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My attention has been drawn to the reaction of the PDP serial governorship candidate on the on-going debate on the partial ban of okada and tricycle operations in Lagos State.
It was amusing to read his futile attempt to teach a government well grounded in intellectual and institutional experience how to plan. My check revealed Mr Jimi Agbaje’s relative and inconsequential experience in business and zero idea about governance at any level.
Let me recall that the law being implemented has been in place for over six years after painstaking efforts by the Lagos State house of assembly to incorporate in-puts from all stakeholders. The gradual implementation of the law is a reflection of the thoughtfulness of the government not to create a shock in the polity.
While he noted the reasons for the partial ban, it was convenient not to acknowledge the measures put in place by government to stem the impart. May I use this medium to acknowledge and appreciate the voluntary compliance of some operators in line with the laws of the state. We also wish to encourage the riders to take advantage of opportunities offered by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, the Lagos State Vocational Training Institutes, the ministry of women affairs and poverty alleviation, civic engagement etc
The people remain the focal point of the Sanwoolu-olu administration while not losing sight of its onerous responsibility to ensure the safety of lives and property of the citizenry.
Whatever skill or ability to organize possessed by Mr Agbaje and his co-travelers will be better deplored to resuscitate the moribund opposition party on life support machine. The efforts to mobilize and sponsor violent protests against a well meaning government policy is also not lost on all and sundry.
Seye Oladejo
Lagos State APC Spokesman.
