The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 elections in the Lagos state, according to Lagos former Commissioner for Public Transportation, Chief Lanre Razak.
Chief Razak said going by the current transformational strides of the APC administration headed by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu it would be impossible for the PDP to dethrone the ruling party.
Besides, he said Lagos electorate had since the return to democratic rule in 1999 voted only honest and selfless leaders who were committed to delivering good governance for the greater good of the majority.
Razak was reacting to recent comments by the Oyo state Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde and PDP stalwart, Chief Olabode George, that the APC should be ready for defeat in Lagos state come 2023.
Chief Razak dismissed it as mere wish which would not see the light of the day.
He recalled that President Olusegun Obasanjo had such when he was president and even vowed that the PDP would capture the six states in the South West zone from the progressives but met his political Waterloo in Lagos state though the PDP ‘captured’ the remaining five states that made up the zone in 2003.
“We the electorate in Lagos State are happy and fully appreciate the progressive governance instituted by the National Leader of the APC and the architect of modern Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he was governor between 1999 and 2007 which has transformed the state to be the most economically and financially viable among the 36 states especially his financial wizardry.
“The truth is that only Lagos State that can survive financially and pay its bills without depending on the monthly allocation from the Federation Account. It can also boast of the best infrastructural development among its peers nationwide which is why the state has retained its magnetic pull to most Nigerians even after the relocation of the Federal Capital Territory to Abuja in August 1991.
“The coming of Governor Sanwo-Olu of the APC on board has further compounded the woes of the PDP which was overwhelmingly rejected by Lagosians during the 2019 general election with our great party winning all the national and state legislative seats in the state.
“The achievements of the current administration in less than one year into its four-year mandate which have impacted meaningfully on the people will make it almost impossible for the PDP to win even a councillorship seat in future elections”, Chief Razak said.
