It has been announced that President Muhammadu Buhari will Monday, May 23, 2016 begin a two-day working visit to Lagos State.
It will be President Buhari’s first official visit to the state since he assumed office about a year ago.
In a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy,
Mr. Steve Ayorinde, stated that this is the first time in about 15years
that a sitting President will be visiting the State on a working visit
and is a testimony to the landmark achievements in the last one year of
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as well as the good working relationship
between Lagos State and the Federal Government.
READ MORE AFTER THE CUT..................................
He would formally commission the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency
(LASEMA) Rescue Unit in Cappa Oshodi built by the State Government to
ensure prompt and swift response to emergency situations in the State.
He said the President would thereafter commission the newly constructed Ago Palace Way in Okota, Isolo after which he will pay homage to the Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty, Oba Babatunde Rilwanu Aremu Akiolu at the Iga Iduganran, Lagos Island.
He said the President would thereafter commission the newly constructed Ago Palace Way in Okota, Isolo after which he will pay homage to the Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty, Oba Babatunde Rilwanu Aremu Akiolu at the Iga Iduganran, Lagos Island.
The Commissioner disclosed further that the President would later in the
day be hosted to a reception rally by the State Government at the
Tafawa Balewa Square, (TBS) Lagos where he will also commission and hand
over security equipment and vehicles contributed by the Governor
Akinwunmi Ambode-led administration to securities agencies to beef up
security in the state.
The release added that activities for the first day of the President’s
visit would be rounded off with a State Banquet in his honour at the Eko
Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island.
The President will on Tuesday participate as the Special Guest of Honour
at a breakfast session with Corporate Lagos to be hosted by Governor
Ambode at the Lagos State House, Marina, after which he will have a
short session with the public service at the State House, Alausa-Ikeja.
The Commissioner urged residents to bear with law enforcement agents and
traffic control authorities who will effect road diversions in some of
the routes that the President motorcade will pass through during the
visit.
No comments:
Post a Comment