It is 48 hours shy of a month since Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was sworn-in into office. In the last one month, the governor has been very visible, though without a cabinet yet, in stamping his imprimatur on governance in the state.He has in the last four weeks tried to pursue vigorously his THEME – the five pillars of development agenda for a greater Lagos, which are Traffic management and transportation, Health and environment, Education and technology, Making Lagos a 21st-century economy and Entertainment and tourism.
Of the five pillars, it is obvious the first two are his area of focus. And this was backed within his first few hours in office by executive order on traffic management, road works and waste disposal.
One month after, only the order on traffic management is hitting the right chords, the other two are largely an exercise of motion without movement. While many of the inner-city and major roads are begging for urgent rehabilitation, all parts of the city are lined with nauseating heaps of refuse. Read more