Redeemed Church Repairs Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Redeemed Christian Church of
God has risen to the rescue of users
of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as it
undertook the repair of the Arepo
and Warewa ends of the road on
Wednesday.
According to PUNCH, it was observed
that some trucks belonging to the
church filling up bad portions of the
road.
The development has eased traffic
on the expressway inward Ogun
State but the situation remains
unchanged on the other side of the
road, inward Lagos State.
An official in the media department
of the RCCG confirmed the
development to our correspondent
on the telephone, adding that the
church had plans for more
palliatives.
The officer, who asked not to be
named, said the church was moved
by the cries of users of the road and
deployed a team to assess the
situation on Tuesday.
She said, “We sent some of our men
to go and see what was going on and
assess the situation. They returned
and gave a report so we deployed
some trucks of granite to the place
and they used them to fill up the
potholes.
“We are not going to stop at that. We
also plan to fill up the Lotto area of
Mowe, because traffic usually builds
up there as well. We will do this
before our next congress.”
Our correspondent, however,
observed some trucks and
caterpillars belonging to the Ogun
State Ministry of Works clearing the
drainage.
An official, who asked not to be
named, said the clearing was to
allow for a smooth passage of water,
adding that it had nothing to do with
road construction.
He said, “We are not in charge of
road construction and it is not our
duty to do it. You should go and ask
Julius Berger Construction Company
what they are doing about the road.
“We have been working since
yesterday (Tuesday) and we are just
trying to clear the drainage which
we believe has been responsible for
the flooding on the road.
We are doing this to ease the traffic,
especially for residents of Ogun State
who are always faced with traffic
congestion.”
It was also observed that a 40-foot
container conveying millet to Lagos
had an accident around the Arepo
area and fell on the median.
Some men were seen evacuating its
content into another truck, which
was parked by the roadside.
One of the workers said, “The
accident happened very early in the
morning as the vehicle was heading
to Lagos. As you can see, it was
conveying bags of millet. Nobody
was injured.”
Policemen from the Warewa police
post and officials of the Federal Road
Safety Corps were observed by
Newsmen directing the traffic from
the accident scene.
The Sector Commander, FRSC, Ogun
State, Mr. Adegoke Adetunji, said he
would call back, but he had yet to do
so as of the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Ogun
State, Ibikunle Amosun, inspected
the palliative work on the
expressway in the wee hours of
Wednesday.
Amosun said that the development
became imperative in view of the
importance of the road to socio-
economic development of the
country.
According to Governor Amosun, the
palliative measure, being put in
place is expected to last for about a
month and repair works would be
done mainly at night.
He, however, appealed to road users
to show understanding and bear
with the government, pending the
time the palliative measure would be
carried out.
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