Sanwoolu addresing the press on Wednesday
Speaking while addressing reporters at the headquarters of the APC in Abuja when he submitted his nomination form on
Wednesday, the governorship aspirant of the party ruling in Lagos
state, Jide Sanwoolu, said people are yet to know the kind of person
that he is.
The South-West politician who is challenging the governor of Lagos
state, Akinwunmi Ambode, is believed to have the backing of Bola Tinubu,
estranged godfather of the governor.
Sanwoolu said: “I have just submitted my expression of interest
and nomination forms to contest 2019 election under our great party.
Just to formally let you know that, the exercise has been concluded and I
will be taken formal declaration speech when I get back to Lagos state.
“Like I said, I am 53 years myself. There is no doubt that
things would be said here and there. A man that is standing in front of
you, fully grown-man with several years of experience… People have been
asking questions, people are yet to know the kind of person I am.
“Like I said, it is about the Lagos of our dream, it is about the Lagos we want to take to the next level.
“I think it has nothing to do with our leader and there is no
denial that he’s our national leader. And he takes back position not
only in the state but in the national and you know he has interest in
the well-being and improvement in Nigeria’s dream.
“So, by extension, Lagos is a dream that he is pertinent about
and we will continue to refer to him as our leader but most important
thing is I am in front of you, this is who I am, this is what I have
come to express to you and Lagos, certainly will be a better place to
live for all us ”
According to TheCable,
when asked to confirm the report that he has been endorsed by 57 local
government chairmen in the state, Sanwo-Olu said endorsement is a work
in progress, adding that he is in “the same family” with the Mandate Movement, the pro-Tinubu group coordinating his campaign.
“In terms of endorsement, it is a work in progress. Soon,
whoever emerges is the best, it will be very preemptive of me to stand
before you and say I have been supported by 57 people, that means I am
going to sleep. Mandate Group is my people, we are in the same family
and we will continue to work together,” he said.
”At the end of the day, it is Lagosians that will elect us and
we are not going to be restricted, we will get to everybody that we need
to get to. We will not take anybody for granted.”
Speaking further, he added that with his vast experience in private
and public sector he has what it take to take Lagos to the next level.
“But why especially is to give my number of years experience,
the pedigree from the private sector and from the public sector and I
think it is appropriate for me now when people of Not-too-young are with
us and put that aspiration in place,” he said.
“I am in the wide range of experience as I have a dream to
obviously contribute a lot more as a Lagosian and son of the soil, I
will just be able to let our people get to where they know that
governance is all about people, it is about what we expect, it is about
what will go back to them, improve the cause of life, course of security
and there are lot of other things we are going to be rolling out.”
He said he is part of the policies and initiatives which has transformed the face of the state.
“A whole lot of us have to redefine the Lagos project and it is
not before where I will begin to rate you debate many first that people
think we are done with some other individuals, there are real people
behind them that have offered those initiatives and I discovered those
initiatives, that have brought out those policies, that have brought out
those implementations of various plans,” he said.