The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has faulted a statement credited to President Goodluck Jonathan that Muhammadu Buhari did not buy any weapon for soldiers when he was in government. He wondered if President Goodluck Jonathan planned to fight terrorists with 1985 weapons. He said:
“When a man says, ‘When they were there, they did not buy guns’. Ask, If they had bought guns in 1985, will he be fighting war with 1985 guns? It is a good thing to take a man by his words. Awolowo prepared himself to speak in public because he knew the value of the spoken word and more importantly knew electoral promises were a matter of very serious honour, and to break them was a matter of great dishonour and breach of trust. Indeed, nothing honours or dishonours a man like the value of his words.”
Fashola also faulted activist of free education in Nigeria, saying they were not well informed about what it meant to give free education at all levels. He explained that free education could only be guaranteed at the primary and secondary level, adding that many people had failed to differentiate between education and specialisation. According to Fashola, education ends at secondary level, other activities at tertiary level can be described as specialisation.