Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of
Lagos state, says he is ready to participate in the governorship primary election
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled for Saturday.
APC members in the state would choose candidate of the party for the
2019 election through direct primary.
In a statement issued by Kehinde
Bamigbetan, commissioner for information, the governor said he is restating his
readiness in line with the choice of the party in Lagos and the validation
given to the direct primary preference by the Governor’s Advisory Council
(GAC).
“As our great party approaches
Saturday, September 29th, 2018, earmarked for the direct primary election to
choose the candidate to fly our party’s gubernatorial flag at the next general
election, I am happy to restate my commitment to participate in that process
having procured and submitted my nomination form and having formally declared
my intention to seek a second term to continue on the path of unprecedented
growth and development that our State has witnessed since 2015” the statement
read.
He expressed gratitude to Bola
Tinubu, a national leader of the party, party elders and executives, GAC
members; all APC members and every Lagosian “whose support, understanding and
prayers have assisted me in no small measure in being used as an instrument
through which our State has redefined the concept of greatness”.
The statement added that the
governor in seeking re-election is approaching the founding fathers and teeming
members of the party with a “grateful heart, open arms and a pledge to open and
deeper attention to the concerns of this one, big family”.
It added that a return of the
party’s ticket to Ambode will guarantee the stability of the state’s growing
economy; ensure the continuation of the growth and development it has witnessed
over time and ensure that the opposition does not take root in the state.
He congratulated Babajide
Sanwo-Olu and Obafemi Hamzat, his co-contestants for their courage and
commitment to the party and urges party faithful to come out en masse and vote
peacefully in all the 20 local governments and 245 wards where the election will
take place.
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