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  • Tribunal dismisses AD, LP petitions challenging Lagos governor’s election

    The Lagos State Gubernatorial Election Petitions Tribunal sitting at Ikeja, Lagos on Monday dismissed petitions filed by the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the Labour Party (LP) challenging the victory of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the March 9 polls.

    The tribunal’s chairman, Justice T.T. Asua, in a ruling, dismissed the petitions due to the failure of the petitioners to file applications for pre-hearing conference after the close of pleadings within seven days as prescribed by the law.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sanwo-Olu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the INEC Residential Electoral Commissioner were listed as respondents in the petitions.

    Other respondents were the Returning Officer for The Lagos State Governorship Election, the Commissioner of Police and the Army.

    The three-man panel noted that timely application for a pre-hearing conference was a condition to the hearing of the petitions.

    It held that without the application for pre-hearing conferences, the petition cannot begin or get to the stage of judgment.

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    The panel also held that Section 285(4) of the Fourth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution was inapplicable because of the timely application for a pre-hearing conference was a precondition in election petition matters.

    According to Justice Asua, the inability of the petitioners to serve any of the respondents was not an excuse and the consequence of failure to apply timely for pre-hearing conference amounted to a dismissal of such a petition.

    Responding to the decision of the tribunal, counsel to the petitioners, Mr. Bola Aidi, thanked the tribunal for a well-considered ruling.

    Sanwo-Olu’s counsel, Mr. Abiodun Owonikoko (SAN), had in a motion filed on May 22, raised an objection based on Paragraph 18(1)(4) of the Electoral Act.

    Owonikoko argued out that the AD and LP had not filed applications hearings for a pre-trial conference within seven-days after the close of pleadings.

    In his response dated May 26, Aidi had said Section 285(8) of the Fourth Alteration of the 1999 Constitution does not permit any electoral petition to be terminated at the interlocutory stages.

    AD and LP gubernatorial candidates, Chief Owolabi Salis and Prof. Ifagbemi Awamaridi, had in their petitions challenged Sanwo-Olu’s victory on the grounds that he is not competent to run as a gubernatorial candidate in the election.

    They had also alleged that the March 9 polls were characterised by violence, voting irregularities and that Sanwo-Olu had no voters card and as such cannot vote or be voted for.

  • My administration ’ll prioritise security, says Sanwo-Olu

    Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Lagosians that his administration will put safety of lives and property as a priority.

    The governor gave the assurance on Monday while briefing state House reporters after the weekly security meeting with top security officers at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja.

    He said all the security formations have been well-informed that keeping Lagos safe and secured is a daily responsibility and everyone’s responsibility.

    Saying that he was delighted because he is receiving the support of the security formations in the state, Sanwo-Olu said the deliberation was centred on core security-related matters and measures needed to actualise better secured state.

    “I want to assure residents of Lagos that during the meeting, issues bordering on cultism, kidnapping, armed robbery, pipeline vandalism and indiscriminate driving against traffic and okada riders were discussed.

    “Other issues that could improve the level of security in the state were not left out. At the meeting, we set a new level of challenge for ourselves.

    Read Also: Lagosians urged to support Sanwo-Olu

    “We have all taken up the challenge and we will encourage all the men that will be involved, and we can assure Lagosians that they will begin to see a new lease of security in the state. We want to assure all that we are on track,” the governor assured.

    On the menace of Okada riders, the governor said like any other automobile users in the state, Okada riders are governed by law. “So, the same rule will be applied to them; we are not changing any rule,” Sanwo-Olu.

    He promised that the government would be doing a lot of advocacy using the entire medium that could assist in reaching out to the public.

    “The aim is to re-inform them of the law and to assist them from violating the law. We want the public to be compliant; we don’t want to be over-policing the system.

    “It is after all these that we will apply the full weight of the law to those who are recalcitrant,” Sanwo-Olu said.

  • Lagos to get special courts for traffic offenders

    Henceforth, traffic offenders are to be tried by special courts in Lagos, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said at the weekend.

    According to him, the special courts would be created soon, adding that convicts will be made to serve punishment if found guilty at the point of contravention.

    The government would not spare anyone, irrespective of status, warning that motorists must obey traffic regulations.

    According to a statement by deputy chief press secretary Gboyega Akosile, the governor spoke on Sunday at an interdenominational thanksgiving Service organised by the Lagos chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) at the Deeper Life Bible Church Headquarters in Gbagada.

    The statement quoted the governor as saying: “We want the people to obey Lagos traffic law. We want them to understand that they are not the only road users who have right of way. If you want my government to finish well, don’t drive against the traffic.

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    “We are working with the Acting Chief Judge of the state to set up special mobile courts that will dispense judgment on traffic offences. Any offender would be made to serve the punishment immediately, which could be in the form of compulsory community service. We are declaring zero tolerance for disobedience to traffic rules.”

    Sanwo-Olu said the task of realising the ‘Greater Lagos’ project would be difficult without the support of the residents.

    He urged Christians in the state to join hands with his administration in its efforts to create a prosperous Lagos.

    CAN Chairman, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola, described life as “a race”, pointing out that the governor emergence was a call to service.

    He urged the governor to always seek the pleasure of God before taking decisions.

    Observing that many leaders failed because they sought the pleasure of man and severed their connections with God, Apostle Bamgbola said a leader must be just in deciding the affairs of the society.

    He said: “You must run with God if you want to finish the race of life well. Run with the fear and pleasure of God. Run courageously and deliberately to win.

    “Run the race without worldly distractions. Run with knowledge of eternity, because all leaders will give an account of their stewardship on Judgement Day. So, therefore, you must run the race with the aim to make heaven.”

  • Don’t spare traffic offenders, Sanwo-Olu tells LASTMA

    The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has told officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA)  not to spare violators of  traffic laws, even if they were  members of his cabinet or relations, stressing that if his brother were to break  traffic law, he should be arrested.

    The governor said this when he visited the headquarters of the agency in Oshodi, on Friday.

    He said: “I can assure you, because we are in this together, I am going to tell members of my cabinet if you are caught violating traffic rules, you must pay fines for offence committed, there is nobody to call, nobody is going to be above the law.”

    According to him, there would be no sacred cows in the enforcement of the law, saying that if anyone broke traffic law and was arrested and the person said he knew the governor, “tell him to call the governor to pay the money for the offence.”

    Read Also: Food vendors salute Sanwo-Olu

    The governor  promised LASTMA officers that he was going to provide all the necessary materials and equipment for them to do their work effectively and efficiently and that he was also going to look at issues concerning their welfare, promising that their allowance was going to be doubled from the end of July.

    He however told them that to whom much is given much is expected and that since he was going to be using the tax payers money to better their lot, Lagosians also expect to see a new reformed, ready-to-go, better equipped LASTMA officials going forward.

    “Lagosians have told me that they want a corrupt-free LASTMA officials, offficials that are humble, courteous, respectful and decent officials that are not lazy or lackadaisical, so stop collecting bribes”, adding that they must be punctual to work.

  • Food vendors salute Sanwo-Olu

    Association of Food Vendors in Nigeria, Lagos State Zonal Headquarters, have congratulated Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his successful election and inauguration

    The Southwest Coordinator, Dr Olakunle Akinkusote, said Sanwo-Olu’s victory attested to the belief of Lagosians in the governor to take the state to the next level.

    He noted that the mandate given to Sanwo-Olu is an opportunity for him to leave his footprints on the sands of time. According to him, Sanwo-Olu’s victory was no surprise as he instructed members to vote for the governor.

    Akinkusote advised Sanwo-Olu to support the association to get rid of food poisoning outbreaks linked to street food.

    Read Also: Photo: Sanwo-Olu visits Tinubu in Abuja

    According to him, a 2007 study from the Food and Agriculture Organisation said 2.5 billion people globally eat street food every day.

    He said: “Today, local authorities, international organisations and consumer associations are increasingly aware of the socio-economic importance of street, food but also of their associated risks. The major concern is related to food safety.”

     

  • Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat, Oba Akiolu for MKO Abiola Cup final

    Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat are some of the dignitaries expected to grace the final of the late MKO Abiola Cup slated for Campos Mini Stadium Lagos Island on Wednesday.

    The competition organized by AFO Football Association in commemoration of National Democracy Day, is aimed at celebrating the sporting legacies of the late business mogul and sports philanthropist, late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, who gave his best supporting Nigerian sports until his demise in 1998.

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    The Chief Organiser Afolabi Olalekan Onanaike said the championship has received the blessing and support of the Lagos FA, the Lagos State government as well as the family of late Chief Abiola, with one of the late businessman’s son, Alhaji Olalekan Abiola full of praises for the organisers behind the Under 20 cup in honour of their late father Chief MKO Abiola.

    Activities of the day begins at 12 noon with a friendly match Damilola Tailor Academy and Sunshine Football Academy. This will be followed by the 3rd place match that will see De Golden Ages All Stars take on All Star Bombata by 3pm and will immediately followed by the final match between Lagos Island East and Lagos Island West.

    Onanaike told newsmen that other guests expected at the final also include the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu; Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Chief Mrs Folashade Tinubu Ojo; Executive Chairman Lagos Island East, Hon. Jamal Bashua and Executive Chairman Lagos Island West, Hon.Tijani Adetoyese Olusi.

  • Beyond Sanwo-Olu’s Executive Order

     

    Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has begun life as chief executive of Nigeria’s most prosperous state with comforting surefootedness. If morning shows the day, then there are plenty of reasons for Lagosians to be hopeful that this unruly, sprawling city can somehow be made liveable.

    On his first day at work, while some were taking new wives and sacking democratically elected local government chairmen like military despots, he signed an Executive Order outlining the six major areas on which his administration would focus.

    Under the acronym ‘THEMES’, he outlined a plan of action that put the challenge of tackling traffic and environmental problems up top. Lagos, to put it mildly, is a very dirty city that urgently needs a clean-up.

    It is also notorious for its gridlock. Not much has changed since Fela Anikulapo-Kuti sang about the infamous traffic jam at Ojuelegba in the 70s. From decade to decade since then, administrations have come and gone with the confusion being replicated in different areas of the city.

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    From Maza-Maza to Mile 2 to Kirkiri to Apapa, from Oshodi to Ikeja and Agege, from Mile 12 to Ikorodu, the hapless denizens of the city have come to accept that half their lives would be spent in some ‘Hold-up’ or ‘Go-slow’.

    A terrible situation was made worse by the massive construction of the last two years of the Akinwumi Ambode administration, coupled with the government’s capitulation over enforcement of its own rules regulating the activities of commercial motorcyclists.

    Today, travelling on most Lagos roads is a hellish experience where, if you manage to avoid crushing the ‘okada’ darting in front of you without warning, you are most likely to be careening into some crater that has been left unattended for ages.

    To compound matters, there is the human aspect which no governor has been able to crack. On most of the city’s streets people are a law unto themselves. Very few obey basic rules. Driving against traffic is par the course on any given day. If you stop at the traffic light when it turns red, you are the crazy one! Lawlessness on the road has become cultural; it’s the way we roll in Lagos.

    Another depressing angle is that those supposed to enforce the law, have become willing enablers of the madness. Traffic officers and other security agents encourage unruly commercial buses to clog up choke points, they turn a blind eye to offences especially where there is some financial benefit to them.

    Indeed, for most of these officers the disorderliness is profitable. Unfortunately, they are the very ones expected to implement the governor’s call to orderliness! I can just imagine their enthusiastic embrace of the task!

    It is nice to see the governor, putting traffic management, road improvement and environmental issues, at the top of his agenda. In the last few days I have noticed officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA), policemen and soldiers moving traffic along at some of the most notorious problem spots.

    However, while Sanwo-Olu’s efforts are commendable, my worry is about sustainability. How long will his zeal last? Lagos roads and road users need to be tamed. These are people used to a culture of impunity; many have come to believe that you can get away with murder – if not scot free, then at least for a fee.

    They are not going to swiftly repent of their ways and methods just because the new governor waved an Executive Order under their noses. When no one is watching or present to enforce the rules, they quickly revert to type.

    The governor and his team can build the best roads and bridges, if they don’t get the people to embrace a new culture on the road, nothing will change.

    Sanwo-Olu has to project to a people who have become addicted to lawlessness that he would be unrelenting in enforcing the laws as they concern road use and the environment. He has had the seemingly obligatory photo-op arresting some danfo driver driving against traffic. Everyone’s done it: Babatunde Fashola nabbed an army colonel, Ambode bagged a commercial bus driver. He cannot stop there.

    It would be a bitter disappointment if the promising enthusiasm and zeal of these early days is allowed to dissipate – returning us to be chaotic and ungovernable Lagos we have become used to, and resigned to as our lot.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Give us a new Dubai in Nigeria, citizens urges Sanwo-Olu as they hold peaceful rally in Lagos

    A civil society group, Concerned And Patriotic Citizens’ (C&PAC) has tasked Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to produce Africa’s “own Dubai” in the state.

     

    The group gave this charge in a peaceful public rally held in Lagos on Tuesday.

     

    In a statement signed by National President Mr. Jacob Oladayo, the group, however, enjoined Lagosians to be patient and avoid choking the governor with external stress, unfounded curiosity and unproductive criticisms.

     

    Read full text below:

     

    Hello, Great Lagosians!

     

    Let’s give thunderous applauses to ourselves for having come this far and a mouthful thankfulness to God Almighty for our state and country!

     

    Let’s congratulate ourselves for our faith and support of democracy in our country in appreciation of all the goodies we have enjoyed under the various democratic leaderships of our dear state since 1999.

     

    We shall begin by heartily saluting our past State Governors from 1990 to date. From Asiwaju Sen. Ahmed Bola Tinubu to immediate past federal Minister.  Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Chief Akinwunmi Ambode  and now, His Excellency,  Chief Babajide Sanwo-Olu. You’re truly great men and leaders of our time, who have always rekindled our hopes of a prosperous Lagos state and Nigeria in general.

     

    Lagosians lack accurate words to describe your leadership of our people at different levels. But we must not fail to remind our people and Nigerians that all of you have spent sleepless nights and deprived yourselves of comfort in ways we cannot recount now for our sake. Please, accept our token of appreciation in these simple words of thank you !

     

    C & PAC is out again to talk to you, Lagosians! Its necessary because patience is a virtue; but anxiety is a destructive vice by our reckoning.  Is it not our people who say the patient dog eats the most fattest bone? Why are we so much in haste to see Gov. Sanwo-Olu solve all the problems of Lagos state in one day?

     

    Humanly, how is this possible? Sanwo-Olu is barely one month in office. Yet, some of us have become very irrationally worried about his performance in office to levels of shooting distractive arrows and blind tantrums at a Governor who is looking forward to celebrating his first 100 days in office in style by proudly displaying the achievements of his administration.

     

    At this stage, can we think together?  Are we planning for Governor Sanwo-Olu  to fail or could we say, we are pushing  the Governor  to fail? What is so difficult in giving a leader the benefit of the doubt for a reasonable time before we descend on him with arrows, clubs, daggers and bile pens?

     

    We honestly think justice and fairness are abused in this instance. Lagos state as we all know is the heartbeat and economic hub of Nigeria. It is the macrocosm of Nigeria and so, very difficult to govern. We are not saying, our people should be placid and allow our leaders behave the way they wish, even when it runs in dissonance with the popular disposition of the masses.

     

    No one would ever advocate for it; not when the rest of Nigerians look unto us as the beacon of standards in everything.

     

    But all we’re saying is that there is every need to be a bit cautious before the anger of 2019 pre-election campaigns, which deeply polarized us along ethnic and religious consume the state further. We shall gain nothing from sustaining such tempers and fireworks of bitter and baseless criticisms.

     

    And it is precisely Gov. Sanwo-Olu’s first obsession at the moment aside other issues. He knows unity, peace and cooperation of the people is crucial to his success or failure; he knows, it can either make or mar his leadership, and so, he is trudging the fields very cautiously.

     

    However, C & PAC has observed that his first steps in less than 30 days are encouraging, very promising and, exciting in the direction of a leader who has focus, an agenda and a destination.  We see Gov. Sanwo-Olu turning Lagos into the Dubai of Africa in just a few months, if we mellow on these distractions and psychological distortions on his leadership of the state to allow him concentrate fully.

     

    And we loud this optimistically because we have quietly observed his sound beginning. And to echo that we have seen another state leader in the mould of the likes of Asiwaju Tinubu is tantamount to voicing the obvious.

     

    We have seen that in the first month in office, Gov. Sanwo-Olu is trying to unite the diverse and feuding interests in our state; some of whom are still immersed in indignation over the politics that brought a change of regime in the state. Is the Governor wrong? Shall we continue fighting even after elections at the expense of development and prosperity?

     

    The Governor has taken this reconciliation message before the presence of Almighty God, proclaiming it loud for His intervention. He has been to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Lekki;   the interdenominational Thanksgiving Service in honour of his administration at Deeper Life Bible Church, Gbagada,  and so forth,   pleading  in these words;  “If you want me to finish well, members of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have a great role to play.”

     

    Such posturing has left us with no iota of doubt that our Governor is a man of peace and he is more interested in the peace, unity and development of Lagos state than narrow partisan demarcations. Why won’t us support a leader of his inclination? If we withhold support to him, can our conscience truthfully speak to hearts in justification of it?  We cannot all be barren of our sense of fairness at the same time.

     

    What next step has Gov. Sanwo-Olu taken in less than 30 days in office that have expressed his leadership as promising? We all know, Lagos state is the commercial hub of Nigeria, right from pre-colonial times to date. Most Nigerians dread doing business in Lagos because of its chaotically congestive nature and insecurity.

     

    But these are two areas Gov. Sanwo-Olu has channeled his energy to bring succor to both inhabitants and visitors. As we speak to you, the Governor has increased up to  100 percent, the allowances of  officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) to ginger them into greater performance of their duties to ease Lagos of the suffocating traffic mainly caused by some unruly motorists.

     

    We have noticed that this problem is a pain in his neck and he is prepared to ease Lagos of this artificial congregation. He pleaded with a church congregation that; “If you want me to finish well, don’t drive against the traffic: comply and obey the traffic rules. The acting chief judge has told me that he would establish small courts to judge offenders who would serve sentences like coming out of the car and cleaning the gutters.”

     

    And going a stretch further in this direction, Gov. Sanwo-Olu  has visited Apapa to personally  experience  the strangulating traffic gridlock  problem in the area. He  even went as far as inspecting Apapa’s  link to the  Lagos-Badagry expressway, all in the calculation of how to ease the traffic congestion caused by Apapa Ports.

     

    So, he has engaged all stakeholders from NPA to LASTMA;  visited dumpsites around the vicinity,  signed executive orders, and has reeled out  the riot act to traffic offenders. At one instance, he personally and physically chased a traffic offender, an apt indication that his administration intends to tackle the problem of artificial congestion of Lagos frontally.

     

    And to walk his talk, Gov. Sanwo-Olu has already finalized discussions with a  Chinese construction firm, CCECC to resume  rehabilitation work on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway from Mazamaza to Okokomaiko abandoned in the last four years.

     

    And Sanwo-Olu has engaged heads of security agencies in the state to curb the sad incidents of cultism and kidnapping in Lagos state. He wants to see a state insulated from such dreary security threats to allow everybody operate freely without fear of harassment, molestation or falling victim to allied crimes.

     

    And environment sanitation and proper waste management is another critical area  of public concern. The filth and unregulated dumpsites in Lagos state have defaced the face of a mega city, which should ordinarily be adored as the cleanest in Nigeria. We are very conversant with the hazards it poses to public health and hygiene.

     

    Gov. Sanwo-Olu is also looking into this direction. We have reliably gathered that while on a visit to  the Olusosun dumpsite,  he  mulled  the idea of reintroducing the proscribed state monthly sanitation exercise, which was held last Saturday of every month in order to enforce environmental cleanliness, which comes with it,  initiatives for proper waste management.

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    Although, some segments of the people kicked against it like, the Human Rights and Empowerment Project (HREP), but public opinion poll on the matter showed, nearly 80 percent of Lagosians want it back.

     

    We are sure the governor is working behind the curtains, talking to stakeholders’ and relevant authorities into an understanding to respond to the popular consensus  that would deliver a clean Lagos mega city  to all of us.

     

    Let us again repeat the words of pleas from our Governor when he spoke to us in the hallowed presence of God; He said; “If we cannot litter the house of God, we must not litter Lagos. We must be clean in whatever we do, and that is why we came up with zero tolerance for waste management. We have made pronouncement on waste management.”

     

    We once again appeal to everyone of us to give our Governor some reasonable time to work before these assessments. Like he said, if we want to see the transformation of Lagos into Africa’s Dubai after his four years, we got to free him of external stress, unfounded curiosity and unproductive criticisms.

     

    Great people of Lagos, we appreciate you all. But you must remember that if Gov. Sanwo-Olu fails; we have all failed; we have failed Nigeria and we have failed Africa. Let’s covenant today that we must support our Governor to succeed at all cost, by even removing bobby traps on his path anywhere we spot it.

     

    Lagos is a collective state; it is our mini-Nigeria and a treasure we cannot fret away. Thank you all.

     

  • Akeredolu now SouthWest Governors Forum chairman

    Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has emerged the chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum.

    Akeredolu emerged chairman of the group at a Special Security Meeting of Governors from the South West region, held at the Ondo State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja.

    The meeting was held to address the growing spate of insecurity in the South West Region.

    The governors announced their decision to hold a regional security summit that will bring all critical stakeholders together to brainstorm on how to stem the tide of insecurity in the region.

    The meeting was attended by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, and Governor Akeredolu.

    Akeredolu, who emerged by a unanimous decision of the forum, said, that the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission has been directed to coordinate the summit aimed at further promoting the developmental agenda of the South West region.

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    According to him, the commission would also examine modalities that will help stem the tide of banditry, kidnapping and insecurity in the zone vis-a-vis the national agenda and response.

    He said, “There’s urgent need to stem the tide of criminal activities and banditry in our region and as leaders, we must be proactive in our approach to addressing the issue.”

    The governor disclosed that a consulting firm, KPMG, has been appointed to review the tenure of the Group Managing Director (GMD) of Oodua Investment Company, which has all the South West state govenments as shareholders

  • CYCDI congratulates Sanwo-Olu

    Nigeria’s United Nations Action Award winner for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2018, the Creative Youth Community Development Initiative (CYCDI), has congratulated the newly sworn-in executive governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on his assumption of office.

    In a statement issued in Basel, Switzerland, CYCDI CEO/Project Director, Foluke Michael, indicated that of all states in Nigeria, Lagos still possesses the biggest potential to give expression to the values of the United Nations SDGs solution, majorly deriving from its ever-growing population and the focus of earlier administrations in the state towards achieving a sustainable mega city status.

    ”We at CYCDI are indeed very happy that Lagos State has a new governor, who among other qualities possessed, is a believer in the SDGs cause which means that creative solutions to curb and eliminate world problems as proposed by the United Nations would receive fair attention and better implementation under his administration,” she said.

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    To further drive the initiative, CYCDI has partnered one of Nigeria’s leading strategic management outfits, CITC, to help expand on the offerings of her creative product, Solution17, which earned her the award and has put the organization on the world map as one of the frontline campaigners of the goals.

    Managing Consultant of CITC, Tayo Orekoya, equally extended congratulations to the new governor. He stated that being an integral part of the brains behind the state’s development blueprint, Governor Sanwo-Olu is well primed and positioned to deliver on the demands of the UN SDGs objective for the state.