Lagos 2027: Rhodes-Vivour vows to campaign in Yoruba

Lagos governorship campaigner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said helium volition behaviour his run successful Yoruba up of the 2027 governorship election.

Rhodes-Vivour made this known during an interrogation connected Arise TV connected Thursday.

He was responding to questions astir his inability to talk Yoruba, an contented that featured prominently successful disapproval of him during the 2023 run pursuing an interrogation successful which helium said helium did not “think successful Yoruba.”

The ADC campaigner said helium had taken steps since past to larn the language, noting that connection and civilization were important to his engagement with voters successful Lagos.

“This tribal thing, speaking connection concern and each that. Yes, civilization and connection is precise important and I’ve gotten a Yoruba teacher, and I’ve learned Yoruba, and I’ll run successful Yoruba, and that is wonderful,” helium said.

Rhodes-Vivour, however, said connection and ethnicity would not beryllium the lone absorption of his campaign, pointing to issues helium said impact Lagos residents irrespective of their backgrounds.

“My passionate involvement is to guarantee that we person a Lagos that nary longer stinks,” helium said.

He identified flooding, lodging and postulation arsenic immoderate of the challenges confronting residents, arguing that their effects were experienced crossed the state.

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