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Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday took a swipe at President Goodluck \u200eJonathan for blaming past leaders for the problems bedeviling the country and his administration, advising him to \u201cget out of the kitchen, if it is becoming too hot for him\u201d.<\/p>\n
Fashola spoke during the mobilisation visit of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign held at Imaguero College in Benin, Edo State.<\/p>\n
He also took the president to the cleaners, whom he said had displayed nothing but anger about Nigeria\u2019s problems and blamed \u201ceverybody\u201d, during the formal inauguration of the presidential campaign of the People\u2019s Democratic Party in Lagos on Thursday, without proffering solutions.<\/p>\n
According to Fashola, the February 14 presidential election would focus on the assessment of the president in his six years in office, noting that unlike the PDP, the presidential\u200e candidate of the APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) had provided viable solutions to the myriad of problems facing the country in three weeks.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cI spent about an hour this afternoon listening to the president in my state and, for almost the same period, I saw a very angry president. I saw a president who was recriminating ab\u200eout people criticising his job performance and was blaming all those who ruled before him, forgetting that he had been on this job for six years.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he kept saying that, \u2018They say we don\u2019t have a plan\u2019.\u200e But for 25 minutes, he did not reveal a plan on power; he did not reveal a plan on security; he did not reveal a plan on corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, after six years, without being able to articulate what he is doing and what he will do and he keeps blaming everybody, forgetting that he is the Commander-in-Chief, if the kitchen is too hot, as it is becoming of late, you must get out of the kitchen\u201d.<\/p>\n
The governor also assured Nigerians that, drawing from the developmental success recorded by the APC states, Nigeria could be better, if the right kind of people were in charge of the nation\u2019s resources.\u200e<\/p>\n
The Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, \u200elamented that while many Nigerians languished in poverty, some of their leaders were only interested in their personal interest.<\/p>\n
Oshiomhole, who recalled that the nation\u2019s past leaders had provided infrastructure not based on ethnicity or religion but on the basis of developing the country, challenged Nigerians to choose the path they desired.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cSo, no more lamentation, we have got to choose whether to continue to say, \u2018God dey\u2019 or to recognise that God gave us everything and he didn\u2019t and he didn\u2019t ask us just to rely on him for manner to drop from heaven.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2015, Nigerians must make a decision, today, to interrogate those who will drive those changes so that your children don\u2019t inherit a culture and tradition of lamentation\u201d.<\/p>\n
Gen. Buhari\u2019s running mate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo,\u200e stated that the former head of state was known for his tough stance on corruption.<\/p>\n
He added that an APC-led Federal Government would revive the nation\u2019s power sector by encouraging the establishment of more independent power projects, as alternative sources to ensure 24 hours of power supply to different parts of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn solving our power problems, we have to ensure that we do something about the cost of gas. We need to rewrite the regulation so that many, who are producing can make some money from their gas, as an incentive to supply gas\u201d, he said.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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