Ambode donates 120 generating sets to Lagos police
The Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday handed over 120 new 5kva generating sets to the Lagos State police command to power all police formations across the state, with a pledge he would continue to support security agencies to ensure optimal performance.
Speaking at the Lagos House, Ikeja, while handing over the generating sets to the police, Ambode reiterated his administration’s commitment to enforcement of the rule of law and ensuring safety of lives and property in the state, just as he said that his vision was for the state to be among the safest places to live and work in Africa.
The governor, who was represented at the brief handingover ceremony by the Chairman of the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Mr Oye-Hassan Odukale, said the security of residents and investors remained one of the cardinal objectives of his administration, and that government would not relent in coming up with initiatives and programmes to guarantee the safety of the people.
He explained that the generating sets were procured by the Fund to ensure that police formations in the state work optimally in their mandate of safeguarding lives and property.
According to him, “Lagos State is the safest state and we hope to make it to be among the safest in Africa, which is our objective at the Fund. Anything about security is given high priority by our administration. Lagosians are now feeling safe. The safety that we are experiencing don’t come cheap, but I like to assure that at the Fund, we are always willing to move at any time to ensure that we keep Lagos safe,” he said.
Earlier, in his welcome address, the Executive Secretary of the LSSTF, Dr Abdulrazak Balogun, said the generating sets would be distributed across the 107 police divisions and 13 Area Commands in the state.
He said the procurement of the generating sets was in furtherance of the Light Up Lagos Project of the present administration aimed at ensuring that every nook and cranny of the state was well lit.
Responding, the State’s Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Edgal Imohimi, thanked Gov Ambode for the gesture, saying that the generating sets could not have come at a better time, while assuring that the generating sets would be put to optimal use.