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Lagos Central Food Security Systems & Logistics Hub

LAGOS CENTRAL FOOD SECURITY SYSTEMS AND LOGISTICS HUB (LHP):

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architect:
Rhemaproject
Client:
Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture
Location:
Ketu-Ereyun, Ikosi-Ejinrin L.C.D.A, Epe Local Government Area, Lagos.
Land Area:
Total Land Area: 1,100,000 sq.m
project type:
Industrial and Agricultural Logistics Hub

Project Summary

The Lagos Central Food Security System and Logistics popularly known as LHP Hub is a comprehensive system designed to meet the needs of wholesalers and retailers and consumers alike. It is planned as a modern, smart central market system equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for major food processing, storage, and distribution. This project, a partnership between the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems, Lagos State through the expertise of Origin Tech Group through its construction company Rhema Projects is expected to address the growing demand for safe and wholesome food in Lagos. This project is set to play a critical role in ensuring food security, reducing post-harvest losses, and fostering economic growth in Lagos and beyond.

Although the hub is still undergoing construction, its impact on the Lagos food systems is already eliciting great hope as a game-changer, one that will significantly address one of Africa’s most pressing agricultural concerns which the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) posits as a looming danger in view of the perennial challenge being faced by several communities across the continent in meeting its nutritional needs when compared to the ever-increasing and rapidly expanding population, projected by the FAO to swell to 398 million by 2050, one for which the internationally recognised food organisation also advocated increase in agricultural output as the antidote to alleviating the growing demand for food.

The Lagos Food Security System and Logistics Hub is more than just a market; it is a comprehensive system designed to meet the needs of wholesalers, retailers, and consumers alike.

Background

Sometimes around 2020, occasioned by the food challenges witnessed in Lagos state during the COVID-19 which made food transportation from the hinterland became challenging, the Lagos State Government embarked on an ambitious journey to revolutionise the state's food security system. This was in sync with the 5-Year Agricultural Roadmap of the visionary leadership of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to pave the way for developing agricultural value chains where the state has competitive and comparative advantages to attain self-sufficiency in food production from 18 to 40 per cent.

According to the Governor during the launch of the agricultural roadmap, ‘’the roadmap is expected to boost food production and drastically reduce post-harvest losses, thus encouraging private sector investments that would trigger agricultural transformation in the southwestern states.’’ Today, the Lagos Central Food Security System and Logistics Hub stands as a testament to this vision, one that is still being built and refined to serve as a cornerstone for food storage, processing, and distribution within Lagos and across neighbouring states. With the ongoing construction of this important infrastructural masterpiece is an affirmation of the promising future ahead for the project.

Model

Modelled after similar integrated food security systems around the world including the Rungis International market in France, Market Stolychnyl, Ukraine, New Smithfield Wholesale Food Market in Manchester, and the Birmingham Wholesale Market – all large wholesale fresh produce markets across the globe, the Lagos Central Food Security System and Logistics popularly known as LHP Hub was conceived with a clear mission: to develop a modern, smart central market system equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for major food processing, storage, and distribution.

Partnership Structure

This project, a partnership between the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Systems and Origin Tech Group through its construction company Rhema Projects, was conceptualised and invariably designed to address the growing demand for safe and wholesome food in Lagos, ensuring that both dry goods and fresh produce are stored, repackaged, and redistributed efficiently.

While construction at the project site is ongoing, the hub has already begun to play a pivotal role in the state’s food supply chain. Its infrastructure, though still undergoing development, has facilitated the early operations of wholesale produce markets aimed at serving as key distribution points for mid-level market retailers with huge potentials for one of the cardinal objectives of its functionality as a critical infrastructure towards the stabilisation of food prices within the state and ensuring a steady supply of fresh and processed food to the bustling metropolis.

Project Structure

The Lagos Central Food Security System and Logistics Hub once fully operational, the hub will include the following key features:

The Administrative Convergence Area which is planned to become the heart of the hub will house offices for various personnel and functions, ensuring seamless coordination and administration of the entire facility.

The Dealing Areas will be a dedicated space for bulk dealers, designed to accommodate key distributors of vegetables, fresh fruits, meat, and seafood. Spacious display areas and ancillary spaces for administration, the dealing area streamlines the process of getting fresh produce to market.

While the Dry storage area will be a warehouse system, the largest of its kind in Nigeria, upon completion it will have capacity to store 4,620 units of 30-ton trucks of goods, ensuring that dry food items are preserved in optimal conditions.

Cold storage facility

A cold storage facility spanning 22,500 sqm, this facility is envisaged as a critical node of the infrastructure as it is crucial for the sorting, grading, and storing of perishable foodstuffs. It will accommodate 2,310 trucks, ensuring that fresh produce remains in prime condition until it reaches consumers.

With a capacity to process 10,000 metric tons of food per day, this shared facility will allow medium-scale operators to break bulk goods into smaller units and rebrand them as needed. This system not only support local businesses but also enhances the availability of diverse food products in the market.
The hub will have support facilities which will include a modern fire station, an emergency clinic, and an ultra-modern filling station, which will ensure the safety and well-being of all who operate within and rely on the facility.
The hub will also support an abattoir with capacity to process 4,000 cows daily, with a fully integrated state-of-the-art facility that will ensure the efficient and hygienic slaughtering, processing, and packaging of meat to support the phenomenal Lagos’ meat supply chain and thereby meet and possibly surpass the growing demand for quality meat products within the state and its neighbouring communities.
The hub will also feature a wastewater treatment plant capable of processing 60,000 cubic meters of water, ensuring that all wastewater is treated and safe for release into the environment. This not only maintains hygiene within the hub but also contribute to the state's environmental conservation efforts.
This laudable home-grown hub is poised to expand its reach, with plans to continue to collaborate with other states, as a furtherance of the state government’s resolve to keep enhancing Lagos’ position as a central hub for integrated food systems, market and logistics in Nigeria and the sub-Sahara. The planned establishment of a toll gate and truck park with 500 parking lots for 30-ton trucks underscores the state’s commitment to improving logistics and reducing congestion around the facility.
According to the Executive Chairman, ORIGIN Tech Group Prince Samuel Joseph Samuel, the knowledge-based and practical home-grown solution leader who have been the private sector driver for this project with the Ministry of Agriculture as the promoter, Samuel asserts that the Lagos Food Security System and Logistics Hub which is a pivotal casestudy of the several agricultural mechanisation and food systems interventions that ORIGIN Tech Group have been driving as part of the larger national food systems been wholly developed and for which their implementations are on-going at the moment. Samuel emphasised that these initiatives are the organisation’s social-enterprise interventions as well as contribution to national development.

Integrated Economic Value-Chain

This is also coming at a time in history where knowledge-based home-grown solutions are currently driving the national and rural prosperity of leading developed and developing nations like Brazil which generates a cumulative revenue for its national economy to the tune of $130 billion which is perhaps three times what Nigeria gets from crude. He believes that the hub will significantly contribute to stabilising the food supply in Lagos as well as create a reliable platform for the storage and distribution of both local and imported food products, thereby reducing post-harvest losses and ensuring food availability throughout the year.

Attracted by the sterling testimonies of ORIGIN Tech Group for Lagos state in its Agri-mechanisation and food systems drive, the Niger state government recently partnered with Origin Tech Group for the supply and funding of over 1,000 large scale Agro-mechanisation equipment towards achieving the audacious goal of transforming food production in the state through large-scale Agro-mechanisation of its over 1,000, 000 hectares of arable farmlands and livestock processing.
Similarly, the Federal Executive Council recently approved an Agro-Development Syndicated Facility for which Origin Tech Group is to power a truly Nigeria’s pioneering integrated food security systems through a revolutionary large-scale agricultural mechanization programme code-named "Greener Hope Agricultural Productivity Programme" in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to expand food production significantly.
The project remains dedicated to its resolve of ensuring food security for Lagos and beyond as well as a stepping stone toward a future where Lagos continues to lead in innovation, sustainability, and food security.
For over 25 years, Origin Tech Group has been transforming lives across communities through knowledge-based and home-grown solutions as a market leader across major economic verticals, products and services covering food systems, automotive, civil engineering and construction.
For more information on the Lagos Central Food Security System and Logistics Hub and its initiatives, please visit www.origingroupng.com