has called on the PDP governorship candidate, Mr Jimi
Agbaje and others who contested against him to join
hands with his administration to build the state.
Ambode spoke on Sunday while delivering his acceptance
speech at the APC secretariat in Lagos shortly after he was
declared winner of the governorship elections.
Ambode was announced as winner of the Saturday election
after securing 811, 994 votes against his PDP's closest rival,
Agbaje who scored 659,788 votes.
"To my main opponent, Mr Jimi Agbaje of the PDP, I thank
you for a keen contest and invite you, alongside other
gubernatorial candidates, to join hands with me in moving
Lagos forward," he said.
Ambode also promised Lagos residents that his
administration would build on the legacy and achievements
of his predecessors, Governor Babatunde Fashola and Chief
Bola Tinubu.
"I am humbled that you have placed your trust and faith in
me.
"The love of this state and our common belief in what we
can accomplish, our belief in what this state already is, and
in what it is destined to become binds us together in a social
and moral contract of high purpose.
"I shall honour that contract with every fiber of my being.
"This day I pledge to you that I shall devote myself to
bringing even greater prosperity, growth and development
to every inch of this state.
"I also pledge that I shall build on legacy and progress of my
predecessors," Ambode said.
The governor-elect promised to bring the best of Lagos into
his government saying that the people would be proud and
glad for choosing him as their governor.
"The people of Lagos have demonstrated that Lagos is not
about ethnicity or religion but about a common desire to
enthrone good governance.
"Lagos under my watch will not discriminate. It has not in
the past. And will not in the present; not even in the
future,there will be no political victimisation.
"By affirming your faith in the APC and in me, you have, for
the first time in 60 years, married progressive governance at
the national level with progressive government at the state
level," he said.
Ambode noted that finally, Lagos state government and the
Federal government would be of one vision, one mind and
one accord.
"The ramifications of this harmonious unity are completely
positive.
"This is a chance that we have worked toward for many
years.
"The joint infrastructural and employment projects and
collaboration between the state and the federal will quicken
the improvement of our roads, schools, power generation
and the entire array of social services.
"This new era of cooperation between the state and federal
government promises to be a golden period for Lagos and
for all Lagosians to share equally therein," he said.
Ambode said Lagos would enjoy optimal development and
growth through APC governance working in tandem at the
state and federal levels.
"This cooperation and enhanced policy harmony will surely
pay handsome dividends," he said.
Ambode congratulated INEC for a job well done and keeping
alive Nigeria's hope for a brighter democracy.
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