Ogun State Government, Thursday, inaugurated the reconstruction of the Journalists Estate Road in Arepo, a community off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state, promising that the 2.35 kilometre road project would not exceed the projected nine-month completion timeframe.
Representing the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, to flag-off the project in Arepo, with the State Commissioner for Information, Comrade Waheed Odusile and his Works & Infrastructure counterpart, Engr. Ade Akinsanya.
They have been obtained at Arepo through the representatives of the network, which includes the Olu of Arepo, Oba Solomon Atanda; Chairperson of the Journalists Estate Residents Association (JERDA) Phase 1, Mrs Funke Fadugba; executives of the Arepo Central Community Development Association (ACCDA) as well as some citizens.
The Commissioners assured the citizens that the challenge would not be abandoned but brought on time.
“This mission isn't always going to be abandoned; the contractor is absolutely funded. We are going to do the whole thing humanly viable no longer to inconvenient a lot of humans, however at the equal time, we want to get the paintings performed.
“This is a dualised street with a median and avenue lights. The water will be channeled to the proper region to be disposed into the canal. Also, alongside the way, their will be a lay-by using for transporters, the drain is protected, it will serve as a walk-manner, the face of this location will alternate very quickly,” Akinsanya said.
According to the Commissioner, “This vicinity has masses of newshounds dwelling inside the vicinity, cover and probable document the adjustments you have got seen alongside the way, so, you need to be the authorities’s eyes on this project.
“This is an confirmation that a promise made is a promise kept as some distance as Governor Dapo Abiodun is worried, we want to assure our people that inside the time body allotted for the agreement, it will likely be finished and added.”
Assuring resident whose residences were tormented by the undertaking on adequate reimbursement, Akinsanya stated: “The Ministry of Physical Planning is accountable, they’ve come out and asked all the areas affected to carry supporting files. They came with the Bureau of Lands for the enumeration of some thing could be impacted, so, the issue bordering on compensation might be sorted through the Bureau of Lands and the Ministry of Physical Planning.
“As lengthy as you have all of your lets in and different approvals, take the files to them, it will likely be taken care of. Luckily, most of the regions affected are either fences or walls, it's far when you get to the quit of the venture that we're probable searching at approximately two to three houses and we will nevertheless look at the way to mitigate the massive effect.”
Also talking throughout the flag-off rite and inspection of the undertaking site, the Commissioner of Information, Odusile, defined the task as a fulfilment of the promise of the Dapo Abiodun-led authorities, to make motion of goods, services and the human beings easy inside the region.
“When the governor invited conventional rulers of numerous communities in the country to put in writing to authorities what were their urgent needs, Arepo advised us, this road is the most vital and the governor has listened and nowadays, he has assured, the desire will come authentic,” he stated.
Appreciating the nation government’s show of situation to the community over the lengthy-abandoned and deteriorating road, JERDA Phase 1 chairperson, Fadugba, appealed to the kingdom governor to fulfil the promise made to the people on healthcare, saying the sprawling community in reality desires a number one healthcare facility.
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