Former Head of State and a presidential candidate in the 2007 general election, General Muhammadu Buhari, has commended Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state, for transforming the country’s economic capital into a truly modern state.

General Buhari, in an address at the 42nd National Conference of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, (NSE) in Owerri, said that Fashola had, in the last two years, demonstrated qualities of orderliness, protection of the environment, socio-economic and infrastructure development, good governance and respect for the citizens’ rights.

Buhari said the honorary fellowship awarded to Fashola by the NSE was a well-deserved recognition.


’’If any Nigerian deserves this honorary fellowship, it is Fashola, and I heartily congratulate him on this well-deserved recognition. I also urge you to remain resolute in the pursuit you have started,’’ he said.


He said that Fashola’s challenges were enormous but not insurmountable with best intentions as he had demonstrated the zeal to leave a lasting legacy of robust development that would endear him to Lagosians.

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