The entire members of #ebeano family condemn the brutal attacks on brothers yesterday in Enugu state. We sympathize with all the families affected and pray for God to grant those that lost their lives eternal rest.
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2002 saw the approval of the Lagos Urban Transport Project initiative. The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority was established when World Bank representatives insisted on the establishment of a competent urban transport authority to carry out the project.
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Dayo Mobereola, managing director of LAMATA, was a transport consultant in the UK.
Large buses could not operate on the previous, crumbling infrastructure, therefore, the state government started developing brand-new, high-capacity bus systems during Tinubu's second term.
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By formally announcing the building of the blue and red lines, Bola Tinubu also revitalized the Alhaji Lateef Jakande abandoned rail system for Lagos State.
It took several years to plan the BRT, the first system of its sort in sub-Saharan Africa,
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in part because of drawn-out talks with the bus union.
Cooperation from the union was crucial in securing private funding for the project because large BRT vehicles are substantially more expensive.
Investors, however, were hesitant to invest for fear of upsetting the NURTW.
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In addition to significant political backing from Tinubu, LAMATA benefited from World Bank protection. The World Bank assessed Lagos's performance as "very satisfactory" in a report on the program, noting that