By Rasaq Abolaji
Felt concerned about sustainability of the series of developments going on in Lagos State under the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the former chairman of Kosofe Local Government, Bar. Ademuyiwa Adedeji, has urged the Lagos residents to make sure they re-elect the governor to keep the progress of the development in the state.
He appealed to them to allow the governor to continue his work in order not to truncate the development but sustain and witness more in term of human and community development.
He made the appeal while speaking to journalists at Mende, Maryland.
According to him, there is a master plan which makes it easy for successive All Progressives Congress (APC) governors in Lagos to record significant achievements.
Adedeji said other candidates from any other party do not have the master plan and may push the state into regression if given the power.
He noted that since he assumed office as the governor of the state, Sanwo-Olu has embarked on so many projects to further develop the state, mentioning some he has completed and some others still under execution, with so many others lined up to be executed during his second term.
“If we don’t allow him to come back, so many developmental projects in Lagos State will suffer and there will be backwardness in the progress the state has been witnessing so far. No other party or candidate understands the secret behind the progress of the State except APC and its candidates.
“I am not soliciting for Sanwo-Olu because I am a politician, no, I am not a politician; I have been out of politics since I completed my tenure as Kosofe LG chairman in 2007; but as a Lagosian, I know what and who we really need in government for now. We citizens have discussed with Sanwo-Olu on what Lagos residents need now and he has promised to do them especially for the youths.
“The youths in their different professions will have access to empowerment programmes and funds I can assure you of that dito the women, and the elderly ones. And these will not stop the general infrastructure development in each community across the State.”
The former council boss noted that during his first tenure, Sanwo-Olu made sure every community got at least a big project from the state government, promising that he would do more for individuals as well as generality of the people in the state.
Referring to Sanwo-Olu’s achievements so far, he mentioned the over 300 road projects he completed and commissioned, the new transportation systems both land and water tagged Lagride and Lagferry with construction of new jetties, upgrading of 970 public primary and secondary schools across the state, the MSME programmes, commissioning of 16 Housing projects in 3 years and others.
He emphasised the need for the Lagosians to keep the chain of development in the state by voting in all APC candidates during the coming gubernatorial and state assembly elections.
