We cannot afford to lose election to PDP, says Fashola

A former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC, cannot afford to lose the presidential election to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC will be filing out against the PDP candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Saturday.

Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, also revealed how members of the APC will guard their votes.

Fashola spoke in Abuja, while inaugurating members of the council’s election planning and monitoring directorate.

Fashola, who is the head of the Directorate said “members of the committee and all party members must to go to ward levels and stay till voting, sorting and counting ends, to ensure victory of the party in the election.”

The Minister added that “the APC cannot afford to allow erstwhile ruling party to return to power because of the ongoing infrastructure development.”

The former Governor insisted that Buhari has achieved a lot in areas of security, economy and infrastructure development.

“The main project is essentially getting more members, more public spirited people across the country, who believe in the development mandate of our party and our government to tackle insecurity, to fight corruption and to develop the economy,” he said.