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vision of birthing a true Mega City led by a servant leader who is truly independent and will not need a second level of approval before taking decisions. The power will truly reside with the people and not an individual pretending to be a demi- god.”
Jandor, while identifying endemic corruption as one of the biggest problems stagnating the development of the state, further assured that he would hit the ground running by bringing on financial re- engineering through critical reforms that would fast- track operational processes and plug financial leakages in the public service if voted as next governor of Lagos.
The main opposition governorship candidate, while further lamenting what he termed the poor state of infrastructure and the widening gap in infrastructure deficit, which he said he was ashamed of, noted that it was common knowledge that the good people of Lagos were just enduring the remaining days of the incumbent government, declaring that he was signing a social contract with Lagosians to serve them “with the skillfulness of our hands and the integrity of our hearts.”
Observers say what may also work for Jandor and the PDP is that an average Lagosian could do with a change in leadership, which the PDP has been unable to achieve since 1999. However, the endless internal crisis rocking PDP in Lagos State may pose serious challenge to the ambition of the party come 2023.
The party is still finding it difficult to manage the emergence of Jandor manner, while party leaders in the state, including former deputy national chairman of the party, Chief Bode George, are still working on the reconciliation of aggrieved members over its crisis- prone primaries and the selection of of his running mate. Jandor was accused of betraying the agreement he had with the leaders to pick Rhodes- Vivour as his running mate when he announced the Nollywood actress Funke Akindele as his choice for the office.
Many of the aspirants, who contested the party’s primary with Jandor dumped PDP to pick the governorship tickets of other politi
Tcal parties, but Jandor has been forging ahead to convince Lagosians on the need to vote for him and his running mate.
Party sources disclosed that Chief Olabode George and some leaders of the party have developed cold feat over Jandor’s ambition even as they have restrained themselves from speaking against his candidature in the public.
The party is also bleeding from the war of attrition between five PDP governors ( G5) led by Nyesom Wike and the presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. It was gathered that while many PDP leaders in Lagos State queue behind Wike’s group, Jandor is alleged to have pitched his tent with Atiku, the reason Wike openly endorsed Sanwo- Olu during his recent visit to the state. HE governorship candidate of LP, Gbadebo Rhodes- Vivour, who dumped PDP to realise his political ambition has never hidden his disdain for APC in the state. To the young and brilliant architect, everything in the state needs to be redesigned. He promised to embark on youth empowerment and other social engagement programmes to take their attention away from thuggery and crime by pushing for policies that will positively engage them in skills acquisition programme to take the state to the next level.
He said the state needs a servant leader who will implement people- oriented programmes and is accountable to the people, promising to block identifiable leakages and bring down the cost of project construction across the state.
He said: ” If given opportunity to serve as governor of Lagos State, we will track accountability by creating a platform to engage with the people through a radio programme to discuss projects and how to implement them. People will be accommodated in the administration, which will offer voices for residents across the state to express their minds on how they desire to be governed. I shall render account to the people because that is the primary purpose of being in office. Good governance is about the people.
“We shall count on the feedback from the people as the cardinal strategy of our programmes and policies. We shall embark on a tour of different parts of the state to identify areas needing attention. That way, we will understand the multiple needs of the people of Lagos and create an inclusive mechanism to govern the state.
“We hope to develop a multi- modal transport system to reduce the over 4 trillion naira lost to traffic by people affected. People of Lagos need to be much more productive if the issue of traffic congestion is addressed frontally. We will push for less suffocating taxation, provide affordable housing and put the people as the centre of the structured/ system of governance.”
He said if elected as governor, he would introduce a rotational governance structure and work with the local government council to identify priority projects for the people of the state.
The LP candidate added: “We shall run an administration driven by empathy and ensure we implement 35 per cent affirmative action for women. We will be development driven, latching on to human capacity development.”
The growing popularity of the party and the Obidient movement across the country, especially in Lagos State is there for Rhodes- Vivour to harvest but observers say LP members in the state need to work harder and penetrate the grassroots to have a good outing in 2023.