The governor of Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has thanked Lagosians for voting Mr Akinwunmi Ambode as the next elected Governor of the State. He thanked the residents of the State for keeping faith with the model of common widespread development that gives people the dignity to compete and be the best that they can be rather than be a model of patronage a few days to an election. Fashola who spoke in an interview with State House Correspondents at the Lagos House, Marina after the formal declaration of Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode as the duly elected Governor of the State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), added that the people have chosen service, competition and choice over very banal patronage a few weeks to an election. Fashola said he was happy that all the hard work in the last eight years has been vindicated and that he is delighted that the people of Lagos with this mandate to Akinwunmi Ambode have connected with the choice and model of governance and have chosen the accelerated development where one doesn’t need to know anybody before he gets an opportunity. On the advice he has for the Governor-elect, Fashola said he would not advise the Governor-Elect in the open and that whatever advice he has for him will largely be privately given and that the important thing is that he should stay connected to the people. Earlier Governor Fashola had posted on twitter; "Lagos wins. Congrats Ambode. Well done Jimi."
