AS part of efforts towards ensuring South-West regional integration and development, Ogun State government has started the construction of roads to link the state with other South-Western states.
The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite stated this while presenting a paper on “Provision of infrastructural facilities for rebuilding and transformation of Ogun State, SIA’s Rebuilding agenda and South-West regional integration” at the fourth summit of the South-West Heads of Service in Abeokuta, recently.
According to him, Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led administration has started the construction of a 29- kilometre Ofada - Mowe - Ibafo Road, to decongest Lagos - Ibadan Expressway and link Lagos.
Adegbite, in a release signed by the Information Officer, state Ministry of Works, Mrs Seun Dokunmu, added that efforts had also reached an advanced stage on the construction of four other major roads that would link the state with others in the region.
He revealed that the roads were; Sagamu-Ogijo-Ikorodu Road, Ijebu-Ode - Epe Road, OGTV-Ajebo Road and Sango-Ojodu Abiodun Road.
The commissioner also disclosed that two new trailer parks are to be created on the Lagos-Ibadan Express-way to complement the one already existing in Ogere to further decongest and prevent avoidable accidents resulting from haphazard parking of articulated vehicles on the road.
Other plan of the government to link the South-West states according to him, was the light rail project to be extended to the borders of Oyo State and link the Lagos rail project which he expressed optimism that when completed, other states would link up with the project, adding that this would enhance movement of goods and people and ultimately, boost economic activities for the general well-being of the region.
While calling for deliberate collaborative efforts among the states of the region in such a manner that there would be joint efforts on the development of infrastructure, Adegbite, however, expressed the urgent need for all states in the region to join hands and improve cross border connectivity through increased investment in roads, railways and air transport towards enhancing economic activities for the general well-being of the region.
Speaking after the presentation, the chairman of the occasion and Head of Service of Ondo State Civil Service, Mrs. Kosemani Kolawole said that the beauty of the meeting was in the experience sharing, looking at the ways of putting smiles on people’s faces and restoring their trust in democratic setting.
While Mrs. Kolawole assured that what had been learnt in the state would be replicated in other states, she also thanked Ogun State government for implementing meaningful development projects that would ensure regional integration.
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