- Chief of Staff to President inaugurates projects in Lagos
The Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday urged Nigerians to be patient with the Bola Tinubu administration.
He said a government’s ability to perform takes experience, pedigree and time to manifest.
The Chief of Staff also admonished those seeking public offices to “remember that the ultimate and highest legacy we can leave as public servants is in the evident improvements to the lives of the people we serve”.
He added: “I must also urge citizens to remember that the ability to get things done in government requires experience and pedigree, takes time and demands that we manage expectations accordingly.”
Gbajabiamila spoke in Lagos while inaugurating some projects he facilitated in his Surulere Federal Constituency when he was Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Chief of Staff was accompanied by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to inaugurate the projects, which included a conference centre at the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo; an ultramodern, multi-floor 80-bed general gospital; the dualised Babs Animashaun Road and Census Bridge; and the Sam Shonibare Community Development Centre, all in Surulere.
Gbajabiamila, who traced his political trajectory in the last 20 years at the House of Representatives, said it was an honour to serve fellow Nigerians.
The Chief of Staff thanked Sanwo-Olu “for his support and collaboration through the years because without partnership with the state government, it would have been more difficult to achieve our visions for the projects”.
He added: “I am proud that we have constructed over 250 roads in selected federal constituencies in the state, especially Surulere I and II constituencies, and completed 15 mini-stadia.
“We facilitated heavy investment in education and healthcare, including constructing and equipping over 20 ICT centres in public schools where children are taught computer programming and coding. We have provided solar energy systems to light up neighbourhoods and support commercial trades in our constituencies.”
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The general hospital was upgraded from a primary healthcare centre and now boasts advanced and specialist care facilities, a 500kva generator, a 100kva solar-powered electricity supply on the roof, an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a borehole, a water filtration system and a dialysis centre on the second floor.
It also boasts a radiology, large laboratory, paediatric, physiotherapy, surgical, and X-ray facilities.
The Chief of Stuff said the projects were inspired by a sense of duty and part of his efforts to meet the people’s expectations.
Sanwo-Olu, who thanked Gbajabiamila for partnering the state government, said such fruitful collaborations were part of the administration’s efforts to further its T.H.E.M.E.S agenda.
The governor described the facility as world-class, adding that it would be managed by the state’s Ministry of Health.
According to him, to strengthen the state’s medical infrastructure and counter the mass exodus of doctors and other medical personnel, the government will, this year, build a medical university targeted at graduating 1,500 doctors yearly.
Sanwo-Olu said the institution would be built in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Universities Commission (NUC).
The governor explained that the facility is needed to abide by the advice from the Federal authorities that the state needs to scale up the number of medical personnel it produces in the light of the shortage of medical health practitioners due to the japa syndrome.