Passengers and drivers express anger and frustration over the poor state of the Iyana Church-Olodo Road in Ibadan, Nigeria. The road has been in a state of disrepair for a long time, causing damage to vehicles and inconveniencing residents.
Between 1955 and 1960, the late Obafemi Awolowo, then Premier of the defunct Western Region, established farm settlements and institutes across the region, an idea his administration replicated from Israel and Sudan. The bus driver huffed and puffed for the umpteenth time, frustrated by the huge craters on every section of the road. It was in the first week of October and the rains had just stopped.
The Iyana Church-Olodo Road that connects passengers and residents to Lalupon, Ejioku and other communities on the outskirts of Ibadan, was in a state of disrepair. Passengers, motorcycle riders, and commercial bus drivers were united in their expressions of anger and frustration over the poor state of the road. 'This road has been like this for a very long while, frustrating passengers and everybody and destroying our vehicles,' the driver, Baba Ajadi, lamented, wiping off beads of sweat running across his tired face. 'We have complained for several years but we only get promises from the government yet nothing has been done to fix the road.
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