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
Source:punchng
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