Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said, the Lagos Red Line Rail “should be ready before the end of our first term”.
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| Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; accompanied by Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, on an inspection and assessment tour of the Yaba Station of the Lagos Red Line Railway which is 75% complete. Photo: @jidesanwoolu |
The Governor made this statement when he visited the “Yaba Station of the Lagos Red Line Railway” which he said is 75% complete.
About the Yaba Station of the Lagos Red Line Railway, Governor Sanwo-Olu said he is “pleased with the progress so far”.
On the inspection and assessment tour of the edifice, Governor Sanwo-Olu was accompanied by the Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, the Managing Director of the Lagos Area Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA), Engr. Abimbola Akinajo and some cabinet members.
Governor Sanwo-Olu was happily received by a huge crowd at the Yaba Station, he also received congratulatory greetings from residents in the area on his recent victory in the 2023 Governorship Election in Lagos State, conducted on Saturday 18 March, 2023.
Governor Sanwo-Olu told newsmen: “We believe we are still on track. We believe it should be ready before the end of our first term depending on when we want to commission it. We will be doing a lot of testing, and signalization because these road tracks will also be working with the Nigerian Railway Corporation, operating a train from Ebute-Meta in Lagos to Ibadan. We need to be able to harmonize a lot of signalization between our rail infrastructure and the Nigerian Railway Corporation rail infrastructure.
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| Yaba Station of the Lagos Red Line Railway which is 75% complete. Photo: @jidesanwoolu |
“All the vehicular overpass bridges are very important because of the unfortunate train and bus accident that we saw a few weeks ago at Shogunle. So all these bridges we are building, apart from the fact that they are full vehicular bridges, are also to stop trains, vehicles, and passengers needing to interact. The highest grade of ensuring that you completely remove any contact with rail is when you build a complete alternative mode of transportation for passengers, pedestrians, and vehicles.
“I came out today for us to get to work. Campaigns and elections in our view are over, we need to continue to serve our citizens. We still have about 67 days to go in our first term. So, we have to ensure that everything we need to do to be able to finish the first tenure is done. For us, the election is behind us. It is work that we have promised Lagosians that we are back to do. As a peaceful individual, I am committed to more peaceful co-existence among all Lagosians.
“We want to tell the people who are still carrying politics of bitterness that they should see the bigger picture and join us in meeting the aspiration of Lagosians, which is to provide an economic opportunity for them to make this place peaceful and continue to provide that economic space for them to be able to earn a living and be a better citizen for themselves and their family.”
