The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu will, on Tuesday departed Lagos for Beijing, the Capital of China, to fulfill his promise of delivering a multimodal transportation system for the state.
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile disclosed this in a statement.
The governor’s spokesman said that while in China, Sanwo-Olu would visit the headquarters of China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) for trade and investment discussions with the top officials of the company and also inspect the headquarters of the Chinese construction giants and some ongoing projects undertaken around Beijing.
“The Governor is scheduled to inspect the Signaling System (CBTC etc.) and Metro projects, being undertaken by CCECC around Beijing.
“He will depart Beijing for Dalian later in the week for a visit to China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation headquarters and CRRC Lvshun base, he is scheduled to hold a high-level official meeting with Head of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation, CRRC Dalian. There would also be Technical Discussion on the DMUs for Red Line and EMUs for Blue Line between LAMATA , CCECC and CRRC Dalian.
“Governor Sanwo-Olu is accompanied on the trip by the Hon. Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Seun Osiyemi, Chairman, House Committee on Transportation, Hon. Temitope Adewale, Chairman, House Committee on Environment parastatals, Hon. Rasheed Shabi, Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo, Director, Rail Transport, Mr. Olasunkanmi Okusaga among other officials.
“The Governor and the entourage are billed to return to Lagos in a week,” the statement read.