The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Raji Fashola and the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have said, consistent infrastructural investment by several administrations is a propeller of the current economic growth in Lagos State.
Specifically, Sanwo-Olu said the Lagos master plan is centered around building of infrastructure, especially, in the area of transportation that is now aiding economic growth and development, while creating a business conducive environment for private investors to set up their businesses in the state.
He said the THEMES agenda of the state government was to make life easier for its citizenry and the business community adding that, “in Transportation and Traffic Management, the state has intervened in almost a thousand roads across the State and built new roads in total length of 125 kilometres, while activated ferry services to quickly move people at business hours, even as it injected ferries of different capacities and opened new jetties.
On his part, Fashola, who narrated how road infrastructural development can create multiplier effect in job creation, noted that, road network expands will ensure that communities along roads constructs grow faster and become new destination of businesses.