Lagos Has Masterplan To Cope With Challenges Of Megacity Status – Hamzat

[Shola Sholaz]

To meet the huge challenges of a megacity status which the existing Lagos infrastructure may not be able to cope with, the State Government last week disclosed that it has a master-plan to build infrastructure that can cater for forty million people, hence it has commenced the building of Independent Power Plants, IPPs across the state to take care of its power needs.
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Making this known during a media parley, Lagos State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Obafemi Hamzat added that the state is also building roads, bridges and rail infrastructure to facilitate movement across the state for enhanced human and commercial activities.
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The Commissioner poited out that the state has also expanded its capacity for water transportation and that is continuing., noting that Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA is on top of waste disposal in the state and the capacities on that front are also expanding.