Fashola urges landlords to collect monthly rents

He said: “Accurate data will help us determine how many we are, what amount of water we need, what quantity of food; data makes this very important. Accurate data therefore will be beneficial for us.

”Life without shortage of basic needs, like food, like water, like shelter and energy will be a good life, and data is critical to this objective,” he said.

The book was reviewed by Mr. Opeyemi Agbaje, an author and academic.

A panel of experts discussed the importance of data to development at the book launch.

They agreed that data should be used as a basis to form policies and decisions, which would bring about changes that would make an impact on the people.

The panelists were Tolu Ogunlesi, a former Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital/New Media; Mrs Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji, a social entrepreneur; and Adesuwa Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer and historian.

At the ceremony were Presidential Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila,  who represented President Bola Tinubu; former All Progressives Congress (APC) Interim National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande,  wife of the author, Mrs Dame Abimbola Fashola, Lagos Deputy Governor,  Obafemi Hamzat; and Mrs Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, former Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Sustainable Development Goals, former Deputy Governor Sarah Sosan, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, former Lagos House of Assembly Speaker Yemi Ikuforiji; former Attorney-General and Commissioners For Justice, Supo Sasore and Moyosore Onigbanjo; a former Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria, Mrs Ibukun Awosika; traditional rulers, politicians, and students.

Fashola urges landlords to collect monthly rents