Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos State, says he has plans to take commercial buses popularly known as Danfo off Lagos roads before the end of the year.
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday, insisted plans are afoot to remove yellow buses popularly known as Danfo from Lagos roads for a more efficient, well-structured and world class mass transportation system that would facilitate ease of movement within the city.
The Governor also said that his administration would soon roll out a comprehensive environmental sanitation policy that would make the city to be clean without much burden on the people in terms of taxes.
Speaking at the 14th Annual Lecture of the Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) held at Muson Centre in Onikan with the theme: “Living Well Together, Tomorrow: The Challenge Of Africa’s Future Cities,” Governor Ambode admitted that the present connectivity mode in Lagos was not acceptable and befitting for a mega city, and as such a well-structured transportation mode would soon be put in place to address the challenge.
“When I wake up in the morning and see all these yellow buses and see Okada and all kinds of tricycles and then we claim we are a mega city, that is not true and we must first acknowledge that that is a faulty connectivity that we are running.
“Having accepted that, we have to look for the solution and that is why we want to banish yellow buses this year. We must address the issue of connectivity that makes people to move around with ease and that is where we are going.
“For instance, people going from Ikorodu to CMS have started leaving their cars at home because the buses are very convenient and so why can’t we do that for other places? Yes, we don’t have the money to do that but we can go to the capital market and then improve on the technology of collection of fares and that will encourage investors and then the city will change,” Governor Ambode said.
He said government was also embarking on massive reform in waste management system, expressing optimism that the plan will fully be actualized by July this year.
He said: “We are also embarking on massive reform in the waste and sanitation management system. I don’t like the way the city is and the Private Sector Participants (PSP) collectors are not having enough capacity to do it but again should I tax people to death, the answer is no. I don’t want to tax people and so we need this partnership with the private sector so that they can invest in the sanitation management of the city and in no time maybe by July, the city will change forever.”
The Governor, who recalled the massive infrastructures being put in place in critical sectors of the Lagos economy such as transport sector, road construction and rehabilitation, construction of lay-bys, and flyovers among others, said the main objective of his administration remained the growth of the Lagos economy from 5th to 3rd largest economy in Africa.
Source: AkinwumniAmbode.com
Tonygists with a domain of
www.tonygists.com has moved to a new domain
www.tonygist.com
to serve you better... Tonygist is still under the custody of Tony Odijie.....But you can still connect with us on our social
media handles eg
Facebook ,
Instagram ,
Youtube1 ,
Youtube2 ,
Twitter as Tonygists. Our android
application still remains the same as Tonygists on Google play store.
Thanks for your understanding
Subscribe to Tonygists by Email
Reliance Training and Management Consulting,
a dynamic, fast growing indigenous entity, was established and duly
registered with the aim to nurture, develop and innovate people and
organisations through customized training, development and management
consulting services, with excellent performance, deep sense of
commitment, transparency, honesty and responsibility, to demonstrate the
highest standard of technical and operational expertise.
Reliance is competently positioned to
provide technical knowledge and skills relevant to practical management
and business problems, to stimulate the creativity and innovation
necessary to build a better community, a better nation and a better
world with a committed mind set to contributing our best to the
maximization of personal potentials and skills toward optimizing
productivity and achieving organisational goals.
No need to visit
Tonygists just use the android application click for more info
Tonygists android application
Visit some of the website built by tonygists
1. south south penpushers :
south south pen pushers
2. kingdom builders :
Kingdom builders
Tonygists bro:
honest zone
Are You On youtube? subscribe to Hot GIST Channel Latest Updates - @Hot Gist
Are You On youtube? subscribe to Gospel World (which is also owned by Tony Gists) youtube Channel Latest Updates - @Gospel world
Are you on audio mack? Follow Tonygists on audio mack to listen and download to the latest Mfm sermons Latest Updates - @Tonygists
Follow Tonygists on LinkedIn to get more jobs opportunities Latest Updates - @Tonygists
Are You On youtube? subscribe to Honest Ose Channel Latest Updates - @Honest Ose
Are You On youtube? subscribe to Honest Web Solutions Channel Latest Updates - @Honest Web Solutions
Are You On youtube? subscribe to Xtremely Honest Channel Latest Updates - @Xtremely Honest
Are You On Twitter? Follow Us Now For Latest Updates - @tonygists
Are You On FACEBOOK? Like Our Page For Latest Updates - tonygists
Are You On FACEBOOK? Join Our Group For Latest Updates And Interactions - TonyGists
© 2024 Tonygists | Portions are © 2024 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may be published, broadcast, rewritten, or distributed.
Share This Post Via
