Lagos can’t prosper through isolated planning — Bamidele

Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele has called for a regional development and investment compact to coordinate infrastructure, economic corridors, and opportunities across the Southwest, urging the Lagos State Government to move beyond isolated planning. He argued that Lagos, as a major commercial hub in Nigeria with extensive economic and transport links into neighboring Ogun State and other parts of the Southwest, requires a coordinated approach to regional growth, encompassing transportation, housing, industrial development, and environmental management.

Bamidele proposed the Lagos-Southwest Spatial Development and Investment Compact, involving Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, and Ekiti states, alongside relevant federal institutions and private-sector organizations.

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