Thursday, 14 November 2013

“IF LAGOS FAILS, NIGERIA WILL SINK” – HON FOUAD OKI

Lagos state being a commercial and industrial state in Nigeria with major ports of entry and exit on Tuesday 29th October 2013 held a glamorous public lecture which was organized in commemoration of Hon prince Adetoyese Adio Olusi, vice chairman of Lagos island local government.
The public lecture, which was graced by friends of Toye, Mrs. Salau- Bashua representing senator Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, Alhaji FA Adekunle APC party chairman lagos island, Hon. Opeyemi Akindele chairman Lagos island local government and guest speaker Hon. Fouad Oki who spoke on the topic “ democratic representation in a fledging and emerging megacity.”
Speaking at the event, former commissioner 1in the lagos state civil service commission, Hon Fouad Oki revealed that nothing that has been said and done in Lagos that has never been done and said. “I have seen the lagoon by the side of a lake Alfred Lekins said and from that point coming to date Lagos has been seen in commerce, trade and economics. It is an undisputable fact that in Nigeria today, Lagos remains the most complex metropolitan centre of regional populations and organization. The role which Lagos plays, both locally and internationally, comes from the complex set of functions carried out within the metropolis. These functions ranges from essentially economic activities such as manufacturing to more socially oriented ones like government housing projects. Lagos has been playing its role and will continue to play its role because if Lagos fails, Nigeria will sink.”
Hon Fouad Oki also commended the celebrant Hon prince Adetoyese Adio Olusi for his achievements and wished him well in all his endeavors. “Adetoye wanted to celebrate his birthday as a discuss. He said it is a better way of celebrating and for this reason I say Adetoye is my Protégé”. He however enlightens the audience and Toye’s well wishers on what Lagos represents in political space and the essence of the Lagos representatives.

                   
                                                                      BY ARIYO KAFILAT

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