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Ogun resumes work on abandoned 32km Sango-Ijoko-Akute road project

To complete phases 1, 6 by December

The Ogun State government has resumed work on the Sango-Ijoko-Alagbole road abandoned by the previous administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun.

The 32-kilometre road designed to have six lanes, with three lanes on each side, was abandoned after thousands of buildings along the stretch were demolished, partly done with bridges.

The road has been in deplorable state, making some residents abandoning their properties to seek accommodation elsewhere, while those who could not move have to contend with the daily harrowing experiences.

But the state Commissioner for Works, Engr. Ade Akinsanya, said the state government would make the road drivable by December if the weather permits, saying that due to paucity of funds, the rehabilitation work had been divided into six segments.

He added that one side of the road would be done for now, while the other side would begin when money is available.

He said, “Already, contracts have been awarded for segment one from Sango and segment six from Akute with work already going on simultaneously”.

According to Akinsanya, contract of the road has been awarded to the tune of N300 million to rehabilitate the remaining four segments by making them drivable before their complete reconstruction.

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He said, “The Sango-Akute-Alagbole road is a 32-kilometre road awarded by the previous administration and unfortunately abandoned. What we are doing now is that instead of six lanes, we have re-scoped the road and our contractor is moving to the Sango-Ijoko area, working on that and of course the Lagos end.
“The segments one and six have been awarded. Included in the work is the palliative work that will ensure that from phase 2 to phase 5 should be motorable all the way from Sango to Yakoyo end.
“The state governor was here about three weeks ago to inspect these projects and we have been on this inspection tour since yesterday.”

Akinsanya noted that the Amosun administration, apart from abandoning the road, also failed to compensate those whose properties were demolished.
The commissioner spoke on how some of the projects were being financed through the financial ingenuity of Governor Dapo Abiodun.
“As His Excellency said yesterday, we have challenges in terms of funds, but these are essential roads we need to do and we are finding ways to get them done.
“I am thanking His Excellency, for always doing whatever it takes to help whenever we go to him,” he said.
Akinsanya said some of the road projects would bring about even development in the state, while money invested in them could be recovered through Internal Generated Revenue (IGR).
“Everything is on the table, and one of the things we need to look at now is the road which is the question of how do we recover the money we invested in this road one way or the other?

“One thing is that probably when the road is done and development comes to the area, there will be increase in the Internal Generated Revenue (IGR) and at the same time the maintenance of cars, health and others will be improved and we are going to do what is needed by using the criteria of the Average Daily Traffic (ADT),” he said.

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