Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared a state of emergency on bad roads in the state ordering repair work on critical highways, beginning from Monday Oct. 14.
A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said Sanwo-Olu’s action followed series of meetings with eight multi-national construction firms which began a few weeks back.
He said the contractor deployed by the government for the repair works included Julius Berger, Hitech, Arab Contractors, Metropolitan Construction, Slavabogu Construction, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), Rajaf Foundation Construction, and RCF Nigeria Ltd.
The statement quoted the governor as saying all the eight engineering firms had been given the mandate to immediately mobilise their equipment on the sites and commence major construction works on the identified roads.
Meanwhile, the Special Adviser to the governor on Works and Infrastructure, Aramide Adeyoye, listed some of the critical highways and roads to be constructed to include Ojota stretch of the Ikorodu Road and Motorways-Kudirat Abiola Way, Apongbon Highway, Babs Animashaun Road, Agric/Ishawo Road and Ijede Road in Ikorodu, and Lekki-Epe Expressway from Abraham Adesanya to Eleko Junction.
The statement read issued in Lagos on Sunday in part: “This afternoon, we have just concluded meeting with various reputable construction companies and all of them have been given the brief to immediately commence major construction work in various parts of the state.
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“The exercise will begin on Monday with palliative work on the selected roads, which are both on the Island and mainland divisions of the state.
“The contractors have been given the mandate to start mobilising their equipment to their respective sites without further delay.
“Their activities must first give our people an immediate relief on the affected roads so that there can be free flow of traffic even during the rehabilitation work.”
To complement the major construction work on the highway, Sanwo-Olu said that the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) would be carrying out repairs of 116 inner roads across the state.
He said this would be in addition to over 200 roads already rehabilitated by the corporation in the last three months.
The governor who said he was not unaware of the pain experienced by road users in the past few days, which was compounded by persistent downpour, again appealed for understanding from residents while efforts were being made to ameliorate their pains and bring permanent relief to them.
The governor’s adviser on works further said that there would be massive re-construction work on a network of roads in Ikoyi, Ikeja GRA and Victoria Island.
