Lagos: Why Governor Sanwo-Olu came too early

Every Leader has their own leadership style and every speciality comes with a price. For Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, he came too late when Nigerians are so used to leaders with high handedness!

Truly for a state like Lagos State, everyone would have expected a strict Governor, especially at a time when the nation is battling with various issues: insecurity, inflation, and the high poverty rate among others. But for many Nigerians, Lagos State is not just a safe abode but a city that creates more prosperous people.

And when one recalls how the amiable Governor once hit the ground running during the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, one cannot but hail his genuine concern.

Indeed, for Nigerians and Nigeria, Governor Sanwo-Olu and Lagos are more of a “Big Brother” who directly or indirectly accommodates; bringing succour to the people – and creating more prosperous people.

Still, for a man who understands the sensitivity of the current situation in Nigeria, he doesn’t confront issues like his colleagues from the southern and northern parts of the country, needless I start mentioning names.

For Sanwo-Olu, he is not seeing himself as “the Almighty Executive Governor” but rather an ordinary Lagosian who is privileged to serve, and this was evident from his request to drop the title: “His Excellency” and simply preferred the prefix: Mr Governor.

This soft-minded fellow would rather be appreciated more in developed countries, where the citizens and their Representatives have time out and see themselves as “equal” rather than having a bully at the helm of affairs.

Truly Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu came too late but he has given us reason to be pleased with him, executing projects without unnecessary publicity; commissioning projects instead of the usual owanbe partying, and treating everyone as human: I welcome you to the world of an Omoluabi!

Welcome to another dispensation with the “Listening Governor”.

Opeyemi Eniola

From the ancient Town of Badagry