The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has stated that he is the best man to rule Lagos because he has no godfather that can influence him negatively in office Punch reports.
He promised that his government would seize all illegally-acquired properties in the state if elected in 2015 elections.
While addressing newsmen in Lagos on Sunday, January 18 Agbaje dismissed reports that he lacked the necessary experience in public office.
He said, “When it was time to choose my running mate, I chose my running mate, nobody chose her for me. The issue of a godfather hampering service delivery is not even on the table. I don’t have a godfather. I want the people to believe me that it won’t happen.”
He said vested interests were affecting the implementation of several policies of the Lagos State Government and expressed his determination to end the trend.
Agbaje accused the Governor Babatunde Fashola administration of being arrogant in his relationship with Lagosians.
He said, “In Lagos, you may find good programmes on paper but you will see that the implementation is being affected by vested interests. Anything that Lagos does has to be in the interest of what I call vested interest. So, the light rail project and the Bus Rapid Transit are not working again because there are vested interests.
“We have vested interest affecting the social, economic and political life of our state. You cannot have any big project in Lagos unless you take into consideration the vested interest. It affecting our state and we are saying that it is time to remove Lagos from this bondage.”
It would be recalled that, Agbaje during the interactive fund-raising event tagged‘An Evening with Jimi Agbaje’ for Nigerians in diaspora on Sunday January 4th, 2015 in North London. He gave a blueprint for a new Lagos.
