Although the land use charge is
currently creating ripples across Lagos state, the controversy is not new.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo
disclosed this at 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium in Lagos on Thursday.
Osinbajo, who served as
commissioner of justice throughout the eight years when Tinubu governed Lagos,
recalled how the then governor got angry during a discussion on land use
charge.
“I recall that there was a time
when the issue of the land use charge led to an argument at the guest house of
Lagos government,” Osinbajo said.
“I was there alongside Lai
Mohammed, Dele Alake, Yemi Cardoso and some other people. The argument was so
tough. Some were against the introduction of the land use charge, some were for
it.
“We were all arguing. At a point,
the governor got angry and asked: ‘Are you the ones they voted into power?’
Later he stormed out of the room but we didn’t leave.”
Osinbajo said after a moment,
Tinubu walked back into the room and asked: “Are you people still here?”
“When Asiwaju walked back into
the room, he came back with more facts and figures. My own thought is that when
he left, he went to get more facts for the argument.”
Osinbajo described Tinubu as a
great leader who invests in people.
President Muhammadu Buhari
chaired the colloquium which had in attendance over 11 governors, senators,
ministers, captains of industry, traditional rulers, among others.
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