THE Lagos State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have reacted to comments made by the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the state, Olajide Adediran, (Jandor) regarding the recent cases of building collapse in the state.
Recall that Jandor had earlier this week called for the resignation of the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the spate of building collapses in the state since 2019.
He said, “It is not enough that the government official assigned to the Ministry concerned, the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, resigned. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has failed the entire Lagosians, not only the victims of this current incident and the over 100 people who died in about 47 cases of building collapse between 2019 to date in the state.
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“The governor’s failure to ensure due diligence on the governance process by engagement of competent personnel established his culpability. It is expected that the governor himself should have resigned instead of the arranged scapegoating of asking his commissioner to quit. He has made many unfulfilled promises to prevent these disasters and the attendant avoidable deaths.
“His insensitivity and display of disregard for human lives by showing up at a social event in the faraway United States to present an award while the blood of the victims was still warm, is condemnable.”
However, reacting to this in a swift response, the spokesman for APC, Lagos State chapter, Mr Seye Oladejo, in a statement on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, described the call made by Jandor as “childish.”
He said, “The Lagos State government has not hesitated to investigate the cause of such incidents and wield the big stick where necessary. While there may still be a few bad eggs in the sector who continue to circumvent the system, we remain committed to its complete sanitation.
“It is unacceptable, devilish and uncivilised for the PDP to celebrate the incident and dance on the grave of the victims in the name of politics. The Lagos State government remains resolutely committed to the protection of the lives and property of all Lagosians. We will continue to do our utmost as the regulatory body for all manner of construction while we all, as citizens, also have a duty to comply with all rules and regulations.
“The childish call for the resignation of the governor is, to put it mildly, in bad taste. It reflects the palpable fear of the opposition of the imminent characteristic defeat during the coming elections. The reference to Mr Governor’s trip is puerile and infantile, even with the low standards of the PDP. Deputy Governor Kadri Obafemi Hamzat was at the site. So were other senior officials, who ensured that the search-and-rescue operation went on unhindered.”