Fashola, who stated this during a meeting with members of the IPMAN in Lagos noted that Nigerians have experienced good and bad governance in the last decades, and urged Nigerians to use the opportunity offered by the elections to change the bad government in the country.
According to him, “This is the first time that we, the people, can change a government that is bad. This is a full cycle of democracy and if we achieve this, power will henceforth stay in the hands of the people. If you vote APC and they fail to do well, it is you, the people, who will vote them out. That is what is important about this election.”
He pointed out that if the Nigerian people succeed in changing a bad government, the succeeding government would remember that it was the people that removed the previous one and put them there, adding that this consciousness would keep them on their toes to serve the people well knowing they too could be removed if they performed badly.
Urging the people to be courageous and insist on change of government at the centre, Fashola warned that the ruling party, in their desperation, would provoke and intimidate them.
He counseled that, “Be gently stubborn. If they do anything, just be courageous and keep your PVC. During the time for voting, go to your polling booth and vote and remain there until your vote is counted.”