He emphasized that throughout the previous 20 years, significant healthcare facilities had not been constructed in Lagos. Speaking on the educational system, he described how it was almost entirely privatized and how, as a result, people who could afford better options were drawn away from the state of the art schools.
He said in an interview with Channels TV, ”I put it to you, sir, Lagos is the fifth largest economy in Africa and I’m being told by multiple economists. What is it about the services and infrastructure in Lagos is suggestive of it being the fifth best in Africa. Is it the health care delivery system, the man built Lagos quote and unquote but he hasn’t built a single health care facility in Lagos in over 20 years.
The educational system in Lagos is almost completely privatized, the ones that are in existence are so degraded that nobody who can afford it will send their children to those schools. That is what has been built in the last 25 years. When you now begin to look at the road infrastructure in Lagos State. They have been building a single road in and out of my neighbourhood for over 16 years and it’s not been completed. It’s a nightmare to travel that road.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
