Buhari govt has done more in 3 years than PDP did in 16- Fashola

The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has regretted that some Nigerians still describe President Muhammadu Buhari as being too slow despite his achievements in three years in power.

This was as he claimed that President Buhari’s administration has done in three years what the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) failed to achieve in the 16 years it was in power between 1999 and 2015.

Fashola who stated this in Lagos during the inauguration of 5000 campaigners for Mr Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, called on the people of South West to vote for the APC presidential candidate because they stand to gain more from the ruling party.

According to Fashola, the alleged promise of the PDP to allocate the Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF) slot to the South West cannot be compared with the position of vice president, ministerial positions and other positions the region currently enjoys under Buhari’s government.

He said, “The APC has done more in three years than 16 years of PDP administration, yet they say President Buhari is too slow.

“President Buhari is taking Nigeria to the next level. We are going to the next level.

“The 2019 presidential election is a choice between going back and moving forward to the next level and also a choice of whom Nigerians can trust with their money.

“As a South-west indigene, I will vote for the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket, because my people stand to gain more from it,” Mr Fashola said.

“The South-west is presently occupying the position of the vice president. We have three sitting ministers and many different federal appointments from the present administration which we cannot afford to lose.

“Buhari has inaugurated a structural infrastructure fund for road construction. N15 billion has been released for the continued construction of Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

“There is need for the progress to continue. Dubai was built with oil-money, Nigeria can be built with it too. The past administration squandered oil revenue.

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“Federal Government is constructing at least one road in every state in Nigeria. We are also constructing houses in 34 states in Nigeria.

“We have collected 690 containers for the construction of 90 transmission stations and through our policy of mini grids, our markets now have uninterrupted power supply.”

Fashola maintained that the reelection of Buhari would guarantee that power would come to the South-West in 2023.

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