Fashola blames Lagosians for delayed projects

LAGOS—Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, declared that
the major challenge facing his administration in project delivery on schedule in
the state was the residents’ factor.
Fashola made the remarks during the official commissioning of three major
projects across the state.
The commissioned projects are: Agege Transfer Loading Station, Agege Local
Government Area, Lagos-Skipper Engineering Academy, and the 1,600 Igando
Emergency Relief/Resettlement Camp, Alimosho Local Government.
Explaining the constraint, the governor noted that residents have allowed
private interest to override public interest in the state, lamenting, “this impedes
the state government’s effort to deliver projects that would improve the
standard of life.”
Babatunde Raji Fashola
Fashola said: “Last night, I got a report that some group of residents have gone
to seek court order to stop the state government from building ferry terminal in
Osborne.
“This was the ferry terminal that is almost completed and the court without
hearing the state argument, the court gave injunction that the contractor should
leave the site.
“I think that we will continue to have this issue in a democratic system to
balance the interest of few people against million others.
“We were trying to build pedestrian bridge at Iyana-Ipaja axis of the state, a
resident took the state government to court, and alleged that the users of the
bridge will be looking into his house.”