Power, environment, transport sectors will get greater attention in next two years – Ambode

.…Says Lagos Open To Assist, Learn From Other
States
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode
has said that his administration would prioritise
attention to the Power, Environment and
Transportation sectors in the next two years to
drive all round development of the State.
Governor Ambode, who spoke during an
interview session with journalists, said the three
sectors are crucial to driving every other social
infrastructure which the State Government
intends to address headlong.
He said, “The last two years, what we have done
is just to create a foundation of a vision that
drives Lagos to the next 50 years. There is
nothing that we can do in the next two years
that is ever going to be enough.
“There are three things I want people to watch
out for in the next 12 to 18 months, the issue of
power, the issue of environment and the
sanitation and issue of transportation. I believe
those three sectors are the key sectors that can
drive every other social infrastructure that we
will be dealing with in Lagos.”
Speaking on the environment, Governor Ambode
said it was pertinent that the State must strive
to be cleaner and safer not just for residents
alone, but also for visitors and investors willing
to do business in the State.
“Lagos must get cleaner, safer and the way
people commune from one place to another and
one thing with Lagos, the more success you
record, the more people want to come into the
city,” the Governor said.
It would be recalled that the State Government
has already concluded plans to commence the
Cleaner Lagos Initiative, a brain child of the
present administration aimed at improving the
environment to make it cleaner, safer and
healthier for all Lagosians by promoting a
harmonised and holistic approach to the
challenges; and as a result, improving
operational efficiency.
Speaking on the interventions ahead on the
transportation sector, the Governor said the Bus
Reform initiative would take off before the end of
the year with the introduction of modern buses
that would not only transform the transport
system, but also make it easier for Lagosians to
move from one place to another.
On the power sector, the Governor said efforts
were ongoing to ensure stable power supply for
all industries in the State adding that the
intention was to create embedded power in
clusters in the city.
Governor Ambode, however, noted that despite
the successes recorded, the State was also
willing to learn from other States, just as it has
also extended same to other sister States.
“There are also things that we are looking at
from other States. We do not know everything.
So, there are other States that are doing some
things better than us. So, we must be
submissive enough to learn from them and the
same thing with other States from us. And that
is whole lesson about leadership, leadership is
about learning, it is about listening and which is
what we do very well in Lagos,” he said