The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Friday, flagged off the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Road.
The 70km federal government road has been in a deplorable state for about two decades. It was finally handed over to the state government this year by the President Bola Tinubu-led administration after failed previous efforts.
Recalling recent efforts by the Ogun and Lagos governments to take over and reconstruct the expressway, Abiodun said he and his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, were frustrated by delays from the federal government under the previous administration of Muhammadu Buhari.
But after the federal government was approached again for the transfer of the road to the state under the current administration, the request was granted.
He said: “The Abeokuta-Ota-Lagos road is a federal government road and has been in very bad shape for long. Because of the suffering our people endure on the road, my counterpart in Lagos 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.
“After 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.
“The contract for the road had been awarded since May this year.”
The project is being handled by Craneburg, which started mobilizing its equipment to the site about 10 days ago.
Ogun Gov Flags Off Reconstruction Of 70km Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Road is first published on The Whistler Newspaper