Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that even after 62 years of independence, Nigeria is still striving to attain freedom from terrorism and poverty.
Sanwo-Olu said this at the weekend, during the Independence Day parade to commemorate Nigeria’s 62nd National Independence Day celebration.
The parade, which was held at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, was organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs. Sanwo-Olu said that the country was still seeking freedom from the disastrous impact of climate change and from moral decline.
The governor said it was in Lagos that the story of Nigeria’s independence unfolded, where the Union Jack went down and the Green-White-Green took its place, carrying the hopes and dreams of millions of black people in Nigeria and beyond.
Sanwo-Olu acknowledged the place of Lagos State in the unfolding greatness of Nigeria, as the state had always been a pacesetter. He said that many creative initiatives that originated in Lagos had become templates for other states and even the Federal Government, in the collective drive to accelerate development and bring prosperity to all parts of the country.
According to him, it was in Lagos that the new, post-Independent Government emerged and began the historic task of full self-government. The governor further said that the State would continue to be the pacesetter of Nigeria in infrastructural development, industrialisation, culture and hospitality, technology and innovation.
He said that the Government would build a State that worked for all, in which there would be equal opportunity for everyone to pursue their legitimate aspirations.
