Niger State Governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, on Tuesday poured encomiums on the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, saying the latter had distinguished himself with his performance.
The governor, who spoke while declaring open the 47th Annual International Conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society in Minna, said the giant strides of Fashola in Lagos had made the Action Congress of Nigeria popular in the state.
Describing Fashola as a dedicated and committed public servant, the governor, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, said the performance of his counterpart in Lagos had become a nightmare for the PDP in the state.
He said the PDP waited patiently for ACN to deny Fashola a second-term ticket in order to grab him as a weapon to capture Lagos.
Specifically, he said while everybody had thought Lagos would not work, Fashola had proved critics wrong by transforming the city.
“I am speaking from the bottom of my heart. Fashola has performed; forget about partisan politics. Here is one person that has performed. People had given up on Lagos that it would not work, but he has made it work”, he said.
He described bad leadership as the bane of development in the country, observing that despite the efforts of leaders in the Arab world, the masses had risen up against them demanding a better bargain.
While asking leaders to learn from the wind of change blowing in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, he said, “Let us give the people better bargains before we begin to run helter-skelter”.
He asked the people to remove sentiments while casting their votes in April urging them to vote for equity, tolerance and unity of Nigeria.
Aliyu urged members of the professional association to join active politics and take it away from charlatans, adding that the participation of professionals would enrich the system.
He observed that many candidates were not talking about issues in their campaigns ahead of the elections, noting that political desperation led to the bomb blast that rocked a rally organised by the PDP in Suleja.
The governor regretted that those, who died in the blasts, were common people consisting of cart pushers, shoemakers and hawkers, who were not at the venue for political reasons.
He described those who committed the dastardly act as cowards but said their motives were yet to be known.
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