I have no enemies –Fashola

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has said he has no en­emies but critics who inspired him to fulfil his challenges in governance by meeting the expectations of 21 million Lagosians who gave him their mandates.

The governor, who was re­sponding to a question from one of the students, who took part in the Lagos State Science and Technology (LASSTECH) week , last Thursday, said his belief in the promise of a great­er nation inspired him to always give his best.
He urged the over 750 stu­dents at the event to ‘’work hard and hold on to your dreams, since all that had been thought impossible globally in the recent past have come to pass.’’
Meanwhile, state’s Com­missioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Adebiyi Mabadeje, said it was only the deployment of science and technology solutions that could confront the huge challenges presented by the rapid rural-urban migration into Lagos in order not to compromise the quality of life of the inhabit­ants.
He said these challenges in­formed the yearly LASSTECH week aimed at creating aware­ness and early promotion of practical skills, entrepreneurial education, as well as the study of science and technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), in the state’s educa­tional institutions.
Earlier, Permanent Secrtary in the ministry, Mrs Nike Animashaun, said science and technology provided the best options for development in all facets of human endeavour, while also serving as the yard­stick for measuring the rate of economic development in any state or nation.
She commended the pupils and students drawn from all over the state for taking advan­tage of the week’s activities to justify the huge investment on science and technology by the Fashola administration in fast-tracking economic develop­ment in the state.