as the Local Government election holds in Lagos, Saturday October 11, the Oshodi Christian Community has resolved to enthrone a tested, honest and credible personality as executve Chairman of the council.

In a consultative meeting hall at First Baptist church, Oshodi, the forum which is made up of church leaders and pastors in the area, paticipants maintained that Oshodi community has witnessed great deteriotation due to non-challant attitude officers of the council.

The meeting held in collaboration with the National Christian Fellowship of Nigeria lamented that the area has remained without remarkable improvement since the exit Hon. Prince Samuel O. Aina as the helmsman of the council.

The participants, therefore, resolved to recall Prince Aina and work hard to ensure his emergence as the council boss during the October 11 poll.

The church leaders, in resolving to support Prince Aina, recounted several successses the council recorded during his first tenure.

These include the construction and completion of the council secretariat in a record time, tarring of several roads, construction of drainages and culverts.

Stressing that when the righteous rules, the peope rejoice, the church leaders noted that during Prince Aina’s first tenure, he won several laurels like the Best Local Government Chairman in South West on Prudent Management of fund and second Best Local Government Chairman in Project Execution.

Speaking at the occasion, chaired by Rev. Mike Utih, the president of the National Christian Fellowship of Nigeria, Prince Aina pledged to give Oshodi a new lease of life and improve upon his performance during his first tenure.

He unfolded what he called his four cardinal point programme which are in areas of road and infrastructural development, education, provision of health facilities and social services.

Prince Aina promised to construct boreholes all over the local government, modern markets at affordable rates to petty traders, empowerment of youths, unemployed men and women, assisting of orphans, disabled and widows as well as provision of sporting and recreational facilities in every ward.

In his speech, Rev. Utih urged the church leaders to pray hard for the victory of their candidate and embark on mass mobilisation of the people in Oshodi to ensure mass participation of people in the election.

he urged them to go to churches and markets to enlighten the people on the issues concerning the local council election while advising those who have not been registered to do so before the election.

Hon. Prince Aina, he stressed, is contesting under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adding that his honesty and integrity cannot be questioned as he did not disappoint the people, especially the Christian community during his first tenure.