Communities in New Oko-Oba and Abule Egba have appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to urgently repair 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.
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 the period of the construction, quoting Ambode as saying: “Please, bear with us, before you know it, we will be back to repair or reconstruct all your roads and streets.”
He told Sanwo-Olu: “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,” Cole added.
Source: The Guardian
