The Lagos State bankruptcy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will unveil the manifesto of its governorship candidate for the 2027 election, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, on Friday, October 30, 2026.
Director Basic of the PBAT-KOH Marketing campaign Council, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, introduced this on Sunday at a press convention held on the marketing campaign workplace on Sobo Arobiodu Side road, GRA, Ikeja.
Obanikoro mentioned the release will hang on the Wole Soyinka Centre for Tradition and Ingenious Arts, previously the Nationwide Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, from 3pm to 5pm, with arrivals from 11am.
He mentioned the development will give you the platform for Hamzat, popularly referred to as KOH, to provide his imaginative and prescient, priorities and plans for the ongoing construction of Lagos.
“The way forward for Lagos is just too necessary to be left to likelihood since the choices we make as of late will decide the alternatives to be had to our kids, the energy of our financial system, and the standard of lifetime of thousands and thousands of people that name this state house,” Obanikoro mentioned.
He mentioned the marketing campaign is anchored on two ideas: persisted shared growth and inclusivity.
“Persisted shared growth way operating in combination to construct a more potent Lagos at the basis and grasp plan, growing extra alternatives, and making improvements to the lives of our other people with out destroy in continuity. Inclusivity signifies that no person must be left at the back of on account of faith, tribe, gender, social standing, or place of birth,” he mentioned.
Obanikoro mentioned Lagos, with an estimated inhabitants of about 25 million other people, faces severe calls for in transportation, human capital construction, housing, infrastructure, safety, healthcare and environmental control, which require skilled management and cautious making plans.
He traced the improvement of the state from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s tenure as governor during the administrations of Babatunde Fashola, Akinwunmi Ambode and incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, pronouncing Hamzat will construct on the ones foundations.
“Continuity isn’t about doing issues the similar approach just because they have got been finished earlier than. It’s about protective what works, correcting what wishes growth and construction on present growth,” he mentioned.
Obanikoro highlighted Hamzat’s credentials, noting that he earned a PhD in Programs Procedure Engineering from Cranfield College, England, at 28, labored with Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Citibank in the US, and served as a three-time commissioner and deputy governor of Lagos State.
He additionally pointed to the achievements of the Sanwo-Olu management, together with the Blue and Pink rail strains, masses of finished roads and bridges, enhancements in faculties and hospitals, housing tasks and enhance for companies and younger other people.
The marketing campaign DG mentioned the candidate and the marketing campaign organisation have launched into extensive consultations with non secular leaders, conventional rulers, marketplace girls, investors, younger other people, pros, artisans and neighborhood leaders.
“Management will have to concentrate earlier than it acts. We would like the troubles of atypical Lagosians to tell our priorities,” he mentioned.
He mentioned even though the release is exactly via invitation because of restricted seats, complaints shall be broadcast reside from 3pm to 5pm on Channels TV, ARISE TV, TVC, LTV, Information Central, YouTube, Fb and Instagram.
He added that once the presentation, the manifesto shall be made to be had for obtain for contributors of the general public to review and supply comments via celebration channels.
“The message of this marketing campaign is apparent: Lagos, allow us to transfer ahead in combination,” Obanikoro mentioned.
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