 Any city without a fully functional infrastructural system will suffer a setback as such engineers must be well trained so that they can do their best to grow the nation from an infrastructural perspective. The managing director of Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority, Lamata, engineer Bimbola Akinajo stated this during her presentation at the 2022 alumni luncheon of the University of Lagos Faculty of Engineering Alumni Association plus TV news correspondent Love Ikuko Yedokun who tells us more. It was a reunion, a very turbo networking opportunity for the alumni of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos. It was also an avenue to give back to their alma mater through the luncheon of a 500 million Naira fundraising project for the faculty. Away from that, Governor Babaji De Sawulu and the same cashing on the opportunity provided by the reunion to tell the impact of the alumni on the state's infrastructural development in less than three years. And so the blue line you can see is a massive fit of engineering and I'm sure all of you need to be proud of it. From four legs, we take design to ten legs. So we do a massive right of way to do ten legs and we're very smart to keep a rail corridor in the middle of it. So the alignment actually is about 16 legs because when you don't ten legs and you still have enough alignment to keep a rail corridor where they may fit. And that's why we're able to preserve. And which was the most difficult option to take. But because we're committed at that time to say, you know what, let's have the audacity to want to do it and that's why we started it. With four stations, Mal-2, Alaba is on one, National Theater, they're completed. You will notice that Mal-2 and Alaba, they have two complexes. Obviously that's based on study. Studies that have been done to determine sort of ridership that we would get. And we realized that I mean, it's obvious. Mal-2 is a market area so there's a lot of people there. So that's why we have two complexes that allows us to take on more passengers. It's the same thing in Alaba. Alaba and National Theater are also completed. We have pedestrian bridges at each of those stations that allows us to bring passengers from one side of the expressway to the other. The Managing Director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Lamata spoke with journalists on the sideline of the event. Infrastructure is owned by all. So it means that as an individual you have a responsibility. Something has been built not to destroy it, not to vandalize it. And so therefore, people also need to be aware and also take ownership. And that's what I always say. If something belongs to you, you are not likely to go and destroy it. She also told the forum that over 5,000 people affected by the construction of the rail have been compensated by the Lagos State Government. From Lagos, Love Ikuku Uiedokun. Plus TV News. So you get notified about fresh news updates.