The Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Samuel Egube, has said that the government is executing 377 different capital projects in the 377 wards across the state.
Egube ,disclosed this during the 2021 ministerial press briefing in Alausa, Ikeja, to commemorate the second year of Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration in the state,explained that the projects were initiated in response to the series of requests by the various communities across the state to address specific challenges that are germane to each ward.
According to him, the projects, which include the construction of 257 community roads and drainages; rehabilitation of 86 public buildings and the installation of two jetties, nine water projects and 23 power projects across all the wards in the state, underline the promises of Governor Sanwo-Olu during his campaign to run an all-inclusive government where yearnings of the residents will be taken into consideration, while also ensuring that the Greater Lagos Vision is well on course, and no ward is left behind.
The commissioner said that most of these capital projects have been delivered for the public use, promising that there will be other phases of the ward projects for the government to deeply touch down on the various communities of the state.
