By Dayo Oyewo
Concerned Ndigbo Lagos on Monday endorsed the re-election of the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a second term in office.
The group, while appealing to all residents of the state to consider the experience and scorecard of each governorship candidate vying for office, described Sanwo-Olu as the most experienced of all the candidates.
Speaking during a press conference, the coordinator of the group, Chibunna Ubawuike, alongside the group’s patron, Igwe Ikechukwu Ojede, and secretary, Ozoemena Nliam, said Sanwo-Olu’s re-election would be in the interest of the Ndigbo in the state.
Ubawuike explained that a vote for Sanwo-Olu became imperative because his administration had performed without 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 has 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 Ojebe, described Sanwo-Olu as an honest man who had been doing well and can take Lagos to the next level of success to make life better and more comfortable for residents.
The Secretary of Concerned Ndigbo Lagos, 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 is 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.”
Source: The Punch
