This brilliant and youthful governor truly knows his onions. As a third generation governor of Lagos state post 1999, he has combined the strength, intellect and vision of Tinubu and Fashola before him.

Watching the live coverage of Lagos State 2018 Third Quarter Town Hall Meeting in Ibeju Lekki this morning gives one the positive impression that democracy can work for us if those in leadership position create the right environment for it to work.
I have seen a couple of town hall meetings but I have never seen one that is well organized, well structured and one in which the enthusiastic members of the community were given the opportunity to freely express their fears and expectations from the government. The town hall meeting brings together different members of the community under one roof to meet and interact with government and renew bonds amongst themselves. The beauty of it is that the people speak their minds and the government listens, with the governor and his officials taking notes accordingly. These notes hopefully will inform policy decisions and budget projection. And the governor was free, at home, jovial and promising in his response to questions and suggestions.
Thus more than concrete infrastructural developments across the state being undertaken by the government, this town hall meeting is one area that is bound to sell the governor and his government to the Eko people.
This is wishing the governor a fruitful and memorable tenure.

Dr. Zukogi is of English Dept, BUK, Kano