Ayodele Olalere
Akanimodo, one of the notorious criminals hideout in Agboyi-Ketu LCDA, Lagos now wears a new look as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday unveiled a 170 housing units built in the once dreaded area.
The project known as the Raymond Estate and Sterling Heights was a partnership between the Agboyi-Ketu LCDA and Osita Homes was the second of such by the council in less than year after the commissioning of the Greenwich Estate within the same community last year.
Sanwo-Olu commended the Chairman of Agboyi-Ketu LCDA, Dele Oshinowo for turning a ‘liability into asset,’ and described him as a ‘working chairman.’
The governor said the area was known for ‘anything that could go wrong with a city’ due to various criminal activities perpetrated there but expressed delight that the area had been turned around with the building of the housing estate.
He promised that his administration
remained committed to providing affordable housing for the teeming residents of the state.
Sanwo-Olu further pledged that Lagos will continue to have an irreversible trajectory of development in housing, health care delivery, education, tourism as well as road and public transportation.
He said Oshinowo has raised the bar of governance and called on other council chairmen to emulate him saying he is available to commission their projects.
In his welcome address, Oshinowo expressed gratitude to the Sanwo-Olu’s administration for tremendous support, saying the housing initiative spearheaded by his administration through creation of Agboyi-Ketu Properties and Investment Board in collaboration with the private sector aims to align with the Sustainable Development Goals by providing affordable, accessible and quality housing to address housing deficits in the state.
He added that the housing project exemplifies the strongest collaboration with the THEMES PLUS Agenda of the Sanwo-Olu administration.
