Mr Rhodes-Vivour and the other aspirants started the debate by publicly disavowing political violence.
consistently threw jabs at Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who boycotted the event, but it was the candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, who stole the spotlight on Sunday at a debate among major Lagos State governorship candidates.
, boycotted the debate, citing the alleged involvement of the PDP in political violence in the state.Mr Rhodes-Vivour and the other candidates started the debate by publicly disavowing political violence as the moderator cited incidents where supporters of APC and PDP allegedly disrupted campaign rallies of each other.
On inadequate transportation and infrastructure, Mr Rhodes-Vivour said the basic foundation needed is a proper train system, promising that his administration would deliver about 60 kilometres of rail in four years. Mr Sanwo-Olu had on Saturday pulled out of the debate, saying he would not be “sharing the podium” with the PDP candidate following the violence that erupted in the Surulere area of the state on Saturday.
On how to address the over two million out-of-school children in the state, he said he would go into partnership with the registered 5,000 private schools in the state to admit some of the children, adding that he would also be working with religious organisations to use their spaces during school hours for aid learning.
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