The negligence of Governors Fashola and Ibikunle Amosun

The benefit of one political party dominating a specific region in the society is to have a unified political ideology which should often be progressive and developmental in nature in order to advance the course of such society. But the careless attitude of Lagos and Ogun state government regarding mutual cooperation for even infrastructural development in both states is now a source of concern to the residents of Dalemo, Odewale and communities adjourning Egbado major road.

The Egbado road connects the tarred Baale Animashun road that runs from Alakuko main entrance to Dalemo junction and ends at Odewale railway terminal.

To say that the Egbado road is in a deplorable state will be stating the obvious, as the over two hundred thousand residents of adjoining communities to this road have been suffering so much neglect; with motorcycle being the only source of transportation, one then wonders if the government knows that these people exists.

There has however been confusion as to where residents real belong to (either Lagos or Ogun State). Even when the government acknowledges the bad state of the road, the flimsy reason presented for the non-construction of the road is that there exists a boundary adjustment dispute between the two states.

Many will wonder why the ideology of Southwest regional integration cannot materialize through mutual cooperation towards making life considerably manageable for the citizens rather than making it an eternal regret for those residing in the community. Various tax collectors from Lagos and Ogun state often impose taxes on the community’s traders, motorists, motorcyclist among others but none of them have deemed it fit to use those taxes for road construction.

During election period, politicians from Lagos and Ogun usually come and campaign promising all kind of things in order to reach lofty political offices without keeping to their promises.

The roads in this areas has now dovetailed into a death trap in which it is the constitutional role of the government to ensure adequate safety of lives and properties of it citizens thereby guaranteeing good governance in the state.

The deplorable state of this major road linking Dalemo bus stop along Baale-Animashahun road, Alakuko, Lagos to the railway (popularly called Egbado) linking different axis of Lagos and Ogun state has in many years back caused a lot of devastation to these communities.

The peaceful movement to various destinations and workplaces has in time back been altered, the residents economic life is downgrading day by day as market men and women find it difficult to transport their goods down due to the bad state of the road.

Premised on this, I hereby appeal to the government of Lagos and Ogun under the administration of governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) and governor Ibikunle Amosun to imbibe the significance behind their political party dominance in Southwestern region and their individual allegiance to tax payers of these communities that casted their votes to augment the emergence of All Progressive Congress (APC) to kindly extend their good work, cooperate and concur with each other on the construction and rehabilitation of this major road.

Akinfolarin Akinwale V.
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