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2023: LG Autonomy, free education tops Jandor’s campaign promises

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October 20, 2022

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Dr Olajide Adediran has promised local government autonomy, increased funding for the education sector amongst others, if elected governor come March 11,2023.

Olajide reeled out his pact with electorates at the kick off of governorship campaign tour billed to hold across the 245 wards of Lagos state on Wednesday in Alimosho local government area.

Jandor, said if elected his administration would ensure that funds accruing to councils across Lagos was not tampered with, adding that there would be mechanism that would monitor judicious use of councils funds for projects that would benefits the people of the council.

He lamented the deplorable state of infrastructure across councils areas in Lagos State, noting that it was an indication of the failure of the Sanwo-Olu’s led administration in the state.

“We would run a government that is responsive and accountable to the people of Lagos State. We would make sure that the roads are motorable.

“My administration would give autonomy to the councils, any amount given to them we would ensure it is judiciously spent in executing projects for the people in the council.

“This is part of the reasons why I am touring around all wards in the state to see what the people need, I want to go everywhere across Lagos”, Jandor said.

While on the campaign tour around Alimosho, Jandor also received endorsement from political leaders, artisan groups, religious leaders in the council and the tailoring association and the non-Yoruba speaking indigenes in the council,

Hakeem Kolade, chairman of the association in the council pledged that the group would work assiduously towards the electoral victory of the PDP candidate in the gubernatorial.

Kolade noted that it was time for Lagos State to have a governor that would have all spectrum of the people at heart, adding that the people are tired of the APC administration in Lagos.

“We are tired of APC, that is why when you see our members a lot of them are suffering, the country is becoming more difficult everyday.

“Nothing have changed in the last eight years, rather we are finding it difficult to survive. We would come out and vote for you next year and we are asking all our members to do same”, Kolade said.

Similarly, the PDP governorship candidate also received endorsement from and several political leaders after he visited their wards.

Receiving the PDP candidate, the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the council, Owoeye Taiwo lamented that despite the huge voting population of the people in the Alimosho, successive administrations in the state had not done much for the council, adding that several part of the state lacks basic amenities and had been neglected.

In his views , he opined that the people were disenchanted by the failed promises of political leaders, while advising the PDP candidate to keep to his campaign promises if elected into office after the gubernatorial election in 2023.

Responding, the PDP candidate said if elected his administration would work for the overall interest of Lagosian, promising that he would give compulsory education from primary to secondary school with free school uniforms.

Jandor said:“I would make sure that I give free education from Primary to secondary, with free uniforms.If elected my government would be our government, it remains in our hands and we have only that day to decide”.

The PDP candidate and his campaign team would spend three days touring major wards in the council.