President Muhammadu Buhari would arrive Lagos state on Monday, May 23 on a 2-day working visit on his first official visit to the state since May 29, 2015.
According to the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, “this is the first time in about 15 years 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.”
During his visit, President Buhari 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.
The president would also 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.
After paying obeisance to Oba Akiolu, President Buhari will 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 commissioner added that activities for the first day of the President’s visit would be rounded up 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.
Even as Governor Ambode Akinwunmi is joyous that the preisdent will be visiting, he 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’s motorcade will pass through during the visit.