Mr. Jim-Kamal in green attire with some party faithfuls at the press briefing.
Story by Dili Utomi.
It is ready and go as political gladiators begin to drop their hats in the ring preparatory to securing various positions nationwide.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has coducted its house of representative and senatorial primaries with others coming in tow. Other political parties are also about to conduct their own primary elections too and interesting outcomes are being recorded all over the country.
The mini conference room of the Lagos Travel Inn on Moday, the 18th of May afternoon held a crowd of politicians as well as journalists. The occasion was the formal declaration of Olanrewaju Jim-Kamal as a Governorship candidate under the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Lagos State.
Mr. Jim-Kamal who described himself as an original Lagosian of the Awori stock seeks to have an aboriginal Lagosian at the helm in Alausa for the first time since 1999. At the press briefing, Jim-Kamal unveiled his vision for the state and called for a peaceful and credible primary process.
Mr. Lanre Jim-Kamal, the Lagos APC party Governorship aspirant.
The aspirant used the moment to declare a five point agenda for the expedient development of Lagos State, these include:
Automated Free Education.
Automated Free Healthcare Services.
Total Emancipation of Women and care for old people, providing social insurance for people of age 60 and above with the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand naira stipend given to them on monthly basis.
Decongestion of concentric zones through mass housing and roads upgrades.
Total removal of youth unemployment in Lagos within one year through proper documentation, creation of job opportunities and giving of one hundred thousand naira monthly subventions.
He also detailed that being a public private partnership person, he will ensure that private investors will bring into Lagos State, over fifty billion dollars in his first few years in office to invest in healthcare, agriculture and housing.
The Lagos APC party Governorship aspirant, Lanre Jim-Kamal.
Mr. Jim-Kamal said “I have absolute respect for my party and that is why I am contesting under the umbrella of the APC. The electoral Act of 2026 provides for open primaries, I am taking advantage of that. The president of the nation has also promised a level playing field, not to influence the outcomes of any election within the party and you can see that in the results of the already conducted primaries”.
On questions about the indigenous people
of Lagos, Mr. Jim-Kamal said that “we want to take our place in the scheme of things in Lagos State. Time has passed when people used the excuse of lack of qualified persons to keep us out of Lagos politics. Our time has come. I have also chosen Abiola Okoya, the daughter of businessman, Razak Okoya as my running mate”.
As the APC primary election draws closer, party delegates are expected to cast their votes next Thursday to determine the party’s governorship flag bearer for the forthcoming election.
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