Lagos deserves better than what APC is offering - Obanikoro

 former Nigerian Ambassador to Ghana, Musiliu Obanikoro, speaks about the growing debt profile of Lagos State, the PDP-led anti-graft war, 2015 general  elections and  other issues, JOHN ALECHENU, was there

After you contested and lost the 2007 governorship election, why didn’t you contest in 2011?

I was on a national assignment as of that time in 2011. I was the country’s representative (an Ambassador) in Ghana. There is no way I can abandon the responsibilities given to me by the Federal Government and come home only to be chasing a political office at the state level.

Now that I am home, I am strongly reflecting on the last 15 years of Tinubu and the present administration in Lagos State. I will not sit down here and tell you that, we don’t have few things to celebrate in the state but, by and large, there are still many holes to fill. And I can honestly tell you that as a citizen of Lagos State, the overall decision I will make in terms of performance of Lagos State Government in the last 15 years, for me, is slightly below average.

People may be saying they have done some new roads, they have done this, and they have done that. One, we must look at the costs of these roads and then, the state has a debt profile of about N1tn a