Following the submission of his Expression of Interest (EoI) and Nomination Forms for his re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said he is confident of winning re-election.

At the submission centre, Sanwo-Olu, who was accompanied by the Lagos APC Governance Advisory Council (GAC), members of the state Executive Council, party executives, traditional rulers, APC chieftains, political associates and supporters, submitted the forms to the party officials at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja.

He told newsmen after submitting the forms that with the support from the masses, he was confident of victory during the March 11, 2023, governorship elections.

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According to him, his administration is committed to the delivery of real dividends of democracy in all aspects of the lives of Lagos residents.

“We have put in place a robust economic agenda, which we call the THEMES developmental agenda and it has propelled all the various interventions that we have had in Lagos.

“We know where we are as a nation, but Lagos continues to remain safe and secure. We have the highest foreign direct investments, and it is because the environment is safe and secure.

“It is because we have provided the platform for the Organised Private Sector to thrive. Mind you, Lagos, during the pandemic period, was the epicentre for COVID-19.

“For about one and a half years, we slowed down, but our slowing down didn’t slow down economic development. It gave us the opportunity to redouble our efforts and ensure that people can feel us meaningfully in all areas.

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“We did not give excuses about COVID. In fact, COVID propelled us to have better health facilities as we speak today. We have improved our health infrastructure and the number of health practitioners that we have in all of our health institutions,” he said.

The governor said residents of the state were appreciative of his administration’s first four years and had given assurance and the confidence for the administration to push forward for the second term.

In the 2023 presidential election, he expressed his support for rotation of the presidency to the South, in line with the position of the Southern Governors Forum, that the South should produce President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor.