LOUIS ODION argues that in spite of daunting challenges, Hamzat has what it takes to pilot Lagos to greater heights
First, we need to “set forth at dawn” (apologies Wole Soyinka, GCON) onto any of the arterial road abutting the main Lekki highway; or be at a typical crossroads in any of the derelict suburbs between closing hour and sunset to feel the tidal current — that sheer apocalyptic wave — of an apparition increasingly overshadowing Lagos.
One ungainly picture clearly stares you icily in the face: exploding human population choking every available social infrastructure to near breaking point — from roads to abstract concepts like waste management.
So, the prospects of someone like Kadiri Olufemi Hamzat (KOH) emerging the next Lagos governor cannot be more fortuitous. With the formidable Tinubu machine, nowhere does securing the APC ticket offer a more guaranteed path to electoral victory in the general election than Lagos.
With an estimated 25 million people literally crammed onto a space that is less than 4,000 square kilometres (a quarter of which is water anyway), Lagos arguably ranks as one of the densest in population per square meter on earth. That colossal demographic alone approximates the population of 13 African nations lumped together.
