Tinubu Inaugurates Lagos Red Rail Line; Warns Labour Against Incessant Strikes

President Bola Tinubu says his administration will fight corruption to a standstill and that the current economic challenges are temporary. 

He stated this while inaugurating the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red Line running from Agbado in Ogun State to Oyingbo in Lagos Mainland Local Government. 

At the ceremony at the Ikeja Train Station, President Bola Tinubu said corruption would have no place in his administration and called on Nigerians to support efforts to fight the canker.

The President said his administration had only spent nine months in office and had experienced four strikes, calling on labour leaders to exercise restraint for national development.   

President Tinubu said the rail project showed the validation of dreams and what could happen with the right people in leadership positions.

Earlier, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the first phase of the red rail line, which is twenty-seven kilometers would transport over five hundred thousand passengers daily, saving time and creating opportunities for the people.  

Governor Sanwo-Olu commended the visionary leadership of President Tinubu for creating the transportation master plan which successive governors had followed and former President Goodluck Jonathan for approving the rail track sharing agreement that enabled the commencement of the project.  

The Minister of Transportation, Sa’id Alkali said the federal government was ready to liaise with other state governments and the private sector to develop the rail transportation system for ease of movement of people and goods, and economic development.

Dignitaries at the ceremony included Governors of Ogun, Ekiti, Kwara, Borno, Imo, and Kogi States, the deputy governor of Nasarawa State, members of the National Assembly from Lagos State, state legislators, captains of industry and members of the diplomatic corps.

The high point of the event was the signing of the agreement between Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, and the Chinese construction company of the ten kilometre long second phase of the Red Line from Oyingbo to Marina where it would connect with the Blue Line.