As President Muhammadu Buhari begins a historic official visit to
Lagos State tomorrow, Senator Solomon Adeola, aka Yayi, representing
Lagos West, the largest senatorial district in Nigeria, has called on
the federal government to consider a special status for Lagos State in
view of its historical and strategic importance in service of not only
Lagos State but the whole Nigeria.
In a message welcoming the President to the nation’s economic nerve
center and former capital, Senator Adeola who is the Vice Chairman of
Senate Committee on Communications said the need for according Lagos
state a special status is reinforced by the fact that it is home to all
Nigerians in huge numbers as no other state can boast of stressing that
there is uncharacteristic huge pressure and resultant wear and tear on
physical and social infrastructure in the state hosting many strategic
federal government institutions.
While commending President Buhari for striving to ensure good
governance through an anti- corruption policy based on the rule of law
and national interest, Senator Adeola said the ongoing massive
development efforts of Lagos State Government under Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode, some of which the president will commission during his visit
need to be complemented by Federal Government projects like the proposed
metro rail line adding that with the mega city status of Lagos State
requires massive social and infrastructural development that affect many
Nigerians and the economy of the nation.
Senator Adeola expressed the hope that in spite of present economic
challenges facing the nation, Nigerians will soon begin to witness
positive changes as the implementation of the first national budget
under a progressive APC-led Federal Government begins adding that the
present temporary pains of the citizenry is the price to pay for
previous years of mis- governance.
Signed:
Chief Kayode Odunaro
Media Adviser to Senator Adeola
22nd May, 2016
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