The Action Democratic Party (ADP) has taken a swipe at the Lagos State
Governor Mr Akinwunmi Ambode over the invitation extended to President
Buhari to come and commission a newly built bus park in the state on
Thursday.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday, Prince Adelaja Adeoye, the
spokesman for the party said, “it’s rather low on the part of Governor
Ambode to invite the President to commission a ‘mere bus park’ and that
declaring a public holiday for such is rather wasteful and unnecessary.”
ADP said, they will take over the reign of Lagos in 2019 and invite their
own President to come and commission laudable projects that will have a
direct impact on the lives of Lagosians. The party maintained that locking
down the state over a Presidential visit is pathetic and a sign of
desperation to promote a party that has lost all of its goodwill. The
party says that, this same APC led government in Lagos vilified former
President Goodluck Jonathan for doing same during the last dispensation.
The Party says that it’s preposterous to shut down economic activities in
the State because of a Presidential visit that will not add value to the
lives of residents. The ADP says that Lagos should be a shinning light for
all others in terms of leadership and infrastructural development and not
this joke of commissioning bus stops.
ADP also reminded President Buhari that it would have been a thing of
honor for him if he had not stopped the rail system conceived by the
former Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande when he brutality
seized power via a military coup and that this bus park is of no
consequence.
ADP says that it is time for Lagosians to rise and demand accountability
from those that lead them. The party argues that with the massive revenue
been generated in Lagos, the state should be competing with some world
renowned economies, and that the average Lagosian should feel the impact
of governance through the redistribution of wealth.
ADP has charged Lagosians to get ready for real development that will
change their lives for good. The party says that they will present a more
qualified candidate for the 2019 election.