Office of the Special Adviser to the Government on Central Business Districts has finalised plans to organise a seminar aimed at harmonising and synergising the operations of all government security agencies operating within the Lagos Island Central Business Districts towards effective service delivery.

The seminar became imperative because, there is the need to reduce areas of friction amongst government agencies operating within the Lagos Island Central Business District enclave.

According to Special Adviser, Olarenwaju Elegushi, the seminar which will hold next Thursday, is geared towards making all agencies of government operating with the Central Business District see themselves as one and ensure hitches or other security challenges associated with the high influx of shoppers and traders into the island during the “ember” months are curtailed and well managed.

Elegushi stressed that all agencies of government must work in harmony and unity of purpose to attain the desired goals of making shopping and trading on the island stress-free.

According to him, over three million shoppers and traders commute the Lagos Island daily and this number is expected to increase at the “ember” months; therefore the high influx of people brings its attendant security, waste, traffic and emergency issues which only one agency cannot handle.

He said from November one, the Central Business District, in conjunction with other government agencies, would embark on massive joint patrol of Central Business District enclaves to ensure traffic, waste and security challenges were addressed.

The Special Adviser said operatives, drawn from the Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps, LASTMA, the Nigeria Police, LAWMA, LASEMA Response Unit, VISIONSCAPE and the Central Business District Corps were expected to make a presentation at the workshop on their strategies and plans for a hitch-free period.