A former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Ganiu Taofik, has revealed that the opposition party will receive Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu if indeed he wants to return to office in 2023 through their platform.
READ ALSO: Sanwo-Olu Reveals What Will Happen If He Is Denied A Second Term As Lagos Governor
The PDP Chieftain who made this known in a chat with The PUNCH on Thursday said the PDP is a platform that gives Lagosians the best form of governance.
In his words:
“Recently, we had a
chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Olajide Adediran aka Jandol, decamp
with his group, Lagos4Lagos, into the PDP. This is because they have confidence
and they have seen that the PDP is a better platform.
“Governor Sanwo-Olu probably could have done 100 percent more than he has done
if he were not to be in the APC because it is a structural thing; the PDP in
Lagos has a controlling leadership for sanity, morality, and service delivery
but what they have in the APC is a selfish leadership. That is why Governor
Sanwo-Olu cannot do more than what he is doing.
“If Governor Sanwo-Olu is checking to have a ticket to recontest, we will give
him the opportunity to contest the primary election in the PDP like every other
aspirant. Everybody has a level playing field in the PDP, unlike the APC where
nobody can become a councillor without the leader’s support.
“The PDP has a wide umbrella to cover every politician from the House of
Assembly to the House of Representative and others.”
It would be recalled Governor Sanwo-Olu while speaking on a Television program said Lagosians will miss his government if he is not allowed a second term as the governor of the state, in the forthcoming 2023 gubernatorial elections.
According to Sanwo-Olu, his administration was making
strides to meet the expectations of the citizens and hopes to finish strong at
the end of his first term.
“I think we are doing a very good job, I dare say so. I think the citizens know
what it is they will be missing if they don’t let us continue to wrap up all
the things we are doing” he said.
On a possible second term in office, the Governor affirmed that he is consulting the stakeholders on the future of the state.
As political permutations earnestly begin ahead of the 2023 elections, there
are indications that Sanwo-Olu wants to return for another four years.
Ambode was Lagos governor from 2015 to 2019 and had lost his reelection to
Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the APC primary due to intra-party squabbles.
Both Ambode and Sanwo-Olu are constitutionally permitted to be in office for
one more term of four years if the electorate so decide.
Comments
Post a Comment