Bad Roads :I was misquoted -Fashola
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The minister of works and housing, Babatunde Raju Fashola has responded to mixed reaction that greeted his recent comment on most federal roads in the country.
The minister, clarifying his statement on Sunday, November 10, in Ondo state during the roads funded by chairman,Toyota Nigeria Limited, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, said that his remark was misquoted, The Nation reports.
Moreover, Fashola assured Nigerians that the federal government would fix its bad roads as contained in its priority list.
He said: “Let me start from the journey by roads to the 36 states, 12 hours everyday, so I know what I saw, and I also said what I wanted to say in that press conference.”
The former governor of Lagos state also expressed gratitude to the media for showing the maturity and the professionalism so people can see the context of what he really said.
in his response to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he should both apologies to Nigerians and resign his position as a minister, Fashola maintained that he did not use the word ‘exaggerated’.
He told journalists: “I didn’t use the word ‘exaggerated’, I didn’t say that. Please go and listen to what I said, thank you.”
Apart from this, the opposition party also urged the minister to tender unreserved apology to Nigerians