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Progressives Congress leader in Lagos, Govenor Akinwumi Ambode has
opened up on the progress of his administration since emergence in 2015.
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode (middle)
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said that
his administration would consolidate on its infrastructural renewal
drive with the construction of 181 local government roads in the current
fiscal year, saying the process for the award of the contract would
commence next week.
Governor Ambode, who spoke at the first Quarterly Town Hall Meeting
for 2017, the sixth in the series, held at the Ajelogo Housing Scheme,
Ajelogo Market Road, Akanimodo, Mile 12, said the 181 roads, is an
improvement on the 114 roads, two in each local government, which his
administration promised to embark upon every year.
Acknowledging that most of the requests made by residents during
the interactive session at the Town Hall Meeting were majorly on roads
owing to the success of the 114 roads delivered in September 2016, the
Governor said his administration thought it wise to ensure that the
roads captured for 2017 are key roads that would have economic impact on
the people living in that axis, hence the increase to 181 roads.
“I want to pronounce here that you should watch out next week
in the newspapers, we are advertising 181 roads which would be done in
all our local governments.
“What we have found out is that if we decided to continue with
two, some of those roads are not linking each other to the main road, so
most likely you would see that if we are supposed to do some road in
some local governments, it would only make economic sense if there is a
linkage. So you would see in the advert that some local governments
would have like three, some would have four roads, but the average is
that 181 if you divide it by 57 that would be a minimum of three roads
from each local governments,” Governor Ambode said.
The Governor said that the choice of the roads to be constructed
had been made by the local governments in conjunction with the
engineers, assuring that before the end of the year when the road would
be delivered, the people would be better for it.
Giving his account of stewardship in the last quarter, Governor
Ambode said the choice of Akanimodo, Mile 12 as venue for the meeting
was to show that the axis has not been left behind in the developmental
progress ongoing in the State, saying he had come to listen to the needs
of the people and where government intervention was in dire need.
He said in the last quarter, his administration kicked off its
“Rent-To-Own and Rental Housing Policy” aimed at providing affordable
units across the three Senatorial Districts, disclosing that there are
4,355 housing units available with over 500 applicants prequalified so
far, while allocation would commence next week.
On the agricultural sector, the Governor said his administration
was already looking to build on the first fruits of its partnership with
Kebbi State Government with the launch of LAKE RICE in December 2016,
adding that in the current quarter the government would embark on the
rehabilitation of the Oko-Oba Abattoir and Lairage Complex, Agege in
line with the promise to increase meat production output, develop the
red meat value chain and restructure the complex for improved
operations.
Governor Ambode also said that the Neighbourhood Safety Corps would
become operational in the current quarter with the recruitment of 5700
personnel, while 100 would be deployed to each of the local government
to complement the efforts of other security agencies in policing the
State.
Expressing optimism that 2017 holds great expectations for Lagos,
especially as the State gets set to mark its landmark Golden Jubilee on
May 27, his administration would continue with its urban regeneration
initiatives, building new infrastructure and maintaining existing ones.
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