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When you consider the traffic situation in Lagos, you cannot discount the importance that rail will play in decongesting our roads. As it stands today, the ruling party in Lagos has nothing to show for the years of investment that have gone into delivering this infrastructure. 
Consider this:
Ethiopia began building their light rail at about the same time Lagos began work on the blue rail line. Ethiopia's light rail covers a distance of 32km, has about 39 stops/stations.
Ethiopia began building their light rail at about the same time Lagos began work on the blue rail line. Ethiopia's light rail covers a distance of 32km, has about 39 stops/stations.
Its construction was contracted to the Chinese and finished on schedule (in about 5-yrs)
Lagos' blue line, on the other hand, is expected to cover about 27km, has 13 stops/stations and cost Lagos taxpayers about $1.2billion. Its construction also contracted to the Chinese.
Lagos' blue line, on the other hand, is expected to cover about 27km, has 13 stops/stations and cost Lagos taxpayers about $1.2billion. Its construction also contracted to the Chinese.
Early this morning 16 December 2018, LASAA officials in uniform were caught destroying and carting away our boards placed in the Ikeja/Gbagada axis. It appeared to be a synchronized, organized operation as they were moving to different parts of Lagos to do the nefarious work.
Fortunately for us, some good samaritans were recording them while they were removing the boards and loading them into trucks at Ikeja. My team got wind of this illegal operation & immediately swung into action by alerting the Police & eventually apprehending the LASAA officials.
I addressed the press while at the Pedro Police Station where these men were detained and I have since then lodged a formal complaint and charged these miscreants to court.
Our fight to #SetLagosFree has never been about attacking personalities or individuals. Any one who thinks that is ill-informed. This movement is about attacking a mindset and a system that has enabled a cesspool of corruption.
A mindset that takes for itself the resources meant for the commonwealth & places it in a few hands. It is about standing up against self-established principalities that work against the ingenuity of our youth & opportunities for them to dream in ways that none of us can imagine
It is about putting aside whatever little differences have separated us in the past - faith, language or political affiliation - and coming together to forge a new order that would guarantee a future not just for us but for our children.
