BusinessDay Town Hall: ‘How we want to govern Lagos’

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With the February 6, 2027 governorship election approaching, six Lagos State governorship candidates have unveiled competing blueprints to address the state’s infrastructure gaps, rising cost of living, unemployment, housing deficit and multiple taxation, while promising better healthcare, inclusive governance and improved public services for residents.

The candidates, who spoke on Friday at a BusinessDay town hall meeting in Lagos, also differed on women’s representation in government, healthcare financing, the role of the private sector and how to ensure that the state’s economic prosperity translates into improved living conditions for residents.

They are Obafemi Hamzat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Laja Adeoye of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Adedeji Doherty of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Oluwapemilerin Olurotimi Odunaike of the Labour Party (LP) and Funso Doherty of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).

Hamzat said his ambition was to consolidate the development foundation already established in Lagos and extend its benefits to households and businesses, insisting that governing the state required experience, sound policy judgement and an integrated approach to development.

He said his manifesto, The Promise, was anchored on putting people first and ensuring that residents did not bear a disproportionate burden of the state’s economic growth.

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