Battle For Lagos:

Brilliant comment!

Onyebuchi Ememanka writes ~
What is the principal interest of the Igbos in
Lagos? What do we seek to achieve in our
sojourn here? My take is simple. We seek a
prosperous Lagos that is economically viable,
peaceful....a mini Nigeria of sorts where all
people are able to live and pursue their
livelihood without let or hinderance.


As a people that thrive on commerce, Igbos
want a Lagos where there are government
policies that promote the growth of commerce
and business.
A Lagos where government builds roads,
bridges, hospitals and is generally alive to their
duties.
Education is free in Lagos and our children
enjoy this.
No Igbo child has been sent away from any
public school in Lagos. Lagos state government
pays WAEC and NECO fees for all students in
Lagos....our children enjoy this too.


What do we really want in Lagos? The truth is
that we are strangers here. Lagos belongs to
some people, just like Onitsha and Aba. Let's
not carry on as if this place is a no man's land.
It is not!

All of a sudden, Jimi Agbaje has become an
Igboman....we have adopted him as our
son.....the same way we adopted
President Jonathan in the last election against
our strategic interest as a people...a decision
that has left us in serious political confusion
and our senators begging to be admitted into
the APC.


What is the difference between Jimi Agbaje and
Akinwumi Ambode? Is any of them Igbo? What
is our problem? I believe that we have a fair
share here. We live in peace unlike our people
in the North. I don't think there are more
Igbos in Lagos than there are in Kano, yet we
live peacefully here.

Yorubas are highly politically sophisticated
people and they understand that it is better
for them to have a government in Lagos that
belongs to the same party as the party at the
centre. Igbos cannot love Lagos more than
Yorubas. This is their land. If anything happens
here now, we will all leave and return home.
These people own here...this is their home and
we must respect their feelings. Every person
living in Lagos wants more federal presence in
Lagos. We want a 4th mainland bridge, we
want so many other things that the federal
government can do.


In the years past, Lagos hasn't enjoyed much
federal intervention because of political party
differences. Now they have that chance and we
want to spoil it for them by being more
catholic than the pope.

Let everybody vote any candidate he wants but
I reject any collective Igbo move to vote
against the strategic interests of the people
who own the land where we live and make our
living. Lagos has been good to our people. We
have succeeded here in business and the
professions.

Let's not disrespect the people of Lagos. I will
not support any move that will create an
impression that Igbos are against the interest
of the owners of Lagos. Nobody has murdered
our people here like what we see in the north.
Lagos remains the only state in this country
where Igbos hold top government positions.
Even our neighbors and brothers, Rivers State
have never given us that privilege despite our
huge population and presence there.
As for me, I want Lagos to progress and on
Saturday, I will proudly vote for Akinwumi
Ambode.

I Stumbled on this now on you tube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h6x3I8Zams

People should stop making it look like Jimi Agbaje is only loved by a section of the Country.Apart from the fact that it's common knowledge that Ambode is an extension of Tinubu,Jimi Represents is the better candidate Simple!
Lagosians does not want Tinubu to continue to have his stooges at Alausa.It's A LAGOS FOR ALL not some tribalists(A strong feeling of identity with and loyalty to one's tribe or group).So it's not about Yoruba and IBO ,Bros ...there are other ethnic groups in Lagos.

Akinwunmi Ambode,the prime politician.A veritable template of continuance democracy.A man who has deccusate all strata of civil service treasury.Here's a man who has been part of the new Lagos,every step of the way.
Lagos has witnessed tremendous transformation in 16 yrs! Consistency and consolidation has contributed immensely to this.Thus,the lagos of our dream needs a continuity of delivery of set standards & ideologies.
Fellow lagosians,the power of continuity rest in your hands. As you exercise your franchise on saturday,vote Akinwunmi Ambode; the best man for the job.
Remember,We are what we repeatedly do.Excellence,then,is not an act,but a Habit.
Vote APC!!! Vote Continuity!!!