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I want to profusely thank all the lovers of Lagos, all of whom have refused to major on the minor. Thank you for the outpouring of love and support. Your encouragement gives me the energy, courage and faith to keep believing that, one day, our country will be great. As usual, the APC has resorted to its familiar strategy of distraction. Its loudest voices are not talking about the impact of their government on the people of Lagos. They are not telling Lagosians how they have made their lives better. They are not talking about the state of our roads, the worsening flooding, the housing crisis, the lack of reliable public water, the traffic crisis or the growing filth across our city. Instead, they want us to major on the minor. They did the same thing in 2023. And despite all their claims, they still resorted to thuggery, intimidation and violence to force their way into office. It was state-sanctioned terrorism using the same culture of thuggery that remains one of the biggest problems confronting ordinary Lagosians today. Why won’t the APC confront this problem? Because they depend on the same thugs and the same culture of political violence to force their way into power. When a political party knows that it cannot win the confidence of the people on the strength of its record, it becomes dependent on intimidation and coercion. Our roads are worse. Flooding has become a bigger problem. Rents have continued to rise, while affordable housing remains grossly inadequate. They have effectively given up on solving the traffic crisis. Now, instead of admitting failure and fixing the problem, they tell us that traffic is a “lifestyle.” There is no reliable supply of public water. And in many parts of Lagos, the city is as dirty as it was under Governor Tinubu. Under Governor Fashola, Lagos was operating more than 1,000 PSP trucks. After more than 12 years, you would expect the system to have expanded significantly. Instead, we are now down to roughly 200 trucks. Why? Because the problem is not simply a lack of trucks. It is a system that has been weakened by corruption, poor management and alleged racketeering around diesel, truck leasing and waste collection. That is why Lagos stinks. And this is the point I want Lagosians to focus on: we must stop allowing them to change the subject. The question is not who can shout the loudest. The question is, after all these years in power, have they made Lagos better for the ordinary Lagosian? That is the conversation we should be having. That is the conversation they want us to avoid. And that is exactly the conversation we must continue to have. Let's make Eko Great Again