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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Monday said that the Federal Government of Nigeria developed the nation’s economic nerve centre, Lagos.

The Adamawa-born politician also said the All Progressives Congress (APC) lied that its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu built Lagos after the nation’s return to democracy in 1999.

Atiku, who spoke at the PDP presidential rally at the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, warned the people of the state against returning APC to power at the federal and state levels, saying “a single family has ruled the state for 23 years”.

Addressing a crowd of PDP ers decked up in party paraphernalia, the former Vice-President said, “53 years ago when I came to Lagos in 1969, there was only one Carter Bridge built by the Europeans, no Second Mainland Bridge, no Third Mainland Bridge, no Tafawa Balewa Square, that was when I came to Lagos, all of you were not born then.

“Now, I want to tell you, this is a fact, you can go and check: the Federal Government built the Second Mainland Bridge, the Federal Government rebuilt the Old Carter Bridge, the Federal Government built the Third Mainland Bridge, rebuilt Agege Motor Road, rebuilt Ikorodu Road, all the major roads connecting Island and Mainland.”

He said the Alliance for Democracy (AD), the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the APC governments in Lagos since 1999 lied about developing the state.

“The AD, ACN and APC governments have been telling you lies that they developed Lagos, they did not develop Lagos at all, na lie; they are lying to you,” he said.

Atiku urged Lagosians to free themselves from the control of the Tinubu family by voting in the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos, Olajide Adediran better known as Jandor.

“Therefore, it is time for you, the people of Lagos to liberate yourselves from a family’s government to a people’s government that is going to be led by Jandor,” he said.

Atiku further promised to restructure Nigeria along the lines of fiscal federalism as well as privatise the country’s refineries.

He was at the rally with his running mate and Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa; PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; Governors Duoye Diri (Bayelsa), Emmanuel Udom (Akwa Ibom), Godwin Obaseki (Edo), amongst others.

Atiku is in the 2023 presidential race alongside top contenders including Tinubu and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.

https://www.channelstv.com/2022/12/05/its-a-lie-fg-developed-lagos-not-apc-atiku-hits-tinubu-at-pdp-rally/

Ask Tinubu question how he's going to govern Nigeria, he would tell you I will make Nigeria like Lagos.. That's is slogan.. lol



If not for Lagos that made Tinubu what he is today, he would have remained at Iragbiji doing what his people are known for..

Maybe tomorrow If Abuja becomes a state like Lagos that was once a capital territory for ages, one charlatan will crawl out from his hole and tell us he made Abuja what it's ....

Tinubu should stop ridiculing himself with that idiotic narrative he's pushing that he built Lagos... It's making him to sound foolish !!!

Direct shot fired by Mikano lets hear from the builders of Lagos and men people too

Hahaha

Thief'nubu built lagos before he re- incarnated and was born by iya yekini in faraway iragbiji.

He migrated to lagos in the late 1990s and govern the state again...una no sabi history

Urchins abi I lie??

Obviously. Anyone who says Tinubu built Lagos is either a blatant liar or an ignorant person.

FG didn't develop Lagos State.

Asiwaju and his boys have made Lagos the 5th largest economy in Africa.

FG also built roads and bridges in Adamawa,Abuja, Anambra, Oyo, Enugu,Rivers State, Borno, Kaduna and the rest of the states in Nigeria.

If not for Asiwaju and his boys, Abuja go don dust lagos, and Lagos would have been a dead city like Warri.

Warri suppose to dey contest with Ikeja, Yaba and Lekki if toh say leaders with vision like Tinubu ruled the state, Tinubu would have made the City of Warri better than Accra, Ghana and people like Atiku would have tell us is the FG that develop it.

I wander why Atiku didn't tell us why Warri can't compete with the likes of Kano, Ibadan, Kaduna and PH again, the PDP government in Delta State have ruin the city of Warri

No one is condemning the PDP Governors who have ruled Delta State for turning Warri to a dead city, but una go dey cry about Asiwaju who have elevated Lagos State to the 5th largest economy position in Africa.

Atiku have nothing to campaign with.

The argument on who developed Lagos would make you think that Lagos is one Dubai in Nigeria..

A state that still has slums ghettos and trenches...


I was born in Lagos I still live in Lagos
Went for a childhood friend's wedding and I found out that I have aged more than all my friends...

Reason: Lagos is a hell of a State.. is it the heat the traffic or the fake lives .

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This old lie of tinubu developing lagos must stop

His ers are quick to compare lagos with other states in of development despite all the FG did for lagos

Look at abuja that has been the capital for some years, can u compare lagos with abuja

But the time fashola wants to contest for president, l wonder which achievement he would use to campaign, seeing that the "answer question for me" master had allocated all the development to himself

Heheheheheeeehe.
Ok oo

Thieffnubu can only deceive those born in the 90s.

I was in Lagos when Thieeeefnubu was Governor and Akerele Bucknor was the deputy Governor.

The structures you have in marina were all there before he took over, the bridges the military built were there.

In fact Thieeeefnubu messed up Lagos under his watch, Obalende was a no go area, you jump molue while it's moving and the queue extended to ikoyi cemetery.

Oshodi was a den of thieves and criminals, on several occasions my Aunt gold earrings were snatched while in oshodi traffic from her ear.

Thieeeefnubu built no single bridge or fly over in Lagos. So what did he build? Jakande that had visible projects in Lagos with jakande estates everywhere is not claiming to build Lagos, na criminal that looted Lagos come dey claim so.

APapa gridlock was hell under Thieeeefnubu. He could not maintain federal roads built in Lagos until Fashola came and started rehabilitating the roads and putting things in order.

Below are pictures of Lagos under Thieefnubu

But you couldnt build Abuja, Abuja was a mess 10 to 20 years agos, and its still a mess sef




Even your boss , Obasanjo, Acknowledges what Tinubu is doing in lagos in 2003, watch the video in this thread

https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/7342241/throwback-video-obasanjo-appreciating-tinubus

after acknowledging Tinubu in the old video, he then further said now that we see what Tinubu is doing, we will replicate his good work at federal level.

Have you ever seen a president saying he will replicate a governors good work at federal level.


Atiku shouldn't even be talking for the things we know him for, just that Nigerians do forget things easily.

The only presidential candidate that should be countering Tinubu is Kwankwaso and Obi.

If Atiku is wise he should get his team closer, from Kwankwaso, to Obi to Wike, he will beat Tinubu hands down. This people need thinkers around them and thats the number one problem. They are only interested in powerful and rich people.

Damnnn niggar

We know the story

But are lagosian willing to liberate themselves from Tinubu slavery

Tinubu built an imaginary Lagos and not the one we know. Only the urchins, headed by one ex gov who was Tinubu,'s viceroy, argue this because this is the only good thing they can find to tie his name to.

#ProvideTheTinubuLagosBLUEPRINT..

I need to see a copy of the so-called BLUEPRINT which Tinubu developed for Lagos State when he was the Governor of Lagos State.


WHERE CAN SOMEONE GET IT PLLEEEEEAAASSSEEEE??

Everybody wan trend with Tinubu name

Lol

Urchins come and defend ur Bala blu bablu bulaba..useless bastards

The same thing I have been telling them here even some Yorubas who claim it is their development, it is like Gbagyi people laying claim to the development of Abuja after 77 years of been FCT of Nigeria just like Lagos, who does that.

Lagos belongs to Yorubas but the development belongs to all Tribe and Tinubu is the worst governor of Lagos since its creation

Emagbo werey.
He should at least tell us what him and his PDP istration did in lagos for 8 years as the FG. The same lagos that Tinubu was repairing Federal roads ?

Parachoko:
FG didn't develop Lagos State.

Lagos has been a federal capital since from colonial days. Lagos has been a developed city right from time. For tinubu to come and say his 8 years tenure turn Lagos to what it is today is a lie

Make all of una just dey form saint
Atiku was once the Vice President
Peter Obi was once a governor
Tinubu was once a governor
They all got a lot wrong during there tenure

They can keep pointing fingers till tomorrow
May God punish anyone that will destroy this country further and select for us a leader that will make things better cos at the end of the day voting doesn’t always make things right!!!

watched the press interview too. Tinubu will not receive my vote; he's the father of extortionists, he hoards state resources to himself, he's not straightforward person (real age unknown, education unknown, health status unknown), he singlehandedly brought us buhari so u know the rest, and he is so desperate to rule whilst taking out anyone that stands on his way

lol. Why didn't FG develop other states the way they developed Lagos too?

Why did he develop Adamawa State like Lagos when he was the number 2 man in the FG?

Everybody knows that. They intentionally remove History from the school curriculum so that they can tell lies.

He finished Emilokan

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Lagos made/built Tinubu & not the other way round. Any urchin who claims otherwise is reasoning upside down like bat.

Which one have you developed

Na Tinubu build Festac Town, build National Theatre, Third Mainland bridge, Ikorodu road, Carter bridge etc

Even the Iju water treatment plant commissioned by Lord Lugatd in 1915 was built by Tinubu.

In fact, Tinubu happens to be one of the Portuguese merchants who gave the State's name, Lagos.

Of course Lagos has been the capital city of Nigeria for many years but enilokan says he has been in existence before Lord Lugard. Delusion of granduer.

Very correct