Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed that his administration is making frantic efforts to perform the long-awaited groundbreaking of the proposed Fourth Mainland Bridge between March and April 2024.
Sanwo-Olu stated this yesterday when he addressed stakeholders, residents, among others at the Lagos West Senatorial District Town Hall Meeting held in Ikeja.
Dignitaries at the well- attended event were deputy governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, a representative of the speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, members of the state executive council, National Assembly members from Lagos, traditional rulers, captain of industries, party chieftains and leaders of community development associations.
The governor said, “We have done extensive work on the bridge. But we are at the crossroads of where to get the real financing for that kind of project. We’ll need to be very creative.
“Our commitment is that within this first quarter, meaning that by the end of March or April, we should start the construction of the Fourth Mainland Bridge.
“We have only a few buildings that would be removed during the construction of the 4th Mainland Bridge and the landlords and tenants that would be affected would be compensated.
“We want to start and do not want to give excuses again.”
Sanwo-Olu also added that N50 billion has been budgeted and would be distributed to support vulnerable residents of the state to cushion the effect of the harsh economy and take people out of poverty as well as support Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
He said they were committed to building the state bigger and better, stating that “we have been distracted by the court cases.”
Earlier, the commissioner for information and strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, said, “The town hall is part of the open door policy of the Sanwo-Olu administration and his passion to deliver good governance to the residents.
“Mr Governor’s style of administration is unique – and effective. He runs the government like a company with various shareholders who look forward to huge dividends at the end of every financial year, after investing their resources in the company. In other words, today is our annual general meeting,” he said.
