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Final verdict, today's election in Lagos is a two horse race. AGBAJE and AMBODE are the two horses, other horses in the race are tired pretenders.
Now back to elections matters. - We take elections outlook for Lagos state and the chances the two main men (Agbaje and Ambode) has over each other. |
| Agbaje and Ambode |
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State is not eligible to seek re-election in today's gubernatorial election in the state. And as his current and last regime comes to an end, the search to replace him amongst politicians is already at its summit with not less than twenty aspirants “jogging” to occupy the Alausa Governor’s Office in 2015.
During the Lagos gubernatorial election debates 2015, brilliant plans to make Lagos a better city were in abundance at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Cathedral in Ikeja venue for the debate, as aspirants vying to become the next governor put across their plans to the public.
Education, urban transportation, and several procedures for generating and sustaining economic gains for the state dominated the discussions. Though some of the contestants clearly showed that they have no understanding vying for the governorship position in Nigeria’s center for commerce, the overall performance surpassed previous debates.
The contestant relied on statistics from the government, World Bank and the United Nations to buttress their points. One thing was clear to the thrilled audience: Except for a few candidates, whoever emerges winner in the February 21 election, Lagos would be in good hands if the words said at the debates are matched with action.
PremiumTimes reports that Mr. Akinwumni Ambode of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was placed on the defensive most of the time and this affected his performance during the debate. However, he gave a good account of himself. With a boyish smile permanently stamped on his face, if he was worried by the attacks and taunts directed at him by the other contestants he did not show it. While he spent most of time explaining how he would make the policies of the incumbent administration better, he did not articulate so much of his own original ideas.
He said public service is a noble service and promised to bring the wealth of experience he had garnered from over 25 years of public service to running the state.
While Mr. Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) By miles was the star of the debate. He literally took other contestants to the cleaners with the masterful delivery, use of statistics and data from government and other international organisations. Unlike the raucous response some of the contestants elicited from the audience, any time Mr. Agbaje spoke, the audience stayed quiet.
He started by saying being a small scale business man himself, he knew what it takes to run a small scale enterprise and his government would give priority attention to SMEs in the state. (noted)
Final verdict, today's election in Lagos is a two horse race. AGBAJE and AMBODE are the two horses, other horses in the race are tired pretenders. Going by the scheme of things in Lagos; 1. Jimi Agbaje's brilliance at the debates, 2. President Jonathan concession of defeat and a saintly congratulatory message to President-Elect Buhari, 3. Oba Rilwan Akiolu saga. We can clearly see who is the winner of today's election.
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