The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has met with Arewa Community and other ethnic groups, assuring them of a better Lagos if elected.

Mr Rhodes-Vivour, at a joint interactive session with the various ethnic groups, said he was determined to deliver a state that would work for all residents irrespective of ethnic nationality.

“We want a Lagos that is safe for all, where education and healthcare will be standardised, and where touts, under any name, will no longer harass our people at parks and marketplaces.

“Our number one enemy is not Yoruba versus Igbo or Hausa; it is poverty. The suffering in Lagos is too much. We must end it, and I will end it,” Mr Rhodes-Vivour said.

Promising to carry everybody along, he added, “We want a state where everybody will benefit.”

Also speaking, Isaac Balami, a Labour Party chieftain, said Mr Rhodes-Vivour would give Lagos security, welfare, and healthcare and end all sufferings of the masses.

Mr Balami urged the electorate not to exercise fear but be bold and courageous to vote for LP, saying power does not come cheap.

“Come out to vote. Embark on door to door, house to house campaign; there is no time again,” he urged.

Speaking on behalf of the groups, Mohammed Ali, an Arewa leader, said the non-indigenes were drawn from various local government areas of the state.

Mr Ali said there were many questions and propaganda against Mr Rhodes-Vivour that the groups wanted clarifications on.

He said the groups would work and mobilise their members for the election of the LP candidate on Saturday.

Another group leader, Bridget Bello, described Mr Rhodes-Vivour as young, vibrant and intelligent, saying he should be supported.

(NAN)