Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has said his immediate predecessor, now Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, was an obvious synergy between Lagos and Federal Government that will accelerate and actualize his administration’s plans for infrastructural development in the state.
Ambode, who said this on Thursday while delivering a keynote address at the Lagos Business School Alumni Conference, noted that the state was privileged to have Fashola in charge of key federal ministries at this critical moment in the history of the state.
His words, “We are privileged to have my predecessor in office at the center in charge of Works, Power and Housing. This effectively means we have a synergy between Lagos and the Federal Government to accelerate and actualise our current plans for infrastructural development.”
Ambode added that though building infrastructure to improve the quality of life was a top priority in Lagos, traffic and security remained the two key priority areas that needed urgent attention.
According to him, “Dealing with the terrible traffic problems that afflict so many Lagosians on a day to day basis is my key area of focus in relation to infrastructure. Our problems with traffic have to be improved. It is harmful to the quality of life of too many people in our city.”
“Lagos will continue to grow and as we are more successful, the population will of course grow more quickly, generating more demand for traffic. We are looking at the potential of rail and water-based systems, repair the roads and work with the private sector to deliver the projects.
“We are putting in place the finances we need to enable us make our plans a reality,” he stated.
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