President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, begin a two-day working visit to Lagos State.
It will be President Buhari’s first official visit to the state since he assumed office about a year ago.
Buhari will also be the first Nigerian president to visit the state in the past fourteen years.
According to a statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde,
“this 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 the 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.
Buhari would thereafter 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.
The President would later in the day 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.
Buhari’s visit would be rounded off with a State Banquet in his honour at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island.
On Tuesday, the President will 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.
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