The Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Mrs Abimbola Akinajo, has said the Lagos Red Rail Line will be
operational in 24 months (October 2022). She made this statement in Lagos on Tuesday at a milestone meeting on the implementation of the
Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red and Blue Line projects with the contractors and consultants. Akinajo said the meeting was to reaffirm the already established
positions on timelines for the delivery of the rail lines
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Lagos State Government in partnership with First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has launched N5 billion Post-coronavirus (COVID-19)
Recovery Support capital for education sector to support low-cost private schools across the State in mitigating the negative
impact of the pandemic. The intervention fund, which targets over 2,000 private schools, was formally launched by Governor
Babajide Sanwo-olu on Friday at a ceremony held at the Banquet Hall in the State House, Alausa.
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Lagos State government has restated its desire to improve the internal control processes across all Ministries, Departments
and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure efficient use of the state’s resources and reduce wastage. The Special Adviser, Parastatals Monitoring
Office (PMO), Mr. Afolabi Ayantayo, who spoke at a workshop organised for heads of audit units of parastatals at Magodo, admitted
that in development value-chain of the state government, efficient internal control is imperative. In a statement, yesterday, he said:
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The Lagos State Government has said that it is set to embark on energy audit of state facilities with the aim of developing
comprehensive master plan that will serve as blueprint towards investment in energy infrastructure. General Manager, Lagos State
Electricity Board (LSEB), Mr. Mukhtaar Tijani, gave the hint, yesterday, while briefing newsmen on the activities of the agency at
the state’s Energy Academy in Ikeja. He said that the audit was expedient as it provides
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