…says Sagamu-Benin, Lagos-Ibadan Roads Will Be Completed Before 2022 Ends
January 13, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated five key projects in Ogun State, assuring that two federal roads under construction in the state would be commissioned before the end of 2022.
The projects are: the Gateway City Gate; the 42-Kilometre Sagamu Interchange-Abeokuta Road; the 14km Ijebu-Ode-Epe Expressway and two Housing Estates for low, medium and high income earners at Kobape and Oke-Mosan in Abeokuta.
Buhari, who arrived the state at about 11:35 in ‘adire’ local fabric in company of Governor Dapo Abiodun, noted that theSagamu-Benin and Lagos-Ibadan federal roads would be completed by his administrations before the end of this year.
The president, while describing Abiodun as performing governor, said that the projects wouldn’t have been a realitywithout his huge investment and commitment to security of lives and properties of his people.
He added that the two federal roads being commissioned would fit into FG’s rail transportation masterplan that connects Lagos to Kano, with the state having more rail stations, along the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor.
Buhari, who praised the governor for delivering the projects in the midst of prevailing and challenging circumstances occasioned by COVID-19, also commended Abiodun’s housing programme scheme capturing the low, medium and high income earners.
He, therefore, expressed delight that the14km Ijebu Ode-Mojoda-Epe Road that he commissioned was reconstructed into a modern expressway by the state government.
The president said, “Abiodun is a worthy example of promises made, promises kept.This has made Ogun State one of the safest and most peaceful States in the country and investors’ destination of choice. You (Prince Abiodun) have justified the mandate of the people of Ogun State. You have represented our Party very well,’’
“Just across the road is the 42-kilometer Sagamu-Interchange-Abeokuta Road which the state Government has reconstructed and equipped with street light, That road enjoys a direct linkage with the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that the Federal Government is rebuilding and due for completion later this year.”
“I am particularly impressed by the quality and standard of your road projects and the creative way you have deployed resources to reconstruct and rehabilitate them. It is significant to note that the two road projects being commissioned today are federal roads.
“This is an example of constructive engagement, cooperation and collaboration between the States and Federal Government. These roads also fit well into our rail transportation masterplan that connects Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital to Kano, with Ogun State having more rail stations, along the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor.’’ he added.
Speaking, Abiodun disclosed that the choice of the five projects by his administration was a daunting task and symbolic to various types of projects across all sectors of the state’s economy.
He stated that the Ijebu-Ode-Epe federal road which was earlier commissioned by the president was another strategic arterial road that links the Lekki/Epe corridor of Lagos State to the eastern corridor of state at Ijebu-Ode.
The governor added that with this road, socio-economic activities in the Southeast and South South zones of our country would receive a boost through the linkage of the road to Sagamu-Benin expressway for easier access to Lagos, the country’s largest economy.
Dignitaries, who visited the occasions included: Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi and Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu among others.
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