It’s a Very Sad Day For Minister Babatunde Fashola

Charles Oyelesi

Minister for Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola is experiencing torrid time.

He is being horribly dragged on twitter for false representation.

The former Governor of Lagos state is accused of passing a privately funded road project as a government initiative.

Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, the wealthy Nigerian behind Elizade Motors funded a 6-Kilometre road project in Ilara-Mokin, Akure, Ondo state.

Fashola was invited to commission the road network project.

The minister, however, made a social media post on the event without any reference to Ade-Ojo’s involvement stated ‘’..This marks another completed project in the road sector’’.

Fashola specifically wrote “Two weeks ago I visited Ondo State for the official commissioning of the 6KM road network in Ilara-Mokin, Akure, Ondo State. This marks another completed project in the road sector,” he wrote.

He posted a picture where Ade-Ojo appeared on the fringe.

Those very familiar with the project immediately took on the minister for misrepresentation.

Twitter user Young Otutu led the charge urging the Minister not to take credit for ”another man’s sweat”.

Otutu responded to Fashola’s tweet with “This marks another completed project in the road sector” False. This is not a govt project. This was constructed by the owner of Elizade Motors. Please adjust this tweet and don’t take credit for another man’s sweat,”.

 “The road was built by Elizade for his community. You only commissioned it. So why tweet it as if it was a govt project?” Nnamdi Emehelu also threw in as the floodgate of criticism, jabs, and taunts giving Fashola hell on social media was flung open.