Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday said despite the recurring visitation of President Goodluck Jonathan to Lagos in recent times, Lagosians will massively vote against him in the March 28, 2015, presidential election, adding that Jonathan was never there for the people when they needed him most.
Fashola said this yesterday at the reignited All Progressives Congress, APC, rally held in Ifako-Ijaye.
According to Fashola, Jonathan was nowhere to be found when things were made difficult for the people of Lagos by the Federal Government.
The governor also urged Lagosians to collect their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, saying the PVCs were very strategic, if the people must have a say in the coming elections.
Addressing the enchanted crowd of loyalists, party supporters and well-wishers, the governor said about 3.6m PVCs were brought to Lagos, out of which about 2.2 had so far been collected.
He said another window of opportunity would open today for residents without cards, to go and collect their PVCs as INEC returns the cards back to polling units. The collection exercise will run from today (Friday) till Sunday.
Fashola told the people that all projects around the Ifako-Ijaye area — the Maternal and Child Centre, MCC, two new schools, Yaya Abatan street among others — “were made possible by your voters cards, votes and taxes”.
He added that all complaints about the Federal Government and mismanagement of the economy would only come to an end when they collect their PVCs and vote in the coming elections.