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…
