National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu on Friday stated that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar abandoned Lagos State when he was in office.
The
former Lagos governor said Atiku, then vice president, failed to act
when the Obasanjo government seized the state’s local government
allocation.
Tinubu spoke in Abuja when he received the
representatives of traditional rulers from South West States led by Ooni
of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi.
“Atiku was Vice
President of this country when the local government allocation for Lagos
state was seized. When we led a protest to Atiku then, he said go away.
Go and comply.
“Without those allocation, you cannot
bring development. When we said we needed power to power Lagos and the
industrial base in our region, they said no”, Daily Trust quoted him as
saying.
“They were taking away N250 million from our allocation
every month for being innovative and creative. Everywhere we turn, they
rejected us and punished us. But we never gave up.
“Today, we are
in that progressive development championed and led by President
Muhammadu Buhari. Thank you for not looking back. Thank you for visiting
and encouraging him.
“I am very happy and proud of the very
promising situation. When you have the endorsement of your Royal
fathers, it means you have the people with you and the voice of the
people is the voice of God. I am elated.”
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