The Lagos State Government on Saturday raised a seven-man panel to engage the Federal Government on the long-drawn-out rehabilitation work on Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
The seven-man ad-hoc committee, headed by the Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, is expected 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.
The committee is expected to give feedback to the State Government within weeks for further action.
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 percent complete.
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According to Mr. Rufus Onimisi, FERMA South West 2 Zonal Coordinator, the project contractors (Wizchino Engineering Ltd) are fast-tracking the implementation of the project which spans from Igboelerin to Agbara.
Rising from the two-day parley hosted by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and attended by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly and Rt Hon Mudashiru Obasa, participants resolved to have discussion on some lingering issues around the reconstruction work on the international corridor.
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.
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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.
Special Adviser on Civic Engagement to the Governor, Princess Aderemi Adebowale, who read the seven-point resolutions agreed at the parley, said the participants pushed for massive investment in the education, entrepreneurship and ICT to address youth unemployment and restiveness.
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