LAGOS 2026: WHY OBAFEMI HAMZAT IS NOT JUST AN OPTION, HE IS THE ANSWER* By Monsuru Obadina Courtesy of:Loyalty team 4 Asiwaju and Hamzat 2027,Coordinated by Ajala jalingo
LAGOS 2026: WHY OBAFEMI HAMZAT IS NOT JUST AN OPTION, HE IS THE ANSWER*
By Monsuru Obadina
Courtesy of:
Loyalty team 4 Asiwaju and Hamzat 2027,
Coordinated by Ajala jalingo
Lagos is not a state you hand to a political tourist. With 20 million people, Africa’s 5th largest economy, and climate realities knocking at our door, 2026 demands a governor who has been in the engine room, not in the gallery. That man is Obafemi Hamzat.
For 16 years, he has been inside the kitchen of Lagos governance. As Commissioner for Science and Technology, he dragged Lagos into the digital age by computerizing land records and automating payments. As Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, he delivered roads and bridges that still define mobility today. As Deputy Governor for two terms, he has stabilized the most complex sub-national bureaucracy in Africa. He is not learning Lagos; he _is_ Lagos governance.
Hamzat represents continuity of the Lagos Development Plan 2052, but not stagnation. His fingerprints are on the Blue and Red Rail lines, on inter-modal transport reform, on institutional discipline. He is a Prince of Lagos who understands tradition and a UK-trained engineer who understands tomorrow. The market women in Isale Eko trust him. The tech founders in Yaba respect him. The civil servants know he understands their files.
Lagos needs loyalty without subservience. Since 2007, Hamzat has served three governors without scandal, without defection, without building a parallel structure. That is party loyalty. Yet within that loyalty, he has argued, innovated, and delivered. He can negotiate with Abuja without kneeling, and defend Lagos without chasing needless fights.
The 2026 election will test capacity, not sentiment. Traffic is worsening. Housing is tightening. The Atlantic is advancing. The next governor will manage climate change, AI disruption, urban migration, and security with dwindling federal allocations. Zoning will not stop floods. Slogans will not build the 4th Mainland Bridge. Only tested competence will.