Politics
By Anthony Isibor
FOLLOWING the extension of the governorship election from March 11 to March 18, 2023, the Cultural Credibility Development Initiative, CCDI, an Elite socio-cultural organization, has thrown its weight behind Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour, GRV, Lagos State governorship candidate of the Labour Party.
The group stated that its decision to support the candidacy of GRV is their believe in his ability to reverse Lagos state from being a touted dilapidated mega city to an oriental nation-state, given the mix of the diversities of ethnic cultures it hosts as Nigeria’s citizens.
According to a statement signed on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, by Ide Goddy Uwazurike, President, CCDI, and Steve Nwabuko, Secretary, CCDI, Lagos State, which was a former capital of Nigeria, has lost its finesse and accoutrements in cleanliness, good road infrastructures, water utilities, electricity supply, industrial hub, export potential by sea cargo and start-ups to a state bedeviled with wanton lawlessness, street urchins and derelicts, extortion, de-industrialisation, divestment and gross mismanagement of resources.
It said that the great vision of our forebears to build Lagos as an anchor for turning Nigeria into a first World nation in Africa has been deconstructed into a phoney gamble of personal aggrandizement, extravagance, egotism, grandstanding and luxuriant imperatives that have thrown the common man into the streets of poverty and joblessness instead of the classroom of Knowledge, skill and creativity that bestrode Pa Obafemi Awolowo’s highly respected eclectic dictum of human capital reinvigoration, resulting in Lagos state having more than two million out of school children in the 21st century.
The statement expressed confidence that Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour, who happens to be a graduate of Architecture from the much revered Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.I.T in the USA having been raised from an acclaimed and decent Indigenous EKO family of original Lagos, has character, capacity, competence, stability of mind, credibility, trustworthiness, tenacity of purpose, strength to work and vision to relaunch ‘A New Lagos’ in the 21st century.
“As with New York, New Jersey and New London, so shall a New Lagos happen under the watch of Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour as the next Governor of Lagos state by the special help and Grace of God.
“As partners in progress, we shall avail you with good advisory services if we may be called to do so.
“Your very solid Christian background, fear of God and service to humanity are values you must bring to bear in office as the next Governor of Lagos state.
“We wish you God’s protection and pray that the Almighty God will secure your votes and announce you as winner of the election.
“Receive assurances of our commitment to deliver our votes for you in large numbers amidst all odds,” the statement read.
It also made the following demands from GRV when elected governor of the state
Parts of the demands include: “We vouch our votes and that of our friends, families, and kinsmen. Our request is simple:
1. Give us a new Lagos bereft of thugs, touts, Area boys, Agberos or other names they call themselves.
2. Give us a unique power generating system that guarantees daily electricity supply.
3. Open up mainland Lagos and the suburbs with good roads and drainage systems to forestall perennial flooding.
4. Provide a level playing ground for all to ventilate our skills, start-ups, creativity, innovation, and knowledge economy for businesses to thrive as the hallmark of New City State.
5. Provide digital security and hybrid urban planning to remove Lagos as the third worst and most dangerous place to live on earth, according to international global risk assessment agencies.
6. Create employment for youths and turn Lagos into a sports and entertainment hub in Africa.
A.I
Tags: Cultural Credibility Development Initiative Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour Ide Goddy Uwazurike Labour Party Steve Nwabuko
