Fashola insists that the administration of President Muihammadu Buhari brought back money stolen by PDP governments to develop infrastructure
By Emma Ogbuehi
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration may have adopted the tactics of the axiomatic lizard that fell from an Iroko tree without any injury and praised itself in the absence of such praise from bystanders.
This is because as Nigerians continue to grumble, federal government officials are reeling out what they claim to be the administration’s achievements 16 months to the end of Buhari’s second tenure.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, claimed the administration has done what the United States government is struggling to achieve.
Fashola made the comments in Kano during a conversation series of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said the Buhari government has done more than all the previous governments when it comes to infrastructure.
He alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party was known for stealing public funds to invest in bigger countries but that the APC brought back the stolen funds and invested them in infrastructure.
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Fashola said, “I can assure you that the present APC administration of President Buhari has achieved what even the U.S. government is trying to do in terms of infrastructure.
“As at December 2021, we had completed no fewer than 941 kilometres of roads across all states and geopolitical zones in the country.
“For instance, in Kano State here, there are 21 road projects either in, around or in the neighbouring communities by this administration.
“Before APC administration, when last do you remember the Federal Government completing even a 50-kilometre road in any part of Nigeria?
“So, this is the positive change we promised Nigerians in 2015 and it is already happening. They say we are the same as them, but we are not. They stole money and took it abroad, but we are taking this money back and investing it in the area of infrastructure.”
Fashola claimed that about 850 more projects including bridges, roads and houses are still ongoing.
