*Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State of Nigeria is expected to perform the flag-off/turning of the sod for the reconstruction of the popular but dilapidated Lagos鈹�Sango-Ota鈹�Abeokuta Expressway Friday, August 23, 2024

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Governor (Prince) Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State is expected to perform the flag-off/turning of the sod for the reconstruction of the popular Lagos鈹�Sango-Ota鈹�Abeokuta Expressway Friday, August 23, 2024.

Succour is said to be on the way for residents and motorists plying the ever busy route, as the contracting firm, Craneburg, has moved to site to begin the reconstruction of the 81km Road, according to report.

绿帽献妻 reports the 81km Expressway is Federal Government-owned, and has been in a deplorable state for decades, especially since the era of former President Olusegun Obasanjo鈥檚 administration (1999-2007).

Governor (Prince) Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State

It was learnt Craneburg started mobiliing its equipment to the site 10 days ago to begin palliative measures in an attempt to make one side of the road motorable, while proper reconstruction begins on the other section.

Hitherto, the palliative measures already completed on the road covered Sango-Ota, Pakoto, Ifo, Ewekoro, Itori and Obada, with stone bases spread on the bad portions to make travelling less stressful while the reconstruction is ongoing.

The Federal Government, under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration, later handed over the reconstruction and management of the Lagos鈹�Sango-Ota鈹�Abeokuta Expressway to the Ogun State Government (OGSG) after previous efforts under the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari did not yield results.

Nonetheless, Governor Abiodun had expressed frustration saying that bureaucratic bottlenecks stalled the reconstruction of the road, report stated.

Recalling the earlier efforts by the Ogun and Lagos State Governments to take over and reconstruct the expressway, Abiodun said he and his Lagos State counterpart were frustrated by delays from the Federal Government.

According to the Governor, the state again, approached President Tinubu-led Federal Government, requesting a formal transfer of the road to the state, and the President granted same.

The Ogun State Governor further commented: 鈥淭he Abeokuta-Ota-Lagos Road is a Federal Government road, and has been in a very bad shape for long.

鈥淏ecause of the suffering our people endure on the road, my counterpart in Lagos (Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu) and I jointly wrote a letter using a single letterhead to the Federal Executive Council, seeking the transfer of that road for us to reconstruct.鈥�

Abiodun recalled: 鈥淎fter waiting for a month without a reply, we wrote a reminder that road was not handed over to us until the present Federal Government came on board.

鈥淭he contract for the reconstruction of the road had been awarded since May this year.鈥�

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