Sanwo-Olu Pledges Transformation Of Lagos Waterways To Corridors Of Opportunities

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday said his medication volition strive to alteration Lagos waterways from specified geographical features into captious corridors of economical accidental and sustainable transportation.

Speaking astatine the authoritative motorboat of the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) “Omi Eko Project,” the politician said the inaugural marks a historical measurement successful reimagining Lagos’ transport and biology landscape.

“For centuries, h2o has defined the bushed of Lagos. From the bustling commercialized canoes of our ancestors to the ferries that glide crossed our lagoon today, our communicative has ever been written connected water. But past is not conscionable what we inherit; it is besides what we take to create,” Sanwo-Olu said successful his keynote address.

Describing the Omi Eko Project arsenic a “bold statement” of intent, Sanwo-Olu noted that the task represents Lagos’ imaginativeness to pb the continent successful processing a sustainable, connected, and future-oriented h2o proscription system.

“This is not conscionable a task unveiling. It is simply a comprehensive, future-oriented blueprint that merges technology, biology stewardship and astute plan to make waterways that are not conscionable navigated but optimised,” helium added.

The politician emphasised that the task would easiness postulation congestion, trim c emissions, and unfastened up caller economical opportunities crossed waterfront communities successful the state.

In his goodwill connection astatine the event, erstwhile curate of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, applauded the resilient tone of Sanwo-Olu and his team, urging them to complement the projects with connectivity links to the obstruction and roadworthy transport system.

Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi noted that the inaugural aims to importantly chopped question times, easiness roadworthy congestion, and connection Lagosians a reliable and environmentally affable commuting alternative.

Earlier, peculiar advisor to the politician connected Blue Economy, Mr Damilola Emmanuel, emphasised that the Omi Eko Project would not lone fortify infrastructure crossed Lagos waterways but besides beforehand the state’s clime resilience goals and sustainable transport docket done astute exertion and eco-friendly innovation.