Residents of Olomore Housing Estate in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State and motorists have, again, appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun to urgently repair gapping potholes and bad portions of Olomore-Brewery road.
Both residents and motorists had insisted that the areas has not had it as bad as it had been in the past two to three years under the past administration of Sen. Ibikunle Amosun.
The community leaders, businessmen, traders and commuters in the areas have called on the governor to factor the Olomore-Brewery Roundabout into the key areas he would pay attention to, noting that it has been very difficult for people of the areas to ply the roads as they usually arrived lately to their various destinations.
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A community leader in the area, Elder Jacob Fagboungbe, said that it was pathetic that Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration had forgotten the people of the area, noting that no roads in Olomore Housing Estate was motorable, as even the link road had been in deplorable situation as such.
He said that it took the Community Development Associations (CDAs) of Olomore to take the bull by the horn in repairing the roads during the lockdown period, saying that no refund was made to them by the State Government till date.
“We need to repair the roads by ourselves during the lockdown period, as we find it very difficult to ply the road, though it was a self-help projects but now that it is beyond our capacity, governments needs to come to our aid by putting the roads in better condition for the betterment of our people,” Fagboungbe said
Solomon Ajakanri, a motorist, who plies Olomore- Brewery road, said it was sad that such a terrible road was still existing in Nigeria, while describing the road as a death trap, Ajakanri called on both the Federal and State Governments to take urgent steps to fix it.
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“Imagine, a journey from Olohunda to Abeokuta that is supposed to be for one hour take well over two hours because of the poor condition of our roads, especially this Olomore and Brewery roundabout,” he said
It will be recalled that, in July this year, Ogun State Government said that it was aware of the challenges confronting residents as a result of deplorable conditions of roads spread across the State, but till date most of these roads has not been attended to by the government.
The state’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ade Akinsanya, then stated that all the deplorable roads across the state would be repaired, but those of Olomore, Brewery roundabout, Oke-Ata, Ibara Orile and many more remain same as at filling this report.
