Former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday joined incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the 2025 Lagos Annual Thanksgiving Service tagged “Harvest of Thanksgiving.”
Mr Ambode attended the event held at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) with his wife Bolanle.
Others at the event included Mr Sanwo-Olu’s wife Ibijoke, Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat and his wife Oluremi, Speaker Mudashiru Obasa of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Chief Judge of Lagos State Justice Kazeem Alogba.
Speaking at the event, Sanwo-Olu promised Lagos residents more developmental projects in 2025 in transportation, agriculture, health, energy, environment and other critical sectors.
He said his administration will redouble its efforts in all sectors, keying into the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Tinubu administration and working with the Federal Government to bring prosperity to Lagosians.
Governor Sanwo-Olu charged leaders at the subnational and all levels to support the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government in ensuring that the dividends of democracy touch many Nigerians.
He said the Lagos State Government is mindful of the shared responsibility between the federal and state governments; therefore, his administration will redouble its efforts in every sector, setting the pace for the rest of the country.
Sanwo-Olu also commended Lagos residents for their resilience, even in the face of the current economic realities, which he said were needed to put the nation on the right pedestal for growth.
“We have Mr. President’s assurance that inflation will come down significantly in 2025, that the cost-of-living challenges will be tackled with vigour, that there will be more money available for our people to spend through programmes aimed at reducing the cost of transportation and healthcare and increasing access to student loans, consumer credit, mortgages, and so on. A lot of work is going into agriculture and food security around the country, with the goal of affordability and self-sufficiency in the shortest possible time.
“We must continue to make it clear that this work is not for the President and the Federal Government alone. At the subnational level we have a lot of work and responsibilities as well, to ensure that the dividends of democracy touch as many of our people as possible,” he said.
Different clerics offered prayers for President Tinubu and Nigerians in general, Sanwo-Olu and family, Mr Hamzat and family, Lagos residents, and the executive, legislative and judiciary.
