The
Lagos State House of Assembly has condemned the call for the probe of
Governor BabatundeFashola allegedly made by Chief TunjiShelle, the Lagos
State Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). (Click on link to read PDP's statement probe fashola )
Chief Shelle was alleged in the media that Governor Fashola is corrupt.
The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Strategy, Security
and Publicity, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. SegunOlulade berated
the call and urged Lagosians to shun the PDP, and said that the
allegation of ‘’massive corruption alleged by the PDP against Fashola
is the only way the Lagos PDP could express its frustration and
desperation to rule the state.
Olulade maintained that there was no occasion where the Speaker of
the Lagos State House of Assembly addressed the media or instructed
standing Committees of the House to begin the probe of Ministries in the
State.
According to him, “the Lagos PDP knows too well that the rat race to
capture Lagos by the PDP is a lost battle from inception. This is the
more reason Lagos PDP is trying to fabricate lies to create disaffection
between Governor Fashola, Lagos State House of Assembly and ACN
leaders.
In his words, ‘’ it is part of the constitutional responsibilities
of the House to perform oversight functions of Government Ministries,
Departments and Agencies and we have been carrying out this function on a
regular basis since our assumption of office in June 2011, but we take
exception to an unfounded, baseless, vindictive and malicious call for
probe against Fashola who has been widely acknowledged as a model of
good governance in Nigeria given his transparent honesty and brilliant
performance in transforming Lagos State to its present megacity
status’’.
Olulade said that the ‘’massive corruption’’ theory against Fashola
by the Shelle-led Lagos PDP was a figment of the imagination of those
failed politicians, witch hunters and enemies of Lagos State who are
hell bent ondestabilising the state and distract the Government from
carrying out its primary responsibility of raising the living standards
of the good people of Lagos State.
He however challenged the PDP not to hesitate to come out to the
open if they have proven evidence against Governor Fashola on which
basis he could be probed instead of trying to malign his image and that
of his party, ACN in the desperate bid to capture Lagos State.
source: leadership
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