Sanwo-Olu Seeks More Partnership Between NASS, FG, State Govts
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called for concerted efforts on the part of all arms of government and the citizens to create a livable country that everyone would be proud of.
Sanwo-Olu spoke yesterday during a courtesy visit by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Works at the Lagos House, Marina.
The Joint Committee comprised members of the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Works, led by Senator Barinada Mpigi and Hon. Akin Alabi, respectively.
Sanwo-Olu noted that there were challenges even with the huge opportunities in Lagos. He stressed the need to build more infrastructure, maintain existing ones, and make funding available to keep them in proper shape to serve the people of Lagos better.
He said, "We want to thank President Bola Tinubu for his great vision in ensuring that different parts of the country have meaningful, impactful, and purposeful governance, and he is showing it in all of his various interventions. The latest being the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Fund that the government is trying to put together.
"Lagos deserves, desires, and requires some of the infrastructure that you have gone around to inspect because it is important for us to build additional infrastructure, but more importantly, it is important to maintain and preserve existing infrastructure because these are assets that belong to all of us, the Nigerian people.
"For us as a government, we see ourselves as partners with the National Assembly and the federal government, because indeed, what we see at the end of the day is that our people get service. It is about the Nigerian conversation. It is about building our economy, nation, and country.
"We are excited that those investments are being made, and we want to assure you that this investment will be put to good use, preserved, and maintained properly. We will ensure that it brings about economic development for our people."
Earlier, the leader of the team, Mpigi, said they were in Lagos as part of their oversight function to see firsthand some of the federal government’s major projects ongoing in Lagos and its environs, which included the 700-km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road, repair works on the 3rd Mainland Bridge, and the Carter Bridge, amongst others.
The Senate Committee Chairman on Works commended the efforts of Governor Sanwo-Olu's administration in complementing the Federal Government's infrastructural drive in the commercial nerve centre of the country.