Lagos Govt Set Up 7-Man Team To Meet FG Over Badagry Expressway Project

The Lagos State Government has resolved to engage the Federal Government on the rehabilitation work on Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
A seven-man Ad-hoc committee, headed by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, was set up with a mandate to have a dialogue with the Federal Government.

The Lagos State Government has resolved to engage the Federal Government on the rehabilitation work on Lagos-Badagry Expressway with a view of ensuring early completion of the long-drawn project.

The agreement was reached at end of a two-day parley with stakeholders held in Eko Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday.

The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), an agency set up for the monitoring and maintenance of roads, recently announced that the ongoing rehabilitation works of a section of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway are currently 88 per cent complete.

According to Mr. Rufus Onimisi, FERMA South West 2 Zonal Coordinator, the project contractors are fast-tracking the implementation of the project which spans from Igboelerin to Agbara.

Rising from the two-day parley hosted by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, attended by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and other participants resolved to have discussion on some lingering issues around the reconstruction work on the international corridor.

All members of the State’s cabinet, all members of House of Assembly, National Assembly members from Lagos, key judicial officers in the State, members of Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) and key traditional rulers attended the parley.

To this end, a seven-man Ad-hoc committee, headed by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, was set up with a mandate to have a dialogue with the Federal Government and secure a guarantee for quick completion of ongoing work on Okokomaiko-Seme Border stretch of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

L-R: Senator Muhammad Abba Aji, Director General, North East Governors representing Borno State; Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor; Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor; Dr. Rabiu Olowo, Lagos Commissioner for Finance and his counterpart, Mr. Sam Egube (Economic Planning and Budget) during the CBN/Bankers’ Committee One-Day summit themed: “Bankers Initiatives for Economic Growth”, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, on Friday, February 26, 2021.

The committee is expected to give feedback to the State Government within weeks for further action.

As part of the resolutions, participants demanded improved protection for Federal and State-owned assets within Lagos, and continuous investment in security infrastructure in the State. They said the level of destruction wreaked in Lagos during the violence that trailed last year’s youth protest called for installation of digital security gadgets to complement physical protection being provided for key Government assets in the state.