Governorship candidate urges Lagosians to vote against more bondage, selfish, inept leadership

Patrick Okohue

As the much awaited 2019 elections inches closer by the day the electorates of Lagos State have been told to wake up from their slumber and vote out the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led government which had paid only lip service to their welfare and the overall development of the state.
Making the call in Lagos, the governorship candidate of the Alliance National Party (ANP) in Lagos State, Barrister Ladipo Johnson, said recent developments have further proved that those in charge of the affairs of the state were only interested in how to share the common resources of the state and will do anything to remove anyone who wants to stand on their way to achieving their objective. Johnson who made the call at the weekend in Abule Ado area in the Lagos West Senatorial District during one of his campaign tours said, it was obvious the ruling APC was bent on running Lagos aground, stating that up till now the 2019 budget had not been presented but those who are involved were busy engaged in infighting.
He noted that from available information, the infighting was not about good governance or the welfare of Lagosians, but for the selfish interests of those in government.
“All we hear around government is that the governor has refused to release huge amounts of money for campaign expenses and as such heaven will fall. “But this is not the reason why they were elected into office. The main purpose they came into office has now been abdicated in a reckless and irresponsible manner. Of course, the effect of their shylock leadership is seen all over Lagos in poor healthcare, poor education infrastructure and standard, pot holes on many roads and sundry environmental hazards amidst the economic downturn faced by Lagosians,” he stated.
The ANP candidate therefore urged Lagosians to come out on Election Day to vote massively to change their fortunes and end the “shackles of selfish and inept leadership” in the state. He emphasised that it was only through the massive involvement and turnout of the people that they can stop what he referred to as the ‘rigging pattern of the past’. “So it is now left for Lagosians to decide their future, either to choose to liberate themselves or remain in economic bondage, poverty and underdevelopment,” he said.