The spokesperson for the apex pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, on Wednesday said the Lagos State Government, since 1999, has spent about N4tn with little to show for it in terms of development.
Odumakin, who was a guest speaker at a colloquium organised by the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, at the Airport Hotel, Ikeja, said the All Progressives Congress-led government of the state have implement policies that served only the rich, making it increasingly difficult for the poor to survive in the state.
He said former Governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu, failed to fulfill most of the promises he made during his inauguration in 1999.
Odumakin said the Tinubu promised to create jobs, improve housing, build good roads, develop an efficient transport system, establish industrialisation, and give Lagosians life abundantly, but fell short on each of the promises.
Odumakin noted that Lagos has been governed by the same tendencies since 1999, adding that the state needed a vibrant opposition.
He said, “Between the tenure of Tinubu and Fashola, Lagos government has spent close to N4tn in the last 15 years. Are there enough justification for that amount of money? As far as I’m concerned the last governor of Lagos State was Alhaji Lateef Jakande, who 31 years after, still remains the reference of governance in Lagos State.”
Odumakin said Lagos government have managed to build some roads in the past 15 years, but noted that majority of roads in Lagos are in bad shape.
Odumakin, who is a delegate at the ongoing National Conference, said he was at the PDP event, mainly because it had to do with advancing the cause of Yoruba people.
The Chairman of Lagos PDP, Tunji Shelle, lamented what he called the exclusion of the poor by the Lagos State Government, and said the PDP was ready to take over governance in the state.
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