OLD OJO ROAD: WAITING FOR AMBODE’S INTERVENTION

August 2, 2016 AdminLeave a comment

For residents of Mazamaza-Agboju-Satellite town axis of Amuwo-Odofin Local Council, navigating through the Old Ojo Road as they commute from home to their respective places of work daily is a grievous pain they cannot wait to have a relief.

The long stretch of road from Mazamaza that terminates at Abule Oshun has many sizes of craters dotting it. It is hard to drive for about 30 seconds without slowing down to navigate a pothole, making road users drive in a zig-zag manner. The areas most hit are Mazamaza-First gate, Pako-Agboju and Oluti-Abule-Ado. In these areas, the potholes could be compared to gullies.

The deplorable state of the road makes commuters wonder how some roads are selected for facelift as the old Ojo Road serves as an alternative route to the Mile 2-Okoko Expressway, which is under construction.

Ironically, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, on Saturday posted on his Facebook page (see picture), roads the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) carried out some maintenance and palliative works on during the past week and one of the roads listed under Amuwo Odofin Local Council is the Old Ojo Road that our correspondent drove through on Saturday.

Reacting to the commissioner’s claim on Facebook, a resident on that axis, Muneerah Ijaoba Tiamiyu, asked: “Which part of old Ojo Road in Amuwo Odofin was fixed please?”

Chinedu Ezenogu, a commercial bus driver, who plies the route daily, said he was pained that despite the money the commercial bus drivers paid to transport union, no effort was being made by the government or the union to carry out some palliative work on the road. “I go to the mechanic every week for maintenance spending an average of N3,500 on chassis, principally due to the potholes on the road. We pay nothing less than N2,000.00 daily to the union on that route, yet the road is in very bad state.”

He, however, appealed to the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, to come to the aid of residents by repairing the road.

Source: Guardian.ng

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