Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the recent opinion of The Economist on the performance of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode baseless.
The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, in a statement yesterday, tagged the opinion as “wrong headed and based on faulty assumptions that have no linkage with the reality on ground.”
According to him, “The Economist merely passed a judgment on a governor that has a four year renewable mandate by flashes of incidents that are not only correctable but are being corrected by the governor.
The APC contended that the magazine’s conclusion about the capacity of Ambode is pedestrian and is clearly in sync with the street lingo of the opposition in Lagos.
While maintaining that Governor Ambode is displaying a deep commitment to governance in Lagos and he that would eventually emerge one of the best governors in the current dispensation, Igbokwe wondered why The Economist made the kind of conclusion it made about the governor.
“We wonder how a reputable institution like The Economist could rush into quick judgment on the capacity of a governor elected for four years on traffic and security hitches that have traceable origins and are therefore solvable.
“The traffic and security glitches have endured for few weeks and the governor has openly identified the causes and had gone cracking while, as at today, results have come in as the traffic hitches have gone down while security has greatly improved.
“We did state last week that the traffic snarls were as a result of the governor’s directive to traffic managers to be more humane and considerate in dealing with motorists.
“The abuse of this directive and the sabotage of the traffic officers led to increased traffic snarls which has made the governor to wield the big stick and effect changes at the echelon of the traffic management agency. We can report today that the traffic situation has significantly improved and promises to get better in the coming days.
“We did also report that the momentary upsurge in crimes was an attempt to dare the good natured face of Ambode’s regime.
“The governor has not only beefed the security manpower in the state but has procured numerous security gadgets, including helicopters and raided numerous black spots in the state to deal with the issue. It is worthwhile that the security glitches have given way to better security of lives and properties in Lagos.
“Because The Economist did not go further in its analysis beyond these two issues, we are minded to believe that it believes other critical sectors of governance do not matter. But we can tell The Economist and other naysayers that Governor Ambode is fully meeting the huge challenges of governance in Lagos,” the party stated.
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