The Best Way To Play Politics Is By Delivering Good Governance- Fashola

Babatunde Raji Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing has said that the best way to play politics is by delivering good governance to the people.

Fashola who spoke to reporters covering a program of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Tuesday said that parties that entered into an agreement of zoning with its members should honour the agreements.

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Further pointing out that there was nothing in the country's constitution that addressed the issue of zoning, Fashola further said that zoning was a gentlemanly agreement that should be honoured.

“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.

“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.

“To retain power in 2023, certainly if we keep our promises, is that simple. That’s politics. If you do what you said you will do even if you don’t do 100 per cent and they see that you are making progress, they will even want you to finish something you started,” Fashola said