EXECUTIVE Director, Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFC), Chief (Mrs) Lucy Ajayi, said the complex has been able to generate more than N1.5billion in the last one year and few months, and remitted same to the Federation Account, adding that a sum of N900million had equally been deposited into the Consolidated Revenue Account.
Ajayi made this disclosure while speaking at a rally initiated by LITFC stakeholders in support of the second term ambition of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“I have remitted more than N1.5bn to the Federation Account within the space of one year and few months, and at least we had N900m in the Consolidated revenue Account as I speak,” she said.
Speaking at the rally, which took place in the complex, located along along Badagry Expressway, and attended by Chief Oscar Paul Odogwu, Chief Alex Obi Odurukwe and Comrade Uba Ameachi, among others, the LITFC executive director equally disclosed that she had resolved to embark on the construction of the 5- km roads leading to the Trade Fair Complex.
The executive director described the attainment of this dream as a landmark victory which, she said was possible before the end of February.
“This rally here is organized by the business clusters in the trade fair, they sponsored it in testimony to the good works they claim I have done here.
“They should expect more of it once President Muhammadu Buhari is voted in for a second term because he has given me mandate to listen to them and see how we can move Nigeria forward from here.
“If you visit this place by the end of this month, you will see that we have started constructing the 5- km road by the grace of God and it will be named after President Muhammadu Buhari, instead of the old ways of naming halls after past presidents.
“So many things that were done wrongly in time past have been corrected here since I came as the new executive director,” she said.
The LITF boss also noted how she was able to stem the ugly trend of violence recorded in the trade fair, through direct empowerment of the hitherto bad boys, who had since turned a new leaf doing quite beneficial things to heck a living and consequently restore sanity in the area.
She also took the opportunity to sensitise the eligible voters gathered there to vote rightly, citing the appropriate finger that they would use to avoid having voided votes.
Former Chairman of Balogun Business Association, Chief Pascal Udeh, who is a key player in the LITFC, while declaring the support of the group, lauded Ajayi, describing her as a rare breed whom they least expected could pull any stunt in the trade fair.
According to him, the newly appointed Executive Director of LITFC, Ajayi, has done tremendously well and painted a picture of the kind of person Buhari is to them, saying it was for this reason they were ready to vote him (Buhari) as president again so that the good work may continue
“I don’t know Buhari but I know Madam Lucy, there is relative peace in the trade fair now, so I will vote Buhari for the continuity of this good development here.
Also speaking, Chairman of Arewa, Ojo Division, Alhaji Musa Gwari, who came along with many members in solidarity with the Buhari second term ambition, expressed the readiness of his people to vote the president back into office, adding that he was better than all other candidates in the race for 2019.
“We in Arewa are ready to vote Buhari back to the office, we have our PVCs and nothing will stop it, he is better than all the other candidates, being a sincere and untainted personality,” Alhaji Gwari said.