Ogun community laments bad roads, begs Abiodun to intervene
Residents of Oke-Afa Area Community Development Community Magboro, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have lamented the hardship and suffering they bear due to the deplorable state of the roads in the area.
In a statement released by the Oke-Afa Area Community Development Committee and signed by its chairman and secretary, Shobowale Sunday and Popoola Kolawole, on Friday, the residents called on the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, to keep the promise he made to them over one year ago.
The statement read, “The people living in Oke-Afa, Ilupeju, Olowofela, Kajola, and Magboro in the Obafemi-Owode local government area of the state have suffered the loss of property, vehicular damage, and dehumanising conditions over the last fifteen years as a result of the deplorable condition and massive flooding of the access road to the community.
The statement added that despite over 100,000 residents and over 40 CDAs committees, “the area only has a single road that links the entire community to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, which is a nightmare, especially during the rainy season.”
“Children are said to be unable to go to school for fear of being drowned, while adults either wade their way through the flood or make use of canoes. The community says it makes an effort annually to make the road motorable, but the self-help can only guarantee grading and partial filling of the portholes, which return to bad condition after a while.”
The community urged the Ogun State government to include the construction of “a standard road into the community from the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to Kajola as well as the construction of a standard bridge across the canal to contain the volume of the flood that is diverted from the expressway and save the residents from the hardship they have been subjected to for years.”
