Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode says the government is working frantically to conquer the deadly Lassa fever disease which has encroached into the state.
The governor spoke on Tuesday at the second quarterly Town Hall Meeting of his administration to render account of his stewardship to the people at the Lagos City Hall, Lagos Island, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
He said the government would place the same seriousness it used in tackling the menace of Ebola to curb Lassa fever.
The governor appealed to Lagosians to remain vigilant and cooperate with health officials in the various local governments and communities.
“I must quickly add that we are seriously working to ensure that we contain the spread of Lassa fever, just the same way as we conquered the Ebola virus. I appeal to all Lagosians to be vigilant and cooperate with our health officials in the various Local Governments and Communities.
Ambode also added that the state government had stopped the contentious casualisation of medical doctors who were employed some years ago by regularizing their employment status in the State Civil Service, adding that government had also extended the Accident Insurance Policy for its entire workforce to cover accidents recorded outside working hours.
On education, Ambode said government had undertaken the rehabilitation of schools, construction of new classroom blocks and provision of furniture to the tune of N2.5 billion.
He disclosed that the project was funded jointly with the Federal Government under the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC scheme with the state, adding an additional N526 million.
“We are coming up with a new design of modern all-inclusive blocks of classrooms for the secondary schools to provide a conducive environment for learning. The Central Senatorial Zone stands to benefit from this tremendously,” he said.
On roads, Ambode said in the last quarter, government had embarked on massive reconstruction and rehabilitation of major roads and inner roads across the metropolis.
“Over 300 major road projects have been rehabilitated. Sixty-six major road projects are at various stages of completion while 80 road grading and surface dressing projects will soon be completed in all the LGs and LCDAs of the state.
“In addition to this, the construction of two roads in each of the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Government Development Areas in the state was flagged off last week. A total of 114 roads will be delivered through this intervention in the next six months at a cost of N17.5b.
“Work has commenced on the construction of fly-overs in two of the state’s high traffic zones – Ajah roundabout in the Central Senatorial Zone and Abule-Egba Junction in the West Senatorial Zone,” he explained.
