Challenges before Lagos commissioners, special advisers
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has hit the ground running, following his swearing-in on May 29. With the appointment of commissioners and special advisers, Lagosians expect him to increase the tempo of performance. Deputy Editor EMMANUEL OLADESU examines the challenges before the new State Executive Council.
Tinubu, whose progressive administration laid the foundation for a modern Lagos in 1999, observed that the members of the new team were fortunate to have been selected in a state of almost 18 million people. He urged them to justify the confidence reposed in them. Tibunu emphasissed that they can live to expectation, if they exhibit great character. In his view, talent and endowment without character are vanity.
Due to the influx of people from across the federation, there is pressure on the social infrastructure-schools, hospitals and roads. Many youths-graduates and non-graduates alike-’migrate’ to the city-state in search of real and imagined green pastures. Over 75 per cent of the total Value Added Tax is derived from Lagos. No return is made to the state.
Many Lagosians have highlighted the areas that need urgent intervention. These include security, transportation, roads, environment, education, health and social welfare. The need to consolidate on these achievements made Sanwo-Olu to set up a cabinet of talents, reminisent of the two dispensations. Eyes are on Transport Commissioner Dr. Fredrick Oladehinde and Special Adviser Toyin Fayinka. On their palms is the ‘Roadmap for Transportation policy’, which should be implemented to resolve the traffic snarl and enhance the “ease of movement.” The last four years were remarkable for chaos in the sector. Former Transport Commissioner Kayode Opeifa described the preceeding years as a period of disaster when solutions preffered were groosly inadequate.
“The roads are terribly bad. We usually have hold-up, and it has become worsened by the day. Sometimes, you are in it for three, four hours. Lagos occupies a pivotal place in the economic life of Nigeria. Appointments are cancelled because you cannot meet them because of the terrible situation. This affects businesses.”
Ubani added: “Many roads are not tarred. The governor needs to do roads in the hinterland so that people can live in the ooutskirts. People can live far from their places of work, if there are good roads and effective means of transport.” “Also, Sanwo-Olu and Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun should cooperate and contruct the Agric, Ikorodu-Redeemed Camp Road. They both belong to APC.”
The heaps of refuse were the legacies of Ambode in the Centre of Excellence. Many Lagosians were taken aback by hiccup in refuse disposal, which has aggraverted the challenge of environmental sanitation.
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