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Sanwo-Olu Celebrates 2024 Achievements and Outlines Plans for Lagos in 2025
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended a heartfelt New Year’s message to the people of Lagos, applauding their resilience, innovation, and unity throughout 2024.
He spoke about the remarkable progress Lagos made over the past year and reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to building a Greater Lagos that works for all.
Reflecting on 2024, Sanwo-Olu celebrated key achievements that propelled Lagos forward.
Among these were the launch of the Red Line Rail, a project aimed at revolutionizing urban transportation, and the expansion of the Blue Line operations, which has provided Lagosians with a more efficient commuting option.
The governor also pointed to groundbreaking strides in health, education, and youth empowerment, noting that these initiatives have cemented Lagos as a hub of progress and innovation.
Governor Sanwo-Olu described Lagos as “not just a city, but an energy, a movement, and a promise.”
He called on Lagosians to continue working together, promising that his administration would deliver on the trust they have placed in him.
TV anchor Rufai Oseni makes headlines as he speaks on fuel subsidy in Nigeria. He shared that Nigeria can have fuel subsidy without the long queues at filling stations.
“When we were still paying subsidies, there were no long queues. We were subsidising. So you can still have a subsidy regime going on, and there will be no long queues because production was close by. Dangote had it. That’s just it. That argument also falls flat.
“The biggest beneficiaries of subsidy are not Nigerians. They are crony capitalists that have big infrastructure, and they do contracts. They have been the biggest beneficiaries of the subsidy,” he said.
Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, speaks to those in the electricity sector about the usual blackouts in the state.
He speaks on ways things can change in the state and how electricity can be provided.
“We need to drop corporate egos, abandon long-standing excuses, and confront the harsh realities obstructing progress in the power sector.”
“We, state governments, used to give excuses that everything is centralised, so the Federal Government has unbundled it now. What have we done in a year and a half?” Sanwo-Olu asked.
“We take two steps forward, we go five steps backward,” he said.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Thursday, August 20, a work-free day for public servants in the state to mark the Isese Festival.
Speaking on the celebration, he said “Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is not a relic. It is a living expression of our traditions and a celebration of Yoruba spirituality as an important part of Nigeria’s cultural and religious landscape,” he said.
He added “When the drums sound in Lagos on Thursday, they answer drums in Havana, in Salvador, in Port of Spain. Fifty-five million people and counting. Lagos is not observing a local holiday. Lagos is standing at the centre of a global heritage,” Aregbe said.
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