Lagos State Deputy Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has pledged to introduce a 25-year mortgage scheme, enforce the one-year rent limit and increase the state’s public bus fleet from 1,000 to 4,000 if elected governor in the February 6, 2027 election.
Hamzat made the promises during the Lagos Governorship Debate organised by the Nigeria Debate Consortium in Lekki on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
The debate featured three other candidates: Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Funso Doherty of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and Deji Doherty of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Describing the debate as a “job interview,” Hamzat said his experience as Commissioner for Science and Technology, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, and deputy governor had prepared him for the state’s top job.
“I take tonight as a job interview. The first question you ask anybody that wants this type of responsibility is: what have you done to prepare for this job?” he said.
While defending the record of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration, Hamzat acknowledged that transportation, housing and food remained major challenges requiring government intervention.
On housing, Hamzat said the current administration had delivered 24 housing estates comprising about 18,000 housing units over the past eight years.
To make home ownership more affordable, the APC candidate promised a mortgage scheme requiring only a 10 per cent initial payment, with beneficiaries repaying the balance over 25 years.
He also pledged to enforce the Lagos State Tenancy Law, which limits advance rent demands to one year, saying landlords should not compel tenants to pay two or three years’ rent upfront.
“People should not be asked to pay two years or three years ahead because nobody earns three years’ salary in advance,” he said.
On transportation, Hamzat promised to expand Lagos’ integrated transport network by increasing the state’s public bus fleet from 1,000 to 4,000 compressed natural gas-powered buses to improve mass transit.
Hamzat also pledged to extend the Blue Line rail to Okokomaiko and continue work on the Green Line towards the Lekki Free Trade Zone.
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In healthcare, the APC candidate said his administration would increase the number of flagship primary healthcare centres from 87 to 150, with 24-hour operations, while expanding access to quality medical services.
Hamzat also promised to strengthen security through support for state policing, improve waste management and tackle flooding across the state.
He said his administration would implement a 100-point development blueprint, known as ‘The Lagos Promise (Ileri Eko)’, covering transportation, housing, healthcare, education, security, employment and accountability.
The debate, the first in the Nigeria Debate Consortium’s series ahead of the 2027 governorship election, gave candidates the opportunity to outline their plans for addressing key challenges facing Lagos residents, including transportation, housing, education, healthcare, security, and economic development.
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