11th October, 2010
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has said it has perfected the strategy to sweep the polls in the 2011 general elections in Lagos State.
The party which is keeping the plans under wraps, reiterated its readiness to oust the ACN-led government in Lagos State, which it described as cosmetic and devoid of any meaningful attempt to sincerely address the plight of the down-trodden.
Leader of the South-West caucus of the PDP in USA, and a governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Barrister Owolabi Salis, remarked that the growing ranks of discontented people in the ACN and the disunity that assails the party, are major areas of drawback that stands to militate against the party, in the 2011 general election.
“This is quite unlike the PDP, where we have not only gathered our act together, but have learnt from the past, and harnessed the lessons to positive advantage which are expected to translate to victory at the polls next year,†said Salis.
He stated further that Lagos State, under a PDP administration, will successfully canvas a special status for the state, as the commercial and industrial capital of Nigeria and West Africa.
This, he said, would attract for the state, a special grant which would be deployed to the accelerated growth of the state.
He said the present ACN administration of the state had, for long, toyed with the destiny of Lagosians, through its confrontational posture with the federal authority.
He, therefore, urged them to boot out the ACN at the polls next year, as Lagosians are losing out in terms of several billions of naira, which could have accrued into its coffers annually, under a PDP administration, or a cooperative government which places the interest of the people at heart.