Lagos state has been declared the 5th largest economy in Africa, WuzuNaija can authoritatively confirm.
This revelation was made by Akinwunmi Ambode, the state governor, via a tweet on his official Twitter handle @AkinwunmiAmbode, to share the goodnews with Lagosians and his followers alike.
This gesture, according to a series of tweets was to celebrate the hardwork of civil service in the state as well as those working as civil servants during the presentation of 2016 summit report to the Lagos state government in Ikeja, the state capital on Tuesday, October 25.
He tweeted:
The Association of Lagos State Retired Heads of Service & Perm Secretaries, today presented the 2016 Summit Report to the Lagos State Govt. pic.twitter.com/Qf7kx5iTul
— Akinwunmi Ambode (@AkinwunmiAmbode) October 25, 2016
Our retired Heads of Service & Perm. Secretaries represent those who gave their active service to make Lagos a state we all are now proud of pic.twitter.com/8j41hAgtOA
— Akinwunmi Ambode (@AkinwunmiAmbode) October 25, 2016
Lagos Civil Service has become a pacesetter in the Nigerian Civil Service because of the foundation laid by our distinguished predecessors. pic.twitter.com/d0udYbQ2Ac
— Akinwunmi Ambode (@AkinwunmiAmbode) October 25, 2016
Excellence, resilience & capacity building is what our Civil Service is known for. We’ll continue to raise the bar in service delivery. pic.twitter.com/n5uj08qlFw
— Akinwunmi Ambode (@AkinwunmiAmbode) October 25, 2016
Lagos’ emergence as the 5th largest economy in Africa is a testament of what our civil service stands for. #ItesiwajuEko pic.twitter.com/fAZ1VOC2Xk
— Akinwunmi Ambode (@AkinwunmiAmbode) October 25, 2016
We cannot ignore the values that our predecessors in the civil service inputted in us. #ItesiwajuEko pic.twitter.com/1OSwQudQKv
— Akinwunmi Ambode (@AkinwunmiAmbode) October 25, 2016
We will uphold these values in order to improve the civil service. pic.twitter.com/izptRKZZfd
— Akinwunmi Ambode (@AkinwunmiAmbode) October 25, 2016
He also stated afterwards that, “Very soon we would be setting up what we would refer to as an Economic Management Team to drive the fifth largest economy, because that’s the way we need to envision our self and this Economic Management Team will involve nominees from the Chambers and other people in the private sector, so that we can collaborate because majorly this economy is driven by the private sector, our duty is to create an enabling environment and fuse all that together, I think that synergy can just catapult Lagos into that global city state that we want it to be.”
