The Joint Action for Good Governance (JAGG), Lagos Chapter, on Monday urged winners of the just-concluded local government election to prioritise socio-economic welfare of the masses in the state.
The group, in a statement jointly issued in Lagos by its National Vice President, Mr Abdulwaheed Odunuga and the Lagos State Coordinator, Mr ‘Jide Bakare, made the plea while congratulating the incumbent Chairman of Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Dele Oshinowo, for his reelection.
The group noted that Oshinowo’s victory was a testimony to his numerous and laudable grassroot projects in the past four years, and also called on all winners at various councils to focus on the downtrodden.
They applauded Oshinowo for construction of a new ultra-modern council secretariat, the commencement of housing estate scheme in the council area, numerous road projects, vocational empowerment scheme for women and youth and others.
The JAGG commended the youth and people of Agboyi-Ketu LCDA for rallying behind and returning Oshinowo as the Chairman of the LCDA, urging the winners to be magnanimous in victory.
The group urged Oshinowo to use his second term in office to consolidate on all the good works started in the first term.
They said: “Focus should be on projects that have directly impacts on the socio-economic welfare of the people.
“These should include fixing and construction of more roads in the council area, support projects to ameliorate the lack of potable water for residents and specific job-tailored vocational training for unemployed women and youths.”
The group applauded the peaceful conduct of voters, parties, candidates, security agencies, and the media for conducting themselves responsibly.
They urged the electoral umpire to do more on sensitisation of voters to stem voter apathy in future elections.
According to them, political leaders at the grassroots should improve on their performance so as to motivate voters to become interested in electoral processes.
It would be recalled that the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) conducted elections into the 20 LGs and 37 LCDAs of the state on Saturday.
