Sanwo-Olu: Hold us accountable for subsidy removal spending
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said that with increased funding from subsidy removal there are available funds for governors, placing the burden of performance directly on state leadership.
Sanwo-Olu while speaking and the guest lecture on Thursday at the 7th Yearly Lecture with the Theme 2027 Elections: Economy, Security and Nigeria’s Future organised by FreedomOnline held at Sheraton Hostel, Ikeja, Lagos State.
The governor said that since the removal of subsidy states government monthly allocations have increased tremendously, and that the citizens have the right to hold them accountable on how they spend the money.
Talking about the economy, he admitted to the hardship in the country saying that poverty is the cause of insecurity, which has chased farmers from going on farms and leaving the country in hunger.
The host Managing Director and Editor in Chief of FreedomOnline Gabriel during his welcome address called for the scrapping of centralized policing, citing the inefficiency of posting officers to unfamiliar environments.
Akinadewo therefore made a special plea to constitutionalize state police by 2027 to address the national security crisis.
In his own comment the chairman of the occasion the former minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed while summarising the guest speaker lectures said that no government can complete a project.
Other special guest honour present were the former Governor of Ogun State and the current Senator representing Ogun East Otunba Gbonga Daniel, the former Special Media Adviser of former president Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Femi Adesina, the Aare Ona Kankanfo of Yorubaland Iba Gani Adams, former Nigeria Guild of Editors President Mrs Funke Egbeomode and the present President Eze Anaba respectively.
