Lagos, Jan. 21, 2023 – President Muhammadu Buhari will pay a two-day working visit to Lagos State from Jan. 23 to Jan. 24, 2023.
Mr Gbenga Omotoso, the State Commissioner for Information, announced this on Friday at a press briefing.
Omotoso said that the president would inaugurate some projects undertaken by the Sanwo-Olu administration which included the Lekki Deep Sea Port, the Imota Rice Mill and the Blue Line Rail project.
“Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has asked us to inform you that President Muhammadu Buhari will be on a two-day working visit to our dear state.
“This will be Mr President’s first official visit to Lagos State since the assumption of office by Governor Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Kadri Hamzat in May, 2019.
“It is a visit where Mr President will again see the beauty of Lagos and take the opportunity to see first-hand and commission the life changing and people-oriented projects undertaken by the Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu administration.
“The projects are the Lekki Deep Sea Port, a symbol of a good working relationship between the public and private sectors; the 32-metric tonnes per hour Lagos Rice Mill, one of the largest in the world; the 18.75-kilometre six-lane rigid-pavement Eleko Junction to Epe Expressway; the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History and the iconic Lagos Blue Line rail project.”
The commissioner said that President Buhari would also inaugurate a private sector project, MRS Lubricant factory in Apapa.
He said the governor and his wife, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, would lead other dignitaries to give the President a befitting state welcome. (GBN)
