Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, urged residents to demonstrate their loyalty to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and use the forthcoming local government election to prepare for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
Sanwo-Olu called during the commissioning of the Ibeju-Lekki Local Government’s new Secretariat Complex, Legislative Building and 400m paved road, and the groundbreaking of the Ibeju-Lekki Housing Scheme at the newly built council Secretariat.
He said, “You know that everything we are doing fosters the creation of jobs and increases the internal revenue of the local government. And we believe it will promote orderly rural development, which eventually will preserve the dignity and well-being of the community.”
Dwelling on the forthcoming local council poll, Sanwo-Olu stated, “The local government election is coming, it’s just one month away. I want you to use the election to prove your worth so that by 2027, it will be a smooth sail for Mr President.”
Sanwo-Olu commended the council’s management, led by its Chairman, Abdullahi Olowa, fondly called “JAJA,” for delivering dividends of good governance to the people. He said the project aligns with the vision and mission of the Tinubu administration, as governor two decades ago.
According to the governor, “The newly administrative block named after President Bola Tinubu is a good job and well deserved. May our President continue to receive accolades and recognition.
“Nothing is too much for us to put his (Tinubu’s) name in an indelible mark because of the growth and transformation he has placed Lagos in the past two decades, which also saw the creation of additional councils with all the benefits we are seeing today.”
Earlier, the council chairman, Hon Abdullahi Olowa, said, “When we assumed office in mid-2021, we inherited the urgent task of building a new and modern council secretariat following the unfortunate tragedy that befell our local government a year earlier in 2020 when EndSARS vandals burnt down the existing structures within the secretariat.”
