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Politics: Lagos State governor puts others in the shade

By Matthew Green

Published: July 20 2009 22:31 | Last updated: July 20 2009 22:31

Pausing from selling “chin-chin” – sweets made from twists of fried dough – on the verge of a half-built road in Lagos, Oluwaseun Tokunbo quickly warms to the city’s favourite topic: the new governor.

“His impact on Lagos State has been so awesome,” she says, to nods from a couple of friends sheltering from the drizzle under her lime green umbrella. “We have 36 states in Nigeria – they should copy what he has done.”

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