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BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU
The Lagos State government under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has allocated N1 billion as a seed fund for startups to the Lagos State Science, Research, and Innovation Council (LASRIC).
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that more than 75% of the revenue of Lagos is internally sourced rather than depending on federal allocation like other states in Nigeria.
The Lagos State Government has unveiled a comprehensive transport policy aimed at significantly easing traffic congestion and improving the overall commuting experience for residents, among several other benefits.
Lagos State government says it has signed a partnership deal with a Dutch-owned Harvest Waste Consortium with a view to building a waste-to-energy plant that will provide electricity for about 40,000 homes.
The Lagos State Commissioner of the Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Gbenga Oyerinde, said the State recorded loss of property estimated at N25.37 billion as a result of fire outbreak.
Tokunbo Wahab, the Lagos State Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, has clarified that developers of the properties demolished in Mende Villa in Mende on Saturday had been issued contravention notices since 2021, with the most recent served in November 2023.
The Lagos State Government has announced the completion of 172 road projects across the state since Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu took office in May 2019.
The Lagos State government has uncovered a network of makeshift apartments beneath the Dolphin Estate Bridge in the highbrow area of Ikoyi where tenants reportedly pay N250,000 per annum for a room.
The Lagos State Government has disbursed a total sum of N849,555,000 in scholarships and bursaries to 10,066 students enrolled in its tertiary institutions.
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said his administration has been paying an additional N35,000 wage allowance to workers in the state since the beginning of the year.
Funso Doherty, a former ADC gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State, has called on the Lagos State Government to carefully consider businesses that have heavily invested in employing locals and contributing taxes while reclaiming land for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.
On Thursday, President Bola Tinubu commissioned the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project at the Ikeja Train Station.