To ameliorate the hardships caused by the naira redesigned policy and fuel scarcity, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has slashed transport fares as he announced that the State Government will roll out food packs in the State through various bodies from Monday for the vulnerable.
The Governor disclosed that the half prices on buses, boats, Lagride and other public transportation using Cowry cards will be extended from the initial one week to continue for a long time as he noted that his administration is working with the health sector to see how best the State can ameliorate the hardships being faced by Lagos residents.
Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure on Saturday at the
Inter-Denomination Divine Service (IDDS) 2022
organized by the Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).
The event was held at the LAWNA Territorial Headquarters, Ketu in Lagos.
Speaking as the Special Guest of Honour, Sanwo-Olu who was in the company of his wife, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, and members of the Lagos State Executive Council said his administration will continue to fight for the less privileged and the downtrodden to ensure that people are broken from shackles of poverty.
He went on to urge the people to make the right choice in the forthcoming 2023 elections by re-electing him based on his administration’s track record of achievements in the last three and half years for the continuity of good governance in Lagos State.
Besides the plan to provide the food packs, the Governor described the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the best candidate among the presidential candidates based on his antecedents while at the helms of affairs as Governor of Lagos State for two terms of eight years and urged people to vote for him in the forthcoming February 25 presidential poll.
Speaking earlier, the Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rt. Revd S.T.V. Adegbite, expressed Christian support for the re-election of Governor Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, declaring that “Our decision to pray and support them was not based on sentiments but rather on pragmatic, unassuming, forthright and accommodating leadership styles of Mr. Governor and his team.”
He also encouraged all Lagosians to ensure that they have their Permanent Voter Cards ready and vote on the day of elections for credible candidates, whose track records are visible and whose development acumen is noticeable.
The Lagos CAN Chairman also urged Nigerians to play their roles in ensuring that Nigeria remains one indivisible entity where justice and peace shall reign and where insecurity will be something of the past and killing will stop.
