{"id":121561,"date":"2019-05-28T20:24:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=121561"},"modified":"2019-05-28T20:25:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:25:22","slug":"ambode-hands-over-to-sanwo-olu-as-governor-of-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=121561","title":{"rendered":"Ambode Hands Over To Sanwo-olu As Governor Of Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span class=\"ds-1col file file-image file-image-jpeg view-mode-embedded centered clearfix block-story-object block-story-object-resource block-story-object-resource-image\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"block-story-object-asset\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-element file-embedded\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ambode-Hands-Over-To-Sanwo-olu-As-Governor-Of-Lagos.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"container container-pod container-pod-short\"><span class=\"adunit-parent hide block-module block-module-ad block-module-ad-300x250\"><span class=\"block-module-image-wrapper\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the May 29 official inauguration and handing over ceremony, Akinwumi Ambode has handed over the reins of Lagos State to Babajide Sanwo-olu, Governor-elect of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The handing over ceremony took place at the Governor&#8217;s office in Alausa, Ikeja.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the handing over process, Ambode, who failed the secure the party ticket at the primary election, posted on his Instagram page saying he had a &#8220;rewarding 4-year experience,&#8221; while governing the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To the Glory of God, I have just handed over the reins of government in Lagos State to His Excellency, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu, after a rewarding 4-year experience. This would not have been possible without the support, cooperation and prayers of all Lagosians. I remain eternally grateful to you all. God bless you all. And to God be all the Glory,&#8221; Ambode posted.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Sanwo-olu announced that Ambode has handed over to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you H.E @AkinwunmiAmbodefor your kind words today as you officially handed over your stewardship of our great state, Lagos. Life is a succession of moments and today we are at the right place and moment to build #ForAGreaterLagos. #SanwoOluInauguration,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-story-object block-story-object-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\" data-width=\"550\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you H.E <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkinwunmiAmbode?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AkinwunmiAmbode<\/a> for your kind words today as you officially handed over your stewardship of our great state, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Life is a succession of moments and today we are at the right place and moment to build <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForAGreaterLagos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForAGreaterLagos<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SanwoOluInauguration?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SanwoOluInauguration<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/POdSbLQ68f\">pic.twitter.com\/POdSbLQ68f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jidesanwoolu\/status\/1133349225763360768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The official handing over ceremony would take place tomorrow, May 29, 2019, at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the May 29 official inauguration and handing over ceremony, Akinwumi Ambode has handed over the reins of Lagos State to Babajide Sanwo-olu, Governor-elect of the state. The handing over ceremony took place at the Governor&#8217;s office in Alausa, Ikeja. Announcing the handing over process, Ambode, who failed the secure the party ticket at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[7459,250],"class_list":["post-121561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-akinwumi-ambode","tag-lagos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}