By Akombo Aondona, Abuja
As the campaign for the 2023 general Elections starts officially today Wednesday, 28 September, 2022, a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) and National Leader, APC Peoples Living With Disabilities (PWDs), Hon. Tolu Bankole, has urged Nigerians to vote APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to revamp local government administration in the country and bring the country’s industries back to life as he did when he was the governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007.
Recall that Tinubu was the Lagos State governor from 1999 to 2007 when the Olusegun Obasanjo-led Federal Government seized revenue allocation to local councils in Lagos State because Tinubu created 37 local council development areas in the state.
However, Tinubu weathered the storm and administered Lagos solely through internally generated revenue.
In a press statement made available to The Dream Daily Newspaper in Abuja, Bankole, a member of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, said Tinubu would do same if elected president of Nigeria in 2023.
He said that Tinubu would transform the country by ensuring a functional and self-sustaining local government administration nationwide.
His words: “The future is brighter with Tinubu in the saddle as president. He will revamp the LGA administration, which in turn will lead to rapid development of the entire local governments in the country. He will unlock the untapped possibilities across the country through financial autonomy of LGAs in Nigeria.
“I can assure you that it will open up rural communities by providing adequate security, power and good roads for rural community development. This will put an end to rural-urban shift/migration, improve agriculture, create more jobs, and better improved economy.
“Tinubu will also bring life back into the industrial sector, increase production, create more jobs, reduce unemployment , reduce importation and push down the pressure on the naira.
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