Bennett Oghifo
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s contributions to Lagos’ improvement, urging residents to indicate appreciation for his infrastructural interventions by supporting his second-term bid.
The Governor, who spoke whereas addressing occasion devoted, on the Lagos East Senatorial District All Progressives Congress (APC) State Mega Rally, Epe, Lagos mentioned President Tinubu had laid a stable basis for Lagos State over twenty years in the past, offering the blueprint for the state’s sustained progress and improvement.
According to him, “ The President deserves more than our votes. He deserves our prayers and our support. I therefore urged Lagos residents to demonstrate their appreciation for the President’s leadership by turning out in large numbers on January 16 to express their support and vote massively for him.”
The Governor added that Lagos had develop into certainly one of Africa’s most sought-after city-states by means of deliberate insurance policies, strategic planning and visionary management initiated below the President’s political and administrative stewardship.
Sanwo-Olu noticed that the President’s transition from Lagos to the nationwide stage had supplied a possibility to duplicate his improvement philosophy throughout Nigeria, with ongoing interventions and tasks reducing throughout the six geopolitical zones.
The Governor additional highlighted the President’s dedication to bettering the welfare of Nigerians, noting that college students have been benefiting from academic interventions, younger individuals have been receiving grants and empowerment assist, retirees have been accessing their pensions, whereas susceptible and aged residents have been receiving help by means of varied social funding programmes.
Speaking additional, the Governor acknowledged that Tinubu can also be commited to Lagos State, acknowledging that the Federal Government’s assist for crucial infrastructure tasks, together with the proposed improvement of the Green Line Rail and Lekki International, Airport, alongside different main tasks anticipated to strengthen connectivity, increase financial actions and consolidate Lagos’ place as a number one funding vacation spot.
Similarly, the Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, mentioned the aim of the marketing campaign go to to the Lagos East Senatorial District was to canvass assist for all APC candidates, urging residents to return out en masse on election day to vote reasonably than keep at house.
He famous that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had recorded vital achievements in infrastructure, training, healthcare and different crucial sectors, stressing the necessity for Lagosians to assist the continuation of the administration’s improvement efforts.
“On election day, let us not stay at home. Come out with your PVC and ensure that everyone in your neighbourhood votes. We have the highest number of registered voters in Nigeria. Let us come out to vote for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and every candidate that will support the continuity of his good work,” Hamzat mentioned.
In his remarks, the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Tokunbo Abiru, mentioned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had laid the muse for the event and transformation Lagos State was witnessing right now, noting that his contributions to the state and the nation have been vital.
He urged Lagosians to reveal their appreciation for the President’s efforts by supporting his re-election for a second time period, including that the state had succesful leaders to maintain the administration’s improvement agenda. “We have capable people in Lagos. So, on election day, let us come out in our numbers to vote for all our candidates and ensure that they all return to power,” Abiru mentioned.
The former governor of the state, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode emphasised the APC’s consistency and longstanding presence in Lagos politics, noting that the occasion had remained dedicated to its political id reasonably than transferring between political platforms.
Ambode described the APC as a celebration that represents the individuals, stressing the significance of cooperation between the occasion and the voters, saying that “the left hand washes the right hand, and the right hand washes the left hand” as an instance the necessity for mutual assist.
He additionally drew consideration to the historical past of the APC in contrast with different political events, noting that a number of the different contenders and their events have been comparatively new, whereas the APC had an extended historical past of governance and political expertise.
In his remarks, the Chairman, APC Lagos Chapter urged eligible voters who have been but to gather their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to take action, describing the cardboard as their funding sooner or later and a significant instrument for taking part within the democratic course of.
He admonished residents to return out and train their civic accountability, expressing confidence within the occasion’s imaginative and prescient of improvement and concluding that unity remained its energy and victory its vacation spot.
In his welcome tackle, the Director-General of the PBAT-KOH Campaign Organisation, Lagos State, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, urged Lagosians to stay steadfast of their assist for the All Progressives Congress (APC), urging them to vote for all candidates of the occasion within the 2027 General elections to maintain the state’s custom of progressive governance, continuity and improvement.
While describing Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as essentially the most ready males for the event of each the state and the nation, Obanikoro confused the spectacular observe document and expertise of each candidates.
In the identical vein, the Chairman of Ibeju-Lekki Local Government and Chairman of Conference 57 (the umbrella physique for the 57 native authorities and LCDA chairmen, Mr. Engr. Abdullahi Sesan Olowa referred to as on occasion members and supporters to accentuate grassroots mobilisation throughout Lagos East, urging them to take the APC message to each family, neighbourhood, group, village and city within the Senatorial District.
He confused the necessity for sustained unity and collective dedication amongst occasion devoted in demonstrating assist for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Lagos State Governor, the Senator representing Lagos East and members of the House of Representatives
