Lagos State has commissioned a 7,000-square-metre fresh food hub at Pen Cinema, Agege, providing a purpose-built centre for farmers, traders, retailers, institutional buyers and consumers.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu commissioned the facility on Wednesday, describing it as part of efforts to improve the movement of food from farmers and suppliers to communities across Lagos.
The hub accommodates hundreds of traders and includes dry and cold storage facilities, a dedicated seafood section and parking. It also has electric vehicle (EV) charging points, adding a new mobility feature to a facility designed primarily for food commerce and distribution.
“Today, I commissioned the Lagos Fresh Food Hub in Pen Cinema, Agege, a modern facility designed to make it easier and more efficient to move food from farmers and suppliers to communities across Lagos,” Sanwo-Olu said.
Agege is one of the middle-level facilities within Lagos’ wider food distribution network. It receives supplies from the Central Food Security and Logistics Hub at Ketu-Ereyun, helping move produce from the state’s main logistics centre towards consumers.
The arrangement also includes the Mushin Fresh Food Agro-Hub, commissioned in December 2023 to support organised food trading, storage and distribution.
Lagos is seeking to address the long distances and inefficiencies that can arise between agricultural production and urban markets by establishing facilities at different points within the supply chain. The approach is intended to improve access to storage and organised trading while bringing produce nearer to consumers.
With traders, suppliers, buyers and consumers expected to pass through the Agege hub regularly, the facility provides one of the kinds of commercial settings suited to that model.
Its primary role, however, remains food distribution. The combination of trading space, storage facilities, a seafood section and supporting infrastructure gives Agege a defined place in Lagos’ expanding network of fresh food markets.
The commissioning adds another major facility to the state’s effort to reorganise food distribution while placing EV charging within an active commercial environment.
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