BusinessDay... the voice of business: Molue  to be banned in Lagos, says Fashola

Molue  to be banned in Lagos, says Fashola
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Admin on 06 January, 2008 07:05:00
 
Governor Babatunde Fashola disclosed this at an interactive session with media
executives on weeken in Ikeja.
He said that the new image would be devoid of the use of the Molue (a
commercial bus) as a symbol to represent the city.
Fashola expressed regret that Lagos had over the years been portrayed
internationally as a city of crime with nothing positive to show.
"With such portrayals, an economic hub such as Lagos could neither attract
serious investors nor investments,’’ he noted.
The governor said that crimes were not peculiar to Lagos, noting that even
those countries which advertised only their renowned tourism icons and
institutions had their own sleazy communities.
Fashola, who also spoke on the current federal structure in the country, argued
that the Federal Government had no constitutional powers to lord it over the
states since it derived its powers from them.
According to him, the people who make up the country belong to the states which
constitute corporate Nigeria, noting that if these people were not there, then
there could be no federal government.