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Also, a resident of Olambe community, Festus Akanbi, stated that the bad state of the road had made many of the residents stop using their cars. He added that because hoodlums were aware that the road was bad, they often seized the opportunity to wreak havoc in the community.
Disturbed by large potholes, muddy and slippery portions, the roads in Lambe and Akute are in a terrible shape. He stated, “Since my older siblings were married and moved out of the place, I was the only one left in the house. I work on the mainland and moving to and from Lambe has been tough. The roads are so bad that I spend over 20 minutes sometimes commuting from my house at Lambe to Akute; a journey that should take less.’’
Another resident in the Lambe area, Taiwo Ajayi, said he was searching for a new house to escape from the headache that the roads had become. Tragedies have also been recorded on the dilapidated roads. On September 13, 2020, a resident, Kamilu Adetoye and his wife, Rofiat Adetoye, were returning from their workplace in the Agidingbi area of Lagos that day when the couple fell into an open drainage channel some distance from their residence on Idowu Ademiluyi Street, Adiyan, Ogun State.
“We are appealing to the government to help us. We pay taxes and levies. During elections, we come out en masse to vote but, in return, we are left with nothing except suffering.’’When the administration of then Governor Ibikunle Amosun commenced a 32-kilometre road linking Sango with Berger in Lagos, everyone in the communities applauded the initiative. However, years after the flag-off of the job, the project was not completed before the administration’s tenure.
He added, “I took a random tour of the area and discovered that some long stretches of the road had been overtaken by flood as water and weeds now occupy the roads, making it difficult for small cars to access the area. The road is so dilapidated that one can see that cars can’t pass some parts of the roads. For instance, the road from Olambe to the main market in the area, Jolasco market has been torn into two by water and weeds.
“The road project started by the last administration is important; it serves as an escape route from the routine traffic on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. But the deplorable state of the roads is not good for anybody’s health. In the case of any emergency, the bad road network makes it difficult to access health facilities,’’ he said.
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