The Lagos state government says it will be commencing massive road construction and rehabilitation soon after the ongoing rainy season.
Several major roads and inner city streets in Nigeria’s commercial city are in terrible state of disrepair.
Since the rains began, craters and potholes on the roads have sunk deeper and expanded wider, with consequential traffic jams and untold hardships on motorists and residents. In some cases, intercity journeys that should ordinary take less than one hour, now take upward of three to four hours.
Listed to benefit from the expected resumption of road rehabilitation are the Lagos- Badagry Expressway, Agege Pen-cinema Fly-over, Agric/ishawo road, Ojokoro phase I & II and, Command/ejigbo NNPC road.
“These roads and others will receive urgent attention after the rains,” said Aramide Adeyoye, special adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu on works and infrastructure.
Adeyoye gave the assurance when “Made in Lagos Women Group” led by Bosede Joseph, visited her in Ikeja.
According to her, the government was not unaware of the deplorable state of some roads in the state, adding that not much of construction work could be done during the rainy season to avoid the waste of resources.
She pleaded, however, with the people to be patient and continue to support the government in its drive to deploy “scientific approach to improve on road infrastructure in the state.”
The special adviser, who commended the women group for identifying with the new administration in the state, charged them to help members acquire skills and identify talents amongst the youth who might need assistance in actualising their dreams.
She also implored the group to come up with initiatives that would make them to be more relevant and contribute meaningfully to good governance.
“I charge you to develop your potentials and skills, come up with good initiatives that can position us as a serious minded people who are ready to contribute to good governance and influence policies that can better our society “Adeyoye advised.
Speaking further she said “we should be more conscious of how we can contribute to good governance, four years is just too short a period of time, the present government has challenged us by giving us 33 percent representation, so we must be ready to convince the public that women can do it through various advocacy programmes that are development driven.’
