Residents and commuters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are advised to brace up for temporary traffic disruptions on Friday, as the Apo-Wasa Road will be closed from 11 am to 4 pm ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to inaugurate a major infrastructure project in the city.
According to a statement on Thursday by the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Lere Olayinka, traders, mechanics, and shop owners at the Apo Mechanic Village have voluntarily agreed to shut down operations for the day.
Olayinka confirmed that the road closure is necessary for the security and smooth flow of the event.
According to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), the move is to enable them ‘give President Tinubu a rousing welcome and participate fully in the commissioning ceremony’.
The project slated for commissioning is the newly completed Left-Hand Service Carriageway of the Outer Southern Expressway Stage II, stretching from the Ring Road I Junction to Wasa Junction.
The event will take place at 2:30 pm on Friday with President Tinubu expected to personally perform the inauguration.
‘The Apo-Wasa Road, which is to be commissioned by President Bola Tinubu tomorrow, will be closed to vehicular movement between 11 am and 4 pm’, Olayinka said.
He added that traffic enforcement personnel would be deployed to critical areas to ease movement and redirect motorists to alternate routes.
‘Motorists are therefore urged to use other routes between 11 am and 4 pm tomorrow, when the Apo-Wasa Road will not be accessible.
‘We appeal to road users that will be affected by this temporary closure to bear with the government while using alternative routes’, the statement read.
