Sanwo-Olu may deliver Blue line rail before Christmas

Baring last minute changes, Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu may give Lagosians a huge and unexpected Christmas gift.

Though it is coming 11 years behind schedule, Governor Sanwo-Olu in accordance with his promise in February last year, will hand over the Blue Line rail system as a Christmas gift to Lagosians.

Already, ahead of the proposed handover, the Blue line is said to be undergoing massive test run by the contractor’s team of engineers, to attest to its stability and readiness for commercial operation.

Work started on the Blue line in 2006 as a world bank assisted project. It was inherited by Governor Babatunde Fashola who made it a priority project and took it to about 80 percent completion when he left office in 2015.

Paucity of funds had plagued the project, forcing the last administration to abandon it until it was revitalised by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in 2021, despite the ravages of the COVID-pandemic.

(Nation)