TIME Africa has honoured Lagos State Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu with a Special Recognition Award for his administration’s new industrial expansion and other economic transformation projects.
TIME Africa is a publication of Time magazine.
In a citation presented during the award, TIME Africa highlights new industrial facilities and logistics hubs launched across Ikorodu, Badagry, Lekki and Epe.
It said that Sanwo-Olu’s leadership has been guided by a wide-ranging development blueprint — the T.H.E.M.E.S.+ Agenda — which stands for Traffic Management & Transportation; Health & Environment; Education & Technology; Making Lagos a 21st Century Economy; Entertainment, Tourism & Culture; Security & Governance.
Together, these pillars represent a holistic approach to modernising a city whose pace of growth could otherwise overwhelm its potential.
“What Lagos has achieved in the past six years is not simply incremental improvement; it is structural and generational.
And, increasingly, it offers a continent-wide roadmap for how African megacities can transition from overburdened to future-ready.
Today, more than 24 million people call Lagos home, making it not only Nigeria’s economic heartland but one of the most influential urban centres anywhere in the Global South.
Managing such a city requires more than routine governance; it demands vision, long-term planning, and a willingness to confront structural challenges head-on.”
