Lagos Assembly tasks Sanwo-Olu to ensure rail project completion

The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ensure the Rail Line project is completed before the end of his tenure.

The House passed the resolution in a voice vote conducted by the Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, at plenary on Tuesday.

The speaker noted that the completion of the projects would ensure a substantial reduction in gridlocks across the state.

He said, “Traffic has become something else and people complain always.

“The project is, thus, aimed at relieving people of the harrowing experiences they face on the roads.

“This is what our people deserve and we are encouraging the governor to do more, particularly on this rail line issue.

“We have been on this matter since the Jakande era. We wish Sanwo-Olu becomes the ‘lucky boy’ that will see to the completion of the rail project”.

The speaker also noted the importance of Opebi-Ojota bridge project that would be embarked upon by the government.

Obasa commended the governor for also expanding the state’s transportation network through the waterways.

Contributing, Mr Gbolahan Yishawu, representing Eti-Osa Constituency II, urged the House to continue to do all it takes, including approving the necessary funds, for the state government to complete the Blue and Red Line projects.

He said that the completion of the lines would reduce gridlock.

“It is only a responsible government that would ensure that such wasted hours are reduced to the barest minimum,” he said.