Sanni Gbenga Ibrahim

Lagos is a city that is constantly growing and changing and to plan well for its future, we must understand it through accurate information. Today, I commissioned the Lagos Land Archive as part of activities to mark GIS Day 2026. The facility will preserve our hardcopy land records alongside electronic data, making it easier to access and manage vital land information. With this project, Lagos now has the largest land information storage facility in West Africa. I also toured the e-GIS offices, including the Physical Planning and Automation Department, Survey Information Centre, GIS Centre and Office of the Surveyor-General, where I saw how technology is helping us make better decisions on land administration, planning, infrastructure and development. For a city of our scale, better information means better planning and better service to Lagosians.

We were out at the Olusosun dumpsite to inspect our waste management operations firsthand. I know the collection delays across Lagos over the past few weeks have been frustrating and seeing waste piled up is unacceptable. We are taking direct action to fix this. We are leveling and expanding access roads at our five major dumpsites so trucks can dump and turn around without delay. We have ordered 160 new compactors to strengthen our fleet and our development partners are bringing in extra heavy-duty equipment. We are restructuring LAWMA to ensure stricter oversight on the ground and we are working with the PSP operators to clean up their operations and ensure only capable and committed teams are on our roads. Looking slightly ahead, we are constructing two major Transfer Loading Stations at Olusosun and Solous 3, alongside Material Recovery Facilities in Epe and Badagry to modernize how we sort and recycle waste long-term. We are fixing the system from the ground up but keeping Lagos clean requires effort from all of us. Indiscriminate dumping on our streets will not be tolerated and environmental enforcement officers will arrest and prosecute offenders. We are on it and you will see the difference soon.

At the London Climate Summit, I spoke about energy security, which I believe is one of Nigeria’s most important priorities. Recent reforms in our power sector have created new opportunities for states like Lagos to play a more active role in power generation and distribution. We are already seeing results through investments in mini-grids, improved access to electricity in our communities and the installation of over 45,000 solar street lights across the state. I made a strong case for greater international partnerships. Africa holds 60 percent of the world’s solar potential and is home to a quarter of the global population. If the world is serious about achieving a truly scalable energy transition, investment must reach places that have been underserved for far too long. Lagos is ready for meaningful collaboration to expand our energy capacity and deliver reliable power to more people.