AKINWUNMI AMBODE’S ACHIEVEMENTS. By Joe Igbokwe
• Restructuring Of Civil Service For Effective Service Delivery
• Monthly Savings Of N3billion From Civil Service Reforms
• Reintroduction of Lump Sum Leave Bonus For Civil Servants
• Creating Enabling Environment for Foreign Direct Investment
• Restructured LASTMA For Efficient Traffic Control/Management
• Fortified Security in Lagos with N6.6b Equipment for Security Agencies
• Massive Road Rehabilitation, Reconstruction of Inner Roads
• Rehabilitation of Lagos Badagry Expressway
• Rehabilitation of Lagos Abeokuta Expressway
• Payment of N11billion Backlog Arrears For Retirees
• Completion of Ago Palace Way Project
• Operation Zero Tolerance For Potholes Across Lagos
• Setting Up Of N25bn Employment Trust Fund
• 1300 Teachers Employed To Revive Primary Education
• N1billion For Upgrade of Schools’ Infrastructure
• Injection Of 434 New BRT Buses For Ikorodu Corridor
• Continuation of Blue Line Rail Project
• Massive Light Up Lagos Campaign (Federal Highways and Streets)
• 36km Stretch of Street Lights from Ile-Zik to Sango Toll Gate
• 67 Ibeju Lekki Communities Connected to National Grid
• 33kva Electrical Sub-Station For Gberigbe Community in Ikorodu
• 500kva Transformer for Palmgroove, Alapere, Isheri Communities
• Construction of Fly Over Bridges In Ajah and Abule-Egba
• Rebranding of One Lagos Fiesta To Boost Tourism/ Entertainment
• Set Up Mobile Court To Tackle Traffic, Environmental Offences
• 20 Mobile Care Units Ambulances and 26 Transport Ambulances
• MoU With Kebbi State on Development of Commodity Value Chain(Rice Production)
• Improved Welfare for Doctors
• Resolved Lingering LASU Crisis/ Signed Revised University Law
• Zero Tolerance For Issues Relating To Domestic Violence
• Prompt Response to Challenge of Water Supply
• Commissioning Of DNA Forensic Centre
• Handing Over Of N6.6billion Equipment for Security Agencies (First And Second Phase)
• Signing Of Lagos State Properties Protection Law (Anti-Land Grabbing Law)
• Signing Of Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps Law To Increase Security In The Communities Across The State
• Commissioning Of First State Owned Helipad For Medical Emergencies In LASUTH
• Approval Of N15.5million Seed Funding And Grants For Varsity Entrepreneurs (Ready. Set. Work Initiative) And Training of 422 Graduates On Entrepreneurial Skills
• Clean Up Of Ikoyi, Victoria Island And Lekki Areas With A View To Restore The Master Plan Of The Areas
• Completion Of Four Modern Lay-Bys In Oworonshoki To Improve Free Flow Of Traffic
• Approval Of N740million As Compensation For Lekki Free Trade Zone Host Communities
• Handover Of New Ipaja Police Station
• Commissioning Of 114 Roads (Two In Each Of the 20 Local Governments And 37 Local Council Development Areas)
• Commissioning of Alapere Lay-by And Slip Road
• Award of Best Performing Nigeria Governor Award By African Leadership Magazine In New York, USA.
• Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Awarded “Best Anti-Crime Police Squad” In West Africa
• RRS Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu Awarded “Most Outstanding Police Operational Officer in Africa”
• Lagos State Awarded “Best Security and Most Safety Conscious State in Africa”.
• Signing Of MOU With African Women Innovation And Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) To Facilitate Easy Access Of $300million Fund For Women Entrepreneurs
• Advancement of $2.6billion Badagry Deep Sea Port Project
• Handing Over Of Keys To 500 Allotees Under Rent-To-Own Housing Scheme
• Launch Of Free Adult Education Programme To Reduce Level Of Illiteracy In The State
• Commissioning Of Water Hyacinth, Debris Removal Machines
• Approval of N380million For Bursary, Local Scholarship Payments For Indigent Students In Tertiary Institutions Across The Country
• Inauguration Of N500million Disability Trust Fund
• Advancement of Construction of Lagos Badagry Expressway
• Advancement of Construction of Orile-Marina Blue Line Rail Project
• Ongoing Transformation Of Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) To World Class Business District
• Upgrade Of 14 Primary Healthcare Centres Across The State To A 24-Hour Health Facility.
• Disbursement of N1bn To 705 Beneficiaries Of N25bn Employment Trust Fund
• Commissioning of Upgraded Tinubu Square
• Commissioning of Upgraded Ultra Modern Bus Terminal At Tafawa Balewa Square
• Commissioning of Pedestrian Steel Bridge in Ojota
• Rebranding Of Neighbourhood Safety Corps Officers With 171 Vehicles Fitted With Communication Gadgets, 377 Motorcycles, 4000 Bicycles, Metal Detectors, Among Others To Improve Security In All Communities In The State. About 7000 People Were Also Employed
• Admission Of Lagos Into World’s 100 Resilient Cities
• Successfully Hosting Of Four Editions Of Access Bank Lagos City Marathon
• Commissioning of Aboru Abesan Link Bridge & Network of Roads in Alimosho Local Government Area.
• Commissioning of Multifaceted Projects In Ojodu Berger Including Slip Road, Lay-Bys, Segregated Bus Lanes and Pedestrian Bridges
• Commissioning Of Abule Egba And Ajah Fly Over Bridges
• Commissioning of Network of Roads in Epe
• Commissioning of Network of Roads in Ogudu
• Commissioning of Jubilee Chalet in Epe
• Commissioning of Upgraded and Redesigned Land Registry in Alausa
• Signing of Agreement for the Acquisition of 32 Tonnes Per Hour Rice Mill.
• Disbursement of N500million Disability Trust Fund.
• Commissioning of DNA and Forensic Centre
• Commissioning of High/Magistrate Court in Badagry.
• Commissioning of Blocks of Classrooms, Schools Infrastructure.
• Commissioning of Newly Renovated Primary Healthcare Centres Across the State.
• Commissioning of Three New Executive Boats To Boost Tourism
• Commissioning of Multiple Lay-by, Slip Road in Ketu.
• Commissioning of Jakande, Johnson Tinubu Park (JJT Park).
• Launches E-Ticketing, Intelligence Transport System.
• Commissioning of New Police Mobile Force In Ikorodu (Squadron Base 63).
• Commissioning of Multi Agency Safety Arena in Bolade Oshodi
• Payment of N30, 000 Monthly Stipends For 1000 Ready. Set.Work Interns.
• Commissioning of N300million Mobile Cancer Clinic.
• Commissioning of Ikeja Bus Terminal.
• Commissioning of 21 Roads In Alimosho Local Government
• Procurement of New Construction Equipment for Lagos State Public Works Corporation and Drainages
• Reconstruction of Oshodi to International Airport Road
• Construction of Oshodi Transport Interchange
• Deployment of 820 buses for the Bus Reform Initiative
• Completion of 170 Bed Ultra Modern Ayinke House in LASUTH
• Completion of Eko Arts Theatres
OSHODI TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE
In 2016, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode unveiled the Oshodi Transport Interchange designed to transform Oshodi to a world-class transport centre and end all notorious activities in the area.
The interchange was constructed on the public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement.
The interchange has 18 lifts; six each for the three terminals that are equipped with CCTV, with the capacity to enable one predict when a bus would arrive at the terminal.
The Interchange will have three terminals. The first terminal will cater for inter-city transportation, where all buses going out of the state will take off and drop passengers on return. The second terminal will be solely for the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT scheme, that will cater for passengers commuting from Oshodi to Abule Egba, Okokomaiko, LASU and so on.
The third terminal will cater for passengers navigating Oshodi to Ikoyi, Lagos Island, Surulere, Victoria Island, Ikorodu, among others. The Oshodi project will also make provision for a mega shopping mall to be built through a Public-Private Partnership, PPP, agreements at the third terminal. The three terminals will serve 1,000 modern buses. The terminals will also have 1,000 light effects to project the aesthetic of the ambience.
OSHODI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ROAD
Like the Transport interchange, the reconstruction of the Oshodi International Airport Road, will completely change the face of Lagos forever.
Specifically, the design of the project include the reconstruction and expansion of the existing carriage to three-lane Expressway on both directions, construction of two-lane Service Road in both directions, construction of Ramp Bridge to provide a U-turn from Ajao Estate to Airport, construction of a flyover at NAHCO/Toll Gate and drainage works.
Others include the removal of existing Pedestrian Bridge at Ajao Estate and construction of Pedestrian Bridges at Ajao Estate and NAHCO/Hajj Camp, construction of Slip Road.
Residents in the area are already benefiting from the project as travel time has drastically reduced in and out of the airport, while the 10-lane super highway is also a beauty to behold, especially at night.
BUS REFORM INITIATIVE
Under the Bus Reform Initiative, 5,000 new buses are expected to be added to the public transport system, while other components of the scheme such as modern bus terminals, bus depots, bus stops and segregated laybys are already springing up in strategic locations across the State.
Presently, 820 buses have been procured and are set to be launched under the Initiative expected to commence in May 2019.
Part of the unique feature of the initiative is its Intelligent Transport System mechanism of the initiative which will aid Lagosians to plan their journeys.
Also, arrangement is also being firmed up as part of the short-term plan for the buses to be assembled in Lagos, which would in turn create jobs for the people, and as well serve to properly maintain the buses.
Giving rationale behind the initiative, the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode said the new buses and terminals were conceived to redefine public transportation in the State with the view to make the State globally competitive.
EKO THEATRE
The Eko Theatre is a sterling concept by the Ambode administration to provide a viable platform for youths to harness their creative minds and potentials.
Presently, four new Theatres have been completed in Ikeja, Badagry and Alimosho and Epe and are set to be inaugurated for public use.
With 65 percent of the Lagos population below the age of 35, Governor Ambode believes that the coming alive of these facilities will afford youths to be more creative and then open the space for them to be able to showcase their talents.
The theatres are also part of the State’s Government development plan for the tourism sector as the facilities are expected to attract visitors from within and outside the country when it comes fully on stream.
AYINKE HOUSE
Ayinke House, the biggest baby manufacturing factory (Maternity Hospital) in Nigeria, upgraded by the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, is now ready for unveiling soon.
The hospital, located within the premises of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Ikeja, is an ultramodern 170- bed Obstetrics and Gynecology specialist hospital.
The hospital was conceived to help in reducing cases of newborn and maternal deaths and it boasts of state-of-the-art equipment specifically designed to cater for the health and well-being of mothers and newborns.
Other facilities at the new Ayinke House include 30 incubators with automatic oxygen delivery capacity, neonatal life support, five operating theatres and oxygen plants.
The hospital was upgraded from an 80-bed hospital to a 170-bed facility.
Already, Doctors and other medical staff have been employed and incorporated into the operations of the foremost tertiary medical institution, LASUTH, while it has been confirmed that Ayinke House will rank alongside hospitals in other parts of the world and boast of high-level technology befitting of a tertiary institution.
