Sanwo-Olu
Okwy Iroegbu-Chikezie
•Links five communities’
RELIEF has come to the people of Alimosho Local Government Area, Lagos State as the government has inaugurated the 1.7 kilometre Akesan-Obadore Road, which links five communities.
The communities are ljegun, ljagemo, Ijedodo, Abaranje Okerube, and other areas with the LASU-Iba Road.
The rehabilitation, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said, is to boost connectivity, security, commerce, wellbeing and ease gridlock.
At the event, Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure, Mrs. Aramide Adeyoye, praised the residents for voting for him at the last poll.
He said 19 projects were completed in the local government, adding that 11 were ongoing.
Also, Sanwo-Olu said two wooden bridges in the community were being replaced.
He said the work on the Phase One of Egan Road was ongoing.
On the Light Up Lagos project, he said: “We have noted all that you have said concerning the Light Up Lagos, it is ongoing and will get to you.”
He explained the cleaning of canals by the Lagos State Ministry of Environment.
Earlier, Mrs. Adeyoye, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Office of Infrastructure, Mr. Daramola Olufemi, said the Sanwo-Olu-led administration pursued the THEMES Agenda. She said it made progress in rehabilitating roads, expanding vital highways, and constructing pivotal arterial roads and bridges.
“It is within this overall plan of spreading the dividends of good governance that the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Akesan-Obadore Road in Alimosho Local Government was undertaken.
“Akesan-Obadore Road is very strategic as it serves as a major thoroughfare connecting the densely-populated Akesan/Obadore community to the LASU-Iba Road.
“This road was hitherto in a deplorable state and required urgent attention to alleviate the hardships faced by commuters.
“To the glory of God and through the concerted efforts of the combined team from Ministry of Works and Infrastructure and the contractor, Messrs Samchase, we have successfully rehabilitated and upgraded this crucial road network.
“With this development, the Lagos State Government has strategically provided an alternate route for commuters in ljegun, ljagemo, Ijedodo, Abaranje Okerube, and other areas to connect LASU-Iba Road,” she said.
Mrs. Adeyoye said the Abaranje and Ola-lya/Ajibola Hassan-Alhaji Mustapha-Olu Adeyanju with Bridge-Rabiatu Ogedegbe roads would also be connected to the Akesan-Obadore Road.
The Special Adviser added that the Akesan-Obadore project demonstrated the commitment of the Sanwo-Olu-led administration to boosting inter-connectivity, commerce and security in the council.
The traditional ruler of Akesan, Oba Nojeemdeen Ogunjobi, thanked Sanwo-Olu for constructing the long-neglected road. He appealed to the governor to build a market, police station and health centre for the community.
“We used community efforts to maintain our school constructed during the colonial era, we need government presence and facilities to upgrade this place of learning,” he said.
He called for speedy construction of Rabiatu Ogedenge/Afolabi roads and drains to tackle perennial flooding in the community. House of Representatives member-elect, Alimosho Constituency 1, Mr Ganiyu Ayuba, said Akesan-Obadore Road, was an earth road, which was very slippery since the 1960s before the government intervention.
He thanked the Special Adviser for taking the request for construction of the road to the governor and saw to its actualisation.
The House of Assembly member-elect, representing Alimosho 2, Kehinde Joseph and the Chairman, Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area, Mr Lasisi Akinsanya, also gave listed the roads that needed urgent intervention.
They said the roads should be completed to ease gridlock at the Ikotun Roundabout and on the Ijegun axis.
In a separate event on the same day, the governor also inaugurated the rehabilitated Mba/Cardoso Street in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area.
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