Sanwo-Olu: One week and the different faces of a single development challenge

By DAVID OWENS  
There was a common thread running through several of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s engagements in the last week of October: the future of Lagos and the resources required to build it.
It was not immediately obvious from the variety of events he attended. Indeed, anyone following the governor’s activities from Monday, October 26, to Saturday, October 31, might have been struck first by their diversity. There was an economic summit, a women’s conference, an international business gathering, meetings with development partners, a political manifesto unveiling, a medical centenary, an education award ceremony, a bankers’ investiture and a fashion show. Yet, beneath the dif...