Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State says his administration is seriously addressing the challenge of infrastructure deficit in the state despite paucity of funds.
Abiodun gave the assurance during an interaction with selected editors after a facility tour of the sites of ongoing and completed projects in the Ogun East Senatorial District, including the Gateway Agro Cargo Airport at Ilisan, road networks and housing estates on Wednesday.
The proposed cargo airport which was initiated about 10 years ago by the Gbenga Daniels’ administration is almost 80 per cent completed.
Abiodun restated the commitment of his administration' to complete the ongoing inherited roads and other Infrastructural projects evenly across the state and would not complain despite the major challenges of several bad roads
According to him, the present government has worked on major roads in all the three senatorial districts, including the 14-kilometer Ijebu-Ode-Epe, Sagamu-Siun-Abeokuta road and Atan-Lusada-Agbara-Marogbo Toll road linking Lagos, which is ongoing.
Commenting of the deplorable state of Sango Ota -Oke Aro-Ojodu Abiodun road linking Lagos, Abiodun explains that successive administrations have neglected the area by abandoning the road and others.
He, however, promised to provide palliative work to fix the craters on the road before December to allow free flow of traffic, while also working on permanent construction that will solve the problem once and for all.
Speaking earlier, Commissioner for Works, Engr Ade Akinsanya, who led the editors on the facility tour said the Denro-Ishashi road corridor which is nearing completion will also provide alternative route for the residents of Lambe/Akute who work in Lagos.
On the completion date of the Agro Cargo Airport, Engr Akinsanya explains that the features of the airport which is the first of its kind in Nigeria was a blend of San Francisco Airport and Dubai will be ready in December.
The Control Tower and Runaway, the two most important features in Airports, according to him have reached 80 per cent.
Engr Akinsanya also said the icing on the cake of the Agro Cargo Airport is the economic deals with African Development Bank (AfDB) to site an Agro testing firm at Sagamu, adding that most of the agricultural products in Nigeria lacks certification which has made their exportation to other countries impossible.
Engr Akinsanya also led the team to Molusi road in Ijebu-Igbo, housing projects in Abeokuta and an imposing Gateway City Gate, a tourist site at the Sagamu interchange amongst other projects.
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