Lagosians will determine my second term, says Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday said that he would consult Lagosians before he can decide whether to run for a second term in office in the 2023 general elections or not. 

The governor spoke when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. 

The 56-year-old governor, who assumed office in May 2019, would be completing his first term in office by May 2023, and he is constitutionally permitted to be in office for one more term of four years if the electorate decides. 

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When asked during the television programme on Friday about his political future and whether he has a plan for a second term as Lagos governor, he said, “As we speak, we’ve done two-thirds of our time, about 66 per cent because we count it every day. The field is not open yet; the race has not been declared open but for me, these four years that I have promised my citizens, I put in every bit of my sweat into it.” 

Rating his administration as “doing a very good job”, Sanwo-Olu added that the citizens would decide whether to allow his cabinet to complete what it started. 

“I will ask, I will consult, that is how you get it done, keep your focus on, try and finish very strong. When it is time for us for politicking, we will do it,” he said of the 2023 governorship election in the state