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[HIGHLIGHTS]: Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) today had his ‘State of the State’ Address to the people of Lagos, where he rolled out his achievements in 731 Days in Office at the Lagos House Sports Ground, Lagos House Ikeja.

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"We are exceedingly happy with the progress we have made in the last two years. Our accomplishments have placed us at a vantage position from where we can now catch a glimpse of the Greater Lagos we envisioned together" -@jidesanwoolu

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"Daily, we experience some discomfort here and there because of the multiple construction jobs going on concurrently across the State. This is the sacrifice we need to collectively make towards the actualisation of our vision for a Greater Lagos" - @jidesanwoolu

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"The discomfort will cease, but not very soon, because the tempo of work in infrastructural development and physical construction has just increased. Many major projects have just got to the execution stage" - @jidesanwoolu

"Our state will be like a massive construction site for an additional year or more. I appeal to you to bear with us" - @jidesanwoolu

"..The smoothness of the newly constructed and rehabilitated 301 inner roads in our 20 LGAs and 37 LCDAs, and other major roads across the State, will serve as veritable testaments to some of our achievements in Traffic Management and Transportation:

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-From Milverton and Thompson in Ikoyi to Adeola Hopewell and Adeola Odeku on Victoria Island.

-From Demurin and Church in Kosofe to Buba Marwa Road and Navy Town in Ojo.

-From Soluyi St to St. Finbarr’s Road as well as Iwaya Road in Somolu- Bariga.

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-From Sobo Arobiodu and Oduduwa Way in Ikeja to Aradagun Road and Hospital Road in Badagry.

-From Jimoh Odutola and Babs Amimashaun in Surulere to Egan and Camp David Roads in Alimosho

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Concluded work on some strategic roads across the State. Some of the roads are:

-Phase 1 of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway (Agboju to Trade Fair)

-The 13.68km Oshodi-Abule Egba BRT corridor

-Phase 1 of the 6.05km Road from Ijede to Itamaga.
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Work is on-going on:

-Oba Sekumade – Ipakodo Road
-the 7.8km Owutu-Agric-Ishawo Road,
-the 19.39 km Ijegun-Jagemo-Ijedodo road,
-The Lagos-Ogun boundary roads in Alimosho and Agbado Oke-Odo LCDAs.

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- First phase of the Lekki-Epe Expressway Project is 18.75km ( Eleko to Epe T-junction). It is a 6-lane rigid-pavement road. (ONGOING)

- Second phase, which is 26.7km, beginning from Abraham Adesanya Roundabout and ending at Eleko Junction.

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"It is also my pleasure to inform you that the Lekki Regional Road, which passes through VGC Chevron, Ajiran and Freedom Road, is being constructed at a high-speed" - Governor @jidesanwoolu

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Junction Improvement:
- 1st and 2nd Roundabouts in Lekki, Allen Avenue, Abraham Adesanya and Igando.

- Recruited & deployed 1,017 LASTMA officers in various locations.

- improved 28 traffic junctions with retrofitted street lights; 22 more ONGOING

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HEALTH:
Asides COVID Management:
- Rehabilitation of Medical facilities at Ebute-Metta Health Centre, Harvey Road Health Centre, General Hospitals at Odan, Isolo and Ketu-Ejinrin,

- Rehabilitation and Mental Health facility in Ketu Ejinrin.

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The ONGOING development of new facilities:

- The New Massey Children Hospital

- New General Hospital in Ojo

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- 300-bed Isolation Centre and a Research Institute at IDH, Yaba.

- Commissioned 3 Oxygen Plants

- New Doctors Quarters are being built at Gbagada and Isolo.

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- Mother and Child Centres (MCCs) in Eti-Osa, Igando and Badagry.

- Mother and Child Centres (MCCs) in Epe in the next one week.

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ENVIRONMENT:

- Significantly in the waste collection capacity of LAWMA.

- Expecting delivery of 100 compact trucks & 100 Dano Bins for placement across the State.

- Increased the capacity of PSP operators from 320 compactor-trips to 720 compactor-trips daily

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DRAINAGE:
Ongoing 56 projects.

-Santos Layout Channel at Dopemu, which extends to the Airport.

-Itedo Channel off Freedom Way, Lekki

-Abraham Channel, off Lekki-Epe Expressway

-Osborne –Dolphin Channel, Ikoyi

-Kajola Channel, Ibeju Lekki

ETC

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Completed the channelization of several ferry routes:

- The 6km Ijede-Badore

- The 7km Bayeiku-Ajah

- The 16km Ebute Ojo-Marina

- The 16km Ijede-Marina routes.

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ONGOING 15 jetties:
- VIP Chalet Jetty, (Badagry)
- Apaa (Badagry)
- Ilado (Amuwo Odofin)
- Ito-Omu (Epe)
- Ijegun Egba (Ojo)
- Ebute-Ero (Lagos Island)
- Liverpool (Apapa)
- Mile 2 (Mile 2), Isalu
- Ajido Waterfront (Badagry)

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- Ijede Waterfront, (Ikorodu)
- Ofin (Ikorodu)
- Takwa-bay (Eti-Osa)
- Ilashe (Ojo)
- Oke-Ira Nla (Eti-Osa)
- Marina Waterfront.

6 of these jetties will be commissioned before the end of this year and additional 4 will be awarded.

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Water Transportation:
- Increased investment in passengers’ ferries from 14 to 22, 60 while the medium-size carries 40 passengers.

- @TalktoLaswa building a Control and Command Centre for the safety and security of passengers using water transportation.

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EDUCATION:
- Completed more than 1097 school projects in just two years
- Built six Secondary Schools
- Provided over 100,000 tables & chairs, built 450 classrooms
- Provided 2000 hostel beds in our model schools.

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- Introduction of EKOEXCEL - an education reform programme targeted at developing highly skilled teachers through training, support and motivation.

The initiative has reached:
- 1,009 schools
- 13,000 teachers
- 450,000 pupils

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- 2000 freshly recruited teachers for our public secondary schools

- Establishment of additional 21 Adult Literacy Centres, which took the number of such centres in Lagos State to 1,284.

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- Lagos State University (LASU) is in partnership with Cornell University, to run an Executive Collaborative Programme.

- Building a Business School for LASU on Victoria Island

- Building the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM)

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- Building of a 8,728-bed hostel executed through a Public-Private-Partnership

- Plans to upgrade Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) and Lagos State College of Education (LACOED) to Universities.

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- Building of a new Administrative Block and developing many student facilities at the Lagos State College of Education.

- Payment of N218m as bursary to 6,411 students

- Awarded scholarship to the tune of N217m to 918 outstanding students.

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TECHNOLOGY:

- Commencement of 3,000km fibre laying across the State. (1,800km done) which has provided connection to 100 schools and 12 of our hospitals.

- 2000 CCTV cameras installation at strategic locations (150 smart cameras are on and being test-run)

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- Launching of Lagos State Innovation Master Plan

- Establishment of Lagos State Science Research & Innovation Council (LASRIC) to drive investment in research and development of tech-focused solutions.

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HOUSING (completed and commissioned):

-360 home units in Igbogbo, Ikorodu.

-252 home units in Idale, Badagry.

-84 home units, LagosHoms, Lekki Phase 2

-132 home units at the BRF Housing Estate, Iponri

-120 Units Igbokushu, Lekki

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-Keys handed to 492 beneficiaries of the Lateef Jakande Housing Estate, Igando

ONGOING:

-1800 units in Sangotedo

-660 units in Agbowa

-480 units in Badagry

-120 units in Elegushi

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FOOD SECURITY:
- Launched a five-year Masterplan for Agriculture to boost food production and strengthen

- Over 879 farmers and SMEs across poultry, aquaculture and rice production value-chain have benefitted from the APPEALS Project.

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- Empowered 600 residents with ingenious business ideas to the tune of N4bn through @LSETF W-initiative in collaboration with Access Bank

- Commissioned the FADAMA Food Market in Badagry to promote the structuring of agricultural produce marketing in the State.

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- J.K Randle Centre for Yoruba history (ONGOING)

- Upgrade of Glover Memorial Hall (Commissioned)

- Working with the Federal Government to rehabilitate the National Arts Theatre Iganmu into a world class entertainment hub

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- Partnerships with the Ebony Life Academy and Del York Creative Academy (over 2000 youth are receiving training in different aspects of Cinematography) such as Scriptwriting, Directing and others.

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- Launched the Lagos Creative Initiative (LACI) for development of the creative industry, which has birthed the 100-hecter Lagos Film City in Ejinrin.

- Financial support in excess of N1bn to operators to cushion the effect of COVID-19 on the industry.

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FUTURE:

- The 37km 4th Mainland Bridge (Groundbreaking for the construction and building of the Bridge will happen before the end of this year)

- Completion of the intermodal bus terminals at Ajah, Abule Egba, Iju, Ojota and Anthony Village.

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BLUE LINE - This administration has raised funding for the completion of the Phase 1 of the 27km Blue Line Rail Project traversing Okokomaiko to Marina, with a daily passenger capacity of 500,000.

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BLUE LINE RAIL (Status):

-Sea-crossing and beam-laying ongoing.

-Rolling stock ordered

-Construction of interchange stations at Marina and Mile 12 going simultaneously.

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RED LINE RAIL:
- Construction of the 37.5km Agbado to Marina flagged off.

- Rail corridor will move 1 million passengers daily when operating at full-capacity. The rail has 8 stations and 8 vehicle overpasses.

- Completion: last quarter of 2022

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BUS REFORM INITIATIVE:
- To increase the First and Last Mile Scheme to a fleet of 5,000 in the next 1 year.

- To introduce Lagos Ride under our Taxi Scheme. This will witness an initial injection of 1000 cars.

(To create a better alternative for Lagosians)

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IMOTA RICE MILL:

- The Imota Rice mill is scheduled for completion this year.

- To produce 2.5million bags of 50kg rice annually.

- To create more than 250,000 jobs.

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Recently Awarded Projects: Adeniji Adele road, Abaranje road, Old Navy Town road, Buba Marwa road, Akesan Obadore road, Sangotedo-Ogombo road, Magbon Alade township road, Ibeju Lekki and many more.

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- Funded over 20 startups with over $10,000 each in areas such agriculture-tech, environmental tech, educational technology and small scale manufacturing.

- Funded over 70 research initiatives across 4 Universities and Colleges of Education.

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"I have given you an account of what we have done in recognition of your place as those who bestowed on us the sacred responsibility of leadership. The Greater Lagos we collectively envisioned is closer now than ever before" - Governor @jidesanwoolu

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