My name is Sunday Salami and I am a building materials supplier.
Considering that the incoming governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is a member of the APC political party, I am very certain that we will achieve a Greater Lagos because I believe that party has already laid the groundwork and platform for Mr. Sanwo-Olu to succeed.
I think one of the major challenges we are facing in Lagos is the issue of poor electricity, which everybody is clamoring for something to be done about it. Not only the people staying here in Lagos but other investors coming to Lagos are also clamouring for stable power supply. I would like for Mr. Sanwo-Olu to address this issue first when he comes in.
For self-employed Lagosians like me, I think our major challenge is the capital to develop our business which is not really available at the moment. If Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu can set up a scheme for us to borrow money and also a panel that will monitor the growth of businesses so they can be inclined to return the money borrowed from the scheme, I think self-employed Lagosians and entrepreneurs will be empowered.
My name is Stella and I am a cloth seller:
I want the incoming governor to build markets, roads, and improve the standard of the state of education in Lagos. I also want him to support the beggars on the street because they don’t have Jobs and find it difficult to eat.
The governor also needs to provide jobs for graduates because we have many of them still seeking for jobs after years of graduation.
My name is Gift and I am a Market woman:
I want the incoming governor to build markets for us to sell our products and find a way to stop the AGBEROS ( Area boys) from disturbing us so that we can make enough money to live a nice life.
KOFOWOROLA – Orange Seller:
I wasn’t selling orange before, it was because the government demolished my shop that I am selling oranges.
The only thing I want the government to do for me as a businesswoman is to support and to make my business grow.
I don’t want to sell orange again I want to continue my initial business, it was during Fashola’s administration that my shop was demolished.
My name is Nasir Abdul and I am an “Okada Rider”:
I like the new governor of Lagos state. I would like him to come to the aid of bike riders by helping to reduce the amount of money we pay to our union from seven hundred Naira to three hundred Naira.
I would also like him to help us deal with the issue of Area Boys, in Lagos. Sometimes they beat, harass and humiliate us, just to extort money from our hands and it’s not like we make a lot.
My name is Victoria Obi and I am a Fish Seller:
What I want the governor to do is build a market for fish sellers, so I and other fish sellers like myself can have shops to sell our fishes. Not everyone has the resources to collect the regular shops that are available because of the expense. I think it is the responsibility of our leaders to help us get shops that we can sell our products’.