I don't want a christian as Lagos state governor come 2015-Fashola

Following the recent call made by the Lagos
State Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria,
PFN, for a Christian successor to Governor,
Babatunde Fashola, in 2015, the latter on
Monday, condemned the demand, and
questioned if the christian agitators really
believed in God?, noting that it is only God
that can insist.

The governor made the remark while
commissioning an inter-faith conference, Tagged:
"Peace, Religious Harmony and Good Governance:
Issues and Challenges".
Fashola posited that the current insecurity issues
bedeviling the country could be greatly reduced if
everyone accepted religious harmony.
"People have said that they want one particular
governor and I have ask myself two questions -
the people who said that they want one particular
governor or said that there must be this
particular governor, are they still conscious that it
is an election where a choice has to be made? If
there are two democrats, they should expect that
citizens must have a say in who is sworn-in as the
governor of their state" Fashola said.
"Secondly; I wonder when I heard those things.
You can insist, but can you insist that you will be
alive in the next one hour. I know that things can
rub off badly, you may be on the wrong side of
the government policy, but we must trust
ourselves.
"We have integrated more than 50 years ago
rather than toying with what we are doing at the
moment. The danger is too much, this cloth will
not tear in one straight line; it will tear in shreds if
we pull it too far and let us restrain the pull on
the cloth. It is no longer a new cloth; it is a well
worn cloth and when a well worn cloth tears, it
doesn't repair well" he added.
Fashola who stressed that religion should not be
the bedrock for choosing his successor, said:
"Good governance means different things to us. It
may mean that there are more religion
institutions of one faith than the other in the
state; that maybe good governance for some
people. And for majority, good governance is just
food, the ability to get a job and provision of social
amenities. For those people, the faith of the
governor is never their problem".
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