President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, February 29, commissioned the first phase of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Red Line project at the Ikeja Train Station.
The commissioned segment of the 37-kilometer Red Line, running 27 kilometers from Agbado in Ogun State to Oyingbo, integrates eight strategically located stations: Agbado, Iju, Agege, Ikeja, Oshodi, Mushin, Yaba, and Oyingbo.
In his address, President Tinubu commended Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and highlighted the pivotal role of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA).
President Tinubu established LAMATA 20 years ago during his governorship tenure in Lagos to shape the state’s transportation landscape, acknowledging Sanwo-Olu’s key involvement in its creation.
The inauguration also featured the formal agreement signing for the commencement of the Red Line’s second phase, a collaboration between LAMATA and CCECC, executed by LAMATA’s Managing Director, Engr Abimbola Akinajo, and the CCECC Chairman, in the presence of Governor Sanwo-Olu and the CCECC’s President.
After his speech at the event, President Tinubu and some dignitaries took the presidential inaugural ride on the Red Line from the Ikeja Train Station.
The event was attended by by a distinguished assembly of guests, including but not limited to the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his Deputy, the Minister of Transportation Saidu Alkali, numerous state governors, officials from the project’s executing firm CCECC, and international diplomatic figures in attendance.
