Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has said his administration will shop for N13billion to fix roads at Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government.
He said plans had reached advanced stage to build three housing estates in Ijebu Ode, Ota and Ilaro.
According to him, while 250 houses are meant for Ijebu Ode, 150 and 130 will be built at Ilaro and Ota.
Abiodun said this in his address at the virtual citizens’ engagement (town hall meeting) on 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and 2022 Budget for Ogun West Senatorial District, held yesterday in Abeokuta.
He said that the town hall meeting, which began on Wednesday in Ogun East, would ensure that stakeholders and other citizens expressed their views and expectations about next year’s budget.
The governor said that the development of Ogun West Senatorial District would continue to be of importance to his administration.
He said the zone will continue to receive the deserved attention of his government.
Abiodun, who described Ogun West as the major outlet to other West African countries and the industrial engine room of the state, said his administration would remain committed to making Ogun a truly investors’ first choice destination, not only in Nigeria, but also in Africa.
He added his administration would never toy with the development and welfare of the inhabitants of the senatorial district, which is home to Agbara Industrial Estate with over 400 national and multinational brands
He added that the reconstruction of the 19km Atan-Lusada-Agbara road had started, while the 10.25km Lusada-Igbesa road had also been inaugurated.
“We are assiduously working on the Ilaro-Owode–Idiroko road, which is a federal road, like we do on Epe-Ijebu-Ode road in Ogun East Senatorial District and Sagamu-Abeokuta road in the Central Senatorial District. As we await the Federal Government’s approval on transfer of the reconstruction of Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta, we are daily on that road to fix the failed portions.
“It is noteworthy that Otunba Mike Adenuga has already committed to reconstruct the 64 kilometre Ota-Idiroko International Road through tax credit. Ditto for Alhaji Aliko Dangote, who has been granted leave to reconstruct the 100 kilometre Ilaro- Papalanto-Sagamu Interchange Road, also through tax credit, among roads that we hope to fix through Public Private Sector Partnership (PPP).
“We will continue to improve our PPP programme to identify necessary funding options for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of major roads in our state,” Abiodun said.
While pleading for the patience and understanding of the people, the governor said the Ogun State Public Works Agency (OGPWA) has been empowered and mandated to continually do palliative works on bad roads, to make them passable.”
