- President Bola Tinubu has recalled how former President Olusegun Obasanjo moved to stop development at the grassroots level when he created the LCDAs as the governor of Lagos state
- Tinubu, at a media chat on Monday, December 23, maintained that Obasanjo’s objection to the creation of the LCDAs was a threat to grassroots development
- The president then reiterated that today, the story has changed as there were developments at the LCDAs he created when he was the governor of the state
President Bola Tinubu has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of hindering grassroots development in Nigeria. He cited the ex-president’s objection to the creation of local councils when he was governor of Lagos state.
Tinubu made this claim during his first Presidential Media Chat on Monday night, December 23. He stated that Obasanjo’s opposition to the creation of Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Lagos State many years ago was a major setback.