Lagos governorship debate 2023: Candidates discuss plans and party manifesto
03 March 2023 |
11:05 am
Taofeek Olakunle Uthman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP), Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Funso Doherty of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) talks about plans and party manifesto if elected governor of Lagos during a debate recently held in Lagos.
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