Lagos boosts civil service infrastructure with new office complexes

Lagos State has significantly boosted its public infrastructure, adding 19,525 square meters of office space as part of a strategy to decrease dependence on rented facilities and enhance working conditions for civil servants. Adekunle Olayinka, Special Adviser to the Governor on Works, announced these developments during a ministerial press briefing marking the third year of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s second term.

The newly added capacity comes from the completion of major government buildings, notably the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administrative Complex and the Revenue House, both situated within the Alausa Secretariat precinct in Ikeja. These projects are central to the administration's broader aim of strengthening public institutions, improving service delivery, and preserving the value of government-owned infrastructure assets. Olayinka emphasized that these efforts align with the THEMES+ Agenda and the Lagos State Development Plan 2052, underscoring a commitment to infrastructure-led development as a catalyst for economic growth, job creation, and improved living standards.

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The administration has continued to prioritise infrastructure renewal and maintenance in line with the THEMES+ Agenda and the Lagos State Development Plan 2052.

The Sanwo-Olu administration has focused on both completing inherited projects and initiating new investments across critical sectors. In healthcare, ongoing projects include the new Massey Children’s Hospital and its multi-level car park, a 280-bed General Hospital in Ojo, and a Psychiatric Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre in Ketu-Ejinrin, Epe. Educational infrastructure is also being enhanced with new lecture theatres, laboratories, office complexes, and student accommodation at the Lagos State University of Science and Technology and the Lagos State University of Education.

Further developments include the E-GIS headquarters, police facilities statewide, a central library at Lagos State University, and a new lecture theatre at LASUED’s Noforija campus. The Office of Works, acting as a consultant, oversees these diverse projects designed to bolster public infrastructure and institutional capacity. Lagos State employs a dual approach to infrastructure sustainability, combining new construction with the consistent maintenance and rehabilitation of existing assets to ensure longevity and optimal functionality.

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In Lagos State, we emphasise a two-pronged approach to sustainability by ensuring routine maintenance of existing assets to ensure that infrastructure assets operate as initially intended in a long-lasting manner and the continuous rehabilitation and upgrade