The Lagos state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Friday promised to return illegally acquired lands to their owners, if elected.
Agbaje made the promise at a town hall meeting with the people of Ibeju Lekki at the Eleko Beach Hall, on Lagos Island.
He also promised to pay adequate compensation to those whose lands were acquired for government projects but were not well compensated.
“Some of these lands were acquired in the guise of using them for industrialisation but ended up as private estates,” he alleged.
The PDP candidate also said that he would take advantage of the aquatic nature of the area to improve the economy of Lagos State.
“This will translate to an ocean economy that transforms the lives of the indigenes,” he said.
Agbaje also pledged to create standard markets in the area to reduce the suffering of the people who, he said, had to travel some distance to access modern markets.
He said that it was wrong for elected government officials to fail to fulfill their promises to the electorate.
Also speaking, a former Minister for Cooperation and Integration in Africa, Chief Abimbola Ogunkelu, appealed to the people to vote massively for PDP.
The former minister promised that PDP government in the state would address the problems of the area.
NAN reports that a former Special Assistant on Ecology to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Bode Oyedele, and some PDP candidates also attended the meeting.
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Lagos is working but there's virtually no government presence on this axis. Private estates are on the increase most of which are on supposed govt acquired lands for developmental projects. The only govt face, 7yrs going on the Lekki-Epe expressway upgrade, yet it's still on 20km mark; how much Lagos State fund has been sunk into this road project for 7yrs + Toll collection? Yet no one is talking because we all fear to talk for our dear lives. Hope Jimi wins.
ReplyDeleteHow many lands will you return, Including the ones Omo oniles have collected? This politicians can be funny. Mr Agbaje is just making noise because, if pdp takes lagos, it will be like the federal government and ekiti state.
ReplyDeletekeep hoping, dont go out to vote okay!!
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