He described the summit as a strategic initiative and planning tool that has significantly driven the development of Lagos State.
“Think of the Lagos-Ibadan megalopolis, develop in Ogere a beautiful city; go to Abeokuta to develop a beautiful city. People can wake up and in 45 minutes they are in their offices in Victoria Island and in the evening, they go back to Ibadan, Ogere, and Abeokuta.
“This is a megalopolis and you think of the Boston-Houston corridor. But, this needs political will to collaborate with the adjourning states,” Utomi explained.
He said the idea of Ehingbeti came from the need to provide infrastructure and social services to the citizenry after the return of civil rule in 1999.
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The Organised Private Sector (OPS) has reaffirmed commitment to continued deployment of the Lagos Economic Summit (Ehingbeti) as a channel for setting developmental agenda for Lagos State.
The Summit which will hold virtually for the first time is scheduled to hold from Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18 February, 2021. Speaking at a recent stakeholders’ conference on the Summit, the organised private sector (OPS) stressed the need for the government to focus on infrastructural development, job creation, waste management and social issues.
Other areas listed for government’s consideration by the OPS are investment in technology and innovation, security, while the government was also advised to enable the large population of entrepreneurial youth domiciled in the state to take advantage of their skills and talents.
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