Mrs. Fashola Lights Up W/Africa’s Tallest Christmas Tree In Lagos

In the spirit of the
Yuletide, the First Lady
of Lagos State, Mrs.
Abimbola Fashola lit up
a giant Christmas Tree at
the weekend at the Heritage Garden, Oshodi,
Lagos, southwest
Nigeria.

Fashola said the
Christmas Tree was built
by the Lagos State
Government as part of
effort to light up the
city of Lagos this season, adding that the
27m by 8 diameter Tree
“is the tallest in the
whole of West Africa if
not Africa.”

She enjoined all to be
their brother’s keeper,
saying; “It is a season of
love, let us be our
brother’s keeper. It is a
season to share love with people, we need to
support one another by
extending a hand of
help to the needy at this
season. That is the
reason for this season,” she said.

Commissioner for the
Environment, Mr. Tunji
Bello said the event
which was meant to
light up Lagos State at
the Christmas season would be replicated in
other parts of the state.

“From now on, it is
going to be Merry
Christmas for
everybody. Oshodi may
be the beginning, there
will be others, we want to light the Christmas
Tree. This is going to be
the first one, it is not
going to be the last.
Before we finish this
administration, I can assure you that we are
going to have many
Christmas trees in
Lagos,” he stated.