The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has expressed confidence
that the governoship candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
Akinwunmi Ambode, will build on the achievements of his administration.
Fashola spoke on Tuesday at the presentation of the Lagos State
Development Plan at the Lagos House, Ikeja. He explained that the plan,
expected to run from 2012-2025, would depend largely on the ability of
successive governments to implement the policiesdiligently.
The governor added that some of the componentsof the plan were
already being implemented by his administration, saying the successive
administrations would be saddled with the responsibility of completing
the implementation ofthe vision.
Fashola expressed optimism that Ambode’s contribution during his
stint as the Accountant General of the state from 2007 to 2012 would put
him in a good position to understand the policies and carry on when his
(Fashola) tenure ended on May 29, 2015.
He said, “One of the things that helped me most from the first day I
took this job was that from the day I arrived office, I knew the Head of
Service, I knew all of the permanent secretaries who were going to work
with me. I knew almost all the directors and I knew how the government worked
because I was part of the team that made it work”.The governor said
Ambode was also part of the brains behind the LSDP at the birth of the
plan in 2009.
The governor added that the drafting of
the new economic plan for the state was to promote the state and make it
African model megacity by 2025. Fashola enjoined residents to buy into
the plan as their own and work with the government to ensure the
successful implementation of the plan.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Budget and
Economic Planning, Mr Ben Akabueze, said the LSDP was borne out of the
need to harness various documents articulating the vision of Lagos as
Africa`s megacity. He stated that the plan provided the framework to guide private and public investments in government programmes.
“The purpose of the development plan is to provide overall direction for the growth and development of the state. “It will provide a framework by which all
sectors of the economy can direct their energies and contribute to the
improvement of the quality of life people in the state. It will set the
overarching long term framework for government’s planning and budget
system,” he said.
Akabueze added that the plan would focus
on developing the key areas of the economy, environment, infrastructure
and security, adding that successful implementation would make the state
a model city by 2025.
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