Lagos to build 6th Shoprite Mall – Fashola

By the time the mall is completed, Shoprite Mall in Lagos will become six in number – Apapa, Surulere, Lekki, Ikeja, Festac Town and Amuwo Odofin.Governor Fashola disclosed this penultimate weekend during campaign for people’s vote. He lament what Apapa has been turned to in the last decade noting that the traffic congestion and bad […]

By the time the mall is completed, Shoprite Mall in Lagos will become six in number – Apapa, Surulere, Lekki, Ikeja, Festac Town and Amuwo Odofin.
Governor Fashola disclosed this penultimate weekend during campaign for people’s vote.
He lament what Apapa has been turned to in the last decade noting that the traffic congestion and bad roads are as a result of concentration of Tank Farms in the area.
He recalled that four years ago, his administration promised the people of Apapa to work on some inner city roads like Aerodrome Road, Warehouse Road, Calcutta Crescent, Abraham Adesanya, Douala Road, Kofo Abayomi, Moshalashi, Sari Iganmu, Itapeju.
He pointed to directions of the mentioned roads that have been upgraded asking, “Now how do they look?”
He told the people, “We have already built your own Shoprite Mall in Apapa, Surulere now has its own, Lekki has its own, Ikeja has its own, FESTAC is on the way, Isolo is on the way and Ikorodu is on the way; I can tell you also Amuwo Odofin, I have signed the agreement to build the Amuwo Odofin Mall.”
The governor noted that as he spoke with the people, work was ongoing on Marine Road, Bombay Crescent, Ibikunle Akintoye Street and several others adding, “ The ones that I can finish, I will finish and the ones that I cannot finish, Ambode will conclude…”
Still speaking on degeneration of Apapa due to concentration of tank farms and dozens of trailers that usually come to Apapa to load fuel, Fashola said, “Apart from building roads, I used to come here as a child, maybe they don’t know this place; cinemas were here, hotels were here. They have destroyed all that because they want to make much money from fuel importation.
“But because of all that they get from importation, they have turned your residential estate into a petroleum tank farm. They don’t care about your life.
“They don’t care about your life. They [Federal Government] are the ones issuing all those approvals for tank farms,” he said.
He however urged the people residing and working in Apapa to be patient promising that help is on the way as soon as they vote for APC presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari at the centre and Akinwunmi Ambode in Lagos State.
“All the important dignitaries around the world who come to Nigeria, their first port of call is not Abuja, their first port of call is Lagos,” said.
The governorship candidate, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, in his remarks, thanked the people of Apapa for their immense support saying that the gridlock in the area, which he blamed on the Federal Government, will become a thing of the past as soon as APC takes over control of leadership both at the national and state levels.