Lagos State Governor, Sanwo Olu, improves metropolitan Railway in Lagos

Lagos State Governor, Sanwo Olu, improves metropolitan Railway in Lagos.

Nigerian politician and the current Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu popularly known as Sanwo Olu has met with the metropolitan train technicians in Instabul in Turkey with the aim of improving the yet to be completed Metro Railway in Lagos State.

On the 19th of January, Governor Sanwo Olu bought two Talgo 330kmph speed trains for the yet-to-be-completed Lagos Red Line Metro rail project.

For the efficiency and credible performance of the Metro railway in Lagos, Governor Sanwo Olu visited metropolitan train technicians of Instabul with some of his team.

The Governor took to his verified Instagram handle narrating the aim of the whole trip, he wrote…

“Purchasing and taking delivery of the metropolitan trains is not the end of the process of achieving a world-class rail system in Lagos state. In order to get it right, and maintain sustainable metro transportation, there is a need to collaborate with countries and systems that have maintained a proven track record of success in that sector.

With this team in mind, my team, which consists of The Hon. Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederick Oladeinde, Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Aramide Adeyoye, special Adviser on PPP. Mr. Ope George, Special Adviser on SDGs. Mrs. Solape Hammond, Chairman, House Committee on Transportation. Hon. Temitope Adewale, MD LAMATA. Mrs. Bimbo Akinajo, Director, Rail Transportation. Engr Olasunkanmi Okusaga, Senior Rail Specialist. Mr. Abidemi Atobatele, Senior Specialist Assistant Technical. Mr. Olayanju Cole and I visited Metro Instabul in Turkey to initiate ourselves with their system, processes, and methods of operations.

We met with the General Manager/ CEO of Metro Instanbul. Mr. Ozugur Soy, took us on an inspection tour of their facilities, including the Operations and Control Center, the Eseler Depot and Maintenance Facilities, the signaling/ Telecoms sections, and the Safety/Security Stations.”

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