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<\/p>\nHe spoke to a large crowd of party leaders and members during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting held at the party secretariat at Acme Road, Ogba on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019How can someone be talking about freedom in Lagos?\u2019\u2019 Sanwo-Olu asked.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019Are we in the 18th or 19th century when slavery was the order of the day? Lagos has always been free.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe State is the 5th largest economy in Africa, the cynosure and envy of all other States across Nigeria.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the bedrock of the nation\u2019s economy, where everyone that is enterprising record success without any form of hindrance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is obvious that Jimi Agbaje and indeed the PDP do not have anything to say, so they had to resort to freedom. This won\u2019t fly, it won\u2019t sell, Lagosians will not buy it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Sanwo-Olu queried the role that Jimi Agbaje and PDP as a party have played in the development of Lagos State. He said it is the same freedom that Agbaje viciously clamours for that has made him run for governorship for three times in a row.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019We have freedom here in Lagos and that is why someone like Jimi Agbaje can aspire to govern the State three consecutive times.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough he has failed in all two attempts, I can guarantee you that he will fail this time around because Lagosians don\u2019t trust him or his party, the PDP.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere were they several years ago when our leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in concert with other members of the State Executive Council toiled day and night to revamp Lagos economy from paltry 600 million Naira monthly Internally Generated Revenue, which could not pay Lagos State staff salary, to over 30 billion Naira.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Sanwo-Olu reassured the party faithful that APC will have a resounding victory in the 2019 presidential and governorship election in Lagos State but warned members against complacency, saying that they should be guided by the saying, \u2018\u2019it is not over until it is over.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019We cannot afford to be complacent. The coming elections should be an easy ride for us if we do the right thing but this should not be a reason for us to take a back seat or fold our arms. This is the time to roll up our sleeves and work even harder to consolidate on our gains.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The APC guber candidate also called on members to eschew bitterness and work together in unity for the party\u2019s victory at the poll.<\/p>\n
The stakeholders\u2019 meeting was attended by the national leader of the APC Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the incumbent governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, his deputy Dr. Idiat Adebule, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat and other State leaders of the party.<\/p>\n
The highpoint of the meeting was the open declaration of support and endorsement of Sanwo-Olu by Governor Ambode.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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