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Dapo Abiodun Flags Off Reconstruction Of 19 Km Atan-Lusada-Agbara Road
Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun flagged off the reconstruction of the Atan-Lusada-Agbara Road on Thursday, with a promise that the project would not be abandoned.
The governor also inaugurated the 10.25 km Lusada Junction-Igbesa-Ogun Guangdong FTZ Road, a project undertaken via Public-Private Partnership.
Flagging off the 19 km Atan-Lusada-Agbara Road at an event which was attended by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo; Chairman, Senate Committee on Works and former governor of Kebbi State, Senator Adamu Aliero; Senator representing Lagos West and Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Olamilekan Adeola; Senator Ayo Akinyelure; Senator Oyeyemi Bamidele; and Senator Micheal Nnachi, among other dignitaries, Abiodun said the commencement of rehabilitation work on the road would impact positively on the ease of doing business along the industrial corridor.
While saying the road will be completed in 15 months time, the governor said that though the road, which is part of the Sokoto-Badagry Expressway, belonged to the federal government, he said his administration decided to embark on the reconstruction of the road in order to give succor to the residents and industries along the axis.
Abiodun, who reiterated that his government would not develop any part of the state at the expense of another, disclosed that over 172 kilometers of the road had been constructed, while 120 kilometers had also been rehabilitated across the length and breadth of Ogun within two years of his administration.
The governor assured that all roads leading to industrial areas and farm settlements in the state will be prioritized to boost economic growth and development.
He commended the Buhari administration for the prompt approval on the request for the transfer of the rehabilitation, reconstruction, and maintenance of Atan-Lusada-Agbara road to the Ogun State.
The governor urged the residents along the axis to take charge of the project, disclosing in the communities would be gainfully engaged during the construction of the road.
‘No doubt, today’s twin events of turn of the sod of Atan-Lusada-Agbara road and commissioning of the Lusada-Igbesa road is part of our administration’s commitment to providing infrastructure in order to continue to open up our border communities along the axis. It is, in fact, an assertion of our strategic and deliberate approach to repositioning all our industrial hubs in our dear state. And, no doubt, Ogun West, especially the Agbara Industrial Estate in Nigeria, which is one of the biggest industrial estates, remains key to the development of Ogun State,’ he stated.
‘In this direction, the completion of Atan-Lusada-Agbara, which is expected in the next few months, will go a long way towards improving the quality of life and advancement of commerce in Ogun West and other industrial hubs in Ogun State.
‘And, I am very optimistic that, at completion, this Atan-Lusada-Agbara Road will not only improve Ease Doing Business in this area, but bring a wholesome development to the entire Ogun West District,’ Abiodun stated.
