Jimi agbaje, PDP governorship candidate for Lagos state, and his running mate, Haleemat Busari, at the town hall meeting organised by Lekki residents and stakeholders on Sunday
Governorship Candidate of the
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje,
OON, has vowed that they would resist attempts by the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the forthcoming general elections.
He promised to follow in the
footsteps laid by Second Republic Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji
Lateef Jakande, whom he praised for making landmark innovations in
the educational system and in the provisions of infrastructure like
potable water and roads.
According to him, unlike the
current dispensation that had spent the last 19 years and colossal
budgets that had not led to remarkable improvement in the life of the
Lagosian, Jakande’s four years had been replete with unforgettable
achievements in several areas.
Speaking in Eti-Osa and Kosofe
Council on Sunday and Monday as part of a series of town hall
meetings being convened across the state, Agbaje told residents that
PDP was determined to prevent the rigging that had robbed him and
other party candidates of victory in 2015.
In Eti-Osa, he met with members of
the Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA)
who placed some demands before him while he met with a cross section
of traditional rulers, members of the PDP as well as business and
community leaders in Kosofe on Monday.
Addressing his audience in Ogudu,
headquarters of Kosofe Local Government, Agbaje stated that the
people of the state should resolve to guard and protect their votes
this time.
Agbaje, who narrowly lost the
position to the incumbent Akinwunmi Ambode in 2015, told his audience
that the PDP in the state would do everything lawful to win all
elections slated to hold in the state.
Speaking in Yoruba, Agbaje said,
“This (governorship) election is a process that would lead to the
freedom of our people. It is a process that would free us from
tyranny, graft and waste. APC members know that they have been
rejected by the people and the only option left for them to remain in
power is to rig.
“This
time, we are ready for them. There won’t be any opportunity for
them to rig the coming election. I am urging our women to come out.
You know if the women prevent you from wrongdoing and you try to
venture into it, it would fail. We will vote peacefully and make sure
that our votes count at the end of the day.”
He lamented the fact that the
people of Lagos were in dire need of potable water, promising that
when elected, his government would make conscious efforts towards
resuscitating the moribund mini-water works across the state.
The governorship hopeful had on
Sunday assured residents of the various communities in Lekki axis of
the state that his government would build a new coastal road and
demolish the toll gate on the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
Lamenting the fact that only one
road led into the various communities within the axis, Agbaje said,
"There should be a second road to the one we have here. We are
going to ensure that the road is properly constructed. The road is
there. It is just for us to properly rehabilitate it so that the
people would properly utilise it."
Taking a cue from the current
traffic logjam in the Apapa axis of the state, Agbaje stated that his
government would ensure that the right measures were put in place to
forestall a recurrence when the Dangote Refinery became operational.
"I live in the Apapa axis of
the state so, I know what it is to live with traffic logjam. In two
years’ time the Dangote Refinery will come on board but the current
rulers are not doing much to anticipate the disruption that would
come with it," he said.
On security, Agbaje stated that
efforts would be geared towards community policing in a way that
would ensure greater mobility that was needed for quick response in
times of emergency.
Earlier, the President of the
association, Olorogun James Emadoye, had reeled out series of issues
plaguing the axis, with a call on Agbaje to address them on being
voted into office.
Emadoye listed bad roads,
flooding, lack of primary healthcare facilities as well as inadequate
schools as major headaches in the axis.
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