The Lagos State Government has begged residents to make sacrifices so as to achieve the ”Greater Lagos of our dream.”
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed this yesterday as he presented the 2020 Budget to the State House of Assembly. Sanwo-Olu said that Lagos faced an “existential threats”, arising from the interplay of demographic and climate change.
According to him, Lagos can keep being the magnet for several Nigerians within and outside the country looking for employment and economic prosperity, but it is up to Lagosians.
His words, ”The choice before us is simple – we can either allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by the challenges, or boldly confront them.
”I am energized because, all through the course of history, communities have faced existential threats at some point or the other.
”What has made the difference time and again is an acknowledgment of the threats, and the collective will-power to take decisive action, however seemingly difficult it may be in the short term.
”It is, therefore, time to imagine a new Lagos – A ”Greater Lagos”. It is time to create and realize new and audacious dreams, targets and goals.”
”We have seen societies transform, within the course of two generations, from being trapped in a cycle of wars, mindless plunder, high rates of poverty, illiteracy and crime, into livable, high performing and world-dominating economies. Lagos will do it too.
”But like all great things, this will come at a cost. We have to make sacrifices for it. We have to reinvent and rethink Lagos,”
”We have to rethink our well-being. We have to move from glib statements about Lagos as a center of excellence, Lagos has to be truly excellent in something. Something positive, remarkable and admirable. In other words, a Greater Lagos.
”It is on this plank that the ”2020 Budget of Awakening to a Greater Lagos” is premised.”
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