Rhodes-Vivour explains why APC has failed Lagos despite improved infrastructure, revenue

"I do not believe that any governor that emerges from the APC is given the free reign to actually embody or manifest a vision."

The candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 governorship election in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has faulted the All Progressives Congress’ running of the state.

According to Mr. Rhodes-Vivour, the state government’s strides in infrastructure development and revenue generation are not spectacular as they are underpinned by high debt and wasteful allocation of public resources.

Mr. Rhodes-Vivour made the comments on Thursday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today.

The MIT-trained engineer said he plans to run for the governorship seat again in 2027, although he was coy on his choice of political party.

Below, read excerpts from Mr. Rhodes-Vivour’s interview:

Interviewer: Traffic, flooding, there's no governor that's been able to resolve this issue. If you were to give counsel or you were to be in charge what would you have done?

Rhodes-Vivour: So in relation to traffic we need to create and not just pay lip service to it; A multimodal city, right? They've made effor…