Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has re-assured investors and residents his administration’s commitment to ensure that the state remains the nation’s commercial hub.
The governor, represented by the Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Co-operative, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, gave this re-assurance while inaugurating a two-storey shopping mall constructed by Ikeja Club on Obafemi Awolowo Road, Ikeja. The mall sits on over 1, 000 square metres of space.
He said his administration’s commitment to commerce being reinforced by the government’s actions in terms of legislations, institutional reforms and protection of lives and property.
This commitment, Ambode said, led to the recent signing into law of two legislations that were aimed at preventing the incidence of land grabbing that have for long been a major hindrance to consummation of land and property transaction, while the other law establishes the Lagos State Neighbourhood Watch as a veritable tool for security within communities.
The mall, Ambode added, will not only increase the stocks of the city malls across the landscape of the state, but will also assist in employment and wealth creation for Lagosians.
“All of these and many more of our decisive intervention will ultimately create the desired conducive environment for commerce and investment to thrive in our state,” the governor enthused.
Earlier in a welcome address, the President, Ikeja Club, Prince Ademola Adunola, commended the state government for been a reliable partner in the discharge of its various social responsibilities as a corporate citizen.
Adunola explained that the mall was not constructed for commercial gains but to enable the club to adequately perform its numerous charity services to the less privileged of the society.
