Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, congratulated the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidates for emerging winners in the Saturday Local Government elections across the state.
Sanwo-Olu also said the party’s victory affirmed people’s trust and faith in APC, the ruling party.
According to the results announced so far by Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission, LASIEC, on Sunday, APC candidates won Chairmanship, Vice- Chairmanship and councilorship positions across the councils.
Sanwo-Olu, who decried the level of vote apathy, however, expressed satisfaction over the peaceful conduct, saying, “everything went well in a free and fair contest.”
According to the governor: “We give God the glory on the successful and hitch-free exercise by LASIEC in Lagos.
“I want to congratulate the newly elected chairmen and the vice-chairmen as well as councillors under the platform of our dear party, the APC.
“It’s a victory for democracy and affirmation of trust, faith in APC.”
Recall that Sanwo-Olu, while handing over flags to APC candidates penultimate Sunday, at APC State Secretariat, Acme, Ogba, urged them to deliver, saying he was certain they would make the party proud.
He admonished the candidates to take their campaigns to the grassroots to ensure the party succeeds.
According to Sanwo-Olu: “We just handed over the party flag to the chairmanship candidates and we admonish them to deliver. Some of them were returned because they did very well in their councils.
“We have a lot of new people coming up, and so the whole idea is for us to have real transformation at the grassroots. The federal, state and local governments are the three tiers of government; each has its role, but as a state government, we will continue our own development agenda and ensure it reflects in all local governments.
“We expect them to start work immediately. The state government will carry out some projects in the wards but we expect complementary roles from these chairmen; we expect them to complement that and do more.
“There will be quarterly monitoring of their activities. The deputy governor and Speaker have that responsibility, and we expect this to create a healthy rivalry among the councils.
“We pray that APC will come tops; we hope these candidates will do well and they will not disappoint the people who voted them in.”
