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  • Ajegunle residents rise for Sanwo-Olu at rally

    Some residents of Ajegunle, Lagos flocked a rally for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the weekend.

    The rally, held at Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government, was organised by the Eagle Star Group.

    It took off from Molade Street, through Wilmer bus stop and ended at Ola-Olu Street.

    Flyers of Sanwo-Olu and APC were distributed to residents.

    Music blared out from speakers mounted on mobile vehicles.

    Supporters sang and danced to the admiration of onlookers.

    The group’s leader, Akinwale Otuyalo, who is based in the United States (US),   told reporters that the rally was to mobilise voters for Sanwo-Olu.

    He said: “We came here for them to be aware that they need to vote massively for Babajide Sanwo-Olu. They shouldn’t keep their permanent voter cards (PVCs) at home, they need to come out and vote on March 2 for Sanwo-Olu. They should use their votes to support Sanwo-Olu.”

    Otuyalo urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure free and fair elections.

    “I know the election will be free and fair and I know people will vote for the best candidate, Sanwo-Olu,” he said.

    Answering a question, a member of the group, Aderemi Adesokan, said: “We have a credible candidate, an experienced person. He has experience as a corporate person and also as a seasoned civil servant.

    “From his antecedents as two-time commissioner in Lagos State, we are sure he is going to perform very well for the betterment of Lagos and Lagosians. We know what APC has done in Lagos so far and we believe Sanwo-Olu is the person that can take us to the next level.

    “If you look at what Sanwo-Olu has done, his impact as commissioner under Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola and from his speeches, interviews and interactions with people, you will know that there is no other candidate who has the pedigree to take Lagos to the next level or that is better than him for the office of governor.”

    The Sanwo-Olu Ethnic Woman leader, Mrs. Fausat Olajokun, said: “Sanwo-Olu is the best man for the job. He is ready; he has impressed everybody with his speeches and actions. He is a vibrant man, fit and proper for the job. He will make Lagos the envy of the world.”

  • Sanwo-Olu unveils ‘Vision for a Greater Lagos’

    Ahead of the February and March elections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State, Babajide Olushola Sanwoolu, has reeled out his vision for a greater Lagos.

    Speaking at a programme tagged ‘The Unveiling: Vision for a Greater Lagos’ held yesterday at Balmoral Event Centre, Oregun, Lagos, Sanwoolu, alongside his running mate, Dr. Femi Hamzat, revealed that the vision is hinged on ‘Five Pillars of Development’  known as “THEME’. Traffic Management and Transportation; Health and Development; Education and Technology; Making a 21st Century Economy and Entertainment and Tourism.

    “My main goal is ‘Continuity’, thereby ensuring that the legacy of our amiable leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is sustained. I’m determined to both propagate and defend these values through an inclusive governance approach that would be considerate to all,” said Sanwoolu.

    According to him, his approach to governance will be to develop human capacity to drive productivity, protect the vulnerable; Drive Lagos readiness and openness for business; Focus and optimise relevant infrastructure development and engage intergovernmental synergy through cooperation and partnership.

    In the area of transportation, Sanwoolu aims to improve traffic flow by resolving 18 gridlock points within nine months, develop quality bus corridors on 10 major existing bus routes for better commuting experience by 2021. “My administration also intends to extend bus rapid transit network to include Oworonshoki – Apapa and  Abule -Egba to Sango Toll Gate which is 11 Phase of the Oshodi to Abule- Egba BRT by 2020,”  he said.

    In the area of health, his administration intends to encourage water efficiency by creating an enabling environment for the actualisation of the Lagos Water Master plan established to address the supply gap of the Lagos water sector by providing 745 million gallon daily.

    For a Cleaner Lagos, Dr. Hamzat said Sanwoolu’s administration will empower Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA. His words: “We will empower LAWMA to effectively drive the elimination of waste accumulation and adoption of recycling as well as harness the potential for job creation and other opportunities in waste recovery, reuse, repair, remanufacturing and material innovation, among others.”

     

  • Team 30 recruits corporate canvassers for Sanwo-Olu

     

    A group, Team 30 volunteer on Friday recruited thousands of door-to-door vote canvassers for All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Lagos Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

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

    Spokesman for the group, Alhaji Bolaji Lawal, explained the canvassers were selected and armed to reach all corporate organiations and companies in the state.

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

    According to him: “We are employing strategic push and not leaving professionals out of this electioneering period such.

    “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 and now the All Progressives Congress.

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

    READ ALSO: Sanwo-Olu meets career women for Lagos development

    The group 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 charged members to draw from various spheres of influence across the socio-economic spectrum of the state to ensure the progressive legacy of development in the state is preserved through the election of Sanwo-Olu.

  • Restructuring: Kolade chairs VOR roundtable

    In a bid to further consolidate on the demand for restructuring of Nigeria’s Political, economic and political structures, a renowned Yoruba Interest group, Voice of Reason (VOR) will on Wednesday January 30th 2019 host all the candidates of major political parties in South West, Nigeria to a roundtable meeting at Oranmiyan Hall, Airport Hotel, Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos.
    In a statement made available to News Men on Wednesday in Lagos, the Chairman of the group, Dr Olufemi Adegoke said the roundtable, with the theme: ‘Imperatives of Restructuring For National Unity, Development and Security’ will be chaired by a former Nigerian High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, CON.
    On the aims and objectives of the roundtable, Adegoke said the town hall meeting is being convened to sensitise all aspiring candidates for elections to the Executive and Legislative Arms of Government in South West on why the restructuring of Nigeria’s Political, Economic and Social Structures is key to the progress of Yoruba Land.
    “We want to lobby all aspiring candidates for election to the Executive and Legislative Arms of Government in South West for their support to back the restructuring of Nigeria for the sake of the future of Yoruba Land and the survival of Nigeria and to also find out from the candidates on how they plan to get this constitutional request actualized if elected in 2019.
    “Most importantly, we want to foster Unity, Harmony and Cohesion among Aspiring Candidates in South West so that Yoruba Land can speak with one voice on Restructuring”
    The statement further said that the draft of the proposed constitution written by VOR for Nigeria will be introduced to all the candidates during the roundtable for a possible adoption when they get the insignia of power.
    According to the statement, invitation has been sent to all the Candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC), Action Democratic Party (ADP), African Democratic Congress (ADC), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Allied Peoples Movement (APM) across South West geo-political zone through their state party chairmen.
    “Governors who are running for Senatorial elections like that of Oyo and Ogun States, Senators Abiola Ajimobi and Ibikunle Amosun respectively and former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Senate Minority Leader, Senator Biodun Olujimi, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa and the Governorship Candidates of APC, PDP and ADP in Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-olu, Jimi Agbaje and Babatunde Gbadamosi respectively are expected to grace the event” the statement said.
    All candidates are expected to be seated at 9am.

  • Sanwo-Olu promises women SSG, exco positions

    The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised to appoint a woman as Secretary to the State Government (SSG) if elected.

    He also promised to appoint women into key executive council (exco) positions such as Finance and Budget Planning.

    Sanwo-Olu said women had proved their worth as good managers of public treasury. He referred to former Ministers of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Mrs Kemi Adeosun who, according to him, discharged their responsibilities very well.

    The APC governorship candidate spoke yesterday in Lagos at an interactive session organised by the women’s wing of the party.  The theme of the discussion was: “Enabling, Empowering and Promoting Women: Our Pact”.

    He said APC doesn’t discriminate against women, adding that the party made it possible for the likes of Mrs Sarah Sosan, Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire and Dr Ranti Adebule to become deputy governor at one time or the other.

    “When I was in government, I remembered 65 per cent of the permanent secretaries were women.

    “Our administration will be liberal to women. We will assign women to critical ministries such as Finance and Budget. We will surprise you. I can’t give the number of female commissioners we will appoint. If you empower women, you have empowered the nation. Where women’s rights are not guaranteed, there can be no human rights,” Sanwo-Olu said.

    His running mate, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, said the Sanwo-Olu administration would pursue vigorously the completion of light rail project, “although it is very expensive.”

    He said the Lagos-Badagry road would be completed, blaming the delay on the recession that set in soon after the assumption of office by the present administration.

     

  • We ‘ll complete Lagos-Badagry expressway, says Hamzat

    Concerned with the seeming slowpace at which some critical road projects in Lagos is moving, coupled with the attendant consequences in movement of people and goods, Lagos State goverorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has pledged to improve on the quality of living standards in the state if elected in this year’s general elections.

    Echoing the commitment of his principal and his passion to ensure the completion of ongoing critical road projects that included the Lagos Badagry Expressway, Sanwo-Olu’s Running mate, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, while fielding questions from respondents on Radio programme last week, assured Lagosians of their commitment to early completion of the expressway.

    According to Hamzat, both Badagry and Lekki-Epe expressways are so critical to the economy of Lagos, that no effort must be spared to ensure their early completion. To this end, issue of the proposed 4th Mainland Bridge may be delayed.

    “Specifically, the ongoing 60-kilometre Lagos-Badagry Expressway project being executed by the state government must be completed as early as possible. The project has two major intermodal transport schemes namely; the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and the Light Rail Mass Transit with their accompanying infrastructure- 10 lanes superhighway taking off from Eric Moore interchange and traverses westward through Orile Iganmu, Alaba Oro, Mile 2, Festac, Agboju, Iyana Iba, Okokomaiko, Iyana Era, Ijanikin, Agbara, Ibereko and terminated at Badagry.

    “The goal is to connect Lagos with the ECOWAS countries. The initiative would no doubt, enhance the  commercial and other business activities between the affected neighbouring countries”. Hamzat said.

    Besides, he acknowledged the importance of Lekki-Epe Expressway, which he said would be expanded and reconstructed, especially, from where it stopped now to the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) in Akodo.

    “Just like the Badagry Expressway, Lekki-Epe axis is also critical, in view of the ongoing enormous development taking place in the axis, there is need to review the issue of Fourth Mainland Bridge. For now, the project must be put in abeyance, because technical reports from experts revealed that the volume of traffic along the axis cannot cope with additional ones that the 4th Mainland bridge will engender.

    “What we intend to do, if we form government, is to begin the construction of Coastal Roads from Ajah axis to Ibeju-Lekki, and possibly compete the abandoned portion of the Expressway from Ibeju to Epe; linking it to Ijebu-Ode, where trucks and other articulated vehicles coming to LFTZ would avoid Ijebu-Ode-Itoikin road”, said the APC Deputy Governor candidate, who assured that their government would massively invest to boost the already existing facilities as well as initiating new ones across the state.

    Hamzat, a former Lagos Commissioner for Science and Technology, as well as Works and Infrastructure, said his principal, Sanwo-Olu and himself were not novice to government, having being in the system for quite a while.

    On the challenges of the ever growing population of Lagos, which its agreed that is currently over 20 million, with a projected figure of close to 30 million in the next decade, Hamzat emphasised the need to be proactive before the time comes.

    “Lagos population is humongous,  despite her being the smallest State in Nigeria with a land area of 3, 577 square kilometres. This translates that it occupies a paltry 0.4 per cent of total land area of Nigeria, which is 923,768 square kilometres”, he said, adding that Lagos has more than two million vehicles on her roads, out of about 12 million vehicles on the Nigerian roads as a whole.

    Drawing from statistical figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Hamzat disclosed that about 260, 000 people come into the state daily, while only about 20-25 percent of this figure return to their original places of migration. This huge migration influx to the city, he noted, is overstretching the existing infrastructure and facilities, thereby making for an urgent need to be innovative in providing infrastructure in the state.

    He assured that their plan will be to expand and improve on existing infrastructure project. ‘Government is a continuum and we will continue with existing projects to the benefit of Lagos. Our focus remains ‘Towards a Greater Lagos: A Collective Effort’, he added.

    To this end, Lagos APC deputy governorship candidate said their government would work with an acronym: ‘THEME.’ “Our Promise to Lagosians is ‘THEME Lagos.” The pillar includes traffic management and transportation; health and environment; education and technology; making Lagos a 21st Century economy; entertainment and tourism.

    He stated that efforts will also be geared up towards fixing various inner roads across the state. To achieve this, Hamzat revealed that the three Asphalt plants in the state will be turned around and made ready to put people to work in order to make the roads motorable throughout the year.

  • Sanwo-Olu meets career women for Lagos development

    •New group drums support for APC candidate

    As part of his efforts at getting Lagos State residents to move the state to the Next Level, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is set to hold an interactive session with women professionals, entrepreneurs, academics and opinion leaders across the state.

    The forum, tagged: “Enabling, Empowering and Promoting Women: Our Pact,” will hold tomorrow with 1,000 career women expected to engage politicians on the need for all residents to take a more beneficial stance on the state due to its importance as the industrial hub of the country and the commercial nerve-centre of West African.

    The meeting, according to a statement by the Lagos State APC Woman Leader, Mrs Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, would further deepen the country’s democracy and situate it well as a venture for developing the society rather than just being played as a vote-seeking promotion of selfishness and corruption among politicians.

    Okoya-Thomas, who is the convener of the meeting, noted that it would give the participants the opportunity to assess the APC candidate and scrutinise his programmes.

    The lawmaker said it would situate them with the state’s developmental needs.

    According tom her, the career women are important to the state as the drivers of the economic and social fabrics of the Southwest.

    Okoya-Thomas ern State whose contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is more than the other States in the federation.

    Also, the support for APC candidate received a big boost with the endorsement by another group, TEAM-30.

    The group is an exclusive body of businessmen and contractors committed to the sustenance of good governance and rapid development of Lagos State.

    TEAM-30 was created to add momentum to Sanwo-Olu’s campaign ahead of the governorship election.

    Its spokesman Bolaji Lawal said members have been advised to draw from various spheres of influence across the socio-economic spectrum of the state to ensure that the state’s progressive legacy of development is preserved with the election of Sanwo-Olu.

    Lawal said the group took the decision to work for Sanwo-Olu after a careful study of the political environment and scrutiny of the profile and agenda of all candidates from the contending parties.

    He said the open support for the APC candidate was timed to coincide with the aftermath of the mega rally to usher in the final push of the party for support from Lagos residents.

    The spokesman said TEAM-30’s philosophy is driven by the desire to sustain the enviable development trajectory the state has been enjoying since 1999.

  • Group mobilises for Buhari, Sanwo-Olu, others in Lagos

    A group in the Lagos State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), The Mandate Movement (TMM), yesterday mobilised thousands of its supporters in Ejigbo for door-to-door campaign for President Muhammadu Buhari, governorship candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other candidates of the party in the forthcoming elections.

    At a rally in the community, TMM said the move was meant to ensure that APC records landslide victory for all its candidates.

    Speaking yesterday at the kick-off of the “Get Out And Vote For APC Candidates” at the Ejigbo mini-stadium, head of the movement and Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Kehinde Bamigbetan, said the group remained committed to the principles and agenda of the APC.

    The commissioner said it is in the vanguard of promoting, protecting and propagating the party’s manifesto.

    He said: “The role of tendencies in parties is to act as energisers at critical periods, interpret the manifesto in a manner that advances its interests and the full development of the populace.

    “We are aware that the general elections are near. On February 16, we shall go to the polls to elect our President, our senators, our members of the Federal House of Representatives. On March 2, we shall return to the polling booths to elect our governor and members of the House of Assembly.

    “Our party, the APC, needs all the support it requires to accomplish this task. We are competing with over 60 parties nationwide and no fewer than 40 parties are contesting with us in the Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II.

    “In an electioneering period like this, 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 APC.”

    Bamigbetan said the movement must have heard of the campaigns against the APC by other parties on radio, television and newspapers and how they tried to mis-interpret the programmes and projects of the party to give the impression that the APC had not done anything.

    “We want to assure you that all these antics are just the efforts of the cobweb that says it will not allow an elephant to pass. As our people say, even it is predicted that an animal with horns will knock one to death, it cannot be the ambition of a snail,” he said.

    Bamigbetan added that the achievements of the Asiwaju Movement in Ejigbo were legendary.

    The commissioner said the establishment of the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) was among the achievements of the APC administration.

    According to him, the APC has executed several projects in Ejigbo, including Ejigbo Multipurpose Centre, modern secretariat, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Primary School, Oladele Alake Primary School, primary healthcare centres at Onaiwamimo, free meal, free uniforms, free General Certificate in Education (GCE) forms, free Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms and free vocational education.

     

  • Group rallies support for Buhari, Sanwo-Olu, Tinubu, others

    Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the RMB Family Political Group has started mobilisation of support for candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Surulere, Lagos State.

    The group donated campaign materials, including six branded vehicles and 10,000 posters and handbills.

    The group, which is under the leadership of a former Chief Whip of Lagos State House of Assembly, Dr Abdurrazaq Balogun, said the development became imperative in view of the need to facilitate the campaign process of APC.

    It added that the candidates the party elected were genuinely committed to the development of the country.

    At the New Year thanksgiving of the group at RMB secretariat in Aguda, Surulere, Balogun said it was important for members to go all out and mobilise support for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and Senator Oluremi Tinubu as well as election of Babajide Sanwo-Olu as governor and all APC candidates in the February 16 and March 2 elections.

    Addressing over 500 party leaders, members and various groups at the gathering, Balogun said: “This is the time for party loyalists to remain focused on the job ahead. We must remember that our unity as people of the same party is non-negotiable. We must get all our candidates elected or re-elected at the coming polls to consolidate on the democratic gains that the people have been enjoying from APC.”

    Also, APC’s House of Representatives candidate for Surulere Constituency II, Lanre Okunlola, advised his constituents to show love within the rank and file.

    The politician noted that such a move help to build a strong foundation for APC to make it achieve victory at the general elections.

    The member representing Surulere Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mosunmola Sangodara, hailed party members for their steadfastness and zeal towards the party’s affairs.

  • Guber poll: APC group seeks 3 million votes for Sanwo-Olu

    A group, Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu Ambassadors (BOSA), has launched a campaign to garner three million votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Lagos state gubernatorial race, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Speaking during the launch, convener of the group, Wale Arogundade, said the decision to work for the victory of the APC candidate was taken after a thorough appraisal of his plans for the state and the manifesto of the party.

    Explaining that the group is a coalition of 3,000 community-based and youth-driven organisations spread across the state, Arogundade said BOSA has appointed coordinators across the state to ensure that three million votes are secured for Sanwo-Olu ahead of the election. He said each ward in the state has a coordinator that has been trained to move from house-to-house and street-to-street in the campaign to ensure the victory of Sanwo-Olu.

    At the event attended by APC chieftains and members, the group distributed souvenirs and mandated their coordinators to be up and doing in the task of delivering the much needed votes to the APC candidate. “We have gone through the manifesto of Mr Sanwo-Olu. We are impressed. We are inspired that he will continue all capital projects. We are impressed that he will create more jobs, tackle electricity decline through new incentives and innovations and battle insecurity with greater zeal.

    “From Monday, we shall be visiting every street, market places, churches, mosques, the creeks and watersides to speak to the people of Lagos to support Sanwo-Olu. With a voters’ figure of 6.2million in Lagos, securing three million votes for Sanwo-Olu will definitely not be a difficult task. We call on all voters in Lagos to join us in this tall order. This is a task that must be fulfilled. This is a task we shall fulfil. We use this opportunity to call for a free and fair election in Lagos,” Arogundade said.