why did AIT Forget about this...and they never tell pupils all this too...
Economically, Lagos has two seaports and local and international airports. It is a thriving industrial and commercial centre. Crude oil and bitumen are found within Lagos state at Epe and silica sand is available in Badagry and Eti-osa. Clay is found at Ikeja and Ikorodu, and wood (including teak, opepe, and abora) for timber products is widely available. Maize and ginger are cultivated throughout the state, while kolanut, cocoa, and cassava are found in Ikorodu. More recently, fish farm estates have been developed to exploit the state’s water resources and combat poverty
Lagos accounted for 38 percent of total manufacturing employment in Nigerian cities and over 60 percent of the total value.
Much of the nation’s wealth and economic activities are concentrated in Lagos megacity, with manufacturing and service delivery, banking, and telecommunication services making more significant contributions than fishing, mining and quarrying, agriculture, and forestry (which accounted for less than 2 percent of GDP
2006 it contributed 30 percent to Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP), consumed more than 60 percent of its energy, collected 65 percent of its value added tax (VAT), and accounted for 90 percent of its foreign trade and 70 percent of its industrial investments. The three lighter terminals and two major ports at Apapa and Tin Can Island in Lagos, today generate 50 percent of Nigeria’s port revenue. Most corporates including manufacturing, financial, and insurance organisations in the country have their headquarters in Lagos. The city has since become an economic hub for West Africa, with the Murtala Mohammed International airport generating 82 percent of international airline departures within West Africa and between the sub-region and Europe.
Lagos is also a major educational centre, playing host to several tertiary institutions including the University of Lagos, the Lagos State University, the National Open University, the Pan-African University, the Yaba College of Technology, and the Lagos State Polytechnic. The city also hosts the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, the Lagos State College of Health Technology, and the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and its College of Medicine. In addition, there are other private polytechnics including the Grace City Polytechnic and Wolex Polytechnic
The employment generated by the various socio-economic activities in the city continues to attract both domestic and international migrants to Lagos. Despite the movement of the federal capital to Abuja in 1986, metropolitan Lagos has remained the country’s dominant economic, social, and financial centre as well as the hub of national and international communications
In 2003 Nigeria adopted a home-grown poverty reduction strategy called the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). This was later decentralised to the state level in 2004. Lagos state, following the example of the federal government, formulated and adopted the Lagos State Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (LASEEDS), which was put in place in 2005.
based and integrated waste management, and so on. Roads and transportation entails aggressive road rehabilitation in all the local government areas and construction of new roads, as well as the introduction of the integrated Mass Transit Programme for road, rail, and water transport services and effective traffic management. Power and water supply include the establishment of Island Power, Alausa Power, Akute Power, Odomola, and Adiyan II. Education involves curriculum review, school infrastructure renewal, awarding of scholarships
Road construction in Lagos
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Existing and predicted modal split in Lagos megacity
Infrastructural upgrade
Lekki-EPE ROAD EXPANSION
PROPOSE LAGOS BADAGRY EXPRESS
Elsewedy electricity transformer factory in Agbara
Drainage and Sanitation
Waste management facilities in Lagos megacity
Market redevelopment in Lagos
Redevelopment of Balogun Market into a shopping mall
BEAUTIFCATION OF LAGOS STATE
Health-care delivery
Provision of security facilities in Lagos state
Skill acquisition programmes
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