Lagos State Government has launched a strategic
document that represents the vision of the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu,
to transform the state into an innovative, inclusive and prosperous city that
leverages on the appropriate governance and infrastructure mechanisms to
empower its people to thrive.
The governor, who launched the document tagged:
‘Lagos Resilience Strategy’ on Tuesday, said the strategy is to adapt even as
the state grows sustainably.
Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by the state Commissioner
for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube, stressed that the launch of
the document would provide an empirical background for all its policies as well
as aids his plans to speedily transform the state to a more resilient city.
He added that the unveiling of the Lagos Resilience
Document attests to the readiness of his administration to bequeath a legacy of
good governance to residents of the state and also guarantee their wellbeing.
According to the governor, “With the implementation
of the ‘Resilience Strategy’, we will develop a sustainable approach to combat
flooding incidents, stop haphazard urban planning, improve emergency response,
provide quality healthcare services, support the immense potential of our
youths through technology and deliver a robust, multimodal and integrated
transportation system, without excluding the poor and vulnerable.”
He maintained that with the pace of development going
on across the state and its attendant effect on the environment, Lagos cannot
afford to rely on traditional concepts in tackling its challenges but must
adopt a cross-sectoral planning and implementation approach.
This, he said, would aid the improvement of the
natural and built environment and at the same time optimise resources and
systems for greater efficiency, accountability and transparency.
“The Lagos Resilience Strategy contains three pillars,
10 goals and 31 initiatives, which provide a framework for improving the
capacity of the city to respond to present and future shocks and stresses. It
aligns with the Lagos State Development Plan, the ‘THEMES’ agenda and the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).”
He said the success of the strategy depends on three
major factors namely: mainstreaming resilience, collaborative engagement and monitoring
and evaluation, which would be reviewed periodically to monitor its alignment
with the city’s development priorities as well as to track progress on
resilience building.
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