming that they are Anti ACN-policies.

"We make bold to say that Governor Fashola is now obviously fatigued of ideas to further govern Lagos State. He is now so overwhelmed by the self imposed pressures and no more has original ideas for lagosians. Lagos state is too sophisticated to be used as experiment. Rather than become a "taiwan" idea Governor, we advise Governor Fashola to apologise to lagosians and bow out honourably", the party added.