LASG declares readiness for year-end tourism actions

The Lagos State Authorities’s key tourism businesses have introduced full readiness for a clean, protected, and vibrant festive season, following a high-level multi-agency stakeholders’ engagement held on the Lagos Continental Resort, Victoria Island.

In a press release by the ministry, it was famous that the assembly, themed “Unlocking the Potentials and Alternatives of Lagos Tourism: Collaboration and Partnership for a Better Lagos”, introduced collectively business gamers to align methods for the year-end actions.

The engagement, convened by the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Tradition, was attended by important stakeholders to deliberate on collaborative methods aimed toward enhancing the general customer expertise in the course of the Yuletide season and making certain seamless coordination throughout the State.

Addressing contributors, the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Tradition, Toke Benson-Awoyinka, stated Lagos stays Nigeria’s foremost tourism vacation spot, attracting thousands and thousands of residents, guests, and diaspora returnees yearly.

She stated, “The upcoming festive interval presents important financial alternatives that may solely be maximised via efficient coordination amongst authorities businesses, personal operators, and business gamers.

“The State Authorities is absolutely dedicated to making sure that each one actions throughout the tourism, leisure, and hospitality ecosystem are protected, well-regulated, and pleasant for vacationers, entertainers, enjoyable seekers, and residents at massive.

“Strengthened inter-agency collaboration and improved service supply will place Lagos to ship its most organised and thrilling festive season but, additional reinforcing its standing as West Africa’s premier cultural and leisure capital. Stakeholders ought to strictly adhere to regulatory tips and undertake international greatest practices that align with Lagos’ aspiration to stay a number one vacation spot and reiterate the Ministry’s readiness to proceed working carefully with companions to ship a seamless, world-class festive expertise all through December and past.”

The Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Improvement, Yacoob Alebiosu, assured stakeholders that the state is intensifying efforts to take care of protected, navigable, and well-managed waterfront corridors all through the festive interval.

He stated, “The ministry is working carefully with LASWA and different maritime businesses to make sure correct jetty administration, improve surveillance on waterfronts, and forestall overcrowding and unsafe boarding practices.

“The ministry is dedicated to offering a clear, safe, and practical waterfront surroundings that helps each tourism and transportation actions.”

Equally, the Commissioner for Transportation, Seun Osiyemi, reiterated the ministry’s readiness to make sure the graceful motion of individuals and items throughout the state in the course of the festive interval.

“The federal government has activated a complete visitors administration plan that integrates street, water, and intermodal transportation methods.”

Osiyemi introduced prolonged service hours for key public transport companies and improved coordination with safety businesses to make sure effectivity and security throughout main leisure and occasion corridors.

Talking additional, the Normal Supervisor of the Lagos State Site visitors Administration Authority, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, said that greater than 2,000 officers might be strategically deployed throughout main routes, together with Lekki-Epe, Victoria Island, Ajah, Ikeja, and Ikorodu, to make sure seamless visitors circulation all through December.

He assured residents and guests of the company’s round the clock dedication to visitors decongestion and speedy response to gridlock conditions.

On water transportation, the Particular Adviser to the Governor on Blue Financial system, Damilola Emmanuel, and the Managing Director of Lagferry, Abdoulbaq Balogun, assured residents of heightened security protocols on waterways.

They emphasised elevated patrols, obligatory life jacket utilization, and prolonged ferry operations and highlighted readiness to offer protected, dependable, and handy water transportation companies for vacationers and commuters in the course of the season.

Talking on security, the Director-Normal of the Lagos State Security Fee, Lanre Mojola, represented by Olubunmi Jegede, outlined obligatory security compliance measures for occasion organisers.

He added, “These embody the deployment of educated security marshals, availability of ambulances, firefighting tools, crowd-control methods, and clearly marked emergency exits. Compliance checks, pre-event security audits, and steady monitoring might be intensified all through December.”

The Normal Supervisor of the Lagos State Environmental Safety Company, Dr. Tunde Ajayi, careworn the significance of environmental compliance regardless of the quite a few concert events and nightlife occasions anticipated throughout town.

He emphasised that the company will implement noise rules to make sure that residents’ rights to peaceable atmosphere are preserved whereas nonetheless accommodating Lagos’ vibrant leisure tradition.