Sanwo-Olu at Harvard: Urges Global investors to Take Advantage of Investment Opportunities in Lagos

Lagos state governor has extended to Harvard Business School, his commitment to attracting global investors to Nigeria with emphasis on Lagos state.

He said that the state with a GDP of $259b, a 25 million population, four seaports, and friendly government policies, is an investor’s delight, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said.

“Lagos is a place where people come in without anything and become somebody. We are a business and commercial powerhouse,” he said on Wednesday.

It was another sales drive for the “State of Aquatic Splendour” at Harvard Business School where Mr. Sanwo-Olu spoke on “Building the Future: Lagos State Infrastructure-led Transformation”.

He was a guest in Professor Hakeem Belo-Osagie’s course, “Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent.” Belo Osagie is a foremost Nigerian investment banker and businessman.

For the Governor, it was an opportunity to share “Lagos’ bold vision and the tangible strides we are making in transportation, housing, innovation, and industrial growth”.

The students applauded as Sanwo-Olu spoke on the Blue Line, Africa’s first intra-city line, which has moved over two million passengers, an average of 42,000 commuters daily.

The Red Line is also up and running, he said. “We are building a new airport on the Lekki- Epe Expressway, and work is set to begin on the Green Line, which will connect that part of the State to Lagos Island,” he said.

Sanwo-Olu spoke of remarkable strides in education. “Two new universities have been set up, and a third, a University of Medical Science, is on the way to bridge the personnel gap in that sector,” he said