The Lagos State Government has signed four major concession agreements across healthcare, transportation, digital governance and outdoor advertising sectors, paving the way for private sector participation into areas central to the State’s infrastructure and service delivery agenda.

The agreements were signed on Friday, July 10, 2026, at the Black Diamond Hotel, Victoria Island, at a ceremony coordinated by the Office of Public-Private Partnerships, in collaboration with the Ministries of Health, Transportation, Justice, Environment and Water Resources, as well as the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA), Lagos State Blood Transfusion Committee (LSBTC) and the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA).

One of the key projects is the development of MyLagosApp, a unified digital platform designed to make government services more accessible to residents and visitors.

Under a 10-year concession agreement, LA Crème Nigeria Limited, with technical support from MTN Nigeria, will design, finance, build, operate, maintain and transfer the platform. Once operational, it will provide users with seamless access to a wide range of government services, including payments, traffic updates, emergency support, business information and tourism resources through a mobile application.

The State also signed a 20-year concession agreement with Anchor Advisory Partners for the full automation of the Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA).

The project will digitise vehicle registration, licensing and other related services through an integrated platform designed to improve public access, strengthen regulatory oversight and enhance revenue administration.

This initiative is expected to provide residents with faster, more efficient access to vehicle administration services while improving operational efficiency across the agency.

In the health sector, concession agreements were executed with five private partners for the establishment of a Blood Screening and Certification System, which will introduce a standardised blood screening framework across Ikorodu General Hospital, Alimosho General Hospital, LSBTC/Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and Lagos Island General Hospital.

The project will deploy fully automated chemiluminescence technology, meeting WHO standards. Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company and global leader in diagnostics, has been approved as the common Original Equipment Manufacturer to support the technology, maintenance and quality control process of blood screening and donation.

Further expanding private sector participation, Lagos State government also formalised concession agreements for the management of outdoor advertising infrastructure across four major corridors.

Under the arrangement, Weatherhead will oversee the assets on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Vista Media on Ikorodu Road, Defsolute Media on LASU-Isheri Road, and TCS Media along the Funsho Williams Avenue-Marina axis.

The arrangement is expected to bring greater coordination to the management of outdoor advertising assets while encouraging investment in modern advertising infrastructure.

Reflecting on the significance of the agreements, the Special Adviser on Public-Private Partnerships, Mrs. Bukola Odoe, said the projects demonstrate how strategic partnerships can translate government policy into tangible improvements in the lives of Lagosians.

“Government is at its best when it is practical – when policy leaves the boardroom and shows up in the hospital ward, at the licensing office, on the commuter’s phone and along the streets of our city. That is what today is about.”

She also expressed how the agreements are consistent with the current administration’s approach to infrastructure delivery, which combines private sector participation with strong public oversight.

Closing the ceremony, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the Commissioner for Transportation, commended all stakeholders who contributed to the successful execution of the agreements.

He also noted that the signing reflects the State’s determination to continually improve public service delivery, adding that residents would begin to experience the benefits as implementation progresses across the various sectors.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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