Lagos state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday, December 27, restated his commitment to keep faith with the promise he made during the electioneering campaign to run an all-inclusive government, where every community will not be left out in the scheme of affairs.

Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode
(middle), with Speaker, Lagos State House of
Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa (left)
and Minister for Information & Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed (right), during the flag off of
the One Lagos Fiesta, at the Agege Mini
Stadium, Agege, Lagos, on Sunday, December
27, 2015.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi
Ambode(2nd left), addressing fun lovers and
Agege residents, during the flag off of the
One Lagos Fiesta, at the Agege Mini Stadium,
Agege, Lagos, on Sunday, December 27,
2015. (L-R) With him are Speaker, Lagos
State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon.
Mudashiru Obasa; Minister for Information &
Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and
Commissioner for Tourism, Arts & Culture,
Mr. Folorunsho Coker.
Governor Ambode, who spoke while flagging
off the ‘One Lagos Fiesta’ at the Agege
stadium, said the programme was in
fulfillment of his campaign promise, as well
as improving on what he met on ground on
all fronts.

The ‘One Lagos Fiesta’ , which is an initiative
of the present administration is tailored
towards ushering in the New Year. It is
designed to hold between December 27, and
January 1, 2016 simultaneously in five
locations across the state including Epe,
Badagry, Ikorodu, Agege and Lagos Island.

Lagos state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode;
Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt
Hon Mudashiru Obasa and Commissioner for
Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mr. Folorunsho
Coker, during the flag off of the One Lagos
Fiesta, at the Agege Mini Stadium, Agege,
Lagos, on Sunday, December 27, 2015.
Speaking at the event, Governor Ambode
recalled the last time he visited Agege
stadium during the electioneering campaign,
saying he was back again to fulfill one of the
promises made to the people then.
He said: “The last time I came to this stadium
was during the campaign and I came with
President Muhammadu Buhari. The President
has been so magnanimous, he has sent us the
Minister of Information and Culture to come
back here and say a big thank you to all of
you.”

Lagos state governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode
(2nd left), with Speaker, Lagos State House
of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa;
International Music Act, Dapo Oyebanji
popularly known as Dbanj and Minister for
Information & Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
during the flag off of the One Lagos Fiesta,
at the Agege Mini Stadium, Agege, Lagos, on
Sunday, December 27, 2015.
“We promised you that we are going to bring
governance to the communities; we promised
you that we are going to have a government of
inclusion where all of you will be included in
everything that we will be doing in Lagos State.”
“That is why we are here to say that One Lagos
Fiesta is about all of you and it is about the
rest of Lagos. We want every youth and every
parent to enjoy what others have been enjoying
through the nook and crannies of the state”.

Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode
(2nd left), with Speaker, Lagos State House
of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa;
International Music Act, Dapo Oyebanji
popularly known as Dbanj and Minister for
Information & Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
during the flag off of the One Lagos Fiesta,
at the Agege Mini Stadium, Agege, Lagos, on
Sunday, December 27, 2015.
“That is why we have decided to have a five-day
programme that will be done in Badagry, Agege,
Epe, Ikorodu and Lagos Island. This is the first
place I’m visiting and that means you mean a
lot to me,” Governor Ambode said.
The Governor said that his administration
was working hard to make Lagos work for all,
just as he assured that good things would
start happening in Agege, and indeed in the
whole of Lagos going forward.

Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode
(middle), with Speaker, Lagos State House of
Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa (left)
and Minister for Information & Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed (right), during the flag off of
the One Lagos Fiesta, at the Agege Mini
Stadium, Agege, Lagos, on Sunday, December
27, 2015.
Earlier, the Federal Government, through the
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed hailed Lagos State for the
innovative annual countdown event,
describing it as the biggest of its kind in sub-
Saharan Africa.
Mohammed also congratulated Governor
Ambode and the Government of Lagos State
for rejigging the event into what is now
known as the ‘One Lagos Fiesta’ designed to
hold simultaneously in five different locations
across the State.
“Instead of the omnibus show that is usually
held at the Bar Beach in Lagos, the state
government has now decided to organize the
‘One Lagos Fiesta’, starting from today,
December 27 and running through January 1st
2016.”
“This will ensure that all the five administrative
divisions of the state have a taste of the
crossover celebrations. In addition to bringing
the annual event closer to the people by staging
it in Agege, Badagry, Epe, Ikorodu and the Bar
Beach, the ‘One Lagos Fiesta’ will also
showcase the multi-cultural endowment and
arts of the various communities in the five
administrative divisions of the state,” the
minister said.

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode
(3rd right), Commissioner for Works &
Infrastructure, Engr Ganiyu Johnson; Speaker,
Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon.
Mudashiru Obasa; Minister for Information &
Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Commissioner
for Women Affairs & Poverty Alleviation
(WAPA), Mrs. Lola Akande and Commissioner
for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare,
during the flag off of the One Lagos Fiesta,
at the Agege Mini Stadium, Agege, Lagos, on
Sunday, December 27, 2015.

Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi
Ambode; Speaker, Lagos State House of
Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa,
Commissioner for Establishment & Training,
Dr. Benson Akintola; Commissioner for the
Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare and
Executive Secretary, Mosan-Okunola Local
Council Development Area (LCDA), Hon.
Opeyemi Akindele, during the flag off of the
One Lagos Fiesta, at the Agege Mini Stadium,
Agege, Lagos, on Sunday, December 27,
2015.
He expressed hope that the Lagos countdown
event ”will become bigger and bigger and will
form a major part of the annual calendar of
festivals which we plan to unveil in the days
ahead.”
Also speaking, Speaker of the Lagos state
House of Assembly, Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa
thanked Governor Ambode for showing love
to the people of the state, especially Agege,
and promised the people that government
would ensure that the next edition will be
bigger and better.
Prominent musicians, including Dbanj and
Seun Kuti, performed at the Fiesta.