Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has authorized the development of main highway tasks in Sagamu Native Authorities Space, together with the Sagamu–Ode Street, Fadebo Road Street, Ajaka Street, and the Likosi–Ogijo Street, reaffirming his administration’s dedication to infrastructure as a catalyst for socio-economic improvement.
The governor disclosed this on Thursday whereas commissioning the newly accomplished Sagamu–Ayepe Street, describing highway infrastructure as a crucial driver of {economic} actions, connectivity, and general improvement.
Governor Abiodun stated his administration would proceed to take a position closely within the development and rehabilitation of roads throughout the state, regardless of the large backlog of uncared for infrastructure inherited from earlier administrations.
“Street infrastructure is a significant {economic} enabler. This explicit highway connects Sagamu to Odogbolu and a number of other densely populated communities. It’s an especially necessary {economic} hall, and that’s the reason we have now prioritised it,” the governor stated.
He lamented that many roads throughout Ogun State had suffered years of neglect, noting that whereas his administration has made vital interventions, a number of others nonetheless require pressing consideration.
Past highway infrastructure, Governor Abiodun stated his authorities has recorded notable interventions in crucial sectors akin to well being, schooling, housing, and sports, stressing that the administration stays targeted on delivering dividends of democracy to the folks.
“We won’t be distracted by rabble-rousers. Our focus stays governance and enhancing the standard of lifetime of our folks,” he added.
Earlier, the Chairman of Sagamu Native Authorities Space, Jubril Odulate, stated the Ayepe Street, which hyperlinks Sagamu with neighbouring native authorities areas, had been deserted for years and left in a deplorable situation earlier than the intervention of the state authorities.
He famous that the reconstruction of the highway aligns with the state authorities’s ISEYA improvement agenda, including that the native authorities had complemented the hassle via the development of the Awokoya Street.
Oba Musliu Soile, who represented the Akarigbo of Remoland, described the highway undertaking as a significant aid to residents, noting that it could considerably ease hardship and increase business actions inside the axis.
Additionally talking, the Nationwide President of the Amalgamated Industrial Motorbike, Repairer and Riders Affiliation, Shamseeden Apelogun, counseled the state authorities, saying the improved highway community would scale back hardship for riders, stimulate {economic} actions, and entice extra traders to the group.
