Buhari To Visit Lagos To Inaugurate Projects On Thursday

Sahara relort exclusively learnt the President will be
leaving Abuja this week on an official visit to Lagos.
President Muhammadu Buhari will be in Lagos State to
inaugurate some projects on Thursday.
SaharaReporters exclusively learnt the President will be
leaving Abuja this week on an official visit to Lagos.
Moves are already underway to provide heavy security in
some parts of the commercial city ahead of the
President’s visit, it was also learnt.
Such presidential visits are accompanied by heavy traffic
congestion across Lagos.
“The President is going to commission projects in Lagos
on Thursday,” a source told SaharaReporters on Monday.
SaharaReporters had last Wednesday reported how
junketing Buhari departed the country to attend Expo 2020
in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Shortly after hosting and meeting South African President,
Cyril Ramaphosa, Buhari left the nation’s capital, Abuja for
the UAE capital
Meanwhile, Buhari’s last visit to Lagos was in June 2021 to
inaugurate Ebutte Meta Terminal of the Nigerian Railway
Corporation, among other things.
He was also in Lagos for the opening of the Lagos-Ibadan
rail project for commercial operations.
Governors including Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State;
Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State;
Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State were present at the event.
Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad had disclosed in a
statement on his Facebook page, “Construction started in
March 2017, and test-running commenced in December
2020.
“The Ebute Metta Station, known as the Mobolaji Johnson
Station, is the largest railway station in West Africa with a
holding capacity of 6000 passengers.
“President Buhari is committed to developing a modern
national railway network that will connect every part of
Nigeria, and promote trade, travel, tourism, commerce,
and national integration.”
However, the National Leader of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) and former Lagos State Governor, Bola
Tinubu, was conspicuously absent at the one-day working
visit of President Buhari to inaugurate various projects in
Lagos.
SaharaReporters had reported the conflict between the
camps of both political actors ahead of 2023.
SaharaReporters had learnt that the Presidency, against its
usual custom, did not extend an invitation to Tinubu
ahead of the visit which should make him feel welcome at
the ceremony.
President Buhari had previously visited Lagos on April 24,
2019, during the tenure of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
During the visit, Buhari inaugurated some projects which
include the Institute of Maternal and Child Health at
Ayinke House; an ultra-modern 170-bed Obstetrics and
Gynaecology specialist hospital located within the Lagos
State University Teaching Hospital and Lagos Theatre at
Oregun, Lagos.
The President also inaugurated the Oshodi Interchange
terminal for a modern transportation hub; 822 high
capacity mass transit buses; and a 10-lane world standard
international airport road.