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By Lukman Olabiyi
Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso has boasted that the state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his party, All Progressive Congress (APC) would re-elected at the forthcoming poll that will hold on March 11.
Omotoso said the factors that determined presidential poll on February 25, which Labour Party (LP) defeated APC , would not count on March 11.
He assured supporter of Governor Sanwo-Olu not to panic, held that the governor scorecard and experience would aid his victory.
While stating that factors that led to loss of APC’s strongholds such as Alimosho Local Government Area (LGAs) in the presidential election were being taken care of, he said the Party would come out stronger in the Saturday March 11 gubernatorial election.
Affirming that Sanwo-Olu is the best among the candidates “in terms of knowledge, diligence and experience to run Lagos at this time,” he said “running Lagos is not moi-moi,” a bean cake delicacy, positing that it takes only seasoned and experienced product to manage the State with its complex nature.
“There is no need to panic about Mr. Sanwo-Olu,” he assured, speaking of Sanwo-Olu’s performance, such as his stride in the management of the COVID-19 which he said attracted global attention, creating a response template to fight pandemic.
He said his achievements in infrastructure, education — with over 1,000 projects across districts of the State, among others, were speaking testimonies to affirm his reelection, saying Sanwo-Olu is “most competent to lead Lagos” among runners in the gubernatorial race.
He argued that “Lagos is too complex and delicate to be left in the hands of novices,” calling on Lagosians not to sacrifice competence for sentiment.
Omotoso lamented the growing tribal coloration introduced into the system and “not the content of their character,” mentioning that it does not speak to the civilised culture of Lagos, while calling on Lagosians to ignore those championing such course.
On the questions over factions in the APC, Omotoso who argued that for every human community with people, there is no way there wouldn’t be aggrieved members leading to friction, said such grievances were not peculiar to the APC and would be resolved.
He argued that “as the biggest party in this State and the biggest in Nigeria,” for APC having such large structure, friction is bound to take place, but not enough case for panicking, stating that such matters were being settled.
On argument that town hall meetings were neglected, Omotoso said though pressing issues of Statecraft such as the need to fix enormous potholes which were all over the State as of the time the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led Administration kicked off in May 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the need to double-up efforts on pressing demands, thereafter rousing, restricted certain outreach, yet Sanwo-Olu took engagement forum to some LGAs.
On fear of repeat of the February 25 presidential elections, he said there is no need to panic, stating, “Lagosians are highly deciding people who understand what the government is doing.”
He said, Lagosians love Sanwo-Olu and would vote him, assuring what happened during the presidential election, is not insurmountable, and would be surmounted.
He discredited claims that the government is far from the youth, saying the campaign of the alleged #ENDSARS killings as ground against the Governor is a matter of emotion Lagosians should not allow to dislodge their logic in making the right decision.
