Starting with
the Ndubuisi Kanu Park, Alausa, Ikeja, Ambode informed that virtually all parks
in Lagos would have the free Wi-Fi Internet access facility.
Wi-Fi is a
facility that allows computers, smart phones and other devices to connect to
the Internet or communicate with one another without cable connection within a
particular area.
Ambode
unveiled the facility, a partnership with MainOne Cables yesterday.Represented
by the Commissioner for Science and Technology, Olufemi Odubiyi, the governor
said the provision of free public Wi-Fi at the park was part of efforts by his
administration to make Lagos a smart city.
He revealed
that parks and gardens are being established in different parts of the state to
provide conducive environment for recreation, citing the opening of Badagry
Recreation Park last week as one of such.
“The increased
patronage of these facilities, which is no longer restricted to festive season,
has made it necessary to equip these centres with free public Wi-Fi to serve
the needs of visitors to these parks. As you relax and enjoy the services in
these parks, we are also making it possible to access your mail, browse and
search the Internet on your tablets, smart phones and laptops via a reliable
public Wi-Fi,” Ambode stated.
He said with
the launch of the free Wi-Fi, the state has empowered the people to express
their views on the new citizen’s gate portal, a platform designed to bridge the
communication gap between the citizen and the state government “as
non-availability of data will no longer be a constraint.”
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