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Farm Estates and Commercial Farming

The State will organise farming and fishing estates that can add to food production, create jobs and provide examples of good practice. They will undertake and encourage additional large-scale mechanised rice and cassava cultivation spanning planting, harvesting and processing. The State will take the lead in the development of a paddy system for rice cultivation with appropriate irrigation for small scale farmers. In support of this strategy the State will encourage consumption of locally produced rice and promote the growth of industrial rice and high quality cassava flour milling.

Agri-Business

The State will make available sufficient numbers of agro-industrial parks and conditioning centres that meet international standards to cater for both local and international agro-production and processing requirements.

Framework put in place to ensure and stimulate an increase in food

Finance

The State will work with financial partners to make available soft loans to small and medium scale farmers. The State will also fast track farmland to interested investors and provide subsidised modern equipment to existing farmers. The State will provide major financial incentives to companies in the agro-allied business and seek PPP ventures in this area.

Small Farmers

The State will seek to achieve a vibrant agro-based MSME industry that is growing sustainable at a rate above the State's GDP growth rate. It will further, facilitate easy access to finance, risk management tools, market and cooperative benefits for stakeholders in the agricultural sector and encourage co-operative schemes for marketing, inputs and machine sharing.

Consumer Protection

The State will sustain institutionalised platforms and processes for the protection of consumers from the harmful effect of foods and food borne illness and optimise economic benefits from agriculture through diversification of end uses of agricultural products.

Tourism is a global growth sector and offers opportunities to the state to exploit its many advantages as a coastal area with a rich cultural heritage and a warm climate. The tourism industry is wide and complex and can provide a significant number of jobs, earn foreign currency and add value to GDP. Lagos is well placed to develop its tourist industry as it has a major international airport and seaports as well as good and improving road connections to the West African region. The State's growing middle class also provides a basis for an increase in indigenous tourism.

Continuing improvements to security, the cleanliness of the urban fabric and general improvements to transport and other infrastructure can lay the basis for expansion in this sector.

7.6.1 Policy Objectives/Outcomes

l Lagos State as a preferred tourism destination in Africa

l The strong cultural identity of Lagos enhanced

l A culture of leisure, recreation and tourism among residents

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l The standards of the Hospitality industry are to international levels 7.6.2 Policy Targets

l Increase the Influx of tourists to the state by 15% p.a.

l Increased revenue generation for the state from tourism to 10% of GDP

l Revive all existing and functional tourism sites

l 50% increase in citizenry participation of cultural events

l 10 new rural community tourist infrastructures developed

l All museums and historic sites refurbished

l All coastlines maintained and protected 7.6.3 Policies and Strategies

Increasing the number of Tourist Attractions

The State will transform Lagos state into a preferred tourism destination in Africa through establishing sufficient number of innovative and standard tourist attractions that will cater for the needs of at least 15 million tourists to the State annually.

Sustainable Tourism

The State will encourage the sensitive and sustainable development of the best coastlines for tourism purposes.

Private Sector Driven

The State will seek to achieve a robust tourism system that is private sector driven.

From Business to Tourism

The State will support initiatives to attract business visitors to Lagos to spend additional days as tourists. One component of that will be to encourage specific tourist and cultural events that are designed to attract business visitors.

High Standards

The State shall ensure all tourist sites and facilities in Lagos State are properly maintained and to the highest standards internationally.

Coastlines fully exploited in a sustainable manner for tourism

Cultural Identity

The State will help to build a strong cultural identity for the state.

Developing a local culture of leisure

The State will promote a culture of leisure, recreation and tourism among residents.

The Housing and Construction Sector is both an economic and a social activity. On the one hand, as an industry it provides a large number of jobs, many of which are unskilled. This provides important opportunities to many employable workers who might otherwise be unemployed or under-employed. On the other hand it meets a crucial human need for shelter and also engages in many other vital building projects essential to good social living in an urban environment. This sector is also a very good indicator of economic growth since it reflects the extent to which the city is developing. With such a large city as Lagos this sector should be flourishing at all levels. Land is also a vital component of this industry and also makes significant contributions to IGR. Aspects of this sector are also covered in Chapter 10 under the Built Environment, where the issue of slum housing and improving poorly planned neighbourhoods is covered.

7.7.1 Policy Objectives/Outcomes

l Citizens have access to their desired choice of housing

l Good quality housing development obtains in urban and rural communities

l New housing development built in a sustainable manner

l Access, ownership and transfer of land is clarified and simplified

l Land utilisation is optimised across Lagos State 7.7.2 Policy Targets

l 100% of citizens will have access to decent housing

l At least 25% of citizenry will own their home by improving access to affordable mortgages

l Annual house building rates to be progressively accelerated over the plan period to achieve 20,000 units p.a. by 2015, 50,000 units by 2020 and 80,000 units by 2025.

l New housing to be built in the ratio of 70: 20: 10 (for low, medium