Renowned activist and Convener, Razaq Kolade Olokoba Political Network Group, Comrade Razaq Olokoba has confessed he was marvelled at the brilliance of the honourable Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), admitting that, “his brilliance has manifested in his superlative performances in any duty he is assigned to handle.”
The famous Ilorin, Kwara State born right crusader expressed his mind to our correspondent in Lagos Friday, while reviewing the interview conducted with him on the award winning Channels Television and anchored by the ace brocaster, Seun Okinbaloye where Fashola reviewed the state of the infrastructure in the country under President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
According to Olokoba, what made Fashola spectacular in that interview just like his other engagements with the media and the public is how he was analysing facts and figures without holdin any script, saying, “the minister was a good personality to behold and there is no doubt that, it is God in His infinite mercy that blessed this administration and the whole country with Babatunde Raji Fashola (BRF).”
Citing a couple of instances in the interview that excited him, the vocal public commentator and political analyst said, “it is heart-warming and happiness inducing to realise that the much awaited Second Niger Bridge will be open for use by or before December this year,” agreeing with the minister that, “that road always witness heavy traffic of human and commercial goods especially during the Yuletide.”
The youthful activist, who is also the National President of Campaign for Dignity in Governance (CDG), was full of joy hearing the Minister’s efforts on the just 100 kilometre Ilorin-Jebba road which has been a death trap for decades, praising the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), who was used by God to reduce the four day journey to mere 90 minutes.
Speaking further, Olokoba was full of admiration for the Minister, who was one time governor of Lagos State for successful two terms, when he recalled that, traders who used to pass through the hellish of a road sometimes lost their perishable farm products to harsh weather while cattle dealers had lost several heads of cattle which either died or slaughtered and given out to the neighbourhood communities at a great loss.
The elated political commentator could not hide his excitement on the extent of works on the Ogbomosho-Oyo axis that has remained dilapidated for ages, testifying that, “truly, we my group had a very smooth ride on that road on our way to Ilorin recently where we held a mega rally in support of the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the 2023 election.”
Recall that the Razaq Kolade Olokoba Political Netwwork Group stormed Ilorin, Kwara State capital to mobilise support for Mallam Saliu Mustapha (Senate), Governor AbdurRahman AbdurRazaq (Second Term) and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (President).
The youth leader, who was also impressed about the level of works on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway said seeing is believing and that the achievements are concrete ones, commended the Minister for adding values to the current administration in terms of standard infrastructure of global standard reminding that, infrastructure development is on President Buhari’s top list of priority.
“It is also gratifying to note that Fashola is not exerting energy only on road construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and repairs alone, he has not neglected the Housing aspect of his ministry. And it is worthy of mentioning that, the workaholic minister has overrun about 34 out of 36 states of the federation and he is still counting,” Olokoba submitted, adding, “it is also good of him that, he is all along considering adequate compensations for property owners whose land and crops are tampered with in the course of making the country better for the citizenry.”
Concluding, the highly impressed leader of several Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), therefore urged Nigerians to maximise support for him and cooperate with his ministry in the onerous task of nation building untrusted in his care, assuring that, “the Fashola we have known for ages, who has passed our integrity tests severally and who has not disappointed for once, will not disappoint his people.”
