Vice President-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that Lagos cannot remain in the opposition because the state has suffered a lot as an opposition state.
Osinbajo during a meeting with the members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Lagos on Wednesday stated that Saturday’s gubernatorial poll is a crucial time in the history of the state.
He said “One of the great opportunities today is the fact that we now have the centre and we are in control of the Federal Government. It is a very crucial moment in the history of our state because this state has always provided leadership and direction in Nigeria.
“But we have always suffered because we have always been in the opposition. Everything we have done has always been at a great cost. As Attorney-General in this state, I was in the Supreme Court almost 12 times, fighting for the rights of our state and each time we had to go there, we knew we could have settled it if we were in the same party as the centre.
“In 1999, we started a 270 megawatt Independent Power Plant in Ikorodu, which was the first in Nigeria. When we installed it, we thought it would provide Lagos with power but the Federal Government said no and that we should connect it to the national grid despite the fact that we paid for it.
“If we were in the same party at the centre, this would not have happened to us.”
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