The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, has said that the state will continue to face the influx of people from other states of the federation because their states failed economically.
The governor who said this at the 75th Anniversary Business Lecture of the Island Club in Lagos yesterday disclosed that at least 87 people enter the state per hour daily with no plan of leaving.
He lamented that these have put pressure on the physical and infrastructural system of the state which cannot meet the demand.
In his lecture: “Nation Building: Communities, Inclusion and Prosperity,” the governor said that if the country must get out of the woods, it must begin to take concrete steps towards empowering every group in the society and end extreme poverty. Read more
