New Oko-Oba communities beg Sanwo-Olu to repair roads destroyed during Abule Egba flyover construction
Gov. Sanwo-Olu
Published By: Kazeem Ugbodaga
Communities in New Oko-Oba and Abule Egba have appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to urgently repair the many roads destroyed during the construction of the Abule Egba flyover.
The communities, in a letter to the Governor, listed some of the roads and streets as Jibowu Road, Sanni Balogun, Karaole/Adetoun, Olu Ajayi/Majek, Sule Abiodun, Agbe Road, Ile Ogbo Street, Bayo Aderinye Street, Funmilayo George Street, Agent Temple, Alhaji Ashafa, Paul Street, Segun Akinola, Arowolo, among others.
Speaking on behalf of the communities in the letter, the Baale of Karaole Ojokoro Land, George Olayinka Dada, said the people of New Oko-Oba, Abule Egba, a fast developing area of Lagos, reminded Sanwo-Olu of the challenges and hardship caused by the much applauded construction of the Abule Egba flyover in record time.
While congratulating the governor on his re-election, Dada said former Governor, Akinwumi Ambode personally came to the communities to assure them that the government was aware of the hardship and discomfort they would face in this period of the construction, quoting Ambode as saying that “please bear with us, before you know, it we will be back to repair or reconstruct all your roads and streets.”
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“The former governor assured the mammoth crowd that came to welcome him when all traffic was diverted from Abule-Egba to all the inner streets and roads in New Oko-Oba and Abule Egba, that he would fix the roads,” he said.
“Your Excellency, as feared by all leaders and residents of New Oko-Oba, many years after the completion of the bridge and all our roads destroyed, no one has come to us either to assure that something will be done or to repair any of the streets affected. Today streets and roads that were formerly pride and cynosure of all eyes and residents have suddenly become our nightmare and rendered the area so ugly and unattractive to be called a place in Lagos,” Dada added.
Dada stated that to save the traditional leaders the embarrassment and “mud” being thrown at them, he appealed to Sanwo-Olu to activate the fulfilment of the promise made to them by the state government through Ambode to enable them to walk tall again.
