Tinubu, Fashola failed Lagosians- Obanikoro

 A former commissioner in Lagos state and gubernatorial candidate, Musiliu Obanikoro, has berated the performance of the former governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu and his successor, Raji Fashola. He argued that the two men have failed in delivering quality service to Lagosians.

His words in an interview with Vanguard newspaper:

"The overall decision I will talk in terms of performance of Lagos government in the last 15 years, for me, is slightly below average.
People may be saying they have done some new roads, they have done this, they have done that; one, we must look at the costs of these roads and then, a state that has a debt profile of about N1 trillion as we speak today.

I schooled in the USA, the biggest investment that country made that is still working for them is in education. We have not done such in Lagos State despite all the noise they have been making.
As we speak today, people of Lagos will not voluntarily send their children to public schools in the state. That to me is failure on the part of the government after 15 years in the saddle.

Public schools in the state are not functional in the true sense of imparting knowledge in our children.
Today, our hospitals in the state are mere consulting centers. Even the consultation is minimal in the true sense of it. Everybody that is somebody now goes overseas for ordinary medical check –up.
Their leader and ex-governor of the state had a medical challenge recently and he was flown abroad to take care of ordinary knee injury.

This minor health challenge could not be treated at the Lagos State University of Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) after billions of naira they claimed they have sunk to upgrade the facility. In the area of health, Lagos government has equally failed.
Today, Lagos State does not have the required capacity to handle emergency situation. And you know how much this state generated monthly as internal revenue? They are still struggling in the area of refuse management.

Looking at the   Olusosun dumpsite at Ojota and the level of pollution that is injected to the atmosphere on daily basis says a lot about the state government that has been in power since 1999. Where have you seen such big dumpsite operating in a metropolis anywhere in the world?

The best investment the state government would have made is to invest in education but it failed to do so. Instead, the government increased tuition fee from N25, 000 at LASU to above N250, 000. Worse, if you visit LASU main campus today, you will discover there is not much physical development at the institution. The government of the day increased the fee claiming it cannot subsidize education of indigent students in the state but they can subsidize their own habit. That to me, after so many years management of the state economy is not acceptable".

Do you agree?