FG urged to resume repair of Lagos- Ibadan Expressway
OWING to the excruciating agony commuters
and motorist experience on the road, a call
has gone to the Federal Government to
resume the on-going reconstruction of the
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, stopped early this
year, to save Nigerians from further suffering.
A socio-economic group in Ogun State,
the Egba Economic Summit, in a
statement signed yesterday by its
President, Mr. Ayobami Biobaku said
that the Federal Government should
recall the contractor handling the Lagos-
Sagamu interchange stretch of the road
to improve economic activities in the
area and to reduce the agony of the
people who use the road.
The Lagos-Ibadan road is being
redeveloped at a cost of N167 billion.
The Lagos-Shagamu stretch of the road is
being redeveloped by Julius Berger,
while the Sagamu-Ibadan axis is being
handled by RCC but work on both
sections ceased when the President
Muhammadu Buhari administration
began.
According to Biobaku, it was also
important for the Ogun State
Government to contract a construction
company to do palliative rehabilitation
of some sections of that road that have
deteriorated since the main contractor
left the site.
Biobaku said, “We noticed that the
contractor has moved out of site, leading
to dilapidation of the road to the
deplorable state it was in about two and
a half years ago.
“The bad road adversely affects the
socio-economic life of our people and
negates the purpose of reconstructing the
road,” adding that good roads were
indispensable to the economic growth of
any community where they are built.
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