The All Progressives Congress in Lagos
State has defended former Governor Babatunde Fashola over an allegation
that the former governor misappropriated public funds.
The APC described the contracts awarded by Fashola while in office as a reflection of his love for quality jobs.
The APC spokesperson in the state, Mr.
Joe Igbokwe, in a telephone conversation with our correspondent on
Thursday, asked the public to stop castigating Fashola for the amount of
money he spent on execution of projects while on office.
Igbokwe described the recent criticisms
trailing the contracts awarded by the former governor as the handiwork
of the opposition.
He
said, “Fashola is not a hut builder. So, he built a bridge for N29bn?
You can decide to build a bridge for N5bn. Anybody who is interested in
standards can build a bridge for N100bn.
“There are grades for everything; it depends on the way you want to look at it. It shows Fashola believes in standards.”
A report on the website of the Lagos
State Public Procurement Agency had stated that Fashola spent N139bn on
two boreholes at the Lagos House; N175m to replace the railings of a
pedestrian bridge on Carter Bridge from Ido to Idumota with concrete
railings and N1.2bn on the construction of an unidentified multi-storey
building in Onikan, Lagos.
Fashola also recently came under fire for spending N78.3m of taxpayers’ money on the upgrade of his personal website, www.tundefashola.com.
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