GOVERNORSHIP candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has called on the State House of Assembly and the executive arm of government to bury the hatchet and attend to the 2019 budget to save the state from the socio-economic crisis.
Reports have highlighted palpable tension between the State Assembly and the Ambode-led Executive as both trade blames over which arm was responsible for the delay in presentation and passing of the 2019 budget.
Agbaje made the appeal in a statement issued by his campaign office, the Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organisation (JACO), insisting that the two must put the state first and resolve their issues amicably.
“This state is bigger than any one person and any single interest. We cannot grind the state to a halt because chieftains within the ruling APC cannot see eye to eye.
“They must put their differences aside and move the state forward. This begins with the immediate passing of the budget,” Agbaje said.
“Clearly, Lagos has been on auto-pilot since Governor Akinwunmi Ambode failed to pick the ticket at the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries,” Agbaje added, lamenting that things as routine as allowances, bonuses and road maintenance had suffered prompt payment with the prevailing apathy spreading to the 2019 budget which could not now be traced.
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“Things as routine as allowances, bonuses and road maintenance have suffered. And now, the prevailing apathy has spread to the 2019 budget that has been reported missing somewhere between the Executive at the Alausa Roundhouse and the hallowed chambers of the Legislature,” the PDP governorship candidate said.
According to him, while the executive arm of government, through the Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr Olusegun Banjo, had insisted that the document containing the budgetary estimates had been forwarded to the Assembly, the legislators insist they were yet to receive the document for deliberation.
“The unfolding drama between members of the Lagos State House of Assembly and the State Executive Council over 2019 budget has further confirmed my assertion that all is not well within the ruling APC. The bad blood generated through the outcome of the last round party primaries is still visible for all to see and our people are the worse for it,” Agbaje said.
Lamenting the toll the wrangling within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had taken on the life and wellbeing of the people of the state, Agbaje urged all well-meaning Lagosians to urgently intervene on behalf of the people of the state whom he said were bearing the brunt of the “needless schism.”
“After having drawn the attention of the whole world to the prevailing needless war of attrition between the two arms of government without any of the two combatants sheathing their sword, I am, therefore, compelled to call on well-meaning Lagosians to prevail on the two to see the need to act in the interest of the people who they preside over,” he said.
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If APC is not the answer to our problems, there is no reason going back to the instigators of the problem.
I’m not a politician but I would do everything not to have PDP in Government in Nigeria.
The greatest tragedy that can befall a nation is for her citizens to suffer collective amnesia. I believe PDP believes Nigerians have short memories, if not, Ibori would not have been included in their convention committee and Jonathan would not have been allowed to talk (He ended up indicting himself as usual anyway).
For those who may have forgotten, kindly joggle your memories with the following words on marble and you will agree with me that what happened in Eagle square on saturday was nothing but gathering of rogues.
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1. I acted based on Jonathan’s instruction – Dasuki
2. I didn’t give order – Jonathan
3. I collected 350M from Dasuki for consultation – Iyorchia Ayu
4. I only collected $30,000 from Dasuki not N100m – Bode George
5. I got N4.6b from Dasuki for spiritual purposes – Bafarawa
6. I got N650M from Dasuki for my Abuja burnt office – Thisday Obaigbena.
7. I got N2.1b from Dasuki for publicity – Dokpesi
8. I got another N100m from Yuguda he didn’t tell me from where – Bafarawa.
9. I gave N100m each to Odili, Jim Nwobodo Bode George and others – Yuguda
10. The president asked me to change N10B to foreign currency for PDP delegates – Dasuki
11. My boss asked me to get $11M from the CBN – Dasuki’s account officer.
12. I got order from above to pay Tompolo N13B for Maritime university land. – Nimasa DG.
13. 950m was shared in my house — Shekarau
With all this looting and many more revealed, some people are still shouting no sign of change yet, they even say it’s political persecution.
But I believe, it is the right thing to do.
If you believe too, send this to other people to garner more support for the fight against corruption and looting in our nation. There must be consequences for such crimes otherwise Niger