The Lagos governorship candidate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adedeji Doherty, has promised to provide free transportation for elderly residents, tax cuts for teachers and medical workers, and free education across the state and others if elected as governor during 2027 general elections.
Doherty, a former Lagos State PDP chairman and current Southwest PDP chairman, said he would implement the measures from his first day in office, to ensure the resident get dividends of democracy in the state.
Speaking on his political plans yesterday in Ikeja after returning from a foreign trip, Doherty said his administration would slash taxes paid by teachers, doctors, nurses and other medical personnel in Lagos to reduce burden on them.
On the free transportation, he explained that the beneficiaries would be Lagosians of aged 68 and above, while pledging special interventions for persons living with disabilities.
“I am saying it on camera today: my first day in office, I will cut, I will slash the taxes that all teachers pay in this state. I will slash all the taxes by a huge percentage of all doctors and nurses in all hospitals, or any medical staff in any hospital in Lagos State, from day one,” he said.
Doherty also promised to make education free across the state and reduce transportation costs for elderly residents to zero.
“I will also make sure that free education is across board. I will also make sure that the transportation cost of old people is brought down to zero. Once you are above 68, 69, 70, it will come down to zero,” he said.
He further questioned the level of support available to persons with disabilities in the state, promising to introduce measures aimed at improving their welfare.
Doherty said his proposed policies were informed by what he described as the economic and social challenges confronting Lagos, including youth drug abuse, homelessness and the growing number of people living under bridges.
He said he had personally observed vulnerable residents sleeping under bridges in parts of Lagos and described the situation as unacceptable.
“I drive out around 1:00 a.m., go under the bridge in even just in Ikeja here, you will see the state. You will see five people sleeping on the ground, then later on you come back, you see 15, 20. This is not right for us in Lagos State,” he said.