Leadership

Choose Right President In 2023, Fashola Admonishes Nigerians

- BY ORJIME MOSES, Abuja

Minister of works and housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola has urged Nigerians to use the performanc­e of all the presidenti­al candidates who were governors for eight years to judge who is best for the position of president.

Fashola gave the piece of advice yesterday in Abuja, at the 2022 annual lecture of the

Epiphany Azinge Foundation and public presentati­on of the book, “Azinge: Born to Serve."

The minister said leadership was about responsibi­lity and as the country prepared to elect new sets of leaders in a few months, the electorate should endeavour to make the right choice by voting someone, who had been tried and tested.

“Azinge: Born to Serve” is a biography of renown Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Epiphany Azinge.

Speaking on the theme, Leadership and Service to Humanity, the minister, who also served as governor of Lagos State between 2007 and 2015, stressed that responsibi­lity was the core of leadership.

Fashola

Nigerians to make their choice of candidate from the presidenti­al front-liners by critically assessing the impact of their past performanc­es and responsibi­lities while in office.

"Since the frontline presidenti­al candidates had been governors for eight years, the electorate should use their performanc­e in judging who was best for the position of president."

Speaking, on the leadership of president Buhari, Fashola noted that the president has done credibly well for Nigerians.

He said about seven years ago, a journey of 127 km from Lagos to Ibadan, which should take just about 90 minutes, was a venture of trepidatio­n. You were not sure if you set out at dawn whether you would get there before nightfall.

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