Governance in Lagos remains team work, APC chieftain replies Adegboruwa

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Seye Oladejo, has berated Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, over his allegations that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu abandoning governance to campaign for the presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Speaking on behalf of Lagos APC, Oladejo in a statement issued on Saturday and made available to WesternPost, said the allegation was needless, saying it shows that the Senior Advocate of Nigeria lacks the understanding of how things work in government.

He said governace in the state remains a team work with every member of the team executing his assigned role to successfully implement government policies, programs and projects.

He said: “Our attention has been drawn to the needless allegation by Ebun-olu Adegboruwa (SAN) that the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-olu has abandoned governance to campaign for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“While we commend the concern of the writer on the need for governance not to be on recess in the state of excellence, we empathize with his poor knowledge of how things work in government.

“Governance, especially in Lagos state, remains a team work with every member of the team executing his assigned role to successfully implement government policies, programs and projects.

“The governor acts as the team leader and supervisor of the various arms”, said Oladejo.

“It’s pure mischief to allege that the governor has been the media strategist , anchorman and campaign manager of the APC Presidential candidate , Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“The truth is that Tinubu has his full compliment of effective campaign machinery which has delivered on its assignment.

“The team is actually already primed for the next phase of the campaign.

“The enforcement of the ban on okada activities in a number of Local Governments in the state has been largely successful under the supervision of the assigned agencies of government. However, this remains a continuous exercise.

“It’s imperative to note that the execution of projects and implementation of policies to tackle flooding started way ahead of the rainy season. An elementary knowledge of governance would have saved this needless goof.
” We have deliberately chosen to ignore the wild allegation that public funds could have been committed to the campaign activities because it is undeserving of a response”.

” It’s imperative to note that Sanwo-olu was first and foremost a proud member of APC before becoming a governor. He’s always expected to play his role as a leader at a time like this.

“We want to congratulate him that our party and of course , Lagos State produced a worthy and popularly elected presidential candidate , Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TINUBU , under his watch as an icing on his second term ticket.

“Hopefully , the opposition party will send a token of appreciation for the poor hatchet job by the writer.”

It would be recalled that Adegboruwa on Saturday said since the declaration of the presidential aspiration of Tinubu, the governor has abandoned governance in the state.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria expressed the worry that Sanwo-Olu had hardly been in office since “he is the unofficial campaign manager of Tinubu, his media strategist and personal anchorman.”

He added: “It was the Governor that declared the ban on motorbikes but he is not on ground to monitor the daily crisis occasioned by the declaration, though commendable but needs careful enforcement.

“The rainy season in Lagos is always a bitter experience for Lagosians in flooding, heavy traffic and other casualties, but the Governor has not been on his seat to address issues related to this. Crime has been on the increase in Lagos lately”.