Communities in New Oko-Oba and Abule Egba have appealed to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to fix the roads that were damaged when the Abule Egba flyover was built.
The communities, in a letter to the Governor, provided a detailed list of roads and streets that require attention. These include Jibowu Road, Sanni Balogun, Karaole/Adetoun, Olu Ajayi/Majek, Sule Abiodun, Agbe Road, Ile Ogbo Street, Bayo Aderinye Street, Funmilayo George Street, Agent Temple, Alhaji Ashafa, Paul Street, Segun Akinola, Arowolo, and others.
Speaking on behalf of the community in the letter, George Olayinka Dada, the Baale of Karaole Ojokoro Land, highlighted the challenges and difficulties faced by the residents of New Oko-Oba and Abule Egba, which is a rapidly developing area of Lagos. He also emphasized the impact of the Abule Egba flyover construction on these issues.
In extending their congratulations to the governor for his re-election, Dada recalled a personal visit by former Governor Akinwumi Ambode to the communities. During this visit, Ambode assured them that the government understood the challenges and inconveniences they would experience during the construction period. He quoted Ambode as saying, ‘Please, bear with us, before you know it, we will return to repair or reconstruct all your roads and streets.’
Dada conveyed this message to Governor Sanwo-Olu, “As feared by all leaders and residents of New Oko-Oba, many years after the completion of the bridge and all our roads destroyed, no one has come to us either to assure that something will be done or to repair any of the streets affected. Today streets and roads that were formerly pride and cynosure of all eyes and residents have suddenly become our nightmare and rendered the area so ugly and unattractive to be called a place in Lagos,” Cole added.