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Lai Mohammed, the managing partner of Bruit Costaud, an international public relations firm, says commercialisation of Lagos’ offshore reserves is key to the growth of the state.

Mohammed, a former minister of information and culture, spoke on Tuesday when he visited Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, at his office.

The former minister said his firm has the expertise Lagos needs to explore its gas reserves.

“Energy is key to the growth and development of any state and nation by extension,” he said.

“At Bruit Costaud, we possess the expertise, experience, network and track record in house and are interested in collaborating with the state government to facilitate investment in the exploration and commercialization of the massive deep offshore gas reserves in abundance in Lagos offshore.

“It will be a great honor and privilege for us at Bruit Costaud to work with Lagos state to deliver on its promise and vision of becoming Africa’s Model Mega City and Global, economic and financial hub that is safe, secure, functional and productive.”

Mohammed said his firm is committed to drive commercial diplomacy, resolve disputes, geopolitical intelligence, and policy monitoring among other things.

On his part, Sanwo-Olu said Bruit Costaud is made up of people of credible achievements and reflective of different age brackets to avoid experience gap.

The Lagos governor said his administration would look at the services offered by the firm to know where it could partner with it.

Niyi Adebayo, a former minister of trade and investment, and Tunji Ajisemo, a former ambassador, were part of the team that accompanied Mohammed on the visit.