Am Contesting Against Two And Half People-Jimi Agbaje

The People Democratic Party ((PDP)) Governorship Candidate in Lagos State.jimi Abaje said he is contesting Against two and half People.

He spoke at the party’s rallies, which took place in Amuwo and Apapa
local government areas.
“E be like say dis governorship el
ection, na two-and-half people Jimi
Agbaje dey contest against”, he stated in pidgin, referring to public
attacks launched against him by APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola
Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Babatunde Fashola and their candidate, Mr.
Akinwunmi Ambode.
Describing Tinubu as the puppeteer of the two others, Agbaje said it was
strange to be described as too old by people in the same 50s age bracket
as himself, especially as their party presented a 72-year old as its
Presidential Candidate.
Agbaje said the government was lashing back at him for exposing the
cases of impunity and weakness in the administration of Lagos State.
According to Agbaje: “To do well is our children passing their exams.
To do well is for poor people to have houses they can afford.
To do well is for people to have a suitable environment to practice their
trades and run their businesses.
Whether they worked hard or not is not the issue. They have worked hard
but they have failed.
“This election, this one, God has given it to us. They cannot continue. To
continue is when you have passed. Have they passed or failed?” to which
the huge crowd yelled “Failed!”
Agbaje said the recent spate of attacks on his person were a reflection of
desperation on the part of the APC.
Speaking to a crowd at the rally ground opposite FESTAC Gate, Lagos,
Agbaje used the opportunity to reply Fashola’s tirade that the he was a
tax evader, too old to be Governor and that he lacked experience in
public office.
“This election is not about experience but qualification. ‘Jimi Agbaje no
get experience for political office, but e qualify,’ the candidate added in
pidgin.
The crowd cheered as Agbaje reminded them that his critics also lacked
public service experience before they took over the reins of power in the
state.
“They even talk about experience. They say I don’t have government
experience. Tinubu was just a Senator for three months before becoming
Governor. For me what is most important is qualification and I am
eminently qualified to be the Lagos Governor,” he added.
According to him, the experience that Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode could lay
claim to had been rubbished in the two public debates at which the two
contestants met, one organised a fortnight ago by the Archbishop Vining
Memorial Church and another last week by the Lagos Chamber of
Commerce and Industry.
“One by one, I go give them T.K.O.,” he joked.
Dismissing the tax evasion allegations levelled against him Wednesday
by Fashola, Agbaje said: “Yesterday, dem say Jimi Agbaje na tax
evader.
But as God dey catch person, just recently, na im dem send me
congratulations say I dey pay my tax well-well.”
He made reference to a letter of commendation written by the Lagos
State Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Ayo Gbeleyi.
Describing all the allegations as unwarranted and malicious, Agbaje
said: “My prayer be say as dem dey throw mud for my body, e no go
stick to me. E go backfire!”
Addressing the salient issues bedevilling the administrating of Lagos
State, Agbaje acknowledged the hardship occasioned by several policies
of the government.
He assured non-indigenes that discrimination against them, their
interests and their businesses would dissipate as soon as he came to
power.
Contesting the government’s claim that Lagos was overcrowded and that
a policy to manage the influx of strangers would be established, Agbaje
said: “Trying to deport strangers from other states is like trying to stop
the flow of a river with your hand. Is it possible?”
Agbaje also promised that the notorious Lagos State Traffic
Management Authority (LASTMA) would be rebranded, not scrapped,
saying, the problem with the agency was that it had derailed from its
statutory duty of traffic management to imposing draconian fines on
motorists in order to generate funds for the government.
He also said that as part of his human-face policies, ‘okada’ (commercial
motorcyclists) would be taken into consideration in formulating policies
concerning their operations.