The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Accord Party in the 2023 election, Hon. Hakeem Olaogun Onikoyi-Dickson has promised to make governance accessible to Lagosians.

According to him, his administration would operate e-government, where businesses and all that had to do with government transactions would be done through technology.

He said there would be no shortcut in his government, noting that this would entrench transparency, nipping in the bud all forms of bureaucratic bottleneck hindering quick results.

Onikoyi-Dickson made this known in Lagos, while addressing newsmen, on plans to reinvent the uniqueness of the state as a centre of excellence.

This he said was contained in the seven points agenda, the administration intended to deploy to take the state to enviable heights.
He said the top priorities of the administration would be on, good health, safety and environment, education, infrastructure, security, finance, insurance arts, culture, entertainment,
tourism, and sports amongst others.

In the area of health, Onikoyi-Dickson said he intended to put healthcare development and foreign partnerships in place. He said, there would be a 24 hours emergency response service unit in all local government areas.

He added that bringing medical reforms and mental health awareness campaigns amongst other services would take the centre stage.

The media parley which was also attended by the Accord Party governorship candidate’s running mate, Mrs Mojisola Afolayan maintained that infrastructure development would get a boost.

According to Afolayan, a real estate expert, said, it is putting a round peg in a round hole. The governorship candidate explained that the people would get affordable homes.

He said, low-cost housing schemes, revitalisation and investment in waterways transportation, including the construction of more access and link roads would further expand the horizons of the state as the economic nerve centre of Nigeria, vis-a-vis Africa.

Onikoyi–Dickson said he would bring in total reforms and upgrade the education sector by maintaining and putting in bigger investment in the Universal Basic Education scheme, provision of financial aid to students in tertiary institutions, rehabilitation of schools and other institutions of learning.

He noted that there was a need for the establishment of more university campuses in the state enduring that bursary allowances are paid to students. He stressed that he would bridge the gap of students dropping out of school by making sure children who are supposed to be in school are adequately guided.


He explained that the arts, culture, tourism and entertainment industry would be harnessed to bring in further growth and developments through foreign collaboration where necessary.

He said there was a need to invest in the huge talents, and collaborate with the professionals in the industry to groom more talents,. ” l will breed more talents and give them all the support they need to soar high and reach the skies. Lagos State is the centre of entertainment in Nigeria to the world and the talents are here, l will build and invest in them.”

He stated that he would develop and promote the arts, and culture, and create traditional freedom, that would allow traditional rulers to play the roles unhindered with freedom of worship guaranteed as enshrined by the constitution.

In sports, he promised to construct stadia and recreational centres in all senatorial districts, invest in the physically challenged, giving room for such games as polo, golf, formulae 1, rugby, karting and all that will make the physically challenged in the state comfortable in every area of sporting activities.

He said all these and lots more have been marshalled out in the seven points agenda of the Accord Party’s blueprint for Lagos State.