COVID-19: What Sanwo-Olu said after meeting with Buhari on Thursday
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The Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
At the end of the meeting, Sanwo-Olu told State House correspondents how his government is managing the second wave of COVID-19.
The Governor also gave details about how they are trying to rebuild the infrastructure destroyed during the End SARS protests.
On COVID-19, Sanwo-Olu revealed that more patients in the state are in need of oxygen, hence the decision of his government to build 10 oxygen tents.
He said, “On COVID-19, it is actually a very serious case. We have all said it, we are in the second wave and incidentally, the second wave seems to be a bit more infectious than the first one, I mean the rate of infection and the number of people that we have seen. We still remain the epicentre, so what we have done is, we never stopped building capacity.
By Olayinka Olawale,
Lagos, a cosmopolitan, commercial capital of Nigeria and with a population of over 20 million, although, not agrarian state, is putting in all efforts to invigorate agriculture practice with a view to ensuring food sufficiency.
To this end, the state government has concluded plans to create one million youth farmers in the agricultural space by 2023.
According to government sources, the project is to make the five-year agricultural master plan for Lagos, a youth inclusive programme.
Hopefully, between 2022 and 2023, the state should be having well over a million youth farmers in the agriculture space,’’ Ms Abisola Olusanya, the state Commissioner for Agriculture says.
COVID-19 Second Wave Worse Than First, More Patients Need Oxygen– Sanwo-Olu
On COVID-19, the governor regretted that the state remains the epicentre of the virus while noting that the second wave appears more infectious than the first.
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Jan 07, 2021
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
At the end of the meeting, the governor told State House correspondents how his government is managing the second wave of COVID-19 in the state and how it is trying to rebuild the infrastructure destroyed during the #EndSARS protests.
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday sought collaboration from the Federal Government in rebuilding Lagos State following the aftermath of last year’s #EndSARS protests, hijacked by hoodlums, which led to the destruction of public and private properties and businesses in the state.
Governor Sanwo-Olu said the goal of ensuring Lagos State becomes Nigeria’s investment hub can only be achieved through economic collaboration between the State and the Federal Government.
Speaking to journalists after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, Governor Sanwo-Olu said Lagos State Government has started working on how it will make available all that is required by the Lagos State Police Command for the law enforcement agency to be more alive to their responsibilities.
A file photo of Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday called for the Federal Government in rebuilding Lagos State following the aftermath of last year’s #EndSARS protests, hijacked by hoodlums, which led to the destruction of public and private properties and businesses in the state.
Governor Sanwo-Olu said the goal of ensuring Lagos State becomes Nigeria’s investment hub can only be achieved through economic collaboration between the State and the Federal Government.
Speaking to journalists after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, Governor Sanwo-Olu said Lagos State Government has started working on how it will make available all that is required by the Lagos State Police Command for the law enforcement agency to be more alive to their responsibilities.