24th November, 2015
Kazeem Ugbodaga
The Lagos State Government says it has rehabilitated over 280 roads since Governor Akinwunmi Ambode came to power and has eamarked 189 others for immediate repairs.
General Manager, Lagos State Public Works Corporation, LSPWC, Engr. Ayo Sodeinde disclosed this Tuesday at a news conference at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Secretariat, Alausa, in Ikeja, Lagos, western Nigeria.
At the joint Press Conference with the Ministry of Information and Strategy, Sodeinde said when the present government came to power, it met lots of roads in terrible condition.
He said government had been able to put many of the roads in good shape and are now motorable.
Sodeinde said the governor had approved the the repair of the roads, saying that the corporation is working night and day to ensure that the roads were in good condition.
He listed some of the roads rehabilitated to include Metal Box, Acme Road, Ejigbo, Ikotun-Ijegun, Alfa Nla, Epe-Ijebu-Ode, among others, while government is also working on the bad portion of Ile Epo Road.
Sodeinde also said the Lagos State Government had worked on 117 Federal Government roads in the state for which it was being owed over N50 billion by the central government.
He said when the money is paid, the state government would expend the money in completing more roads across the state.
“The governor wants to alleviate the plight of the people. In the last three weeks, there have been improvement in our roads. When the roads are good, there is economic growth. By the end of December, we would have done very well in terms of road repairs,” he said.
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde also said the governor had mandated the 57 councils in the state to repair two roads each in their domains to bring it to a total of 114 inner city roads within the state.
Ayorinde disclosed that the roads, with street lights, would cost the councils N19 billion to build, adding that each of the councils would choose any two roads each in their domains to work on.
He said by the time the roads were delivered in the next few months, the state would have gone a long way in delivering good roads.