The Lagos State governorship candidate for the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has vowed to improve capacity and localise solutions to the state’s problems if elected in the March 18 election. Speaking at the Youth O’clock breakfast meeting organised by the ‘Obidient Movement’ in Ikeja GRA Lagos, Rhodes-Vivour promised that his administration would resist any form of voter intimidation or harassment. He stressed that the event was part of the mission to free Lagos from the shackles holding the state down.
Responding to claims that he is not a Yoruba man and doesn’t understand Yoruba, Rhodes-Vivour said that the people of Lagos want good governance regardless of the language a leader speaks or the tribe he belongs to. He noted that he is a proper cosmopolitan Lagosian, having roots with the Yoruba people and having been trained in the best institutions in the world.
Rhodes-Vivour said that politicians whip up ethnicity to divide the people of Lagos, adding that his mission is to create a Lagos that works for all and to end the ‘agbero’ system in the state, which has created a lot of safety hazards. Agberos are motor park louts that have become a menace in the state’s transportation ecosystem.
He also promised to provide employability skills to young people to tackle the problem of youth unemployment in the state, emphasising that contrary to the notion that unemployed youths are lazy, many want jobs to earn a decent living.
Rhodes-Vivour promised that if he emerged as governor, the healthcare system, education, transportation, clean pipe-borne water system, and other infrastructure would work effectively. He noted that the Obedient project is more significant than anyone and that, by God’s grace, it will produce thousands of quality men who will continue to serve the country sincerely and purposefully.
He said that the security and safety of voters are paramount in the March 18 election, adding that any form of intimidation and harassment would be resisted.