2027: Rhodes-Vivour hints at gov bid, knocks Lagos spending

Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has hinted at working once more for the place, stating that he’s studying from previous errors and dealing to strengthen his political motion.

Talking throughout an interview on Iyabo Ojo television on YouTube and revealed on Sunday, Rhodes-Vivour emphasised the significance of staying seen and lively in opposition politics, not like what he described as the standard observe of going silent after elections.

“By God’s grace, we’re working. We gained numerous traction, we additionally noticed our errors, we noticed the loopholes we made, and we’re engaged on that, I feel the most important mistake that has occurred in Lagos politics is after elections, the opposition goes quiet, which isn’t, that isn’t taking place this time,” he stated.

He criticised Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration for what he described as extravagant spending amidst widespread hardship.

Rhodes-Vivour referred to as out the alleged misuse of taxpayers’ cash, citing situations such because the fee of private authorized payments, spending practically ₦200 million on unspecified initiatives, and claims of ₦2 billion allotted for buying followers and consultants for bus networks.

Rhodes-Vivour stated, “As an example, after we referred to as out that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is utilizing taxpayers cash to pay his personal private authorized payments or how they’re utilizing, sure, nearly 200 million Naira, or how they use nearly two billion, say they wished to purchase followers or spending billions on consultants for bus routes and bus networks.

“With the extent of struggling that Nigerians and Lagosians are coping with, we have to have accountability and transparency. Our authorities have to be utilizing our cash in essentially the most environment friendly means doable, and that’s the work of the opposition.”

The Labour Party candidate additionally highlighted ongoing efforts to have interaction with Lagosians by well being outreach packages and micro-health insurance policy, providing free remedy value as much as ₦6,000.

“We’re in folks’s faces, we’re doing our greatest by way of well being outreaches; we’ve a micro-health insurance coverage plan that we’re taking all throughout the state the place folks can get remedy of as much as six thousand Naira totally free and simply being updated to present affairs,” he stated.