By Bisade Ojoye
Governor Sanwo-Olu has promised to build a new General Hospital in Ikorodu within the next three years and support Oriwu club, Ikorodu to actualise their hospital project which he believed would impact on children and parents’ health.
Sanwo-Olu who made this promises at his investiture ceremony as the Grand Patron of Oriwu Club, Ikorodu at the club house, Agbala Ikorodu on Sunday December 11, 2022 reeled out some of his achievements and ongoing projects in the Division and other parts of Lagos State and promised to do more if reelected as the Governor of the state.
“We will make life better for the people. I want to assure you that this government is committed, and by the grace of God, if you give us your support, we come back again, we will double our efforts and commit ourselves again because the only reward for good work is for us to do more work; and it is only when we do that, that we can make our town, city and state a place of choice,” he said.
Governor Sanwo-Olu while addressing APC leaders and members after the investiture ceremony, urged them to work for his re-election as well as the victory of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other party’s candidates in next year’s general elections.
Speaking at the official investiture ceremony, Ayangburen and paramount ruler of Ikorodu, His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabiru Adewale Sotobi said the people of Ikorodu and Lagos State in general have benefitted a lot from the incumbent administration and therefore the governor deserved to be re-elected.
Oba Sotobi commended Governor Sanwo-Olu for the visible development in Ikorodu division, especially the establishment of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology and the ongoing rehabilitation of the Ikorodu roundabout to Sabo to reduce traffic gridlock on that corridor, with a call for the upgrade of Baales to first class traditional rulers.
A member of the Senate representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Tokunbo Abiru; President also buttressed the position of Ayangburen, assuring Sanwo-Olu of the support of the people.
Senator Abiru said Sanwo-Olu has exhibited courage in the midst of turbulence in Lagos State, saying that the governor deserved to be re-elected based on his performance in the first term.
He added that the Governor had delivered dividends of democracy through infrastructural development for the people of Ikorodu and Lagos State at large.
The President of Oriwu Club Ikorodu, Otunba Adekunle Oduborisa and his vice, Hon. Ola Animasahun
APC leaders in Ikorodu during a meeting with Governor Sanwo-Olu after his investiture as the Grand Patron of the club also promised to deliver Ikorodu to the governor and other APC candidates in next year general elections by scoring 300 votes in each of the polling units in Ikorodu Local Government Area.
Governor Sanwo-Olu was decorated as the Grand Patron of Oriwu Club as mandated by the constitution of the club.
Oduborisa said the investiture of Governor Sanwo-Olu as the Grand Patron of the club was to celebrate his resilience and diligence in the last three and half years,
noting that a social club is not for socialising alone, but also giving back to the society.
Oduborisa promised that Oriwu club which had done many Corporate Social Responsibilities in Ikorodu Division would renovate the Agbala Paediatric Centre, the first General Hospital in Ikorodu.
Speaking at the event, members of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the apex leadership body in Lagos APC, Prince Abiodun Ogunleye and Ashipa Kaoli Olusanya, assured that Governor Sanwo-Olu and other APC candidates would score 300 votes per polling unit in next year’s elections.
They said their plan was to deliver a percentage of votes out of the targeted four million votes for Sanwo-Olu re-election.
They said they were satisfied with the performance of Governor Sanwo-Olu in the last three and half years of his first term in office and they would work to ensure his re-elected in 2023.
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