Leaders and stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State have unanimously expressed help for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election, urging him to hunt a run for a second time period in 2027.
The choice was reached on Tuesday in Lagos by 1000’s of the occasion’s chieftains and members in the course of the APC Stakeholders Discussion board 2025 held at Eko Resorts and Suites, Victoria Island.
The assembly was attended by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his predecessors, Mr Babatunde Fashola and Mr Akinwunmi Ambode; Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat; his spouse, Oluremi; Speaker of the Lagos State Home of Meeting, Rt Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; members of the APC Nationwide Working Committee and State Working Committee; serving and former federal and state lawmakers; appointees; council chairmen; and conventional, spiritual, political, ladies, youth and scholar leaders.
The movement endorsing President Tinubu to run for one more time period in 2027 was moved by the Ayangburen of Ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Shotobi, and seconded by Obasa, saying the President has achieved loads within the final two years to run for presidency within the subsequent normal elections.
In his remarks, Governor Sanwo-Olu mentioned President Tinubu deserves to be supported for one more time period as a result of he has fulfilled lots of his marketing campaign guarantees to Nigerians.
“Our president, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was as soon as the twelfth Governor of Lagos State. We’ve listened to all of our stakeholders right here immediately. And the entire representatives of the stakeholders within the Lagos APC have come to the conclusion that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ought to return as our president in 2027.
“I consider that this message will get to Aso Rock, it can get to the Villa and can get to all of the nooks and crannies of this nice nation,” he mentioned.
Whereas transferring the movement, Oba Shotobi mentioned, “We promote President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to go for the second time. So I transfer.”
Seconding the movement, Obasa mentioned, “In view of the submissions made by all of the stakeholders and the movement simply being moved by our Royal Majesty of Ikorodu, I do hereby second the movement of my colleagues from Lagos State and of our meeting and the individuals of Lagos State. I so second.”
Talking on why President Tinubu needs to be thought-about for one more time period, Dr Hamzat mentioned, “As we glance towards the longer term, we should recognise the significance of continuity. The management on the federal stage, beneath the visionary steering of His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has continued to display braveness, imaginative and prescient, and dedication to nationwide transformation.
“The reforms being skilled beneath the management of our revered chief, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, are being pushed by renewed hope, productive governance, and {economic} restoration. It’s, due to this fact, in our collective curiosity and within the spirit of progress that we, as loyal members of the APC household in Lagos State, endorse and help the management on the federal stage for a second time period.
“We owe it to our occasion, to our state, and to our nation to proceed to construct upon the achievements we have now made. Allow us to return to our wards, our native governments, and our constituencies as ambassadors of the APC, spreading the message of excellent governance, unity, and progress. Allow us to mobilise, sensitise, and encourage others to face firmly behind our leaders, assured that the continuity of progressive management will carry even better prosperity to our individuals.”
Talking on the efficiency of the incumbent authorities in Lagos State, Dr Hamzat mentioned residents within the final six years have witnessed a exceptional transformation throughout all sectors beneath the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.
He mentioned, “Over the previous six years, beneath the management of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and guided by the THEMES+ Agenda, an acronym for Site visitors Administration and Transportation; Well being and Surroundings; Training and Expertise; Making Lagos a twenty first Century Economic system; Leisure and Tourism; and Safety and Governance, we have now witnessed a exceptional transformation throughout all sectors.
“I say with boldness that THEMES+ Agenda was not only a slogan; it was a blueprint for progress, a plan anchored on deliberate, inclusive, and sustainable improvement, from infrastructural renewal to human capability constructing. Lagos has continued to maneuver ahead with unimaginable vitality and objective.”
“At present, Lagos stands tall as a mannequin of excellence and a beacon of excellent governance. Different states throughout Nigeria proceed to go to Lagos to understudy our programs, from taxation and income administration to visitors administration, healthcare supply, and concrete planning. This isn’t by likelihood; it’s the product of consistency, planning, and execution.”
In a lecture titled ‘Voter Apathy and the Sanctity of Election in Nigeria’s Budding Democracy’, Fashola mentioned they need to mobilise individuals and interact the youths to vote throughout elections.
He mentioned, “The Lagos APC Stakeholders Discussion board is arising at a time when a few of those that stood in emergence as opposition at the moment are seeing how tough it’s to type a merger like APC did. The opposition at the moment are seeing the lengthy rope we walked again then to get to the place we’re.
“Political occasion participation relies on enthusiasm. If persons are enthusiastic, they’ll end up to vote. However hope is just not misplaced as a result of we’re in a season of renewed hope, and due to this fact we’ll flip it right into a renewed hope for our occasion and programmes.”
Different audio system on the occasion, which included members of the federal cupboard and the Nationwide Meeting, additionally rolled out a number of the achievements of President Tinubu in several sectors since he assumed workplace on Could 29, 2023.
