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| Senator Oluremi Tinubu |
The PDP Chieftain, who announced this while
unveiling his political ambition, added that he is battle ready to face
the Tinubu factor in the forthcoming election.
“In life, you must be ready for what you want to do. You
can’t sit down here and just be asking for change. Tinubu did not get
there because it was given to him. He got there through a process and, therefore, somebody must unseat that process. I pray that my wish is blessed by God.
“I
will go through the party primaries. I am ready for it and I have done
it before. I believe that with all the efforts that I will put in, I
will be successful and I
don’t have any worry about that. I know that God will make it happen. I
believe that when it comes to the election, the people’s voice will
speak and when the people’s voice speaks, there is nothing that can
change it.
“So it is not about who I am competing with
or the resources of the person I am competing with. It is the ability to
sell my product. It is the ability to win the election. That is the
most important thing and with what we have on ground and what we are
doing, we will win the heart of the people,” he said.
Speaking
on his programmes for the people of Lagos Central, he said by his
training and experience, he has realised that in the last 12 years, the
quality of representation at the National Assembly has continued to
dwindle, hence his decision to change things for the better.
“People
go there because they believe it is their gift for being around rather
than electing people who have purpose to be there. First and foremost,
the people of Lagos need good representation that will take care of
their interest, who will discuss their issues, who will talk about the
environment of Lagos.
“Lagos has a very small land mass
and it accommodates and houses 10 per cent of the population of
Nigeria. It is only three per cent of Nigeria’s landmass with lots of
water. Therefore, the issue of environment is very critical to it. Infrastructure development to support that number of people in a small environment is very important.
“Therefore,
we must be able to bring about all the benefits that Lagos deserves
back to Lagos. It is not only about oversight function because if you
look also, of all the arms of government, you will see that it is the
legislative arm that is the
least developed. This is because over the years, each time the military
came to power, they truncated the legislative aspect of government,” he
said.
He said lawmaking is a serious business, adding that it should be taken more seriously than it was taken in the past.
“We
should have quality people representing us; quality people who
understand the issues, the problem of our people. I understand a lot
about Lagos.
“I have said that Lagos is densely populated and the land mass is waterlogged. In
2000, we did a study of the coastal region. There are a lot of
environmental issues that we need to pay more attention to and the
Federal Government too needs to be involved in that process. It is not
that there is no solution to flooding issues but when environmental
impact studies are not carried out on projects being done or people are
not carried along on projects that are being done, we will continue to have serious environmental issues.
“Those are the kinds of things that I will like to address going into the Senate. I
will ensure that proper laws to support these things are enacted. I
will also like to see infrastructure development being brought to Lagos
and also continue to push for special status for Lagos through the Lagos
Metropolitan Development Authority which is a good vehicle to give the
state its deserved status and give it the recognition that it deserves
in the scheme of things. There is no Nigerian that doesn’t have relatives living in Lagos.
“We
look at Apapa for example and we see that further representation of
Lagos is needed at the centre to make sure that Apapa is dealt with
accordingly by reducing the congestion there,” he said.
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