Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene, President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos, Congratulates Deputy Governor Femi Hamzat On His 2027 APC’s Stakeholders’ Governorship Endorsement

<h4>Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene&comma; President&comma; Ohanaeze Ndigbo Lagos&comma; has congratulated Lagos State Deputy Governor&comma; Dr&period; Femi Hamzat&comma; who has been unanimously endorsed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&comma; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu&comma; Governance Advisory Council&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">GAC<&sol;a> and other stakeholders as the consensus candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress&comma; APC in the Lagos 2027 governorship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Saturday&comma; Chief Ogbonna Aguene clarified that the deputy governor is somebody he personally knows whom he described as a man with sufficient capacity to govern Lagos and move the State to greater heights from where his predecessors stopped&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The statement reads in part&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I congratulate my brother and friend&comma; His Excellency&comma; Dr&period; Femi Hamzat on the full circle endorsement he received from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&comma; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other critical stakeholders as a consensus APC candidate in the 2027 Lagos governorship election&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Dr&period; Femi Hamzat is a man I know very well and his capacity to move Lagos State forward is not in doubt&period; He is going to do very well as the next governor of Lagos State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>He has worked with President Bola Tinubu when he was governor of Lagos State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>In August 2005&comma; Dr&period; Hamzat was appointed Commissioner for Science and Technology by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>As the Commissioner for Science and Technology&comma; Dr&period; Hamzat changed the face of data and record keeping in Lagos and at the same time eliminating the trend of state ghost workers&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>He worked with former governor Babatunde Fashola&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>He has been deputy governor now under governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for almost 7 years and he has learned a lot in the process&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>So&comma; he is eminently fit for the job to succeed Governor Sanwo-Olu<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>There is no doubt that Dr&period; Hamzat is going to turn Lagos to more than what we expected in terms of development &period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>I have no doubt that he will do well have learned a lot from these great past governors&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Dr&period; Hamzat is a very meticulous person&period; He is well organized&period; When I went to his home to present to him a beautiful art work&comma; his home exemplified simplicity and humility&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>I also congratulate governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu who has shown leadership skills by working harmoniously with deputy governor Dr&period; Hamzat&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>My prayer is that God will guild Dr&period; Hamzat to keep those of us living in Lagos happy because Lagos is already our home&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>There is no place like Lagos&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Above all&comma; his cordial relationship with people from all tribes is amazing&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>As an advise&comma; Dr&period; Hamzat must take the security of all of us living in Lagos including his personal security seriously&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Also&comma; he should endeavour to maintain his humility and respects for others&comma; both his juniors and seniors including people from other tribes&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Those traits of humility&comma; like a descendant from Heaven&comma; have been his hallmarks which have earned him great respects from both the young and old&semi; the rich and the poor and the natives and non natives&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>This is very important because when some people acquire power&comma; they change automatically from what they used to be&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>But I believe that Dr&period; Hamzat will remain his humble self just the way I have always seen him as a humble person&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Almighty God<&sol;a> will continue to lead and guide his political journey&comma;”<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene advised and prayed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;