Ms Ronke Kosoko, Chief Executive Officer, Employment Clinic, has urged the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to ensure the appointment of experts for the turnaround the maritime industry.
Kosoko, who said this at new conference in Lagos on Wednesday, appealed to Tinubu to look into creating job opportunities and addressing infrastructure deficit in the maritime industry.
Kosoko also congratulated Tinubu and Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for emerging victorious in the 2023 Presidential and Gubernatorial elections which was held on Feb. 25 and March 18, respectively.
According to Kosoko, over the last decade, the industry has been going down and so the need for the incoming government to look into solving them.
“The entire industry is looking forward to Sen. Bola Tinubu and Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to revive the maritime industry for the good of the country.
“This is because there has been dichotomy in the state and federal. Now, we want to ensure that the center aligns at some levels because if Lagos works, Apapa for instance is affecting the whole nation, if it works, if Lekki works, other states will work.
“That is the reason why some people look forward to Tinubu as president, it’s because of the work he did in Lagos. If he can unplug Lagos from the string of the Federal Government, we can do it in our state,” she said.
She said that since 2010, in different administrations, a whole lot had happened in the maritime industry.
“Many of the decisions about why things are not working in Apapa was due to government.
“Lagos, being a literal state with three port cities, cannot be ignored. First and foremost, we laid a foundation which is to connect the dots at the governmental level.
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