2,600 days in office : Fashola commends workers

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Friday rendered the account of his administration’s 2,600 days in office giving the credit of its achievements to the State’s public servants for their sacrifice which, according to him, has given his administration the confidence to report to the people every 100 days. Fashola told the capacity crowd, consisting of past governors of the State, retired and serving public officers, members of the National and State Assemblies as well as members of the informal sector, at the LTV Blue Roof Multipurpose Hall venue of the event, that his administration has been consistent in reporting progress every hundred days because it does not want to take the peoples’ mandate for granted. The Governor, who expressed joy that the government has consistently done this since inception, noted that the opposition controlled Federal Government’s attempt to imitate the programme ended up in a very big failure and embarrassment from which, according to him, they are yet to recover. His words, “This is the 26th consecutive time we have done so. We do so because we do not take your mandate for granted. We do so because we are accountable and we value the feedback we get from you. 100 days looks like a long time. I can tell you that in government it is not long. This is because we come here every 100 days to report progress not stagnation”. The Governor also told the appreciative audience, “We are long distance runners because you inspire us. Our opponents have tried a very poor imitation of this programme and they have not recovered from the failure and embarrassment that it brought them. They cannot keep the pace that we keep”. On the achievements of the administration in the last 100 days, Fashola, who said government’s presence is being felt in every Local Government in the State, added, “From new schools to new hospitals, to specialized Primary Health Care service, new roads, drainages and Skill Acquisition Centres and Housing, the hallmark of this government has been service delivery”. “In every Local Government there is one or more of these services that our government under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is providing”, the governor said, adding, “In the last 100 days your government has been busy. For example, there are currently 205 road projects at various stages of construction across the State”. Noting that he was particularly pleased to report progress in the housing sector under the Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (Lagos HOMS), Fashola recalled that on the 4th April, 7th May, 4th June and 8th July, the administration conducted the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th monthly draws of the Scheme, where it made available 200 homes every month for eligible residents.