“When I Came In As Governor Of Lagos ln 1999, Lagos Was A Jungle”- Tinubu

The former governor of the state of Lagos and the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate, Bola Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that the state of Lagos is what it is today because of the foundations he laid when he served as Governor of the State from 1999 to 2007……………….Continue Reading

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Bola Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu further stated that when he took power, Lagos was a ” jungle” , and everywhere was completely disorganized, but he went to work to give the state of Lagos a facelift, and other subsequent state governors came to build on the foundations he had set up.

According to a programme which was aired on Channels Television, and also shared by The Punch newspaper online on Saturday 15th October 2022, an ex- governor of the state of Lagos said- ” When I came in as Governor of Lagos State in 1999, Lagos was a jungle. It was a completely uncivilized environment. There were refuse dumps everywhere, schools without roofs, hospitals without ambulances and oxygen tanks to save lives. It was in a very bad state. ”

While speaking further, Bola Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu added that – ” We started to put things in place and the state began to take shape. What we did was to take the liabilities in the state and convert them to assets. ”