Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, Labour Party (LP) governorship
candidate for Lagos in the last elections, has described the commencement of
operations of the blue line rail service as a “welcome development”.
On Wednesday, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport
Authority (LAMATA) announced that the blue line rail will commence passenger
operations on September 4, 2023.
Abimbola Akinajo, the agency’s managing director, added that
the train operations will begin with 12 trips for two weeks, which will later
be increased to 76 trips per day.
Reacting to the news, Rhodes-Vivour said “the opening of the
blue rail is a welcome development for Lagosians”.
“With the high cost
of living and high youth unemployment rates (despite the Jesus like miracles of
the NBS 41% to 4.1%), we hope it will help lift the burden of transport for the
masses,” he wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
“I must commend all the social commentators and political
candidates that made this a burning topic, which is the role of the opposition
and the media to ensure the people get the best.”
Rhodes-Vivour also demanded for accountability and
transparency from the state government over the project.
“That said, for a
project that has taken 15 years to be partially complete, it is only fair that
Lagosians know exactly what this project has cost,” he said.
“And more importantly, why the project took this long to be
partially completed, what was cost for as opposed to what the people of Lagos
are getting.
“We also need a timeline for the delivery of a statewide
mass transit system.”
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