Prince Laja Adeoye, the Allied Peoples Movement’s (APM) candidate for Lagos State governor, has urged residents to vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February 6, 2027 election, arguing that a new political arrangement is needed to tackle the state’s economic hardship and improve living conditions.
Speaking at the unveiling of his campaign agenda, Adeoye said the election offered Lagosians a chance to end what he described as a political arrangement that has governed the state since 1999 without adequately addressing the challenges confronting ordinary residents. He criticised the APC’s continued rule, noting that the party’s Deputy Governor Femi Hamzat is its governorship candidate for the upcoming election.
Despite Lagos generating about N1.77 trillion in internally generated revenue in 2025, Adeoye said residents still face traffic congestion, flooding, high rents, multiple taxation, inadequate electricity, housing shortages and poor waste management. He also cited forced evictions in communities such as Makoko and Oworonshoki as examples of policies implemented without adequate consultation or alternative arrangements for affected residents.
While acknowledging the APC’s proposed 100‑point agenda covering transportation, housing, healthcare and other sectors, Adeoye argued that many of the challenges remained unresolved and that Lagos needed fresh ideas rather than an extension of the existing political arrangement. He presented his own programme, “Re‑engineering Lagos for Inclusive Prosperity,” which prioritises affordable healthcare, quality education, employment generation, modern infrastructure and improved security through community policing.
On employment, Adeoye promised to create about 100,000 direct jobs within two years and up to 1.5 million jobs within four years through technology hubs, agro‑processing centres, skills acquisition programmes and support for small businesses. He identified Yaba and Ogba as potential technology hubs, while Badagry, Epe and Ikorodu would benefit from agro‑processing initiatives. Housing plans include the development of about 100,000 affordable homes through private‑sector partnerships and single‑digit interest mortgages to ease the burden of high rents and advance payments. He also pledged to generate at least 2,000 megawatts of electricity through independent power projects across the five IBILE divisions of the state.
In the health sector, Adeoye said his administration would build or rehabilitate more than 300 primary healthcare centres within 18 months to expand access to affordable medical services. He further promised to increase education funding beyond the UNESCO‑recommended benchmark and return more than 300,000 out‑of‑school children to classrooms, with particular attention to girl‑child education. A proposed annual N50 billion fund for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) would provide grants and seed capital for young entrepreneurs, especially women and graduates.
“We are not coming to manage Lagos; we are coming to reset it,” said Adeoye. “Continuity should be measured by the benefits delivered to residents rather than the length of time a political party has remained in power.”
Adeoye, who said his private‑sector experience has equipped him with the discipline to manage projects, contractors and resources, pledged not to abandon ongoing projects if elected and to prioritise payments to contractors who have completed government work but are yet to receive their money. He urged Lagosians to assess the governorship candidates based on their capacity to address the state’s challenges, expressing confidence that his proposed agenda offers a credible alternative in the 2027 election.
<small>Source: Vanguard News — read the original story there.</small>
