LAGOS—Former Lagos Commissioner for Health, Dr. Leke Pitan has declared his interest in vying for the state governor’s seat in 2015.

He made the declaration at a media interaction weekend in Lagos, where he expressed confidence in the ability of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC to win all elective positions in the state during the next general elections.

The former Commissioner during the eight-year administration of former Governor Bola Tinubu declared that he joined the race because his party would need a candidate Lagosians are familiar with and could trust for the party to emerge victorious in 2015 elections.

“As progressives, we have promised the people social service. If you promise to cloth the people, you won’t send a carpenter to them.

You will rather send a tailor who has been doing that for them, they will be happy and have confidence in such. As such, my coming into the race is not about personal ambition, but to keep the tempo of providing social services for the people.”