COMPLETION OF LEKKI PORT FINAL SOLUTION TO APAPA GRIDLOCK, SAYS SANWO-OLU

•Publisher commends Governor, LASG EXCO for delivering on promises

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday said completion of the Lekki Port will put an end to the intractable Apapa gridlock, the congestion along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, port access roads and Apapa environs.

Governor Sanwo-Olu made the statement at the Opening Ceremony of the Africa Business Convention, organised by Business Day Newspaper at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, where he noted that “The final solution to Apapa gridlock will be the completion of Lekki Port.”

The Governor said several measures would be put in place to ensure Apapa is congestion-free, saying that “we need to change the officials regularly to ensure there is no compromise in services rendered.”

Governor Sanwo-Olu who spoke passionately about his administration’s commitment to delivering the dividends of democracy to millions of Lagosians through the THEMES developmental agenda for Greater Lagos said his government has completed iconic projects within the State in the last two and half years.

He also cited some of the infrastructural projects such as Lekki Deep Port, 4th Mainland Bridge, Red and Blue line rails and Imota Rice Mills, among others that are ongoing or in the pipeline, which according to him would be completed and become operational within the next 24 months.

The Governor said the process leading to the commencement of the construction of the 4th Mainland Bridge, which starts from Badore in Ajah and ends in Ikorodu, would be completed before the second quarter of the year.

He said: “Lagos is, in addition to being Africa’s most populous megacity, the continent’s premier business and investment destination, and we will continue to do all within our power to remain so.

“As I speak, several landmark public and private infrastructure and investment projects are underway or nearing completion in Lagos State; the biggest single-train Petroleum Refinery in the world, one of the largest Rice Mills in the world, one of the largest and most modern Deep-Sea Ports on the continent, and West Africa’s biggest Light Rail network. Within the next 24 months, we expect all of these to be operational.

“We are also Africa’s Startup capital, ahead of Nairobi, Cape Town and Johannesburg, in terms of the number of startups and in terms of investment inflows and the size of exits. Flutterwave and Paystack, two of the most prominent African unicorns of the decade, were born here.

“In addition, we are home to several major investments ongoing in real estate, like Eko Atlantic on the edge of Victoria Island, and Alaro City on the Lekki Peninsula.”

Speaking at the event, the Publisher of Business Day Newspaper, Mr. Frank Aigbogun, applauded Governor Sanwo-Olu for the great work he has done in ridding Apapa of traffic gridlocks and for delivering on his promise to the people of Lagos State.

He said: “When we had the interview, which I moderated, hosted by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry before the elections in 2019, Apapa dominated that conversation. I don’t know how often you go to Apapa Mr. Governor but I think between 23 and 27 minutes these days, you get Apapa.

“When I have an appointment with people, they often will get to the office before I get there because they would make so much room for traffic and they don’t find any traffic on the way; so they are there waiting for me in the office. So, Mr. Governor, I want to acknowledge the work that you have done and to commend you and your team for delivering on your promise.”


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PIX 1 L-R: Founder/CEO, Platform Capital, Mr. Akindele Akintoye; Founder, Sogato Strategies, Mr. Kingsley Moghalu; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Publisher, Business Day Newspapers, Mr. Frank Aigbogun and Co-Founder of IHS Towers & CEO, IHS Nigeria, Mr. Mohamad Darwish, during the opening of the 2022 Africa Business Convention, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, on Tuesday, 01 February 2022.

PIX 2 L-R: Founder, Sogato Strategies, Mr. Kingsley Moghalu exchanging greetings with Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, while the Publisher, Business Day Newspapers, Mr. Frank Aigbogun watches in admiration, during the opening of the 2022 Africa Business Convention, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, on Tuesday, 01 February 2022.

PIX 3 L-R: Publisher, Business Day Newspapers, Mr. Frank Aigbogun and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu during the opening of the 2022 Africa Business Convention/One-One chat with Publisher of Business Day Newspapers, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, on Tuesday, 01 February 2022.

PIX 4 L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Publisher of Business Day Newspapers, Mr. Frank Aigbogun and Co-Founder of IHS Towers & CEO, IHS Nigeria, Mr. Mohamad Darwish, during the opening of the 2022 Africa Business Convention, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, on Tuesday, 01 February 2022.

PIX 5 L-R: Founder/CEO, Platform Capital, Mr. Akindele Akintoye, Founder, Sogato Strategies, Mr. Kingsley Moghalu and Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu during the opening of the 2022 Africa Business Convention, at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, on Tuesday, 01 February 2022.

I told private sector leaders at the Business Day Newspaper Africa Business Conference today that completion of the Lekki Port will put an end to the intractable Apapa gridlock, the congestion along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, port access roads and Apapa environs.

I also spoke on the commitment of our administration to delivering the dividends of democracy to millions of Lagosians. I specifically cited some of the ongoing infrastructural projects such as the Lekki Deep Port, 4th Mainland Bridge, Red and Blue Metro Line and Imota Rice Mills, among others that are ongoing that will become operational within the next 24 months.

Lagos is Africa's premier business and investment destination and we will continue to do all within our power to remain so.

With @followlasg Governor @jidesanwoolu Akintoye Akindele, CEO of Platform Capital, Frank Aigbogun, CEO of @BusinessDayNg and another guest at the the Africa Business Convention #ABC2022 in Lagos this morning where I was the Keynote Speaker.

I told the conference that we must move from the business of politics (politics as big business for politicians) and the politics of business (cronyism, rent-seeking and a business sector that isn’t independent from the government) to the real relationship between politics and business in which the purpose of politics is to elect governments and leaders that will create a better life for citizens by creating an enabling environment for economic/business to create prosperity.

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femmix112:
i am an indigene of lagos but having another port in lagos again? can't that be moved to port-harcourt or something?

femmix112:
i am an indigene of lagos but having another port in lagos again? can't that be moved to port-harcourt or something?

jcross19:
And south south route remained untouched!!! Nigeria will remain poor if we tribalism is the basis of democracy in Nigeria!!!.

Workch:
Nope, it's not. It's a selfish reasoning.

Opening up other ports in Port Harcourt, warri, calabar and river port in Onitsha is the final solution if they are operated modestly.

This will only worsen traffic situation in Lekki/Ajah axis which is already deplorable

Sammy07:


Lagos/Akwaibom are building her own ports.

Tell delta/rivers states to do the same

Workch:
Lagos is not building a port

Sammy07:


So what are they building in Lekki?

Overhead bridge?

Workch:
Dangote is building a port in lagos, Lagos is not building a port.

They are two different things dude

Workch:
Dangote is building a port in lagos, Lagos is not building a port.

They are two different things dude