Expect Audacious Development Programmes In 2020- Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Government will be pursuing audacious development programmes in 2020, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed in a New Year broadcast.

The Governor unveiled his administration’s direction in policies and programmes in the year, disclosing that the Government would be prioritising investment in critical infrastructure with a new vigour.

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Sanwo-Olu said the State Government was prepared to shift the burden of transportation away from roads alone, disclosing that there would be renewed focus on waterways and rail transportation in the current year.

With the signing of the State’s N1.168 trillion 2020 Budget into law last Tuesday, the Governor said his administration had been statutorily emboldened to fully tap into the potential of its waterways and rail corridors.

Traffic management and transportation is a key pillar of the Sanwp-Olu’s administration’s development agenda, seeking to assuage the pains of Lagos residents occasioned by road gridlocks by reducing travel time and scaling up productivity.

He mentioned that Lagos State Public Works (LSPW) will continue with persistent rehabilitation works on existing roads to ease flow of traffic on feeder roads across the State.