Buhari on working visit to Lagos next week

• Published date: 20 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

President Muhammadu Buhari will be in Lagos State next week on a two-day working visit to inaugurate projects undertaken by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.

Buhari, who will arrive on Monday, January 23, will open five iconic projects between his arrival and departure on Tuesday, January 24.

The projects to be opened are the Lekki Deep Sea Port; the 32-metric tons per hour Lagos Rice Mill; the 18.75-kilometer six-lane rigid-pavement Eleko Junction to Epe Expressway; the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History and the iconic Lagos Blue Line rail project.

He will also open a private sector project, the MRS Lubricant factory, in Apapa.

Commissioner for Information and Strategy Gbenga Omotoso addressed reporters on the government's plans for the President's visit.

He was supported by Commissioner for Transport Frederic Oladeinde, Special Advisers to the governor Mrs. Aramide Adeyoye (Works and Infrastructure) and Femi Martins (Tourism, Arts and Culture), General Manager of the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (LAMATA) Abimbola Akinajo, and Permanent Secretaries Mrs. Oyinade Nathan-Mash (Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture) and Femi Osayintolu (LASEMA).

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