ACN Senators seek immediate release of funds from the Federal Government in the aftermath of the Lagos floods
Senators elected under the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) have called on President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to release without further delay monies due to Lagos State from the Ecological Fund following the destructions caused by torrential rainfall which left most parts of the state flooded.
The senators made the call yesterday when former Benue State Governor and Senate Minority Leader, Senator George Akume led 15 other senators from the National Assembly to Lagos State on a tour of the State to assess the level of damages and strain to the state’s infrastructure. They were received by Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola.
Addressing reporters in Alausa, Akume said the senators trooped to Lagos to give the state support following the flood disaster adding that, “what is left is for the Federal Government to assist the state government with ecological funds.”
The visiting senators include ACN Senators Babafemi Ojodu, Oluremi Tinubu, Chris Ngige, Ganiyu Solomon, Gbenga Ashafa and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Senator Abu Ibrahim.
Earlier, Fashola in his address to the senators said the state was indeed overwhelmed with the ecological challenges facing the state, and begged the federal government to assist it with funding to deal with the issue.
Fashola solicited that the state be given a special status as it also doubles as commercial nerve of the country and home to millions of residents of diverse origins and culture.
He however assured that the state government would continue to remove structures that are not in line with the master plan of the state.
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