LAGOS IS NOW COMPARABLE TO LONDON. SANWO-OLU TAKES PRIDE IN

Lagos, according to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is now comparable to London.

He made the statement at the State’s Blue Line Rail inauguration.
On Wednesday, the governor announced the completion of the infrastructure for the first phase of Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LMRT), Blue Line operations between the CMS-Mile-2 axis.

During his speech, the Lagos governor compared the change of the state’s transportation infrastructure to Transport for London (the transport network in London).

“I was fortunate to be a part of the initial inauguration of LAMATA (The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority) at that time,” he says (during its inception).

“At the time, we utilized LAMATA as a test board to go on a lot of international bank study tours to understand and appreciate what public transportation is all about, and Dr. Dayo Mobereola (First CEO of LAMATA) used to make yanga (proud) since he came from TfL in London then to tell us that this is what…

“And I told him (Dr Dayo) that Lagos would be like this (London) someday, and Lagos is here, and he (Dr Dayo) is here to see it (laughs)…”