Controversial rapper, Idris Abdukareem, has eulogised Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State as he prepares to leave office.
A post the musician made to announce the song shows that he is still angry at the Lagos State APC which denied Ambode second term.
He said, (sic) “Governor Ambode will go down in history as one of the most energetic, people oriented and workaholic chief executives of Nigeria’s bursting commercial nerve centre and centre of excellence known as Lagos State. Akinwunmi Ambode, who came into office on May 29, 2015, is going to leave a very big pair of shoes that will be hard to fill in the Alausa government house when he eventually hands over the reins of power to Babajide Sanwo Olu on the 29th of this month of May 2019, after 4 years of uncommon achievements and meritorious service’.
It’s note worthy to remark at this juncture that most Lagosians including myself felt cheated when Ambode was denied a second term ticket by his party for some filmsy excuses bordering on his alleged “party apathy” or something akin to that!
For a governor who achieved so much in such a short time to be dropped like that without recourse to the true feelings of Lagosians as against the feelings of a few party faithful smacks of negligence and nonchalant attitude on the part of the state party hierarchy and machinery!
This is my personal view of the matter which of course corresponds with the feelings of most Lagosians I have had the privilege to speak with on this matter.
Personally, I am going to miss Akinwunmi Ambode!
I am going to miss his unbiased and wide range developmental strides. I am going to miss his good naturedness. I am going to miss his undiluted and sincere love for the creative arts!
I am going to miss all his well laid plans of action for the emerging Lagos mega City. I am going to miss his love for the State and all Lagosians.
I’ll definitely miss triple A for who he is!
No Lagosian worth his Salt will be uncharitable enough to deny the positive impact of Ambode’s four years tenure, and no one living and working in the state will deny not ever feeling the positive energy and charisma of his administration!”
