Abimbola Akinajo – Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority

“We are constantly looking at our systems and working to ensure that when we do roll out, we do not have to roll back.” Joining the Transit Unplugged podcast for this episode is Abimbola Akinajo, the Managing Director and CEO of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). Abimbola Akinajo is a chartered civil engineer with over 25 years of experience working in the United Kingdom and Nigeria on the design and delivery of major rail and road transport infrastructure projects. This experience is key to successfully planning, implementing, regulating, and franchising an intermodal integrated transport system for Lagos’ 22 million residents.

In this episode, Abimbola shares with listeners more about her own career, the work of LAMATA, the process of regulating private bus service operations, as well as the progress to date constructing of a light rail line, BRT line, and metro third-rail line. Needless to say, Abimbola and the LAMATA team are busy and excited, which makes for an inspiring and thought-provoking episode!

If you want to know more about Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, check out their website.