Mr Fashola said the 127.6km expressway had recorded a lot of progress and appealed to motorists and commuters to endure the delays.
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola says the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is suffering delay because of the drainage channel being constructed across the road by the Oyo State Government in its Ibadan axis.President Muhammadu BuhariThe News Agency of Nigeria reports the scorecard series which features ministers and top government officials is designed to showcase the achievements of the administration as it winds down.
“We do not want to finish the road and come back to destroy it for the drainage channel construction. Speaking on Bodo-Bonny Island road project in Rivers State, the minister said for centuries, the island had not been accessible by road until Buhari’s administration.“Bonny Island is one of the places where very vast resources are produced into the economy of Nigeria in terms of natural gas.
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