Deji Doherty, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Lagos State governorship, has pledged to cut energy costs for households and enterprises through targeted power rebates, alongside introducing pragmatic strategies to make housing more accessible across the state.
Unveiling his 10-point policy agenda during Sunday’s Lagos Governorship Debate, Doherty assured voters that his administration would focus immediately on easing the financial pressure on citizens from his first day in office.
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“From day one, my goal is to ensure money goes back into the pockets of everyday citizens,” Doherty stated during the debate. “I am committed to providing power rebates, which is an absolute necessity.”
Doherty singled out soaring electricity tariffs as a major deterrent to local enterprise and industrial development, arguing that businesses cannot thrive when paying exorbitant rates such as ₦220 per kilowatt-hour.
Addressing the state’s housing deficit, the PDP candidate pushed back against ambitious promises to deliver 150,000 homes in four years, calling such targets unrealistic given the surging prices of land and building supplies in Lagos. Instead, he proposed establishing an expert research task force focused on innovating lower-cost construction methods across different residential structures.
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“While I cannot dictate the market rates for building materials or private land, I can deploy a dedicated research unit to significantly reduce the cost of building homes, from bungalows to multi-level properties,” he explained.
The candidate also cast a spotlight on long-standing infrastructure shortfalls in the state’s riverine settlements. Drawing from his past visits to 16 of the state’s estimated 26 to 28 island communities, Doherty decried the severe lack of essential infrastructure, including basic primary health centres and core social services.
Highlighting his background as an industrialist, entrepreneur, and technocrat, Doherty noted that his long-standing grassroots engagement inspired his political career. A stalwart of the PDP since 1998, he reaffirmed that key pillars of his 10-point blueprint span energy, housing, healthcare, transport, and education.
