The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of honour and respect commence a process that will lead to the implementation of the Lagos metro project initiated by the Lateef Jakande administration.
Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa made this call during plenary on Thursday, after members of the took turns to eulogise Jakande, the first civilian governor of the state, who passed on in the early hours of Thursday.
The House honoured the deceased with a minute silence after which the Clerk of the House, Mr. Olalekan Onafeko was directed to send a condolence letter to the Jakande family.
It would be recalled that the Jakande administration under the defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) led by the late sage, Obafemi Awolowo, signed an agreement with Interinfra, a consortium of 19 French firms, in the early eighties for the construction of a metro line in Lagos State.
The project, which was put at a total cost of N700m, was to be completed in two years and it was expected to address the chaotic traffic situation already being experienced then in Lagos.
