The state government made the statement while reacting to the claim by the Sambo that many residents have been fleeing the state because of the high taxes imposed on them by the state government.
The Vice President had made the claim on Wednesday, December 24th, during a reconciliation meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship aspirants in Lagos.
Reacting on behalf of the State Government, the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Information and Strategy, Mr. Lateef Raji, lamented that under the present administration, Nigerians have not “feel the presence of (Federal) government even in the remotest part of the country.”
According to him, “History will not forgive them (President Goodluck Jonathan and his Vice, Namadi Sambo) for running a full course of four-year Presidency without any legacy. If they lack the capacity to contend with other complex challenges confronting the nation, they do not have to be geniuses to plant a block of classroom or a paediatric ward in each of Nigeria’s public primary schools or general hospitals in the remaining five months of their tenure to at least appease yet impressionable children.”
He added “Now that he (Sambo) is back in Abuja, he can share his Lagos experience with his principal and impress on him without delay that the little sunshine left out there is still sufficient to hang fabrics out to dry.
“The lesson for the Federal Government in all of these is that if the Presidency can summon the will power to rein in its members and ensure that oil receipts and accruals from other revenue heads are properly accounted for and remitted to the Federation Accounts, Nigeria would be better and the citizens would be happy.
“If the Federal Government had avoided situations where individuals present claims in billions of hard-earned money spent on hotel accommodation, air travels and all other such excesses in diversion of public funds, the Nigerian economy will not be in the sorry state it is today and we would all have been better for it,” he added
Raji described the Vice President as a junior partner in Nigeria’s uninspiring Presidency, saying “Rather than join the gabby gang in Abuja, simple greetings and a few compliments will do instead of making non-residential claims that are lacking in facts.
“If it is anything to do with Lagos the State Government will readily avail him of accurate data that could assist him to make informed deductions.
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