Governor Akinwumi Ambode has expressed delight at the emergence of Lagos state as the fifth largest economy in Africa, adding that his administration is in the process of setting up an Economic Management Team made up of distinguished individuals from the private sector and the public sector to manage and scale up the successes recorded in that direction.
The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi , has advised the federal government to copy from Lagos state in terms of formulating policies that can boost trade, business and attract investors, adding that the Lagos example can bail the country from its current economic woes.
President of the Republic of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe on Tuesday paid a visit to the site of the proposed Dangote Refinery in Lagos in what many believed was a step towards a possible partnership between Dangote group and the West African Country.
