Hon Hakeem Seeks To Work With The People Of Lagos To Achieve A Safe City

 

Honorable Hakeem .O. Dickson held a briefing with the press on the 15th of November, giving a glimpse of himself and the agenda he has for Lagos.

Hon. Hakeem Olaogun Onikoyi Dickson, who is Former Chairman, Surulere Local Government, is the governorship candidate of the Lagos State chapter of Accord Party (AP). His running mate Mrs Mojisola Afolayan, as deputy governor.

He mentioned that, the 1999 vision for lagos was to make lagos a mega city. The pioneers of decision did not foresee the aftermath of the mega City.

 The resultant of a megacity are overpopulation, incessant crime, environmental pollution, insufficient employment opportunities, underfunded medical care system and so on.     

Hon. Hakeem Dickson for Lagos State Governor, and Mrs Mojisola Afolayan for Deputy Governor 
(2023)

 HOD said, he seeks to ensure is that Lagos becomes a livable, safe and a sustainable city; and to provide realistic solutions to the defect that comes with a mega city.

He continued that, he and his running mate will ensure to hand over the ruling hand to the youth to make Lagos a smart City.                                                                                    They look forward to changing the thinking and mindset of every individual in Lagos State to reason with them and work together to achieve a safe City.

 Hakeem Ologun Onikoyi Dickson is an Awori Prince from Itireland and Onikoyi Kingdom, he was born on the 5th of May 1957.

He attended Breadfruit primary School in Lagos island and then transferred to Surulere baptist school when his parents relocated due to the construction of Eko bridge which affected the Dickson's family house. He completed his primary education, gaining his first leaving school certificate in 1972.

Hakeem Dickson attended Victory High School in Ikeja, and  his West African School Certificate in 1976.

Hakeem Dickson earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Thomas A. Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey. he had a master's degree in Business Administration, and another master’s in Accounting and Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, New Jersey, in 1983 and 1985, respectively.

 Upon completion of his National Youth Service program in Nigerian Airways in 1984, Hakeem Dickson started his career at Coopers and Lybrand CPA, Newark, New Jersey, in 1988 as a staff accountant, external auditor, and tax adviser.

Hakeem Dickson then returned to Nigeria to contest and win an election as the Executive Chairman of the Surulere Local Government in 1998. Afterwards, he was Director General for the Lagos State Safety Commission until 2018.

Dickson’s strengths are his ability to plan and counterplan, as well as his ability to take calculable risks and invest in people.                                                                           Hakeem Dickson has been praised as an excellent manager of people and properties and an excellent innovator who came up with the blueprints of some of the structures that exist in Lagos today.

Hon. Hakeem Dickson’s Seven-Point of Agenda For Lagos:

AGENDA #1 - Freedom and Restoration

● Free from Autocratic rule, which is eminent within the Lagos State Government

● Settlement of all victims of the #EndSARS crises

● Implementation of the Supreme Court’s ruling to compensate people whose lands were taken by the state government

● Ensuring Local Government autonomy and dissolution of the joint account system

● Scrapping the payment of toll-gate fee within Lagos State.

  

AGENDA #2- Health, Safety and Environment

● Action against climate change and global warming

● Creation and implementation of flooding prevention plans

● Health care development and foreign partnerships

● Medical reforms and mental health awareness

● Implementation of Vision Zero

● Safety in design with facility management systems in mind

● Awareness on ISO Certification

● 24 hours emergency response service in all local government areas.

  

 AGENDA #3- Security, Finance, and Insurance

● Fight crime, cultism, robbery, and ethnic clashes in Lagos

● The introduction of 24 hours park, campus, local government, state, senatorial policing

● Judicial reforms

● Compulsory insurance in all building and tall building management

● Tax reforms

● Small- and medium-scale business empowerment

● Financial and business empowerment for persons living with (special) diasbilities

● Strong response to gender-based violence and human trafficking

  

 AGENDA #4- Information, Communication, and Technology

● E-government

● Real-time and seamless electronic communication

● Data Analytics

● Tech-Related Empowerment Scheme

● Meteorology

● Establishment of Toll-free numbers in each local government

● Forensic sciences will be introduced and utilised

  

 AGENDA #5- Education

● Maintenance and bigger investment in Universal Basic Education

● Provision of financial aid and student loans to students in higher institutions

● Establishment ‘non-matriculated student’ admission policy

● Complete education reforms

● Rehabilitation of schools and other institutions of learning

● Investment in technical education and Yoruba language

● Introduction of practical technology courses

● Establishment School of Health and Safety

● Establishment of research and development institutes and research centres in universities

● Provision of research (including travel) grants to academics

● Establishment of more state university campuses

● Bringing back out-of-school children to classrooms

 

AGENDA #6- Infrastructure

● Establishment of the Lagos Railway System and the introduction of electric train for efficient transportation

● Construction of the Lagos International Airport

● Revitalisation and investment in waterways transportation

● Construction of more access and link roads

● Establishment of helicopter short-services in all senatorial districts

● Investment in green sustainable electricity for optimum distribution and strengthening of electricity

distribution companies

● Investment in low-cost housing schemes

● Real-time and tech-enhanced traffic management

● Efficient waste management and recycling

● Town planning reforms

 

 AGENDA #7- Arts, Culture, Entertainment, Tourism, and Sports

● Investment in arts, culture, and tourism

● Investment in the entertainment industry

● Freedom and inclusiveness of traditional rulers

● Investment in talent development and promotion of arts, culture, and traditions

● Guaranty of freedom of conscience and religion

● Construction of stadia and recreational centres in all senatorial districts

● Investment in games such as Polo, Golf, Formulae 1, Rugby, Karting and other sport

Lagos will become a city to be envied when all this are put in place.