In a bid to fulfill his promise of delivering a multimodal transportation system for the populace, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has departed Lagos for Beijing, the Capital of China.
This was revealed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile.
While in China, Sanwo-Olu will visit the headquarters of China Civil Engineering Construction Company for trade and investment discussions with the top officials of the company.
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He will inspect the headquarters of the Chinese construction giants and some ongoing projects undertaken around Beijing.
The Governor is scheduled to inspect the Signaling System and Metro projects being undertaken by CCECC around Beijing.
He will depart Beijing for Dalian later in the week for a visit to China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation headquarters and CRRC Lvshun base.
He is scheduled to hold a high-level official meeting with the Head of China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation, CRRC Dalian.
There would also be Technical Discussion on the DMUs for Red Line and EMUs for Blue Line by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, CCECC and CRRC Dalian.
Governor Sanwo-Olu is accompanied on the trip by the Hon. Commissioner for Transportation, Seun Osiyemi; Chairman, House Committee on Transportation, Hon. Temitope Adewale; Chairman, House Committee on Environment parastatals, Hon. Rasheed Shabi; Managing Director of LAMATA, Abimbola Akinajo; and Director, Rail Transport, Olasunkanmi Okusaga, among other officials.
The Governor and the entourage are billed to return to Lagos in a week.