The lawmaker representing Badagry Constituency in the House of Representatives, Sesi Whingah, has assured his constituents that Nigeria borders will soon be opened for commercial activities.
Whingah gave the assurance during a Badagry Stakeholders and Youth Engagement organised by his office on Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the engagement had the theme: “Charting A Prosperous Future for Badagry: Unlocking Potential, Empowering People, and Accelerating Progress”.
According to the lawmaker, the government is trying to see how they can mop up revenue internally.
“This is a policy that we believe needs to be done and will lead to good. The current administration will soon open borders for commercial activities; I know it is affecting us and our incomes. I know what my constituents are going through,” he said.
On the issue of electrification of some parts of Badagry communities, he assured that staff of Rural Electrification would come in and attend to that in next few days.
On roadblocks, Whingah said that no development would come to Badagry because of multiple checkpoints along the Lagos Badagry expressway.
“I have spoken against multiple checkpoints on the floor of the House. I doubt if we can achieve any development if we have people stopping and discouraging tourists and investors from coming to this corridor
“You cannot go through the stress of these multiple checkpoints as a tourist and you would want to come back to this place. The security agencies need to start looking at using technology to address this. A single drone can secure and monitor this axis,” he said.
On his achievements in office, he said he had secured employment for 30 youths in Badagry in Federal agencies.
“Again, we are trying to bring in 40 pensionable jobs for our deserving youths of Badagry. Furthermore, our NIN registration centre in Badagry has registered more than 70,000 individuals in Badagry as of today.
“This is a critical step in ensuring that our people are accounted for in the national database and can access full benefits of citizenship,” he said.
Whingah said that he had engaged with his colleague in Lagos House of Assembly to meet Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to help in fixing Mowo-Ikoga road.
“I can assure you that contractors will begin work on the road in the few weeks to come. Though it is a Federal road, Lagos state has agreed to help us to fix it.
“Also, on the uncompleted Gbaji-Owode-Apa expressway, the Federal Government is considering re-awarding it, this time, concrete road. This will be captured in the new budget of 2025,” he said. (NAN)
