Stop Playing Politics With Lagos-Ibadan Expressway —ACN

The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has told the Federal  Government to immediately commence the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway  and stop using that very dilapidated road as object of ceaseless politicking.

The party says that what the road requires now is quick and urgent attention and not  the revelry that has become the pastime of the presidency for many years now.

In a release in Lagos , signed by the Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the ACN,  Joe Igbokwe, the party wonders how many more launchings that would be done on the  road before it gets the badly needed attention it deserves. The party therefore  advises the government and the private company the road was concessioned to stop  these revelries and start in earnest the reconstruction of that critical road.

“We are alarmed that a third ‘launching†of the start off of the road project is  currently being organized when nothing had been done on the road after two previous  launching. We are really alarmed that another grand launching of the take off of the  reconstruction of the road is in top gear and all apparatchiks of state revelry have  been mobilized to this effect. Lagos ACN insists that what the country needs badly  is action on that road and not occasional concerts as the successive PDP governments  had found pleasure in doing since 1999.

“We recall that former President Obasanjo launched the rehabilitation of the road in  his first term and this ended up as a mere splashing of Obasanjoâ€s pictures and  billboards along the length and breadth of the road even as the road further  deteriorated for the entire eight years of his unfortunate regime. The late  President Yarâ€Adua launched another ill fated take off of the construction of the  road by Bi Courtney but till date, no soil has been moved on the road and the  deterioration has continued. We note that Bi Courtney was given the road on a Build  Own and Transfer Agreement during the regime of President Yarâ€Adua but till date,  nothing had been done on the road, which had continued on its progressive  degeneration till date.”

According to the party, “As we speak, there is fresh mobilization for another  launching of the take off of the road and yet another round of revelry is about  taking place. There are plans for President Goodluck Jonathan to launch another take  off and we dare ask if these series of launchings are just for one road. We ask how  many launchings it will take to start the repair of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway? We  want to know why the road has become an object of continuous vain celebrations and  why no concrete action is being taken on the road from 1999 till date.

“We are demanding that these series of revelries must stop and urgent, comprehensive  works should commence on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway immediately. We ask Bi Courtney  to move to site immediately and carry out the reconstruction of that very important  road. We ask the Jonathan government to ensure that the company is put on its toes  to deliver a world class road, in line with the concession agreement. We ask for  seriousness in the reconstruction of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and we believe that the  critical nature of that essential highway demands that the road be upgraded to a  world class standard. We insist that these endless launchings must stop and work  must begin now.”

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