Ogun state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said his administration will continue to give priority attention to roads, hospitals and other projects abandoned by his predecessors because they were ab initio funded with task payers’ money.
The governor stated this while on inspection tour of various road projects across the East and Central senatorial districts of the state, adding that no part of the state will be neglected in the distribution of infrastructure as he has decided to make the people the centre-piece of his Administration.
He said, “I will not leave any project abandoned by previous government. Those they funded or abandoned midway will be completed by us. When we were drawing up budget too, we asked for your inputs and these are the roads and projects you chose by yourselves.”
“Infrastructure, especially road will be given the right attention in order to open up the state for more economic development,” he said after inspecting major roads in the East and Central senatorial districts of the state, weekend.
Prince Abiodun inspected the Oba Erinwole Road in Sagamu, Kuto Flyover, Elite and Fajol-Osara-Gbonagun roads in Abeokuta.
He noted that the issue of good road network in the State could not be over-emphasised as roads open up the State to socioeconomic activities and promote the welfare of the citizenry.
According to the Governor, the Oba Erinwole Road which was in a terrible state when he took over and had become a death trap for its users, “yet it is an important road that serves several industries and also links the Sagamu-Ore-Benin Expressway.”
“I came to see the level of work done on Oba Erinwole Road. This road is very important as it leads to many factories and industries. We awarded the contract for this road in March this year. If not for the pandemic, work would have gone further than this by now. When it is completed, it will alleviate the suffering of the people,” he noted.
At the Kuto flyover and service lanes in Abeokuta, he said, though awarded by the last administration, it would be completed soon, as he has extracted commitment from the contractor.
The governor noted that most of the road projects executed by his administration were prioritised by the residents themselves as they were allowed to do so while government was preparing the budget.
