On Sunday, Nigerian billionaire, Chief Femi Otedola endorsed
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for a second term in office.
Otedola said that Ambode would make the state the third largest economy in Africa if he gets a second term in office.
In a statement, Otedola said in the last three years as a Lagosian,
he had watched and followed transformation projects across the state,
pointing out that Ambode was building on the foundations laid by his
predecessors.
“He is building roads and bridges, schools and hospitals, water
treatment plants, sewage and storm water drainages, solid waste
management plants and mass transport infrastructure.
“He recently got approval for the electricity power infrastructure
for Lagos, which when fully executed, will make Lagos State almost
energy independent in Nigeria. You are all aware of the newly-acquired
mass transit buses that are going to be natural gas powered in order for
us in Lagos to be the first to comply with the global climate agenda of
de-carbonisation,” he said.
Otedola added that he was aware that Ambode was spearheading the
modernisation of the government bureaucracy in order to get processes
re-engineered for best performances.
“A good government is a reflection of an efficient and responsive
bureaucracy. It is the catalytic driver for private sector growth. A bad
and weak bureaucracy will produce nothing for the people,” he said.