{"id":9527,"date":"2018-04-01T00:15:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T06:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=9527"},"modified":"2018-04-01T00:15:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T06:15:14","slug":"buharis-mission-in-eko-atlantic-city-ambode-disagrees-with-presidency","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/buharis-mission-in-eko-atlantic-city-ambode-disagrees-with-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari\u2019s Mission In Eko Atlantic City: Ambode Disagrees With Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidency and the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, have disagreed over what President Muhammadu Buhari went to do at the Eko Atlantic City during his two-day working visit to Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Ambode said in his official Twitter handle that the President went there to commission Eko Atlantic project.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet read, \u201cWe took a tour of the Eko Atlantic City with Mr. President as he officially commissioned the project. Eko Atlantic is a good example of what Public and Private Partnership can do to the Nigerian economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9528\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/387DC975-8D0E-42CA-9C2B-6640BB16F66B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/387DC975-8D0E-42CA-9C2B-6640BB16F66B.jpeg 358w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/387DC975-8D0E-42CA-9C2B-6640BB16F66B-239x300.jpeg 239w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/387DC975-8D0E-42CA-9C2B-6640BB16F66B-100x126.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, Twitter went wild with many users pointing out that it was former President Goodluck Jonathan who in company with the then Governor,\u00a0 Babatunde Fashola, and former United States President, Bill Clinton, that inaugurated the project in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The pictures of Jonathan inaugurating the project were also shared multiple times on the micro-blogging site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9529\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/667C8C98-F412-434F-8A46-2E5C44EE3004.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1774\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/667C8C98-F412-434F-8A46-2E5C44EE3004.jpeg 746w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/667C8C98-F412-434F-8A46-2E5C44EE3004-300x181.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/667C8C98-F412-434F-8A46-2E5C44EE3004-768x463.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/667C8C98-F412-434F-8A46-2E5C44EE3004-1024x618.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/667C8C98-F412-434F-8A46-2E5C44EE3004-100x60.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/667C8C98-F412-434F-8A46-2E5C44EE3004-969x584.jpeg 969w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/667C8C98-F412-434F-8A46-2E5C44EE3004-1150x694.jpeg 1150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1774px) 100vw, 1774px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his response on Twitter, however, Buhari disagreed with Ambode, insisting that he only went to inspect the project.<\/p>\n<p>Using the handle, @NGRPresident, he said, \u201cThe President did not commission or launch Eko Atlantic City. His visit was a tour as part of a two-day offical visit to Lagos State and the plaque he unveiled was to commemorate his visit to the site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9530\" src=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6EBFB6F1-B2C9-469E-A096-C6DC7B00ED42.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6EBFB6F1-B2C9-469E-A096-C6DC7B00ED42.jpeg 740w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6EBFB6F1-B2C9-469E-A096-C6DC7B00ED42-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6EBFB6F1-B2C9-469E-A096-C6DC7B00ED42-768x467.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6EBFB6F1-B2C9-469E-A096-C6DC7B00ED42-1024x623.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6EBFB6F1-B2C9-469E-A096-C6DC7B00ED42-100x61.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6EBFB6F1-B2C9-469E-A096-C6DC7B00ED42-969x590.jpeg 969w, https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/6EBFB6F1-B2C9-469E-A096-C6DC7B00ED42-1150x700.jpeg 1150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidency and the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, have disagreed over what President Muhammadu Buhari went to do at the Eko Atlantic City during his two-day working visit to Lagos State. Governor Ambode said in his official Twitter handle that the President went there to commission Eko Atlantic project. 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