Lagos Officials Visit LLC to Ensure Safe, Improved Ecotourism
Over the last two weeks, the Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC) has received different high-level delegations from different arms and agencies of the Lagos State Government on inspection tours of the facilities at the 78 hectares forest reserve and wetland that sits at the heart of the Lekki Peninsula.
According to a statement issued by the Director General of the Lekki Conservation Foundation (NCF), Dr. Joseph Onoja, “On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, the Centre received the first delegation from the Lagos State Government made up of the Special Assistant (SA) to the Governor on Tourism, Hon Idris Aregbe; Director General of Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr Lanre Mojola; Deputy Director of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mr Aminu Omosun; officials of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, and the Lagos State Safety Commission were part of the delegation. They arrived the Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC) at about 8:00 AM.”
The delegation was received and conducted on a three-hour tour of the facility by Dr Joseph Onoja, Director General (DG) of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), in the company of other Senior
Management staff of the Foundation. LCC is owned and managed by NCF, the foremost environmental and sustainability NGO in Nigeria.
The inspection and assessment tour started from the LCC gate, through the carpark, through the boardwalk, through the 401m long-canopy walkway (the longest canopy walkway in Africa and second longest in the world), to the family park, to the tree house, and to the boardroom for briefing.
The SA to the Governor on Tourism, Hon Aregbe, while addressing the NCF/LCC team, expressed his pleasure at the level of maintenance culture, the prompt and swift response to safety issues, and having the canopy walkway accident-free for nine years.
He however highlighted some new safety priority areas and other places that require repairs and reinforcement and charged NCF they are properly fixed before the Centre is reopened.
The second inspection visit was on Saturday, January 27, 2024, by a team from the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture led by Mr Frank Legunsen, Deputy Director, Research. They came on a follow up inspection of the repair and maintenance work on the facilities in the LCC.