As Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, begins his second term in office, opposition parties have cautioned residents against having high expectations that he will perform better.
They noted, “circumstances that led to his dismal performance in the previous term are still prevalent in the state.”
During his first term, Sanwo-Olu unveiled T.H.E.M.E.S, an acronym for his administration’s six strategic development agenda, namely: Traffic Management and Transportation, Health and Environment, Education and Technology. The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the party, Olubunmi Odesanya stated that Sanwo-Olu “was brought in to replace a highly cerebral personality , but failed to meet up with the expectations of the people. Rather he danced to the tune of his godfathers, who have held the state by the jugular since 1999. Can anyone point to his achievement in office? Practically none!”
“This is the same man that ran to Abuja on the same day of his second term inauguration to attend the inauguration party of the President. He abandoned his own state to attend an event that is of equal importance to his own.
Amode wondered if the governor was referring, “to the rate of poverty he met at 4.5 per cent in 2019, which is now 8.5 per cent, according to National Bureau of Statistics data or the unemployment rate he has taken to 37.16 per cent from the 14.6 per cent when he came into office in 2019.” “The governor, unlike his predecessors, has no landmark project that he could say he embarked upon in four years, and this is known to most residents of the state.
“He has given nothing, but empty promises, and we in the Lagos State PDP believe that a leopard will never change its skin and we will not allow Sanwo-Olu to mismanage the resources of the state as he did in his first term. Oladejo said there was no better response than the referendum that the last gubernatorial election in the state represented with the massive votes for Sanwo-Olu across the length and breadth of the state and across ethnic, religious and gender divides.
“The completion of the various projects inherited from his predecessors underscores his commitment to the prudent management of the state resources. Lagos State IPAC chairman, Olusegun Mobolaji said: “He should not see Lagos as an estate of APC but Lagos for all the residents of the state, regardless of tongues and status. Partisanship has ended with the electioneering. Sanwo-Olu should be a democrat, who will protect the interest of all. He needs an all-inclusive government.
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