ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. AKINWUNMI AMBODE, AT THE LAGOS BOAT REGATTA FESTIVAL ON APRIL 1, 2018

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. AKINWUNMI AMBODE, AT THE LAGOS BOAT REGATTA FESTIVAL ON APRIL 1, 2018

PROTOCOLS

Our coastal asset is our strength, we must develop it.

It gives me a great pleasure to join you all at this year’s edition of Lagos State Boat Regatta. This colourful parade on water has been a fairly consistent feature of our entertainment menu at Easter. 

We have expanded the scope of this wonderful fanfair last year when we held the boat Regatta parade simultaneously at four different venues to celebrate the golden jubilee anniversary of the creation of our state. 

The success of that experience reassured us of the treasure that our waterways represent and why we must nurture this God-given asset as a major tourist attraction.

We have made a modest investment in a few luxury boats that are meant to target tourism promotion. The Lagos lagoon boasts of perhaps the busiest water route in West Africa. There is a vibrant boat club with members’ boat collection that is astonishing; there is a growing interest in surfing and our waterways are acknowledged ad one of the best for scuba diving in the world. 

This is why our determination will not waver in making our waterways cleaner and safer with further investments and partnerships in the channelisation of the water routes, in the provision of more standard jetties and ferries.

I thank you all for coming out for this event and I wish you all a Happy Easter. 

Itesiwaju ipinle Eko, lo jewa logun 

Mr. Akinwunmi AMBODE

Governor Lagos State 

April 1, 2018