Africa' s Largest Food Hub, Psychiatric Hospital Ready Next Year- Sanwo-Olu

 

By Kayode Olopade 

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday said the Lagos Central Food Security Systems,  Logistics Park and the 500 Bed Psychiatric Hospital said to be the largest in Africa continent being  built in Epe area of the state will be completed by next year

Sanwo-Olu who stated this when he paid a working visit to the projects said the Lagos Central Food Security Systems,  Logistics Park will be ready in the second quarter of 2025 while the Psychiatric Hospital will be ready by the fourth quarter next year.

On the food hub, he explained that it,’’ Was envisioned five years ago where we said the minimum  we can do even if we are not an agro producing state is to have our destiny in our hands. Covid that happened in 2020 thought us a lesson because it was during that time we saw a global disruption chain of logistics of food. You remember at that time if you don’t have anything  in your house, you continue  to pray to God.

‘’Even after we saw global disruption and that is when we came up with a plan that Lagos should  be a very large scale food logistic hub to protect itself from food insecurity.  We did mention at that time that food is security and it is becoming as important and even a normal threat to life’s security.  We can see that indeed that move that we made three years ago is on the right course.

‘’The largest food logistics hub in the whole sub- Saharan Africa is here. It is on over 230 hectares of land, about five thousand square metres.  It is going to be the largest biggest cold and dry chain storage .’’

Dwelling on the 500-bed facility Psychiatric Hospital he said the facility will help to promote mental healthcare delivery in the country.

He said, ''The Psychiatric hospital is the first of its type, it is a Lagos State Mental Health Institute,psychiatric rehabilitation  centre Ketu Ejinrin . It just borders the food and logistics hub but this would be the largest psychiatric rehabilitation  centre in the entire sub Saharan  Africa.  Phase one of it is the 500 bed health facility.  You can see that all of the structures  of phase one are out which will include  the 500 bed accommodation in different sizes, it will include consultation  rooms , dormitories and dining room, kitchen, residence for health facility workers.

''It is a massive health institute  sitting on about.   25 hectares  of land . We believe  this kind of health institute  is equally  important.  We have seen enough health challenges  in mental health issues and we need to make a classic case and we need to make it first class , they come in for psychotherapy Psycho rehabilitation and get well in a serene  environment .

"Phase two of it will be additional accommodation for patients who need services here and who need rehabilitation  centres.

''We are targeting  by this time next year to also complete this project. This project is about 50 percent  done and we believe  in the next 12 months we can bring it to completion. I am impressed  with the level of work that the contractor has put into it. They are all bungalows  and this is because  of the kind of institute  that it is.''