Special status:
Save Lagos Group urges Lagos politicians to get their politics right
A civil society
organization, the Save Lagos Group (SLG) has admonished politicians in Lagos
State to get their politics right if they must achieve their desire to get a
special status for the state from the Federal Government.
In a statement issued
on Thursday by the Convener of Save Lagos Group, Comrade Adeniyi A. Sulaiman
and the Director, Media and Strategy, Comrade Olaolu Oladipo, the dream of achieving
the goal would continue to be a mirage if politicians in the state continue
their antagonistic stance to their colleagues at the centre.
Appraising the
socio-economic challenges plaguing the state, Save Lagos Group in the statement
wrote that “It is clear that the state needs some form of assistance from the
Federal Government in view of the various challenges that have continued to
confront the state government over time but there has to be a paradigm shift in
the engagement process between operators of the two tiers of government.”
According to the Save
Lagos Group, successive state governments have lost golden opportunities in
their quest to give vent to this aspiration but have lost the begging
opportunities via the belligerent posturing of gladiators dotting the political
landscape of the state.
“Prior to the advent
of the Muhammadu Buhari-led government at the centre, the relationship between
the various state governments that have been at the helms of affairs in the
state and their colleagues at the centre have been at best turbulent and
stormy. You will recollect the battle of wits that ensued between the
government of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo (at the centre) and Senator Bola Tinubu
at the state.
“Rather than utilize
this golden moments as Yoruba sons, the opportunity was bungled. The failure of
that came with the bungled efforts further deepened political animosity in the
state pitching gladiators in Peoples Democratic Party against their colleagues
in the All Progressives Congress.”
The group stated that
the problem ought to have been solved with the coming into power of the All
Progressives Congress but is appalled that the party that controls the lever of
authority at both the state and the centre still finds it difficult to resolve
the agitation.
According to the
group, “The problem might not be connected to the belligerent attitude of the
politicians in Lagos State who have continued to antagonize the leadership at
the National Assembly. How else do you explain a situation whereby the senator
who moved the motion had in fact been having running battle with the leadership
of the senate and yet hopes to get favourable consideration from the people she
had in the past scorned and fought.”
On how to achieve the
objective, the Save Lagos Group admonished politicians in the state to stop
their politics of arrogance and engage more with their colleagues across the
country by persuading them to see the reason why they should support the
action, which Lagos State clearly needs for its progress to be assured.
Adeniyi A.
Sulaiman
Olaolu Oladipo
(Revolutionary
Alfa)
Director, Media and Strategy
Convener
+234
802 765 1109
+234 803 859 1504
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