Ikuforiji warns Governor against ‘noise makers’ – The Nation
November 18, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker Adeyemi Ikuforiji yesterday warned Governor Babatunde Fashola against listening to those he described as ‘noise makers’.
Ikuforiji, who spoke after Fashola presented next year’s budget on the floor of the Assembly, said: “My advice to His Excellency is that you should concentrate on your assignment and not be distracted by the ‘noise makers’. The real measure of your performance will be known after your exit from office. Most of those who claim to love you the most today, we remember were those who nearly fought your predecessor and his loyalists to a standstill when it became clear that your predecessor gave his full support for you to succeed him.
“They threatened fire and brimstone if you were made the candidate of our great Party, the Action Congress. Today, you are the toast and they will even tell the gullible that nothing was good before you got in as the governor. They will tell you nothing good happened to Lagos State before you became governor. They will flatter you to no end. They will like to isolate you from your roots. They will want you to believe that your administration is the first in the world to hit the ground running and achieve like no one else.”
