Jubril A. Gawat @Mr_JAGs

LASG TO HOLD GROUNDBREAKING OF $100M LAGOS FILM CITY ON WEDNESDAY

All is set for the construction of the Lagos Film City - one of the Legacy Projects of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration.

The groundbreaking of the $100m project has been scheduled for Wednesday in Ikosi Ejinrin, Lagos East Senatorial District.

Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka broke the news at the weekend, saying the approval for the groundbreaking shows that Lagos will witness bigger projects in Mr. Sanwo-Olu’s second term.

The proposed Lagos Film City, which promises to be the biggest in Africa, will sit on 100 hectares of land. It will be a major boost for the creative industry, which has the potential to offer jobs to thousands of our youths. The project will be financed by Private Public Partnership (PPP).

“It will serve as an all-in-one facility - with leisure, entertainment, and learning infrastructure. It will also have accommodations and numerous state-of-the-art studios to support television, radio and film, ranging from pre-production, production, post-production and distribution, among others.

Benson-Awoyinka averred that the Lagos State Government is committed to investing in this project, which is kicking off with the groundbreaking event, under the supervision of the Ministry of Tourism Arts And Culture.

She noted that the Lagos Film City is poised to make Lagos state even more prosperous and unique, adding that the state government will not rest on its oars of past achievements but will instead make the tourism and entertainment industry more vibrant.

The Lagos Film City project, alongside the creative training partnership initiatives of the state government with the likes of EbonyLife Academy
@ELCreativeAcad, Delyork @delyorkintl, and Ogidi Studios @theogidistudios, among others, will make Lagos State remain a force to reckon with in the entertainment and creative industry across the globe.

Gbenga Omotoso
Commissioner, Information and Strategy

@LagostourismO

Lagos wan get record label like naira marley abi??

Lagos is now in the league of New York, Beijing, Seoul and Dubai

Nicev

Lagos Blu film city for $100m .... that's too much

A good one from Lasg .......

Good initiative.

Yoruba amaka

So how much Lasg dey share give us so?

Nice development, The film industry like Hollywood and Bollywood is a major revenue earner and helps project the image of the country to the world.

$100M government project may not be equivalent to 10M$

Lagos again! This state just has money anyhow & I like the way that money is put to good use. He come be like say Lagos commit rituals. Honestly I hate when govt has money or is claiming to save a lot but the dividends isn't impacting enough. Federal stupid government, what are you doing? This is why I tend to only criticize APC at the federal level because how can I see the wonderful things happening in Lagos & criticize APC as a whole? It'll be unfair innit?

Nice, maybe we should start using $ as our main currency

Loggiwood........

We anticipate this, thousands of creative mind out there without a place to showcase there talent, I hope this will be their answers including me

Massive cashout for the ogas at the top

2Radii:
Lagos wan get record label like naira marley abi??

Maybe. Where they’ll be having a say as to which song people should sing and movies to produce and basically to control the music industry.

I know full well that they’ll try to use this to “regulate” artistes so they don’t release songs that may seemingly expose, curtail or call out the government for their excesses.

I hope democracy takes its course in all of governments’ establishment because they are essentially and solely established for the people.

naptu2:
Jubril A. Gawat @Mr_JAGs

Awesome!! This is the best time to invest in Lagos and the neighbouring Yoruba SW states of Nigeria.
May God bless Nigeria for ever! Check my signature for free stuffs!

Film City Kwaa.??
Ok Ooo

I pray it benefits the people.

Really huge investment!

What canI say？ May GOD continue to bless LAGOS state abundantly

That's good

Nice move

Good.
ngbantiWood should please steer and stay clear. Nobody wants to be seeing affonnja Tarzan,thank you very much

with bad roads everywhere?

Why must be in Dollars.

Imagine government also Dollarising the economy

A great initiative.

Good

Spot on!

This would've been classified as Haram in some stones thrown distance places from Lagos and those places once champion film house aka cinema before religion get into the mix.