The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and the state’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have suspended their gubernatorial and all other campaign activities for the upcoming election over unprecedented suffering currently being experienced by Lagosians due to scarcity of Naira denominations and shortage in fuel supply across the state.
Both the governor and the party said that political activities would be put on hold across Lagos pending when the issue of fuel and naira scarcity subsided, even though elections are to start in less than three weeks before now in the state.
They maintained that the decision to suspend campaign activities were to express their displeasure for the suffering of common Lagosians particularly the downtrodden who could be feeling the heats of the naira swap and the entire hardship brought by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the populace.
Through a statement released by Lagos chapter of the APC on Tuesday, it claimed that the suspension was reached after several consultations among stakeholders who expressed displeasure over negative effect of naira swap deadline and that it would be insensitive to both the governor and the party sides to continue with the election campaign in Lagos while residents suffer.
