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Governor Ambode's Sterling Achievements in Lagos

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   In the run-up to 2015 gubernatorial election in Lagos, there was this fear in me about how the ruling party would produce a successor governor that would consolidate the good works of the then Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Raji Babatunde Fashola. And  after all the political intrigues within the APC that threw up the current governor, Mr. Ambode as the flag bearer of his party, I became more worried. I was worried not because APC would not win the election but I was worried and afraid if Mr. Ambode could actually deliver and match up with the sterling achievements and the high standard that the then outgoing Governor, Mr. Raji Fashola has created. After the gubernatorial election in Lagos and the incumbent Mr. Ambode was declared the winner of the election, I became more interested in Ambode's administration of  Lagos State and believe me, like many other Lagosians, I had an erroneous opinion of Mr. Ambode, in the first six months of his administration when it seemed nothing w