The Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, has
assured residents that tolls will not be collected at the
second toll point on the Lekki- Epe Expressway.
Ambode made the remark at an interactive session with
journalists at the Banquet Hall of the Lagos House, Ikeja, a
statement said on Sunday.
The governor, in the statement by his Chief Press Secretary,
Habib Aruna, said his concern was ensuring the completion
of the road.
He said, “We must start thinking of the future concerning
that road. We said we will have an International Airport in
Epe, and an Export Processing Zone in Lekki and a Deep
Seaport also in Lekki.
“Should we not start thinking about how we will improve and
create a 10-lane road between Ikorodu, Itoikin, Epe and Ijebu
Ode so that people can go out from there? There is no point
constructing the road, paying tolls and in five years’ time, the
road is gone.”
The governor said once the Lagos-Badagry Expressway,
which was being expanded into 10-lane, was completed, the
community would be opened up for business activities.
He added that his administration would make careful efforts
to grow the tourism potential of the state.
He said, “As more means of transportation come on board,
the more than 600,000 private car owners and 120,000
motorcycles that are being put on the road in the state on a
daily basis will reduce in number.”
He said his administration had decided to scale up
governance by rearranging the civil service through the
realignment of some ministries and agencies, while creating
a new Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment.
Ambode said, “We have said this is a government of
continuity, but it is continuity with improvement. It is about
making life easier for the people. We are receptive to new
ideas and that is why we are going to be creative, innovative
and thinking out of the box.”
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