By Lukman Olabiyi
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged residents of the state to demonstrate their loyalty to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and use the forthcoming local government election in the state to prepare the ground for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
Sanwo-Olu made the call on Wednesday during the commissioning of the Ibeju-Lekki Local Government’s new Secretariat Complex, Legislative Building, and 400m paved road, as well as the groundbreaking of the Ibeju-Lekki Housing Scheme at the newly built council Secretariat.
He said, “You know that everything we are doing fosters around creation of jobs, increase in 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,” Governor Sanwo-Olu added.
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.”
Commending the management of the council, led by its Chairman, Abdullahi Olowa, fondly called “JAJA”, for delivering dividends of good governance to the people, Sanwo-Olu said the project is in line with the vision and mission of the Tinubu administration as governor two decades ago.
According to the governor, “The new administrative block named after President Bola Tinubu is a good job and well deserved. May our President continue to receive accolades and continue to receive recognition.
“Nothing is too much for us to put his name in indelible mark because of the growth and transformation he has placed Lagos in over the past two decades, which also saw the creation of additional councils with all 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.”
He pointed out that his administration took up the responsibility of restoring the local government’s machinery of governance from scratch. “Today, by the grace of God, we have not only rebuilt but have also elevated these structures into modern, world-class facilities,” Olowa said.