The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) says the South West has more to gain by re-electing President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election.

Fashola, who was in Lagos on Tuesday for the inauguration of 5000 foot soldiers for the campaign of Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said that the South West already had high stakes/appointments in the current administration.

He said that the promise of the Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF) slot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not enough for the South West to lose the positions it is currently occupying.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Chief Gbenga Daniel, the Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, said that the position of the SGF would be given to the South West, if Atiku emerged as president in 2019.

“As a South West indigene, I will vote for the Buhari/Osinbajo ticket Westerner, because my people stand to gain more from it,” fashola said.

He said that the re-election of Buhari would guarantee that power would come to the South West in 2023.

“ 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.,” he said.

The Minister explained that although the APC promised change In 2014, the party did not promise to do it in four years.

“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,” he said.

He noted that the APC-Buhari led administration has done more in three years with less money than the PDP with all the monies that accrued to the nation in 16 years.

“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.

“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.

“In the last 3 years we have constructed 40 kilometres of roads per year. In 2015, the total number of roads completed nationwide was 80 kilometres. In 2016 after we took over, we completed , 274 kilometres of road, 478 kilometres in 2017 and 474 kilometers in 2018.

“Electric generation has moved from 4000 Megawatts that we met to 7000MW. That’s an increase of 3000MW, an average of 1000MW a year. We have started an IPP in 9 universities in Nigeria. We have accelerated the distribution of meters by outsourcing it to distributors,” he added.

NAN reports that at the event are Sen. Gbenga Ashafa, (Lagos East), former Deputy Governor of Lagos State Mrs Adejoke Adefulire and Mr Obafemi Hamzat, running mate to Lagos APC governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu among others.

Ganduri:
only your section would vote Buhari there Yorubas who wont vote Buhari. Besides thats your own cup of tea. the rest of Nigeria has Atikulated.

“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,” he said.

~Fashola 2018

midolian:
The major reason South West will re-elect Buhari is because the people from this side know what to believe and what not to.

An average person from the South west knows the difference between a rope and a snake

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“...As a South West indigene, I will vote for the Buhari/ Osinbajo ticket Westerner, because my people stand to gain more from it,” fashola said.He said that the re-election of Buhari would guarantee that power would come to the South West in 2023..."

EasternActivistpost=73149335:
Plagiarism everywhere.Even fashola, how has the might fallen...
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zlantanfan:
i hope you counted northeast, northwest and half of north central out of the atikulootated few

Sirjamo:
No need to even campaign in the south west, how can we abandon Osinbajo for one Obi? When we are not mad

Omeokachie:
Buhari lied fulani herdsmen to Lam Adesina to complain that "your people are killing my people...".

Today, Fashola is singing "my people have more to gain..."


And some brainwashed BMCs are paid peanuts by same politicians to scream "One Nigeria" like deranged dogs.

Ganduri:



be in that your brown roofed hole and be speaking for the rest of us. lol. una eye go clear very soon.

adadike:
Fashola is right. power will shift to south west come 2023 but Fashola also forget to tell us how many south Westerners will survive another four years of Buhari. In Buhari's first tenure which he termed 'change' we are called the poverty headquarters of d world. This next level, even I will flee this country.

RussianKGB:
Fashola playing tribal and ethnic politics. All he's interested in is what the Southwest stands to gain and not what favors the entire country. Yet these fools keep screaming one nigeria and non-negotiable unity. Funny enough i see no presidential future for the southwest in a long while to come.

Racoon:


Of course Fashola is entitled to his opinion but a simple question is-given how the ship of the Nigerian state have fared under this rudderless regime that he is part of, does he feel confident to employed Buhari as even his gateman?

Well politics all boils down to interest but of course such should be rational of the quality of governance & how it have really impacted the electorate.

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Fashola is simply having self-inflicted blindness as those who choose to be blind to the truth would never see the truth even if it stands right on their nose.

Meanwhile where are the SE politicians esp.the iberiberism man who were salivating that the APC is zoning the presidency to the region in 2023? Guess the the reality have is more clearer now?

adadike:
Fashola is right. power will shift to south west come 2023 but Fashola also forget to tell us how many south Westerners will survive another four years of Buhari. In Buhari's first tenure which he termed 'change' we are called the poverty headquarters of d world. This next level, even I will flee this country.

Igbokid:

Cry me a river

RussianKGB:

Afonja Slave Go and Die!