Time was when some elected public officers, especially those occupying top positions are wont to take the electorate for a ride once they have firmly secured their second term. But with the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who sees his job as a social contract of some sorts hence his commitment to project delivery and implementation has remained unwavering.
The latest beneficiaries of the governor’s commitment are the people of Amuwo-Odofin and its environs. Last Tuesday, he commissioned the newly rehabilitated Old Ojo Road. Others are three other roads Irede, Navy Town, and Mumuni Adio (Buba Marwa) Roads, all in the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area.
The formal handing over further attests to Sanwo-Olu’s commitment to the realisation of the Transportation Pillar of the Sanwo-Olu administration’s THEMES+ Agenda with the provision of roads as a critical infrastructure that will support economic activities.
Irede, Navy Town, Mumuni Adio (Buba Marwa), and Old Ojo (Phase 1) Roads provide a link to both the Lagos Blue Line Rail on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and the water component of the multi-modal transportation initiative with many jetties along the axis.
The 10.1km newly reconstructed roads connect the rail component on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway to the inland waterways terminal with major linkages to residential and commercial areas.
Irede Road is a 2.20km road off the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and terminates at the Irede Jetty for water transportation to the riverine communities of Ibasa, Ibeshe, Ilashe, and Imoore in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area.
Mumuni Adio Road serves as the major arterial that provides access from and into Tank Farms and Industries in Ijegun Egba, a major petroleum products depot within the corridor, was constructed as a semi-urban road about 40 years ago.
Navy Town Road leads to Ijegun Imoren Jetty and also connects the Old Ojo Road to Central Bank Estate, Training School, and Navy Town.
First constructed in the early 1960s, the Old Ojo Road was a single-carriageway with dilapidated pavement and an average width of 10m and ineffective drains.
‘Given the strategic economic importance of these roads, the Sanwo-Olu administration approved their rehabilitation and upgrade to a standard that will stand the test of time.
‘The administration will continue to upgrade old roads and build new ones for the benefit of residents in fulfilment of his promise to Lagosians. With the way Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is going with these roads and projects delivery one would be the right to conclude that he’s definitely seeking for a third term in office!
‘At a time that many others are finding it difficult to embark on both old and new projects, the governor should be applauded for service and dedication to the people’.
The anecdote just relayed captured the exact words of a middle-aged woman, who simply gave her name as Mummy Bright, when she witnessed the official commissioning of the road projects at the Ojo axis of Lagos State on Tuesday.
Probed further, Mummy Bright, who was effusive with praises for the governor, said without mincing words that the Sanwo-Olu example is worthy of recommendation by all serving public servants in the state and beyond.
