Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on
Thursday sought collaboration from the Federal Government in
rebuilding Lagos State following the aftermath of last year’s
#EndSARS protests, hijacked by hoodlums, which led to the
destruction of public and private properties and businesses in the
state.
Governor Sanwo-Olu said the goal of ensuring Lagos State becomes
Nigeria’s investment hub can only be achieved through economic
collaboration between the State and the Federal Government.
Speaking to journalists after meeting with President Muhammadu
Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, Governor
Sanwo-Olu said Lagos State Government has started working on how it
will make available all that is required by the Lagos State Police
Command for the law enforcement agency to be more alive to their
responsibilities.
Governor Sanwo-Olu, who submitted to President Buhari, the
proposals for re-building of Lagos State and identified economic
opportunities for rebuilding the State during the visit, also
explained the plans of the state to tackle the second wave of
COVID-19.
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He said: “We believe we can further collaborate with the Federal
Government, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on all the
great work we all are doing. I think as a Commander-in-Chief, it is
important for me to give him a head start.
“We also discussed other matters around some collaborative
efforts that the state can enjoy with the Federal Government. They
are win-win opportunities. We believe that the Federal Government
can help accelerate and fast track some of those opportunities.
“Lagos is the commercial nerve center of the country and so we
need to start up on economic programmes and activities that can
improve not only our foreign direct investments but also make Lagos
an investor destination in the country.
“I also briefed the president about the security situation in
Lagos and how we can further enhance and make the pl ace a lot more
business-friendly. All the support we are currently receiving and
how we can tweak and improve on all of the support especially with
some Federal Government agencies.”
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Speaking on his administration’s commitment to addressing the
second wave of COVID-19 and increase in the number of cases of
coronavirus infection in Lagos State, Governor Sanwo-Olu said the
State Government has built about 10 oxygen plants and commissioned
about four, and provided other facilities in a public building to
meet the respiratory requirements.
He said the second wave seems to be a bit more infectious than
the first one, considering the number of people who have tested
positive for COVID-19 and the fatality rate around the country,
especially in Lagos.
The governor, therefore, urged the citizens to take
responsibility and to know and appreciate that COVID-19 is real,
therefore they need to obey all the protocols that have been set
out for them to obey.
He said: “We have seen, unfortunately, the fatality rate around
the country, even in Lagos. One of the things we have realised is
that a lot more people require oxygen attention, they need
additional breathing aid. So we have started building what we call
oxygen tent, oxygen facilities; we are building about 10 of such
facilities.
“We have commissioned about four of them and we are also
building additional two oxygen plants in the state so that we can
meet the respiratory requirements. We understand the virus more
than how we did eight to 10 months ago, so we know what treatment
should be. We are better positioned for that.
“We are also doing a lot more testing in Lagos than we were
doing five to six months ago: we are doing almost 2,500 to 3,000
tests every day, so we are watching the rate of positivity that we
have, which is also high. It has moved from the usual 10 to 12 per
cent and we are now seeing a positivity rate of about 25 and
sometimes 30 per cent. That is actually very disturbing.”
Governor Sanwo-Olu also disclosed to the journalists that the
Lagos State government has supported some of those affected by the
#EndSARS protests.
“We are carefully taking a proper study to know what we need to
do, taking our time to get it right but we have started something.
Businesses that were affected, somebody having a shop looted or
burnt or something. We have been able to directly support such
businesses, especially on a micro, small level using the Lagos
State Employment Trust Fund.
“They have started intervening and supporting some of these
small businesses, giving them grants, giving them soft loans, and
making sure that they can come back together very quickly,” the
governor said.
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