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by Isi Esene
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) are certainly not amused by the widespread notion that Goveernor Babatunde Fashola is the first among his peers in terms of performance in office.
The PDP, through its Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh made this known in an interview yesterday in Abuja insisting that several governors from his party have done far better than the Lagos governor.
According to Metuh, “I disagree with the view that Fashola is the best governor in Nigeria. There are PDP governors who did better than Fashola in terms of delivering dividends of democracy to their people. Have you been to Akwa Ibom, Jigawa, Cross Rivers and some other states that are being ruled by PDP governors?”

Metuh said even the governors who have now pitched their tent under a ‘new PDP’ have performed better than Fashola.
He said, “The seven governors that said they had left the PDP are all great achievers. They have done well in their respective states and we are proud of them.
“The only grievance we have against them is that if they express the same commitment with which they transformed their states to the PDP, our party would have been greater.
“How can you say Fashola has performed better than our governors? I think the problem is that we don’t go to the media to shout. You need to visit those states and see the kind of development I am talking about.”
On attempts to remove the chairman of the party, Bamanga Tukur, as a pre-condition for peace in the PDP, Metuh said the demands by the splinter party are not only undemocratic but also unfair.