Traditional rulers and leaders in Ikorodu division of Lagos State, as well as leaders and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Ikorodu-based social club, Oriwu Club have thrown their weight behind Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term in office.
They said they are satisfied with Sanwo-Olu’s performance in the last three and half years of his first term in office and would therefore work tirelessly to ensure that he is re-elected in 2023.
During the Governor’s official investiture ceremony as the Grand Patron of Oriwu Club in Ikorodu on Sunday, the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabiru Sotobi; a member of the Senate representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Tokunbo Abiru; President of Oriwu Club Ikorodu, Otunba Adekunle Oduborisa; and his deputy, Hon. Ola Animasahun said the people of Ikorodu and the state have benefitted a lot from the incumbent administration and the governor therefore deserved to be re-elected.
At a meeting with Sanwo-Olu after his investiture, APC leaders in Ikorodu also promised to deliver town to the governor and other APC candidates in next year general elections by scoring 300 votes in each of the polling units in Ikorodu Local Government Area.
Sanwo-Olu was decorated as the Grand Patron of Oriwu Club Ikorodu in recognition of his leadership and good governance in Lagos.
At the event, Oba Sotobi commended the Governor for the visible development in Ikorodu division, especially the establishment of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology and the ongoing rehabilitation of the Ikorodu roundabout to Sabo to reduce traffic gridlock on that corridor, with a call for the upgrade of Baales to first class traditional rulers.
Senator Abiru said that Sanwo-Olu has exhibited courage in the midst of turbulence in the state, noting that the governor deserved to be re-elected based on his performance in the first term.
He said that the Governor has delivered dividends of democracy through infrastructural development for the people of Ikorodu and Lagos State at large.
Oduborisa said that Sanwo-Olu’s investiture as the Grand Patron of the club was to celebrate the resilience and diligence of the Governor in the last three and half years.
Noting that a social club is not for socialising alone, but also giving back to the society, Oduborisa promised that Oriwu club which has done many Corporate Social Responsibilities in Ikorodu division would also renovate the Agbala Paediatric Centre, the first General Hospital in Ikorodu.
While reeling out some of his achievements and ongoing projects in the Ikorodu division and other parts of Lagos State, Sanwo-olu promised to support the social club to actualise the hospital project, which would impact on children and parents and also pledged to build a new General Hospital in Ikorodu within the next three years.
“We will make life better for the people. I want to assure you that this government is committed and by the grace of God if you give us your support and we come back again, we will double our effort and commit ourselves again because the only reward for good work is for us to do more work. And it is only when we do that, that we can make our own town, city and state a place of choice”, he said.
While addressing APC leaders and members after the investiture ceremony, Sanwo-Olu urged them to work for his re-election as well as the victory of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other party’s candidates in next year’s general elections.
At the event, members of the Governance Advisory Council, the apex leadership body in Lagos APC, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye; and Ashipa Kaoli Olusanya, assured that Sanwo-Olu and other APC candidates would score 300 votes per polling unit in next year’s elections.
They said that their plan is to deliver 205,000 votes out of the targeted four million votes for Sanwo-Olu to be re-elected.
