A lot going wrong in Lagos; out-of-school children over 2 million — Funke Akindele

The 2023 deputy governorship candidate of the Lagos PDP, Funke Akindele, has claimed there is a lot going wrong in the state.

Akindele, a Nollywood star, disclosed this on Thursday during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.

She said, “Presently we’re working with a strategic team; of course I am going to keep on talking about it, we are going to proffer solutions where we have the data. You are not just going to build Lagos on assumptions. So we’re working with a strategic team to get enough data. I’m coming in for the children, for the young people and women, for the Lagosians.

“I am saying that a lot is going wrong in Lagos. I just remain focus on the problems we’re going through and proffer solutions. I’m tired of talking and typing. I’m calling you know to make a change.”

Akindele added that there are over two million out-of-school children in the state, saying something urgent needs to be done to save their future.

“There is deficit of infrastructure. Yes, Lagos is a metropolitan city, large and sophisticated. We should not be talking about bad roads and poor health system. Look at the children; we have over two million out-of-school children in Lagos here. Too bad! so we need to do something about it.”

NewsWireNGR recalls that Funke Akindele was unveiled by the Lagos state PDP at a carnival-like event that had the party’s candidates, leaders and members in attendance at Ikorodu.

She said her decision to join Olajide Adediran, popularly known as ‘Jandor’ was a huge sacrifice.