Former Lagos state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget under
Babatunde Fashola's government, Ben Akabueze has come out to defend his
former boss in the N78 million website scandal which broke weeks ago. In
an interview with Kadaira Ahmed of Straight Talk With Kaidaia, Ben
Akabueze says they ran a very detailed government that checked against
fraud and that if the former governor wanted to steal, it wouldn't be
N78 million
"I think
it would be useful for people to look at the full scope of the project
and then make a determination about whether or not it did not represent
value for money. For me, we ran an annual budget of over N400bn. I
think that if he (Fashola) really wanted to steal money, it wouldn’t be
N78m out of over N400bn that he had access to. Of course, every kobo of
public funds must be accounted for and I hope in the future, we can get
the full facts and it will be made available to the public. I don’t know of anybody succeeding at
anything like that (stealing) because we had a system that we designed
as much as possible to prevent such. Take for instance, in our capital
expenditure, we had in-house experts, so, if it was a construction
project, regardless of the agency of government undertaking the project,
the experts in the ministry of works and infrastructure would do an
independent assessment of the cost. We had quantity surveyors, engineers,
architects that offered advice. If it was an IT related project, the
team in the Ministry of Science and Technology would do an independent
evaluation and so for you to steal; you would need to corrupt the whole
process.””he said
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I wonder. They should let the man be jare.
#TeamBlessed#
Stealing is stealing, whether N5 or N78m
#IT will ONLY get BETTER
#it MUST end IN praise
He might have a point.
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OKAY, WCH POLITICIAN IN DS OUR COUNTRY IS DAT SAINT SHOW ME ONE..CUZ I DO WANDER ATTYMS...TOMJERRYSWIT
Exactly my tot. How much Is 78m that those enemies of progress are screaming about? If BRF wanted to steal, I bet u it won't be 78M
Gbam! Gbam!! Gbam!!!
Well said and he made it clear and open for all to see and know better. I wish him all d best.
Everything is justified in politics
Everything is justified in politics
Everything is justified in politics
You couldn't have said it any better, we're a very emotional set of people who rarely try to dig deep when offered first information, always quick to head to the market with fallacy.
Fashola till tomorrow remain a standard for other public servants.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Fashola did well bt it's hard to dissociate stealing nd looting from Public service in this part of the world, so if fashola got better proofs let em clear his name once and for all.
Nobody can say fashola did not steal 1 naira
Thank you oga.
EXPERTS KO, QUANTITY SURVEYOR NI, OLEEEEEEEEEE
Don't be silly, it all adds up to the overall theft.
Abi??
Tinubu nko? He has stolen half of lagos state and no one is saying anything about that. Half of lagos land is in his pocket .Abeg they should leave Fashola alone. All of this is in the bid to put him in a bad light for the ministerial position coming up.
Close your dirty mouth my friend idiot
I couldn't agree any less.
Heard you sir!
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Defending ur man nothing else.....
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
Yes. But when you steal 78 million from 20 different places it adds up.
Wat abt dos he stole in secret??
Oga a thief is a Thief abeg
Akabueze GERRARA HERE MEHN !!! We all know the truth...Love of money has made most of you lost your good sense of reasoning and will call black white and vice-versa...You are protecting your master so that if eventually he got an appointment, contract or Special aide portfolio will be given to you....We all knew Fashola tried but not up to 50% of IGR of Lagos+Allocation+Debt owed...Imagine Anambra State during gov Peter Obi with its small allocation and IGR were able to perform exceedingly and still left not less than N76 Billion cash and other valuables without owing any debt....WHO IS DECEIVING WHO ???
God bless you sir, this is PDP tyrant Job. They need to defend their monthly salary. Once again, they failed.
Wether na 1naira or 78kobo, steal na steal
78m no b moni, do u knw hw many people or families dat amount of moni can change dere lives.
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IGBO man you want he to steal all the money ...public money is public money ...... birds of the same wings .....
very dumb submission
Oyibo I beg make we hear word. Is it only 78million we are talking about or ikoyi bridge, judge house, selling of govt house that were built all over the place. And any other ones that have not been scanned out. Just carry your kaiya go east go chop the small one wey you see. Don't defend the indefensible.
This is one of many many 78m Fashola looted.
Lol tbh.
This 78million nonsense is Tinubu trying to mess Fashola up
Call me silly but fashola worked. He REALLY worked.
So if he took 78 million or even more,is it morally wrong? Yes. But do I mind? Not really. He was a better governor than that gargoyle Tinubu.
I wonder if some people even go to school, can't you read between the lines " If Fashola want to steal it won't be 78 million naira" so for you layman here he is saying Fashola did not, this is one man of integrity and foresight, it is not good that we are repaying him this way. This is the man that had disagreement with his boss(Tinubu) because he takes his stand. I will always support Fashola until it is proven that he did it.
I SEE SENSE IN WHAT THIS MAN IS SAYING I KNOW I KNOW AND I KNOW THAT JAGABAN WANT TO RUBBISH FASHOLA WITH HIS STUD AMBODE THIS IS VERY CLEAR
your really daft. what has being igbo got to this with this writeup? That's why peps like you don't ever progress cus your stuck on stupid mentality
hmmmm
I wonder ooo
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