According To This Civil Society Group, If Buhari Wants To Run A Corrupt Free Govt, He Should Not Appoint Fashola

President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised not to appoint the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, as a member of his government.

A civil society group, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, holds that the Fashola administration was enmeshed in several controversies that should not be overlooked by the President.

The Executive Chairman of the group, Debo Adeniran said his organisation was troubled by many dilapidated schools in the state.
He said, Fashola has refused to obey all freedom of information (FOI) requests for his government to disclose how he spent the $200m World Bank education funds he received.

He said instead, the state government continued to run its affairs in secrecy by claiming that the FOI Act did not apply to state governments.

Adeniran said independent investigations by his organisation showed that the 1.36km Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge which was reportedly built for N25bn, cost only N6bn.

He said he had written a series of petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe the various projects of the Fashola government in the face of the over N500bn debt left behind by the government.

Deniran said he was worried that the EFCC has continued to ignore his petitions to probe Fashola.

In a letter addressed to the President titled, ‘Don’t elevate Fashola’ the group said if Buhari wanted to actualise his mission of ‘change’ he would need to distance himself from Fashola.