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  • Our govt will be labour-friendly, Sanwo-Olu tells workers

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said the welfare of workers and pension of retirees will be the priority of his government, if elected.

    Sanwo-Olu said no worker in the state would be denied his lawful benefits, promising that the proposed minimum wage of N30,000 would be fully implemented by his administration.

    The APC candidate spoke at an interactive session with labour unions, including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), United Labour Congress (ULC), National Union of Teachers (NUT) and Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).

    Sanwo-Olu, who was accompanied by his running mate, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, said his government would not be harsh on workers.

    He said his ambition to govern the state was premised on the objective to deliver a Lagos that would be greater than it is currently.

    Answering workers’ questions, Sanwo-Olu spoke about how his government would solve the notorious Apapa gridlock, which the workers said had contributed to low productivity and ill-health.

    The APC candidate said work had begun on the construction of a parking lot by the Federal Government for heavy duty trucks that ply the route.

    He promised that his government would revisit the plan to create state-controlled parking lot for the trucks.

    Sanwo-Olu said: “My running mate and I have met with the Minister for Power, Works and Housing, who assured that the ministry was meeting with Dangote Group, which took up the construction of the Apapa highway.

    “To proffer lasting solution to the gridlock, when we form the next government, we will bring back the idea of industrial park for these trucks. Rather than obstruct the road while waiting for their turn, the truck drivers can go there and park their vehicles.”

     

     

  • Group unveils campaign strategy for Sanwo-Olu

    A group, Street Voices, has introduced a new campaign strategy for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos State candidate, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu (BOS).

    Tagged ‘BOS Your Street,’ the initiative is house-to-house street campaign.

    According to Street Voices, BOS Your Street is meant to take campaign messages to those that are scared of coming to campaign rallies.

    The group was at the Aguda, Bode Thomas and Bab Animashaun areas of Surulere on Sunday. Another set stormed Amuwo-Odofin, Egbeda, Festac, Abesan Estate in Iyana-Ipaja, Ajegunle, Lekki, Ikoyi, and Obalende.

    According to Rasaq Ivori, a Communications Strategist, Street Voices is a concept that has a reminiscent of a Voicebank, which collects voices of concerned individuals on several issues affecting their communities.

    The voices, he said, would be kept until Babajide Sanwo-Olu assumed office as the state governor.

    The voice owners will form the audience that would engage the governor in a Town Hall Meeting.

    At Aguda where The Nation monitored the group’s activities, residents gave them a warm reception.

    Campaign fliers and Sanwo-Olu’s branded gifts were distributed to the residents.

    Ivori said those who were undecided about who to vote for due to their inability to He said: “BOS Your Street means trying to attract those voters who never come out to campaign ground, who see campaign ground as a violent place where people fight, shoot gun. A lot of well-meaning people, working class, students, run away from campaign ground because of violence, they are always indoor until the final hours, So Sanwo-Olu decided through ‘BOS Your Streets’ to cater for such people.

    “BOS Your Street started with adverts on online platforms, Facebook, twitter where they said if you wish to campaign for Sanwo-Olu in your street, all you need to do is to retweet messages shared about Sanwo-Olu by individuals on their handles and walls with their pictures #BOSYOURSTREET and you will be provided with brand items you need to campaign with.

    “We reacted to over 7,000 retweets and request for brand items from the people.  We gave them the t-shirts and campaign posters. The requests are going on. The more these people pose pictures and their friends see them, the more others want their streets to be BOSed.”

    The initiative, he said, is becoming a street slang “where young people asking each other, ‘have you BOSed your street?’ The idea is that Sanwo-Olu is coming with a beneficial package once he gets in.”

  • Sanwo-Olu opens Royal Oak Event Centre

    The Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) government candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday opened The Royal Oak Event Centre at Lekki.

    Sanwoolu, who went round the facility after the inauguration, hailed its Chief Executive Officer, Augusta Ikpea-Enaholo, for her initiative.

    According to Ikpea-Enaholo, the centre would develop the country and reduce the rate of unemployment, especially in Lagos State.

    She said: “I believe in youths, I believe in the younger generation. I don’t believe youths are lazy; we are hard-working people and there is a lot out there for us in Nigeria.

    “Most of my workers are below the age of 30 and 40. By this, I am making sure that youths are engaged in this industry. I have over 30 workers in my rental company and I know that with this event centre, more people will be employed and this will reduce the unemployment rate in Lagos State in particular.”

    The entrepreneur added “The event industry is a huge market. I taught of where I could come in to make an impact and it occurred to me that there is the venue and the rental. I also have a rental company and we have made a huge impact.

    “With the event centre, we will do much more. We are ready to be competitive in our prices and our customer service is not compromising. Customers will get the premium service they deserve.”

    Ikpea-Enaholo recalled that she had been on the project since 2015, saying she is from a legal background, which helped her to think deeper into what she could add into the event industry.

    She said: “The name ‘The Royal Oak’ came out of the word ‘Royalty’ and I got it out of inspiration, meaning excellence. With The Royal Oak, I have proven that I am more than capable, even though I am a woman. I have brought my experiences as a legal practitioner, a maritime lawyer into the event industry.

    “My experiences, as regards administration and how to work with different kinds of people, are also helping. It has not been an easy business, but I have been a multi-talker and I don’t believe that it cannot be done.”

  • Yoruba actors support APC’s Sanwo-Olu for Lagos governor

    In a new jingle shared by Nollywood actress Foluke Daramola on Instagram, several Yoruba actors including herself have supported the Lagos State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu ahead of the general elections.

    Foluke who is also Suru Ambassador captioned the video: ‘All Stars for #sanwooluhamzat2019.’

    Singing in Yoruba in the video of the jingle, a line-up of stars including Adebayo Salami, Jide Kosoko, Yinka Quadri, Muka Ray, Faithia Williams and others campaigned and sang the praises of former governors of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Babatunde Raji Fashola and present governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.

    They also praised and supported Babajide Sanwo-Olu, APC’s gubernatorial candidature in Lagos State.

    However, while some commenters condemned the act of the stars’ open support for Sanwo-Olu, others welcomed it.

  • Sanwo-Olu will defend Igbo interest, says Hamzat

    The deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, yesterday urged Igbo residents in the state to vote for the party in February and March elections.

    He assured them that the party’s governorship candidate, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will defend their interest, if elected.

    The deputy governorship candidate said the future of Nigeria is assured under an APC administration, warning against voting for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which he described as a party without impeccable record of performance.

    Hamzat spoke at a town hall meeting organised for Sanwo-Olu and his running mate by leaders of a forum of ‘Ndigbo in Lagos APC,’ led by Comrade Joe Igbokwe, the state’s Publicity Secretary of the party.

    Prominent Ndigbo leaders and members of the forum from the pre-existing 20 local government areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) stormed Surulere, venue of the meeting, where the party’s State Chairman Tunde Balogun said Ndigbo’s votes for the APC would not be in vain.

    The event was attended by the Eze Ndigbo of Lagos, Dr. Chris Nnachukwu; Lagos Central APC Leader Hakeen Bamgbala; a member of Sanwo-Olu Campaign Organisation, Wale Adelana; Chief Chris Ekwilo and House of Assembly members Desmond Elliot and Jude Idimogu.

    Hamzat said Sanwo-Olu promised an all-inclusive government where all Lagosians would have a sense of belonging, adding that the input of all stakeholders to governance would be considered before policy initiation and implementation.

    The deputy governorship candidate noted that Lagos has no room for a government of discrimination and exclusion, saying the Sanwo-Olu administration would not be an exception, if voted on March 2.

    He chided the opposition for its alleged propaganda, stressing that there was no plan to either close down or demolish any market in Mishin, or any party of Lagos, where the Igbo have a high concentration of traders.

    Urging the Ndigbo to endorse President Muhammadu Buhari and Sanwo-Olu at the poll, the former Works Commissioner said the party would always fulfil its promises to all Nigerians.

  • Sanwo-Olu to open events centre Sunday

    The Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will open an ultra-modern events centre, Royal Oaks Centre, on January 27 on Lekki-Epe Expressway at 4 p.m.

    The centre is one of the biggest and most luxurious in the state.

    It boasts 3,000 theatre-style seating, 1,200 banquet-seating capacity with ample parking of over 500 vehicles.

    “It provides something for everyone,” said Augusta Ikpea-Enaholo, the Chief Executive of The Royal Oaks Centre.

    According to her, the centre will cater for weddings, exhibitions, product launches and activations, fashion shows, funeral parties, conferences with a flexibility to adapt the large hall for small, intimate and big events with partitions.

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    It is also friendly to the disabled – from entrance gate to the toilet facilities, the chief executive said.

    Ikpea-Enaholo added: “It is also convenient for mother and child in a party environment with appropriate toilet facilities.”

    The Royal Oaks Centre, she said, is complete with mobile stage, 1,200 gold and silver chivalry chairs, 120 round banquet table and 15 rectangular tables with air-conditioning that allows events to operate for 10 hours on end.

    “We combine safety with comfort,” Ikpea-Enaholo said.

  • Sanwo-Olu ‘ll work with retired health workers, says wife

    Retired health care professionals will play a vital role in government, if Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu is elected, his wife said yesterday.

    Mrs Sanwo-Olu, a doctor, urged the retirees to form a group for stronger partnership with the government to improve health care delivery.

    “We are encouraging retirees with years of experience in health care management to form a group, to enable the government tap from their wealth of experience.”

    She spoke while receiving women support groups at the Babajide Sanwo-Olu Campaign Office in Ikoyi, Lagos.

    Mrs. Sanwo-Olu, who was with the wife of her husband’s running mate, Mrs. Oluremi Hamzat, hailed the women for engaging in door-to-door campaign on behalf of their husbands. She assured them that the support would be reciprocated with good governance.

    Said she: “Poverty at the grassroots is one of the things my husband is coming to tackle. The one that concerns women most is the issue of health care. While health care delivery has improved, there are still challenges to be addressed.”

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    The Association of Female Entertainment Practitioners of Nigeria, led by Mrs. Wunmi Obe, said Sanwo-Olu’s zeal to address challenges facing the entertainment industry led to his endorsement by the group.

    Supervisors of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) said they were convinced Sanwo-Olu’s programmes were designed to tackle poverty at the grassroots.

    A WAPA supervisor, Mrs. Pat Tekoboh, said the group was ready to mobilise voters for his election.

    She urged Sanwo-Olu to appoint women to key positions if elected.

    Other groups that visited the campaign office included Retired Nurse Administrators Health Care Initiative, Body of Female Councillors, Women Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Lagos State Hospitals Management Board Senior Staff Cooperative Multipurpose Society Ltd (LASCOMED), Network Men and Women Group, Sanwo-Olu Babes in Surulere and Body of Female Councillors.

  • ‘Stop destroying Sanwo-Olu’s posters’

    A chieftain and member of the Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos, Chief Lanre Razaq has appealed to aggrieved party members and his people at  Epe to stop destroying and defacing the campaign posters of the party’s governorship candidate in the forthcoming election, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

    Razaq, popularly called ‘KLM’ made the appeal at a meeting of all stakeholders in Epe which took place at the Jubilee Chalets in Epe on Wednesday. Razaq was the convener of the meeting.

    Razaq, who is an indigene of Epe urged his people to respect the decision of the party by throwing their weight behind Sanwo-Olu and all other candidates of the party and vote massively for all of them at the coming elections.

    He advised them to stop being angry because their son was denied a second term by the party, adding that the party has the final say in the issue and his people must respect the position of the party by supporting Sanwo-Olu.

    “The party has chosen the person it wants to fly the governorship flag in the election as Ambode’s tenure expires by May this year, the party says he cannot have a second term and has chosen Sanwo-Olu.

    “There is nothing we can do about it because the party has the final say, even if we are angry and we fight there is nothing we can do, the anger is much because our son was dropped, yes we are all angry but there is nothing we can do about it, the party has decided and all we can do is to support the party position”.

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    He pointed out that all the on-going projects in Epe can only be completed if they vote in the candidate of the party in the election because there is no way Ambode can complete the projects before the expiration of his tenure in May.

    Razaq told his people that Lagos has a total registered voting population of 6,566,142 out of which Epe has 147,035 registered voters and that should they fail to vote for Sanwo-Olu and other divisions vote for him and he wins Epe will be the loser.

    “Let us not suffer ourselves, we have alot of work to do, if we don’t support the party all the uncompleted projects in Epe will stop and we shall suffer it, there is nothing anybody can do at this point, let us rethink about our anger and act more reasonably and support the party.

    “If we remain angry and say no, others will take advantage of it and we shall be the losers, the party expects 92,000 votes from Epe, let us give them 120,000 votes instead”, he said.

    Razaq begged them to calm down, support and vote the party saying, “so that whatever we want we can get them; from today let us stop destroying Sanwo-Olu’s posters, Epe will surely be better for all of us”, Razaq prayed.

    Apex Leader of APC in Epe and member of GAC, Alhaji Akanni Seriki also appealed to his people to support the party position , saying “Let us vote for all APC candidates including Sanwo-Olu, he is our man; drop your anger, Ambode did not send anybody to be involved in any anti-party activity,” Seriki said.

    Also addressing his people, the representative of Epe constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly who has been given a return ticket for a third term, Hon. Abiodun Tobun urged his people to thank God because out of nowhere God brought him and made him governor, “if it is the will of God that this is how far he should go for now there is nothing we can do.

    “We can all say Ambode did well, he did not put us to shame but we must remember that God’s will must be done; God made it possible and he did well, if God now says he wants him to stop there for now there is nothing we can do.

    “Tell everybody that this is our party, let us repair our own house, God will not let us spoil our house by ourselves. Let us remember that we must go along with the party, we cannot do our own, remember Fayemi’s story, today he is back as governor in Ekiti state. So we cannot say what God did with this, whether God is keeping him for a higher service we don’t know,” Tobun said.

    He appealed to Epe people to vote for all APC candidates in the election from President Muhammadu Buhari to Sanwo-Olu to house of Assembly members.

    Other party leaders, elders and leaders of various groups and communities in Epe took turns to appeal to the people to tow the party position and support all its candidates and vote for the party’s candidates and also eschew violence.

     

  • Team recruits canvassers for Sanwo-Olu

    A group, Team 30 volunteer, has recruited thousands of door-to-door vote canvassers for the Lagos State Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

    The drive is aimed at securing the votes of corporate citizens for the candidate.

    The group’s spokesman, Bolaji Lawal, explained that the canvassers were selected and armed to reach all corporate organiations and companies in the state.

    He spoke at the kick off of the ‘Operation Corporate Door To Door Capture’ at Agege community-stadium.

    “We are employing strategic push and not leaving professionals out of this electioneering. It is normal for other parties to try to put down the Herculean and heroic efforts of the Asiwaju movement, which has moved from the Alliance for Democracy (AD) to the Action Congress (AC) and now the All Progressives Congress.

    “But Team 30 trusts this legacy and is doing all to gather all votes for Babajide Sanwo-Olu.”

    Team 30 is an exclusive body of businessmen and contractors committed to the survival of good governance and rapid development of Lagos State.

    It adopted the novel strategy after careful study of the political environment and scrutiny of the profile and agenda of candidates from all contending parties.

    It assured Sanwo-Olu of its extensive material and human support.

    Lawal admonished members to draw from various spheres of influence across the socio-economic spectrum of the state to ensure its development is preserved through the election of Sanwo-Olu.

  • Sanwo-Olu excites Swiss investors about opportunities in Lagos

    Ahead of the World Economic Forum holding from January 22 to January 25 in Davos, Switzerland, the Lagos State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has highlighted the enormous investment opportunities in the state.

    He spoke at an exclusive session with selected Swiss investors in Geneva.

    At the event held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Lagos, the business interaction triggered commitments of $5 billion investment in infrastructure and capital projects.

    It also provided an avenue for Sanwo-Olu to reinforce the investment opportunities in the state.

    While the array of investors comprising commodity traders, equity managers, investment bankers, Fintech & I. T experts, infrastructure builders, international donors, energy and power companies unanimously agreed that Lagos is fertile ground for investments, they cited political risk as a more disturbing consideration over economic risk.

    Sanwo-Olu told the investors that Nigeria is safe for investment and Lagos State, as the economic nerve centre of the country, presents the best environment for global investments.

    He added: “There is progressive leadership and stability in the governance of Lagos State since 1999. The state has been under the administration of a party, my party, which is the All Progressives Party (APC), for more than 16 years. The state has remained a reference point for infrastructural development and economic prosperity in Nigeria and West Africa.

    “On investors’ protection, I think that should be the least of your worries. Lagos has a comprehensive regulation that protects and shields investors. The scope of the regulation covers disputes resolution and commitment to ease of doing business.”