APC hails Sanwo-Olu’s performance, PDP kicks

By Oloruntimilehin Ayomide
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has disagreed over the performance of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu since his tenure in office six months ago.
The ruling party, APC described Sanwo-Olu as a great performer who has made the state better than he met it. The opposition, PDP said his performance has been very bad while there is a breakdown in all aspect of governance in the state.
APC’s chairman in the state, Alhaji Tunde Balogun stated on Sunday that he was proud of Sanwo-Olu’s performance because he had led the state well within the short period he had spent in office.
Balogun applauded the governor for various road rehabilitations across the state, saying majority of Lagosians who were complaining of bad roads were now happy with the ongoing rehabilitation work.
“Of course, I am very proud of his performance, he has been a great performer, even the little time he has spent in office, he has been able to turn a lot of things around.
“Let’s talk about the infrastructure, the first challenge we had was about the traffic management and transportation in the state. In that aspect, he has been wonderful, by managing the traffic situation well.
“What he did was to highlight the areas where we have bottlenecks and traffic gridlocks and address them one by one. Go round those areas today, you will find out that those potholes are no more except in few places and in time, all those ones will be no more.
“The rains hindered him from doing a lot of road projects but we are happy now that rain has reduced and he has been doing a lot. He has made Lagos better for all of us and has justified the mandate freely given to him by the people of Lagos,” he said.
However, the Publicity Secretary of PDP in Lagos State, Taofik Gani  countered saying that contrary to Balogun’s claim, Sanwo-Olu’s performance so far had demonstrated that he was ill-prepared for governance.
“I am never impressed and no one with progressive mind would be comfortable with his abysmal delivery so far.
“Lagos has never had it so retrogressive in governance. There is breakdown in all facets of governance, yet the state is continually being ploughed into geometrically increasing needless debts. By the time Sanwo-Olu exits, he will go down as the governor of Lagos State who incurred the highest debt,” he said.
Gani added, “indeed, the recent declaration by the governor not to be addressed as ‘His Excellency’ is clear loss of confidence arising from the very abysmal performance of the governor, which Lagosians have loudly condemned.”
Speaking o Sanwo-Olu’s rejection of ‘His Excellency’ appellation, the PDP said it was an admission by the governor that he was unworthy of the title.