Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Eko Hot Blog reports that Gboyega Akosile, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the governor’s administration has injected more housing units than any previous administrations in the state.
Akosile disclosed the development on Sunday during a live interview on the Breakfast Xtra programme on News Central Television.
Speaking on the achievements of the Sanwo-Olu administration in the housing sector in Lagos, the governor’s spokesperson said the incumbent administration has also ensured sanity in the environment sector.
“The Ministry of Environment is doing a lot. I was shocked to discover that people are living under the bridge like a residential apartment. We are doing a lot, and it is work in progress,” he said.
“The Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has been doing a good job in the area of the environment.
“He has a background in law; he is a lawyer, and that is why nobody has been able to hold him by the jugular because he ensures that he follows due process.
“We don’t make people homeless. We are here to serve the people of the state. We have done a lot in the area of housing.
“In fact, without sounding immodest, the current administration has injected more housing units than any previous administration in Lagos State.”
Gboyega Akosile, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s spokesperson
Akosile noted that, in its quest for growth and development in Lagos, as well as making life more comfortable for residents, the state is now competing with countries in Africa and not states in Nigeria.
According to him, Lagos is now being compared with countries like Ethiopia, Morocco, South Africa and others in the areas of infrastructural development, social contract with the citizens and other dividends of democracy.
Furthermore, Akosile said the Red and Blue rail lines inaugurated by Sanwo-Olu’s administration are a game changerm
He noted that the administration inherited the Blue line rail project, completed the first phase, and is currently working on the second phase.
The governor’s spokesperson said the Red Line Rail was also started and completed during the incumbent administration, making Lagos State the only sub-national to embark on a rail project in the African continent.
Additionally, Akosile said Sanwo-Olu has also addressed the Apapa gridlock in fulfillment of his campaign promises to address the traffic problem, which has affected businesses for many years in the Apapa corridors, where the two busiest wharfs in Nigeria are located.
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