Lagos Rail Lines to Be Ready By 2023-Sanwo Olu

Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the two rail line projects currently being constructed by his administration will be ready by 2023.

Sanwo-Olu disclosed this while speaking during an interactive session with business leaders and private sector CEOs organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lagos recently.

The governor said that Lagos State will be on another 30-year journey in pursuit of physical development, social growth, and economic prosperity.

According to him, the Lagos State Development Plan 2052, would be officially rolled out at the forthcoming 9th Economic Summit of the state (known as Ehingbeti).

He revealed that the 30-year plan was developed with clear objectives from four strategic dimensions aimed at positioning the state to achieve its vision.

Sanwo-Olu explained that each of the four dimensions in the development plan would be achieved through over 400 policy initiatives to be implemented throughout the period.

In his words:  “The Lagos State Development Plan 2052 has been developed with a set of clear objectives across four strategic dimensions, which are to position Lagos on the track to achieving its vision. The dimensions to this plan are to keep a thriving economy that will make Lagos a robust, healthy and growing economy with adequate jobs and strategic investments to sustain growth. We are building a human-centric city in which every Lagosian will have access to affordable and world-class education, healthcare, and social services.

“There will be a deliberate effort to keep modernising our infrastructure, by providing reliable and sufficient infrastructure that meets the needs of a 21st-century city. The plan will also bring about the sustenance of effective governance. Lagos will have a supportive and enabling environment that creates opportunities for all Lagosians. This is a huge task that must be achieved between now and the nearest possible future.”

He opined that the plan would not be realised when the private sector – the drivers of the state’s economy – was not carried along in the implementation of the identified policy phases.

The governor applauded the business community for supporting the state government in dealing with emerging issues in the challenging period of COVID-19 pushback, stressing that the social burden could have worsened had the private sector not considered the government’s entreaty that prevented the mass retrenchment of workers.