Sanwo-Olu: One week and the different faces of a single development challenge
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By DAVID OWENS There was a common thread running through several of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s engagements in the last week of October: the future of Lagos and the resources required to build it. How does it translate infrastructure development into economic opportunity?
Context & Background
✦At the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce executive business breakfast in Lekki on Wednesday, the governor returned to the subject of investment, this time with the future of Lagos itself as the centrepiece.
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last week:By DAVID OWENS There was a common thread running through several of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s engagements in the last week of October: the future of Lagos and the resources required to build it.Monday:Indeed, anyone following the governor’s activities from Monday, October 26, to Saturday, October 31, might have been struck first by their diversity.Monday:At the 32nd Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on Monday, Sanwo-Olu approached Nigeria’s economic challenges from the standpoint of regional integration and trade.
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✦By DAVID OWENS There was a common thread running through several of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s engagements in the last week of October: the future of Lagos and the resources required to build it.
✦How does it translate infrastructure development into economic opportunity?
✦At the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce executive business breakfast in Lekki on Wednesday, the governor returned to the subject of investment, this time with the future of Lagos itself as the centrepiece.
Key Facts:last week: By DAVID OWENS There was a common thread running through several of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s engagements in the last week of October: the future of Lagos and the resources required to build it.Monday: Indeed, anyone following the governor’s activities from Monday, October 26, to Saturday, October 31, might have been struck first by their diversity.Monday: At the 32nd Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on Monday, Sanwo-Olu approached Nigeria’s economic challenges from the standpoint of regional integration and trade.Wednesday: At the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce executive business breakfast in Lekki on Wednesday, the governor returned to the subject of investment, this time with the future of Lagos itself as the centrepiece.
Editorial Excerpt
By DAVID OWENS There was a common thread running through several of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s engagements in the last week of October: the future of Lagos and the resources required to build it. It was not immediately obvious from the variety of events he attended.
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By DAVID OWENS There was a common thread running through several of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s engagements in the last week of October: the future of Lagos and the resources required to build it.
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By DAVID OWENS There was a common thread running through several of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s engagements in the last week of October: the future of Lagos and the resources required to build it.
