The industrial town of Igbesa on the border between Ogun and Lagos states is set for a new charter of life with the consent of the construction of the Captain Davies Road by the Ogun State Government after several years of neglect.
But there are fright that the interval may be short-lived due to claim efforts by a Chinese business concern in the area, the Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone, to thwart the project.
Our spokeman sighted a letter written to the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, by the elders of Igbesa and Ejila communities veting on the contented road, to show their concern over recent developments.
In the letter, the elders led by Chief Ajibola Olagbaiye, the Asiwaju of Igbesa, thanked the Governor for giving out the contract stating that several communities along the route of the road had waited for many years for the road project to see the light of day.
He added that it would be a most unkind cut if after the long wait the request of the communities was to be procastinate by the diversion to the road being sought by the management of Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone.
According to Chief Olagbaiye, the Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone management has sought a diversion of the road, claiming that a law prevents a thoroughfare from passing through the Free Trade Zone. The requested diversion will increase the length of the road from 8.5kms to 14kms.
This, he said, will increase the hardship of students in the area who use the road to access their schools and farmers who access their farmlands through the route, as well as other road users.
