Sanwo-Olu inaugurates Lagos Resilience Steering Committee

By Robert Egbe

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has inaugurated the Lagos Resilience Steering Committee to oversee the implementation of the Lagos Resilience Strategy (LRS).

This inauguration is in furtherance of the state’s commitment to the 100 Resilient Cities programme of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Sanwo-Olu, who spoke at the ceremony in Alausa, Ikeja, tasked the committee to build the state’s resilience to the physical, social and economic challenges of the 21st century.

He charged it to act as a “high level multidisciplinary strategic body providing critical resources and expertise to LASRO through the development and implementation of the Lagos Resilience Strategy.”

The committee will periodically report the state’s progress regarding resilience issues to the governor.

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Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Budget, Mr Adebayo Sodade, said the inauguration “speaks volumes” of his administration’s readiness “to bequeath a legacy of good governance to residents of the state and also guarantee their wellbeing.”

Also speaking, Chairman, Lagos State House Committee on Budget, Hon.

Gbolahan Yishawu urged the committee to address identified resilience issues “in line with best practices and without bias.”

The committees’ members include the Permanent Secretaries of the Ministries of Economic Planning and Budget, Justice, Education, Transportation, Physical Planning and Urban Development, Information and Strategy, The Environment and Water Resources, Energy and Mineral Resources, Works, Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Health, Local Government and Community Affairs.

Others are the Vice-Chancellors of the Lagos State University (LASU), University of Lagos (UNILAG); and Civil Society Organizations – Human and Environmental Development Agenda and Arctic Infrastructure.