Full List: Projects Commissioned By President Buhari in Lagos (Photos)

By Gboyega Olunuga, Lagos

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday departed Abuja for Lagos to inaugurate some developmental projects executed by the Lagos State Government.

The president and members of his encourage departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 9.48am.

He was received at the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos by the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and Deputy Governor of Edo, Mr Phillip Shuaibu.

Others were Lagos State Governor-Elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Mr Obafemi Hamzat as well as top security chiefs.

The projects inaugurated by the president include the Institute of Maternal and Child Health (Ayinke House), an ultra modern 170-bed Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialist hospital located within LASUTH and Lagos Theatre.

Others are the Oshodi Transport Interchange and International Airport Road as well as 820 Mass Transit buses.

NAN reports that President Buhari, who is on one-day official visit to Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, has since returned to Abuja immediately after the inauguration of the projects.

The President left the Presidential Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, at exactly 3:20 p.m. aboard a Nigerian Air Force 001 Boeing aircraft with registration number 5N-FGT.

Those who saw him off at the airport included Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.

Others were Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Mr. Obafemi Hamzat.

Some members of the Federal Executive Council, members of the National Assembly, members of the Lagos State Assembly were with the President during the one-day official working visit.

Also on ground at the Presidential Lounge were the top echelon of the Nigeria Police Force, the Federal Road Safety Corps, the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service.