Prince Laja Adeoye, the governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Lagos State, has said that Lagosians must embrace reset over continuity if the state is to overcome persistent hardship and unlock inclusive prosperity.
Adeoye, in a statement on Tuesday said that the Feb. 6, 2027 governorship election in Lagos would test whether residents are ready to choose a deliberate reset over the continuation of a political structure that has governed Lagos since 1999.
He said his campaign, branded “Atunto Eko 1.0”, (Reset Lagos), is not just a slogan but a clear alternative to continuity under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to Adeoye, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its predecessors, Action Alliance (AD)and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), had governed Lagos under a tightly controlled structure centred on the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), an influential body of elders widely associated with President Bola Tinubu’s long-standing influence.
He acknowledged that Lagos recorded about N1.77 trillion in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2025, far ahead of other states in the country.
Adeoye, however, said everyday experience for many Lagosians remained defined by chronic gridlock, recurrent flooding, high rents, often demanding two years in advance, shortage of housing, multiple taxation, unreliable power, lack of basic amenities, inadequate emergency response and waste management challenges.
He said forced evictions in areas such as Makoko and Oworonshoki showed a pattern of governance that lacked adequate consultation and alternatives for affected residents.
Adeoye said the 100-point “Lagos Promise” agenda of the APC candidate, incumbent Deputy Governor Dr Femi Hamzat, promising more buses targeting 4,000, rail extensions, housing completions and health insurance expansion, was being presented by supporters as consolidation.
He maintained that many of the problems persisted or worsened during Hamzat’s tenure as Deputy Governor since 2019, making another cycle under the same machinery feel like deferred accountability rather than progress.
Adeoye said the 2023 presidential result in Lagos, where the APC narrowly lost to Mr Peter Obi, signaled cracks in long-term dominance amid youth and middle-class discontent, and showed that voters were ready for reset.
He described Atunto Eko 1.0, “Re-engineering Lagos for Inclusive Prosperity”, as built on five pillars: affordable healthcare, quality education, job creation through SMEs, modern infrastructure, and security via community policing.
Adeoye said the blueprint gave a detailed roadmap on how and when to achieve the items, how they would be funded, and how the public and private sectors would play a major role in achieving them.
He said the plan proposed roughly 100,000 direct jobs within two years and up to 1.5 million jobs within four years through tech hubs in Yaba and Ogba, agro-processing in Badagry, Epe and Ikorodu, skills academies, and an “Eko Skill Code” programme.
Adeoye said the plan proposed about 100,000 affordable homes via private-sector partnerships with single-digit mortgages to ease the burden of advance rent on tenants.
He said the plan proposed at least 2,000 MW of electricity through independent power projects across the five IBILE divisions, aiming for a more independent grid for Lagos.
Adeoye said the plan proposed building or rehabilitating more than 300 primary healthcare centres within 18 months to bring affordable healthcare closer to residents.
He said the plan proposed exceeding the UNESCO benchmark on education funding yearly for all Lagos State public schools, targeting returning over 300,000 out-of-school children to classrooms, with emphasis on girl-child education.
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