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President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Lagos State for two days working visit to commission a number of legacy projects on Monday.
Gbenga Omotoso, the commissioner for information and strategy, Lagos state revealed this to press on Friday at a conference held in Alausa, Ikeja.
According to Omotoso, “As you are well aware, this will be Mr President’s first official visit to Lagos State; since assumption of office by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Oluand his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat in May 2019.”
The projects to be inspected and commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari, according to the commissioner, comprise; the Lekki Deep Sea Port, the 32-metric tons per hour Lagos Rice Mill; the 18.75-kilometer 6-lane rigid-pavement Eleko Junction to Epe Expressway; the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History, as well as our pride, the iconic Lagos Blue Line rail project.
Omotoso said that Buhari’s two-day visit to Lagos would also see the President commissioning a private sector project, MRS Lubricant factory, in Apapa.
He said that although Sanwo-Olu had hosted the President during some of his visits to Lagos; “President Buhari next week’s visit will be one with a difference;”adding that it will give “Mr. President the chance to again see the beauty of Lagos and take the opportunity to see first-hand; the life-changing and people-oriented projects that were conceptualised and completed by the Sanwo-Olu administration.”
The Commissioner noted that the President’s visit has been tagged: ‘’A Festival of Project Commissioning’’; as the “Lagos State Government will welcome Mr. President with our signature Centre of Excellence slogan; and put on display our characteristic excellent performances and executions.”
Omotoso said President Buhari is scheduled to arrive in Lagos on Monday; via the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammad Airport; and would be led by the Governor to the Lekki Deep Sea Port for the official commissioning of the largest Sea Port in Sub-Saharan Africa.
He added that “Mr. President and his host would be received at the Lekki Deep Sea Port by top Government functionaries and board members of the Lekki Deep Sea Port.”
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