Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola on Thursday said the $20 billion allegedly declared missing under President Goodluck Jonathan’s watch can build ten Burj Khalifa in Dubai, reputed to be the tallest building in the world.
Fashola who said this at the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rally held in Epe area of the state noted that corruption and siphoning of public funds meant for the development of the country retarded the nation’s economic growth and transformation.
He said, “Rather than develop strategies that would improve the economy, the current administration inflicted pains on the citizens.
“The Burj Khalifa building in Dubai was built with $1.5 billion, to arrest the attention of the world. This administration has lost $20 billion. The money lost by the current administration could be used to build 10 of those structures.
“We are the only oil producing country that is importing oil products. And they spent over N2 trillion importing fuel.”
Fashola added that, “Even the hate campaign against General Muhammadu Buhari(GMB) has turned to helped him. They are so desperate by sending message of hate against GMB. All the documentaries have turned to help GMB. They have forgotten that it was only GMB that was elected to serve.
“His children weren’t elected to serve. And in their desperation, they started showing pictures of children and his wife that died. Is that the type of leader that you want in Nigeria? They are doing all these in the name of politics.”
The governor said he does not hate the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) saying issues of tax default is beyond personal relationship.
He said, “I don’t hate Agbaje .Revealing the unpaid taxes of Agbaje’s pharmacy was not personal but was for economic reasons. I didn’t say you did not pay two years Land Use Charge, (LUC) you did. But you have four years unpaid LUC. If you have paid all your LUC, please publish your receipt.”
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