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Declaration of State of Emergency on Lagos Roads

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Recently, the Gover-
nor of Lagos State

Jide Sanwo-Olu
announced a state of
emergency on Lagos

roads. The intent is to com-
mence a full scale repair of the

dilapidated road networks across
the state. There is no doubt

that the decaying infrastruc-
ture in Lagos State that prides

itself as the centre of excellence
has taken its worst turn in the
recent times. Lagos residents
and visitors alike groan over the

bumpy roads and life threaten-
ing ride they are daily subjected

to on these failed roads and the

precious man-hour lost in the
process.
The past few months have truly

been unduly hectic for Lago-
sians. Virtually all parts of the

state are plagued daily with
heavy gridlocks that have made

movements across the state vir-
tually impossible. Journey from

one end to another that ordinary
should not last more than thirty

minutes linger for hours unend-
ing.

It has become a national em-
barrassment to say the least

that even international me-
dia organizations such as the

CNN beamed the sorry state of

Nigeria’s infrastructure to the
international community to

mock and spite us as an unse-
rious nation despite the huge

resources government claims to
have spent in rehabilitating bad

roads that cut across the geopo-
litical zones. From the North to

the South nothing seems to have
changed for the better.
While we applaud the initiative
of the governor to commence
immediate rehabilitation of the
roads in the state, we also need to
reiterate the need for a good job
to be done. In the first instance,
efforts must be made to identify
all the road networks in the state

that really needs urgent attention.
Beyond the popular routes, most
inner roads are in terrible state of
disrepute. Take for instance, the
Ikorodu axis of the state, leading
to Lagos State Polytechnic and
Odogunyan axis. It is a dead trap.

The Ogolonto axis, lgbogbo, Baye-
ku, Oreta, Offin and environs are

crying for urgent attention.

We believe strongly that in at-
tempts to repair these roads, there

should be high quality control

measures to ensure that due dili-
gence is deployed by the construc-
tion companies. There should be

no cutting down of unnecessary
cost items or use of inferior

materials as have been the case in
previous years. Also, there should
be regular maintenances of these
roads to prevent a situation where
they constitute the type of public
menace they have become.
The Sanwo-Olu government
should sit up to its responsibilities
and stop commercial drivers from
exploiting Lagos residents, repair
the roads and speed up work
on the flyovers, particularly the
Agege Pen Cinema flyer over and
Badagry-Lagos mono-rail project.
The coastal transportation needs

to be improved to help decon-
gest the city of the heavy vehicu-
lar traffic experienced every day.

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