Agbaje faults APC leaders on developments 

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has said the leaders of the All Progressives Congress are not true progressives.

Addressing journalists on Tuesday about his plans to transform the economy of the state, Agbaje claimed that the Governor Babatunde Fashola administration had not maximised the full potential of the state.

Reacting to the condemnation that trailed his comment that the South-South people would shut down the oil sector if President Goodluck Jonathan did not win the presidential election, Agbaje said he was not in support of violence but that he was only trying to present the situation that may arise.

He said, “I am not in support of violence. Everybody that knows me can tell you that I hate violence. The facts are before us. It is very clear to us that post-election violence may occur. If Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) does not win, we may have problems in the North and if President Goodluck Jonathan does not win, there may be violence in the South-South. It now depends on how prepared we are to curb this situation if they arise.”

He said although the Gross Domestic Product and the Internally Generated Revenue of the state had increased over the years, it had not translated to the reduction of poverty and better social welfare.

“The IGR of Lagos has grown from N10bn in 1999 to around N400bn today. The question we should ask ourselves is this: How has this translated to improved lives? Can we say we have achieved tangibly in terms of improving the necessary social conditions for the residents? This government and the APC cannot be called a true progressive government and that is the point of change for us,” he said.