Tag: Dr Oluyinka Olumide

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that the average cost of land in Ikeja is slightly above N3m per square metre, making it difficult for low-income earners to live around that environment. Sanwo-Olu stated this during his acceptance speech after his investiture as an Honorary Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners at the 57th Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting held in Ikeja, according to a statement. The governor, who was represented at the event by the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, added that his administration had invested very aggressively in rail transportation so that people could live in Agbado and commute daily to the central area of Lagos. “The average cost of land in I...