Fashola Tackles Nigerians For Asking For Too Much From Mr President [VIDEO]

Former Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola

Water, house rent, others are not the constitutional responsibilities of the President

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According to Babatunde Fashola, a former governor of Lagos state, Nigerians expect too much from their presidents.

The former minister of the Buhari administration stated in a recent interview that went viral that the president is not constitutionally obligated to handle matters like water, housing rent, sanitation, and other issues.

In his words; “Are we expecting too much from the President? What constitutional role does the President have with regards to things that affect the majority of the people? Water Supply, Sanitation, getting a business permit, paying rent? Those are things that are not the responsibilities of the Nigerian President.”

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However, many Nigerians have responded to his comment in different ways. While many concur with him, others contend that the President's desk is where the nation's welfare ends.

Watch the video of Fashola speaking below

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According to some X users formerly known as Twitter; 

A user, @TundeAsemo shared; “It's sad that you and many other Nigerians even the educated ones don't know that it's not the President's constitutional rights to provide foods, house rent, water els for all Nigürians These are responsibilities of your own parents who brought you into the world and the responsibilities of your immediate government officials like your local government chaimen and your governors.

“The President main responsibility is to supervise what is happening in the country. Like telling parents not to bring the children they cannot feed into the world, checkmate the immediate government officials and assist them in providing the people's noods and making his country le Nigeria great in the community of nations.”

Other X users @OtunbaDayanandaime, shared; “The more I watch this vides, the more angry become. If you've a business persons, trader, landlord Fashora is coming efter you life. He's basically blaming you for the inflation and disastrous economy. This is some Joseph Gabbels level of propagande.”

@KelzTbg shared; “Does he know that the price of fuel affects transportation which affects cost of mostly everything? Dollar cost for purchase and clearance of goods too?

“Unnecessary taxation and policies? Sounding like a damaged record Y'all hypocrites cried foul play with Jonathan but still saying shiiii.”