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Accord special status to Ogun road construction, Abiodun begs FG

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has appealed to the federal government to accord special status to construction of roads in the state because of its geographical peculiarities.

Abiodun made the call Friday  while addressing a time hall meeting with leaders and other stakeholders at Ogere/Ode Remo tollgate of the Lagos-Epe express road with the Minister of Works, Raji Fashola in attendance.

He said Ogun as a “gateway” state deserves a special status in terms of consideration for road constructions, adding that  his government undertook the reconstruction of the Ijebu-Ode-Epe road because of the pressure on the Lagos-Ibadan express road and to ease movement of people, goods and services from and into the nation’s economic capital, Lagos.

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Abiodun said giving the state a special status in terms of road construction would not only benefit citizens of the state, but would also benefit a lot of people that would have to undergo economic activities on the road that stretches from Lagos to Ibadan and the  East-West Road of Sagamu-Benin Expressway.

In his remarks, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, ordered that truck and trailers parked along the Ogere end of the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway be removed to give way to the ongoing reconstruction work on the highway.

He attributed indiscriminate parking of heavy duty trucks along the highway as one of the challenges confronting the reconstruction process.

 

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