In a bid to fulfill his promise of delivering a multimodal transportation system for the populace, Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday departed Lagos for Beijing, China.
While in China, the governor will visit the headquarters of China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) for trade and investment discussions with the top officials of the company. He will inspect the headquarters of the Chinese construction giants and some ongoing projects undertaken around Beijing.
According to a statement by the state government, Sanwo-Olu is scheduled to inspect the Signaling System (CBTC etc.) and Metro projects, being undertaken by CCECC around Beijing.
He will depart Beijing for Dalian later in the week for a visit to China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation headquarters and CRRC Lvshun base, and is scheduled to hold a high-level official meeting with Head of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation, CRRC Dalian.
There would also be Technical Discussion on the DMUs for Red Line and EMUs for Blue Line between LAMATA , CCECC and CRRC Dalian.
The governor is accompanied on the trip by the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Seun Osiyemi; Chairman of the state’s House Committee on Transportation, Hon. Temitope Adewale, Chairman of the House Committee on Environment Parastatals, Hon. Rasheed Shabi; Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Mrs. Abimbola Akinajo; and the Director of Rail Transport, Mr. Olasunkanmi Okusaga, among other officials.
Sanwo-Olu and the entourage are billed to return to Lagos in a week.
