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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reassured residents of the State that Red Line Rail will be delivered to them as an alternative means of transportation before the end of his first term in office.
The
Governor gave the assurance on Tuesday while speaking to journalists at Oyingbo
in Lagos after an inspection tour of the ongoing Red Line Rail project and
vehicular overpass bridges at Yaba and Oyingbo train stations.
Governor
Sanwo-Olu, who was accompanied on the tour by his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat,
the Managing Director of the Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Authority
(LAMATA), Engr. Abimbola Akinajo and some cabinet members said his
administration is on track towards delivering the dividends of democracy to
Lagosians, irrespective of the ethnic or religious divide they belong to.
During
the inspection, Governor Sanwo-Olu was welcomed by an elated crowd at the Yaba
and Oyingbo train stations, where commercial activities were ongoing
peacefully.
Lagos
residents in the area came out in large numbers to congratulate the Governor on
his recent electoral victory and also expressed their appreciation for
developmental projects in different parts of the State.
While
expressing satisfaction with the progress and level of work on the Red Line
Rail, which is in its first phase is from Oyingbo to Agbado, Governor Sanwo-Olu
said the State Government will intensify efforts to educate and enlighten
traders along the Right of Way of the Red Line Rail of the dangers of staying
there.
He
said the project at different stages of completion has five Vehicular Overpass
Bridges, including Oyingbo, Yaba, Mushin to Onipanu, and Ikeja, to forestall
train-vehicle accidents and reduce travel time for Lagosians.
“We
believe we are still on track. We believe it should be ready before the end of
our first term depending on when we want to commission it. We will be doing a
lot of testing, and signalization because these road tracks will also be
working with the Nigerian Railway Corporation, operating a train from
Ebute-Meta in Lagos to Ibadan. We need to be able to harmonize a lot of
signalization between our rail infrastructure and the Nigerian Railway
Corporation rail infrastructure.
“All
the vehicular overpass bridges are very important because of the unfortunate
train and bus accident that we saw a few weeks ago at Shogunle. So all these
bridges we are building, apart from the fact that they are full vehicular
bridges, are also to stop trains, vehicles, and passengers needing to interact.
The highest grade of ensuring that you completely remove any contact with rail
is when you build a complete alternative mode of transportation for passengers,
pedestrians, and vehicles,” he said.
Governor
Sanwo-Olu told journalists that the early resumption of work immediately after
the 2023 elections was to fulfill the ‘more work’ promise during the campaign
to deliver the ‘Lagos Project.’
He
expressed delight with the peaceful coexistence among various ethnic nationals
living in Lagos State, especially in Yaba and Oyingbo, where there are many
commercial activities.
“I
came out today for us to get to work. Campaigns and elections in our view are
over, we need to continue to serve our citizens. We still have about 67 days to
go in our first term. So, we have to ensure that everything we need to do to be
able to finish the first tenure is done. For us, the election is behind us. It
is work that we have promised Lagosians that we are back to do. As a peaceful
individual, I am committed to more peaceful co-existence among all Lagosians.
“We
want to tell the people who are still carrying politics of bitterness that they
should see the bigger picture and join us in meeting the aspiration of
Lagosians, which is to provide an economic opportunity for them to make this
place peaceful and continue to provide that economic space for them to be able
to earn a living and be a better citizen for themselves and their family,” he
said.
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