Coming in from Ijebu-Ode area on Thursday (November 14, 2024), I had cause to pass through Epe to Lekki Phase 1 area. From Sangotedo on both sides of the road, it is a total lockdown, which may be due to road construction. On the other side of the road inbound Sangotedo from Ajah, it is a standstill. The traffic has already extended to VGC area. I?m just wondering how those affected will get home tonight, given the state of the traffic.

The crisis of motoring around the Lekki/Ibeju axis should not have been an issue had the government taken proactive actions to forestall it, before now. From reliable sources, about 70% of the IGR of Lagos State comes from this zone which has been neglected for so long.

The VGC link bridge has been abandoned after Governor Babajide Sanwoolu secured his second term ticket.

The 4th Mainland Bridge project has also been abandoned, for no cogent reason.

The Lekki airport project is now in dreamland.

The High Court complex in Epe is in a sordid state of total neglect and disrepair, perpetually in darkness and as hot as hell itself.

In the mainland and other zones in Lagos, bridges and new roads are springing up daily.

Blue Line, Red Line, Purple Line and may be later, Yellow Line, are being constructed in the Mainland zones with the resources of Eti-Osa and Ibeju-Lekki zones. Talk of robbing Peter to pay Paul.

I honestly believe in the saying that he who pays the piper should dictate the tune of the music.

But for divine intervention and the spirited struggle of the people, the monstrous plan of Lagos State Government was to tax these neglected people to their bones by forcing two toll points on them to muzzle them to death.

I hereby call on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to fulfill his constitutional responsibility to the people of Eti-Osa and Ibeju-Lekki by providing them with durable infrastructure as obtainable in other zones of the State.

Let the Governor revive all abandoned projects in these zones in order to create a sense of inclusion in governance.

The ongoing road construction should be executed in such a way as to create room for smooth flow of traffic in order to Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa San the people.

?Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN, writes from Lekki, Lagos.

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