The Ogun State Government has begged the Federal Government to allocate 20 per cent of all funds it spends on federal roads in Lagos State to fix the state's deplorable roads. The government maintained that Ogun has the highest number of federal roads without proper attention from the apex government.
The Ogun State Government has begged the Federal Government to allocate 20 per cent of all funds it spends on federal roads in Lagos State to fix the state's deplorable roads. The government maintained that Ogun has the highest number of federal roads without proper attention from the apex government. Special Adviser to Governor Abiodun on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, on Wednesday lamented that some of the bad roads in Ogun State belong to the Federal Government.
'Arguably Ogun State has the largest federal roads in Nigeria, the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road that everybody is clamoring for is a federal road. And you people are aware of some of efforts that Prince Dapo Abiodun made when he came on board in 2019. “He and Babajide Sanwo-Olu jointly signed a letter, sent it to the President to please give them the road so they can operate and transfer so our people can ply the road without fear and hindrances but the permission was not granted.
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