Speaking with newsmen at the State House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu said it was time to let go of the pains of the loss and focus on rebuilding the state, adding that government had been inundated with offers of assistance to rebuild both locally and internationally.
Governor
Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday signed an executive order for the rebuilding of
Lagos in the aftermath of #EndSARS violence that led to wanton destruction of
public and private properties in the State.
The governor
also set up an 8-member Board for the new Lagos State Rebuilding Trust Fund
Committee (LRTFC) to not only oversee the rebuilding of every aspect of the
state but also to look at the future of the state and healing of wounds.
Membership of
the Board cuts across, the private and public sectors as well as international
bodies who have offered to assist in rebuilding the state.
The 8-member
board will be chaired by Mr. Yemi Cardoso, while other members are: Prof
Kanyisola Ajayi, Mr. Gbenga Agboola, Mrs. Bola Adesola, Mr. Sam Egube, Engr.
Jimi Hotonu, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman and a member of international donor agency.
Sanwo-Olu further inaugurated six other committees to assist in quick recovery from the present situation.
The committees are: Business Continuity Committee, Assessment Committee, Planning Committee, Execution, Measurement and Evaluation Committee, Security and Enforcement Committee and Communication and Community Engagement Committee.
Sanwo-Olu
assured that the state would come out of the ashes with upgraded structures and
a modern Lagos as it embarked on reconciliation, rebuilding, unity, social
reforms for the state to attain new height of development and obtain greater
heights for a greater Lagos.
“It is in
that cherished Spirit of Lagos that we have decided to put behind us our most
recent challenges and face the daunting task of collectively rebuilding our
state. We believe that our culture, heritage, values and future are worth much
more than the looting, arson and destruction, which we witnessed in Lagos State
about two weeks ago.
“We have
decided to look to the future with hope as we work on healing the wounds of our
recent past. Instead of wallowing in our pain, we have chosen to positively
move forward. We will embrace new standards of governance; we will build
stronger partnerships, stronger people, stronger institutions, and a stronger
state.
“Our strength
lies in our uncanny ability to overcome the most complicated challenges because
we have people who genuinely love Lagos State and will assiduously do all they
can to preserve its peace and unity. In the last few weeks, we have been
inundated with local and global offers of assistance to rebuild our state and
recover all we lost to arson and violence in October.
“It is
obvious that we can no longer wait to begin the onerous task of reconstructing
Lagos State. In the next few days, our government will send a bill to the Lagos
State House of Assembly for the Establishment of a Trust Fund to Rebuild
Lagos,” he said.
He said when
the Trust Fund Bill is passed by the House of Assembly and becomes law, the
Lagos Rebuild Trust Fund Committee would be dissolved, and that its functions
would be immediately transferred to the newly established Trust Fund.
The governor
said with the deluge of offers of immediate help and assistance received
locally and internationally, “we can no longer wait until the bill is passed.
It is expedient that our enumeration, recovery, and rebuilding efforts start as
soon as possible.”
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