Lagos councils: Fashola says ‘No’ to Yar’Adua – The Guardian
July 27, 2009 by tim
As the head of a State Government that is committed to the highest standards of Constitutionalism and legality, I regret that I am unable to accede to your request to alter the current status quo by stopping the operation of the 37 Local Council Development Areas.
With these words, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has called the bluff of the Federal Government’s threat through President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s letter to bring the weight of the apparatus of the federal state on Lagos if the state government did not revert to the old order of 20 local councils.
Indeed, Fashola also expressed shock at Yar’Adua’s tone and timing given that the letter , dated 14th July but published by newspapers yesterday asking Lagos to revert to the old order came berely 24 hours after militants attacked the Atlas Cove oil jetty in Lagos, a development which, curiously, has not merited the president’s single word of sympathy. The language was civil but the message was unmistakable: Don’t bully me! Follow the rule of law!
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