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Ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial poll, Igbo leaders in Lagos State under the umbrella of Concerned Ndigbo Lagos on Monday appealed to all residents of the state to consider the experience and scorecard of each candidate vying to be governor before deciding on who to elect.
The
group disclosed that the credentials of all the governorship candidates have
been reviewed but no one has what it takes to be governor of Lagos State,
except the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and incumbent governor of
the state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
The
Concerned Ndigbo Lagos, therefore, appealed to the Igbo extraction living in
the state to support Governor Sanwo-Olu and come out en-mass to re-elect him on
Saturday, March 11, 2023, saying Lagos deserves continuity of good governance,
which Ndigbo has enjoyed under the current administration.
Speaking
during a press conference jointly addressed by the Coordinator of Concerned
Ndigbo Lagos, Chief Chibunna Ubawuike, Patron, Igwe Ikechukwu Ojede and
Secretary, Chief Ozoemena Nliam, in Ikeja, on Monday, the group said the
re-election of Governor Sanwo-Olu for a second term will be in the interest of
the Ndigbo and therefore urged Lagos residents, especially Ndigbo to vote for
the APC candidate during the Saturday gubernatorial poll.
Ubawuike,
who is the National Organising Secretary of the All Registered APC Support
Groups for Tinubu/Shetima, explained that a vote for Governor Sanwo-Olu became
imperative because his administration had performed creditably well without
segregating or discriminating against any tribe in the state.
He,
therefore, urged Ndigbo in the state to give unflinching support to Governor
Sanwo-Olu's re-election bid as he had continued to provide an enabling
environment for businesses and other tribes to thrive in Lagos and beyond.
Ubawuike
said Governor Sanwo-Olu had made tremendous and integrated development as well
as performance in various sectors while turning Lagos into a construction site
with massive Infrastructural gains, which had brought about investments while
building cordial relationship with the Igbos hence the need to vote for him.
Also
speaking, the Patron of Concerned Ndigbo Lagos, Igwe Ikechukwu Ojebe, described
Governor Sanwo-Olu as an honest man who had been doing well and can take Lagos
to the next level of success to make life more better and comfortable for
residents.
“On
March 11, every one of us should try and vote for Babajide Sanwo-Olu. He has
tried in Lagos State. He is a man of the people and he is a Christian. I know
him and I trust him. So, we should please try and vote for him. He is an honest
man. I am begging everybody; be it Igbo, Hausa or any tribe, please let us vote
for Governor Sanwo-Olu. He is a man that can take us to the next level,” he
said.
The
Secretary of Concerned Ndigbo Lagos, Chief Ozoemena Nliam, who said he
benefited from the free payment of WAEC by the Lagos State government while in
school and got married to a Yoruba woman in Lagos, appealed to his kinsmen to
come out en masse on Saturday to cast their votes to re-elect Governor
Sanwo-Olu.
He
said: “Lagos State is a cosmopolitan state and it accommodates all tribes. The
last presidential election and the Lagos State governorship election coming
March 11 for me a different ball game. On March 11, we should all wear our
thinking caps. The President-Elect (Asiwaju Bola Tinubu) who is the modern-day
leader and architect of Lagos State, has done so much.
“I am appealing to my Igbo brothers to know that Lagos State has its pattern and that patterns favour everybody that lives in Lagos as long as you live and respect the law. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who has a second term bid, will do well for Igbo because I must admit he has done well and he will keep doing well. He has done a lot in continuation of the legacy of Asiwaju.”
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