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Former governor of Lagos State and Minister of Works, Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday said zoning agreements must be honoured.
Fashola who disclosed this while addressing journalists covering the affairs of the All Progressive Congress (APC), in Abuja said that although the agreements were not backed by law, it was crucial for them to be respected.
He said, “First let’s talk about law, let’s talk about agreement, the law is the Constitution. The Constitution decides the age at which you can contest certain offices and there is nothing in the Constitution that says zoning. All are political parties, political parties are clubs where you write agreements just like a social club and we can decide that it is the youngest person who will be the Chairman of the Club or we can decide that it is the oldest person or the next female or the next male, that is the matter of agreement between people.
“But the Constitution that sets up the climate of political parties’ formation does not prescribe zoning. The truth is that what makes an agreement specification is the honour in which it is made, not whether it is written. If it was written there would be no Court cases of breach of contract because it’s a document that is written and signed that goes to court.
“But the private agreement you make with your brother and sister can be breached, (it) is honour.”
He clamoured for politics that would entrench good governance and positively impact the lives of the most vulnerable in society.
“I belong to a party, APC and it is committed to good governance because I think the best politics is good governance. The beauty of it for me is the opportunity it gives to impact people’s lives. We have elections only once in four years but we have the responsibility to provide good governance every day and that’s the culture,” he added.
This post was written by Obiajulu Joel Nwolu.
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