Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos State Governor, on Wednesday commissioned a new Mid-Level Agro-Produce Hub in Agege as part of efforts to overhaul food distribution in Nigeria’s commercial capital and contain rising costs for its 25 million residents.
The facility in Pen Cinema is the third in the state’s hub-and-spoke network, following hubs in Mushin and Abijo, and is designed to shorten supply chains and cut post-harvest losses.
The Agege hub adds to a broader Lagos Food Systems Transformation Agenda that includes the under-construction Central Food Systems and Logistics Hub in Ketu-Ereyun, Epe.
Speaking at the launch, Sanwo-Olu said the hub represents more than a new infrastructure. “The commissioning of this Mid-Level Agro-Produce Hub in Agege is not simply the unveiling of another piece of infrastructure. It is the physical expression of a larger vision, one that places food security at the heart of our development agenda,” he said.
He noted that feeding Lagos “demands the transformation of the entire food system,” not just increased production, because “over 70 percent of that food is produced outside our borders” and travels through “fragmented supply chains.”
