Governorship candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said if
elected, he will not take instructions from any high authority in the state or
group in leading Lagos.
Samwo-Olu made the assertion on
Sunday, while speaking during the Platform’s governorship debate in response to
a question by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Jimi Agbaje, who
queried the ability of his APC rival to lead the state following his
endorsement by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
He said, “I believe the question
is to look at Lagosians and say I am going to be in charge, that the bulk is
going to stop on his table.
“Mr Sanwo-Olu had had a unique
opportunity of running the state budget; I am my own person despite
endorsements.”
He further listed his
achievements as a commissioner in Lagos, including the introduction of the
Lekki Free Trade Zone.
Other projects Sanwo-Olu
highlighted are the 767 – 112 control and command centre, security trust fund,
as well as the first pension board in the country.
Sanwo-Olu added, “I clearly know
that what is on the ballot is a four-year tenure and I am not going to say that
I am interested in an eight-year.
“If all of those promises that I
have put here today I do not fulfill them for one reason or the other, I don’t
think I will deserve to come back again.
“We are going to ensure that we
create an environment where all innovative ideas will come into fruition very
quickly,” Sanwo-Olu pledged.
“As we speak, I have deployed
free Wi-Fi in 18 locations in Lagos, including all the higher institutions in
Lagos and they are working. It proves to show that I’m not just saying it, I am
doing it.”
The governorship candidate
stressed that he was the right man to succeed Governor Akinwunmi Ambode years
with 13 and 17 years of experience in the public and private sectors
respectively.
Asked about how transparent his
government would be following support of APC big-wits in the state, Sanwo-Olu
said, “When I was in government, we do a quarterly budget review in which we
become answerable, we become accountable and we see all of the numbers that
come out from our budget estimate on a quarterly basis.
“Beyond that in my government is
to set up a citizen engagement portal where all issues of concern will be
popped out and we can escalate it to the governor’s office and (they) will get
responses that will come directly to them.”
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