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Governor: Babajide Sanwo-Olu
State: Lagos State
🚆 1. Urban Rail Revolution (First in Nigeria)
Projects
- Blue Line Rail (Marina–Mile 2) – Phase 1 completed
- Red Line Rail (Agbado–Oyingbo) – operational
Impact
- ~750,000 passengers/day (combined capacity at maturity)
- 40–60% reduction in commute time on served corridors
- First sub-national government to deliver electric urban rail in Nigeria
- Billions saved annually in productivity losses from traffic congestion
🛣️ 2. Roads, Bridges & Traffic Flow
Projects
- Over 1,000 road & drainage projects completed or ongoing
- Pen Cinema Flyover, Opebi–Allen Junction upgrade, Lekki–Ikoyi Link Road
- Strategic inner-city road reconstructions across all 5 divisions
Impact
- Hundreds of km of roads rehabilitated
- Travel time reduced by 30–50% in major corridors
- Increased property values & commercial activity in regenerated areas
🚌 3. Public Transport & BRT Expansion
Projects
- Oshodi–Abule-Egba BRT corridor
- Expansion of BRT Lite routes
- Fleet upgrade with high-capacity buses
Impact
- Over 500,000 daily BRT users
- Average commute cost reduced for low-income workers
- Improved urban mobility & reduced carbon footprint
🚤 4. Water Transport & Jetties
Projects
- Construction/rehabilitation of 15+ jetties
- Deployment of locally built ferries
Impact
- Opened water routes for Island–Mainland commuting
- Reduced pressure on road corridors
- Thousands of direct & indirect maritime jobs created
🏥 5. Healthcare Transformation
Projects
- Massey Street Children’s Hospital rebuilt
- Ojo General Hospital commissioned
- 500-bed Mental Health Institute (Ketu-Ejirin)
- COVID-19 isolation centres & biosecurity upgrades
Impact
- Over 6 million residents now have improved access to care
- One of the largest mental health facilities in West Africa
- Lagos became Nigeria’s benchmark for pandemic response
🚰 6. Water Supply & Sanitation
Projects
- Adiyan Phase II Water Project
- Major pipeline & treatment upgrades
Impact
- 70 million gallons/day added to Lagos water supply
- Improved potable water access for millions of households
- Reduced water-borne disease risks
🏘️ 7. Housing & Urban Renewal
Projects
- LagosHOMS estates (Egan-Igando, Sangotedo, Badagry, etc.)
- Regeneration of blighted inner-city communities
Impact
- Thousands of housing units delivered
- Expanded middle- and low-income home ownership
- Urban aesthetics & living standards improved
📚 8. Education & Human Capital
Projects
- Over 2,000 classroom projects (new + rehabilitated)
- Teacher training & digital learning rollout
- Upgraded technical colleges
Impact
- Improved learning environment for hundreds of thousands of students
- Stronger STEM & vocational education pipeline
- Better teacher quality & retention
🌾 9. Agriculture & Food Security
Projects
- Imota Rice Mill (largest in Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Lagos Agripreneur Programme (LAP)
Impact
- 32–40 metric tons/hour milling capacity
- Up to 250,000 direct & indirect jobs across value chain
- Reduced rice import dependence
💼 10. Economic Growth & Investment
Projects
- Support for Lekki Free Zone, Alaro City, tech clusters
- SME financing & business reforms
Impact
- Lagos contributes ~30% of Nigeria’s GDP
- Largest sub-national economy in Africa
- Strong FDI inflow concentration in Nigeria
💻 11. Digital Governance & Innovation
Projects
- E-permitting, land records, tax systems
- Traffic enforcement automation
- Lagos Data Strategy
Impact
- Reduced bureaucratic delays
- Improved transparency & internally generated revenue
- Better planning via data-driven governance
🔐 12. Security & Emergency Response
Projects
- Expansion of Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps
- CCTV deployment
- New fire stations & equipment
Impact
- Faster emergency response times
- Improved urban safety coverage
- Stronger disaster management capacity
🌱 13. Environment, Drainage & Climate Action
Projects
- Massive drainage rehabilitation
- Flood control & shoreline protection
- LAWMA reforms
Impact
- Reduced flood incidents in high-risk zones
- Improved waste collection efficiency
- Greater climate resilience for coastal Lagos
Bottom Line: Lagos Under Sanwo-Olu
Under Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos has achieved:
✔ Nigeria’s first functional urban rail system
✔ Africa’s most complex sub-national infrastructure portfolio
✔ Massive gains in mobility, healthcare, housing, education & water
✔ Sustained economic dominance & investor confidence
✔ A shift from ad-hoc projects to systems-based megacity governance
Lagos isn’t just growing — it is being engineered to work.
