₦airaland Forum

On 29 May, 2015, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode will
be officially sworn in as the 14th governor of
Lagos State , having won the 11 April
governorship election in the state. He will be
taking over the baton from the outgoing
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola. As
Lagosians look foward to this historic date, the
task before Ambode no doubt is a huge one.


As a man with required experience, all eyes are
on Ambode to sustain the cumulative lofty
achievements of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed
Tinubu and Fashola. One of the critical areas
that Ambode must consolidate on is the issue of
security. Since Lagos is an emerging mega city,
there must be a plan in the pipeline to boost the
state’s Security Trust Fund already put in place
by Fashola. Ambode must embark on the
acquisition of the latest advanced security
communications technology. These would track
and monitor the daily activities of citizens of the
state. More awareness should be created to
make it all inclusive once it becomes
operational.


As an avid lover of quality education, Ambode
has promised free education up to secondary
school level, as a basic right for the child.


He has also pledged to continue the current schools
renovation programme, upgrade libraries to e-
libraries as well as making Lagos State
University , LASU, and the Lagos State
Polytechnic as centres of academic excellence.
Lagosians earnestly await the fulfilment of this
noble promise.


The Ambode administration must also do more
on health and housing. The governor must
improve primary health care system to make it
more affordable and accessible. One thing he
must do in this direction, is to establish medi-
parks and bio-parks in collaboration with health
experts and organisations. This would stave off
the issue of huge capital flight occasioned by
medical expenses embarked upon by the noveau
riche abroad.


Apart from expanding the Lagos Home
Ownership Mortgage Scheme (HOMS) to
involve more people, the incoming Ambode
administration must focus on affordability. The
candid advice in this direction is to embark on
mass housing scheme to target the lower class
of the society. This would reduce the emergence
of slums, given the fast exploding population of
Lagos.


The Fashola administration has done well in the
area of transportation. But the in-coming
administration needs to...

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