Apapa Local Government embarks on harvest of developmental projects 

By Bose Adelaja & Adetomiwa Adewoyin 

CITIZENS COMPASS— From Mile 2 Wharf to Tincan/Coconut and other parts of Apapa in Lagos State is regarded as the commercial and maritime hub of the state, where business owners don’t joke with, as every hour and minute counts.

It is worth noting that Apapa drove the nation’s import/export trade for many years until notorious traffic congestion set in, which ultimately disrupted the business activities the axis was known for.

In the process, many landlords and business owners had no choice but to put things onhold.

These years of notorious traffic congestion brought untold hardship on many residents, workers, and business owners in Apapa as the road experienced all sorts of illegal activities which overwhelmed law enforcement agencies.

After the years of untold hardship, normalcy later returned to the axis with Apapa Local Government recording laudable achievements to woo back many investors and business owners that have relocated out of the axis.

With the achievements of Hon.Idowu Adejumoke Senbanjo

As the Council Chairman and Hon Ganiu Ismail as Vice Chairman and other team members handling the affairs of the Council under the umbrella of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the axis is good to behold as driving to and fro Apapa now comes with ease.

On Tuesday, January 21, 2026, Sebanjo organised a media parley to appeal to ‘run away’ residents, investors, and business owners to return to the area and continue their normal activities, as Apapa was known for.

The Council Chairman seized the occasion to showcase some of her notable achievements which include: distribution and registration of 200 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (UTME JAMB) forms to the indigent students in Apapa.

Others are:

• Yearly distribution of textbooks to all public primary schools in Apapa since its inception.

• Yearly distribution of Olympiad common entrance textbooks.

• Distribution of learning items to pupils.

• Free JAMB and G.C.E coaching classes.

• Renovation and rehabilitation of all public primary schools in Apapa.

Training and empowerment of youths through Hydroponics farming.

• Honoured senior citizens in Apapa Local Government on their birthdays.

• Organised the first ever Apapa Games (1″‘ Edition)

• Mobilized National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and National Youth Council of Nigeria (Apapa Chapter) to the 2025 Omniverse Summit 2.0

• Training of youths, artisans, and members of the National Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative and auto conversion.

• Apapa Local Government primary school STEM BOOT • Yearly sensitisation on sexual and domestic violence awareness month.

• Blackspots within the Council have been reduced to 30%.

Heaps of refuse have been cleared.

• Reducing flooding to the barest minimum as the Lagos State Ministry of Environment has commended the Council for this.

• Disinfection and disinfestation of premises to eliminate the causative agents of diseases in the environment.

• Routine inspection of both regulated and non-regulated premises to improve the hygienic condition.

• The “Clean-Up” Apapa Initiative was launched which yielded a positive result upon completion.

• Distribution of refuse bins in all five wards to discourage open dumping.

CAMP and Digital workshop and career summit for students & youths in Apapa to name a few.

The Chairman made a passionate appeal to people to return to the axis and be part of the progress. According to her, “I am calling on business owners, residents, and workers to return to Apapa because the environment has been made fair and motorable to businesses and companies. The federal government is trying its best to make the road conducive to business transactions.

“Cleaning up has not been 100 per cent achievable but we are trying our best.”

On roadside trading in the axis, she said, “Apapa is a built-up area that will not encourage roadside trading but we will make it attractive to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that are ready to obey the law.”

A councillor in the Council, Sunate Oluwatoyin Oluwabanji, and other team members were on the ground.