Ogun Delivers Top-quality Roads, Says Abiodun’s Aide

Mr Kayode Akinmade, Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to Gov. Dapo Abiodun, says the state is constructing quality roads that will stand the test of time.

Akinmade told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Saturday that roads completed by the current administration were built with quality materials and handled by professional contractors.

“The state has the longest and largest network of federal roads in terms of kilometres.

“The present administration has constructed both federal and state roads with the support of the federal government and is delivering remarkable, sustainable results for the state’s infrastructure network,” he said.

He said federal roads in Ogun had endured years of poor maintenance spanning more than two and a half decades.

He noted that the rehabilitation of the Lagos–Abeokuta Expressway and some other federals roads was impeded by bureaucratic challenges during the last administration.

“During the Buhari administration, efforts to rehabilitate the Lagos‑Abeokuta expressway were hampered by bureaucratic obstacles, but the current administration has restored the project and expects it to be completed to about 74 km of double‑lane road by mid‑next year.

“The state government has constructed over 1,500 km of road across Ogun and several new projects are already in the pipeline,” Akinmade said.

He stressed that no previous government in the state had addressed road infrastructure with the level of commitment, scale, and intensity demonstrated by the Abiodun administration.

“What makes his position unique is that he did not neglect federal or state roads when he came on board.

“Stakeholders from every local government met with the governor, who asked them to identify the roads most important to their communities. From that day to today, that strategy still works,” he noted.

According to the special adviser, the administration inherited several abandoned and dilapidated road projects but has taken deliberate steps to revive, complete, and upgrade many of them as part of its broader infrastructure renewal drive.

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