President
Muhammadu Buhari, today in Lagos took a tour of the ongoing Eko Atlantic City
construction project. President Buhari has been in Lagos since yesterday, for
his 2-days visits to the city, was spotted with Naomi Campbell, a British born
model, actress, and singer.
During the
President Buhari ‘s tour of the Eko Atlantic City project in Lagos, he was
pictured alongside with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos-State, National
Leader of All Progress Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Naomi
Campbell.
Eko Atlantic
is planned to be situated over an artificial 10 square kilometre plot of land
off of Victoria Island. The idea behind this project was to establish a city
that will become the new economic capital of Africa.
President
Buhari who was received at the Murtala Mohammed Airport by the Lagos state
governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed,
commissioned a world-class bus terminal in Lagos yesterday.
The bus
terminal which is located behind the premises of the railway corporation
opposite the Murtala Muhammed International Airport will connect 22 routes and
over 60, 000 people are expected to transit through the facility on a daily
basis.
According to
reports, there are 13 similar bus terminals being constructed across the state.
The newly
acquired buses by the Lagos state government will serve the terminals. It was
also gathered that the state has taken possession of over 5,000 of the new
buses. And there are reports that more of the buses will be acquired in the
course of the year.
The Ikeja Bus
terminal is sitting on 10,000 square metres land space is equipped with
Intelligent Transport System (ITS), Fully Air-conditioned Terminal, Food Court,
Shops, Toilets, ATM Gallery, Free Wi-Fi, Electronically Controlled shades,
among others.
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