Sanwo-Olu confident of re-election, says he has the experience to govern

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said his experience will help him win his re-election bid.

Sanwo-Olu said this on Sunday in an interview on Channels Television.

On the threat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Candidate, Dr Olajide Adediran, the governor said in an emergency it is in the interest of the people to go for experienced person to handle the situation than going for someone who does not know what the issues are.

Arguing that he has the experience to do the needful in Lagos, he said, ‘this is real governance. I have the greatest respect for all the candidates but the governance of Lagos is not a trial and error, you have to hit the ground running.

“If you have an emergency at 3: am, who would you call? What are your chances? Do you call a man that has experience, that has gone through the trenches before, that has lived with it and understand what the issues are and appreciates that challenges you have at that 3:am? Or will you leave your chances to someone that does not know where the dial is or that does not know what the issues of governance are? This is Lagos and we have informed audiences. This is not a tea party. This is a state that is bigger than the economy of Ghana; in itself, it is a country. It is not a circus but a real thing.

“I don’t want to disparage anyone because I have the greatest respect for all the candidates that have emerged and the candidate of the particular party you are talking about. How does he start? It is not trial and error; you need to hit the ground from day one. I know all the names of my 65 or so permanent secretaries and I know what their pedigrees are. I believe that we have earned it.”

To fight unemployment, the governor said he has trained no fewer than 400,000 people on new skills since he assumed office in 2019.