The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday said crime had reduced in the state.
Ambode, who spoke during the second ‘Quarterly Town Hall Meeting’ at the City Hall, explained that statistics showed that crime rate reduced by 65 per cent during the last quarter of 2015 compared with 2014.
He added that his administration would continue to stay true to its policy built on a tripod of security, infrastructure development and job creation.
He said, “In the last quarter, we invested massively to re-energise and reinvigorate the state security infrastructure to bring it to a level comparable to what obtains in other modern city states. The investment in security has led to the reduction of crime rate in the last quarter of 2015.
“I am happy to report that our state is a lot safer today as statistics shows that crime rate reduced by 65 per cent during the last quarter compared with Year 2014.”
Ambode, who said he would continue to work tirelessly to deliver good governance for the collective good of all Lagosians, explained that a safer Lagos would attract investments.
He added that in another spirited effort to tackle crime, his administration invested in the ‘Light Up Lagos’ project, through which streetlights were being restored on major highways and inner roads in the state.
The governor also said his administration had donated 49 transformers to communities, while over 300 roads had been rehabilitated.
He added that 66 major road projects were at various stages of completion.
“In addition to this, the construction of two roads in each of the 20 local government and 37 local government development areas in the state was inaugurated last week. A total of 114 roads will be delivered through this intervention in the next six months at a cost of N17.5b,” the governor said.
Ambode also listed other strides of his administration in the last quarter to include the injection of 434 new BRT buses, the commencement of construction of flyovers in Ajah roundabout, Abule –Egba Junction and Berger bus stop.
He said the state government had embarked on the rehabilitation of schools, construction of new classroom blocks and the provision of furniture to the tune of N2.5bn, jointly funded with the Federal Government.
