I commend the opposition party for always performing well in Lagos~Agbaje

Jimi Agbaje has noted that the state has always been doing well as an
opposition state.
The PDP gov candidate said this in a statement while reacting to
claims by the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Mr.
Akinwunmi Ambode, who said that Lagos would perform better if it was
aligned to the centre.
Agbaje had also said during a governorship debate (before President
Goodluck Jonathan's defeat), that Lagos would experience better
development if it was aligned with the centre. The APC had since last
week been using it to campaign against him.
However, on Sunday, Agbaje said Lagos had always been in the
opposition since the Second Republic when the Unity Party of Nigeria
under the leadership of Alhaji Lateef Jakande, transformed the state.
He noted that during the short-lived Third Republic, Lagos belonged to
the National Republican Convention of Sir. Michael Otedola and in the
Fourth Republic, it was under the leadership of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
and then Governor Babatunde Fashola who had been in the opposition
until the APC won the presidential election last week.
JK said, "What I know, however, is that Lagos has always made progress
in spite of being in the opposition. In fact, if my memory serves me
well, Lagos and the Federal Government have never been in the same
party. Our development as a state is as a result of our ingenuity,
tenacity and drive as a people and it is clear that Lagosians can see
through this total botch of logic.
"In 1979 up till 1983, L.K Jakande's achievements were under the UPN
even though President Shagari was in the NPN. In 1992, Governor
Otedola was in the NRC and the Social Democratic Party-led the Federal
Government before the June 12 annulment. In 1999, Tinubu was in the AD
while the Federal Government was in the PDP.
"From 2007-2011, Governor Fashola was in the Action Congress of
Nigeria while President Umaru Yar'adua was in the PDP. Under Yar'Adua,
the Federal Government released withheld funds to Lagos that had been
blocked by his predecessor (Olusegun Obasanjo) despite being in a
different party from Fashola. Our edge as a state has always been
about our collective ability to stay ahead of the curve without favour
from the Federal Government."
JK said the people of Lagos had nothing to fear if they remained in
the opposition because the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, had
promised that he would not run a vindictive government.
The PDP governorship candidate said since the APC was demanding for
change, change must also come to Lagos next Saturday.
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