Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, charged residents of the state to take responsibility for the government’s assets and treat them as their personal property.
Governor Sanwo-Olu gave the charge while commissioning the newly built multi-level Car Park and Facility Building at Onikan, saying with new facilities in place, the age-long parking problem associated with the area had been addressed.
The governor, while further charging residents of the state to make good use of the property and care for it like their personal property in order to attract more of such to the area, noted that the multi-level car park facility being commissioned was “another step towards fulfilling one of the goals of the pillar ‘T’ in our THEMES Agenda, which stands for traffic management and transportation.”
“This is a major standpoint of our administration as traffic management is a major driver of our economy,” he said.
Sanwo-Olu said the multi-level car park and the facility can accommodate 384 cars on five suspended floors, Sanwo-Olu and would help to ease the age-long parking problem along this axis, as well as ensuring free flow of traffic as there would no longer be disruption to vehicular movement resulting from parking on the streets.
He assured that the facility would be supported by efficient traffic management and an Automated Fare Collection Service (AFCS) – that will offer an operable payment solution to prevent traffic dovetailing into the main road.
Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure Engineer Aramide Adeyoye, in her address, said the facility would help create jobs and reduce traffic congestion.
She said the project was started in 2013 by the Deputy Governor of Lagos, Obafemi Hazmat, when he was Commissioner for Works in Lagos state, due to foresight as he decided to turn a dumpsite into a multi-layered car park.
Engineer Adeyoye also noted that the facility had two banquet rooms with a capacity of 800 and 600 persons each, adding that it also had a water treatment plant, elevators and staircases for smooth pedestrian movement.
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Take responsibility for government’s assets, Sanwo-Olu tells Lagosians
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