The Ogun State Government has announced traffic arrangements in honour of late Iyalode of Yorubaland and first female National President NACCIMA, whose burial programmes commenced on December 1-8, 2023.
Penpushing reports that Commissioner for Transportation Engr Gbenga Dairo made this known in a statement on Monday explaining that this became necessary , due to the heavy flow of human and vehicular movement anticipated during the burial
‘This is to notify the general public, particularly the motoring public that Oke-Itoku Junction inbound Sapon will not be accessible to traffic on Tuesday, 5th and Friday, 8th December, 2023, due to the heavy flow of human and vehicular movement anticipated during the service of songs and other burial activities put in place for the late Iyalode of Egbaland, Chief Mrs Oluwaseun Alaba Lawson, scheduled to hold at the Osile Oke-Ona Egbas Palace, Sapon, on the said days’, Dairo wrote.
‘Consequently, inbound traffic from Ake and environs to Sapon will be diverted to Sapon/Ijemo-Agbadu/Ake near Oke-Itoku Junction, thereby temporarily converting it to a two-way traffic for the duration of event on each of the two (2) days’
Penpushing further reports that the announcement stated that the two days equally include Tuesday, 5th December, 2023, 2pm -8pm and Friday, 8th December, 2023, 2pm-8pm, adding that the state traffic agency alongside other security agencies will control the identified routes
‘Nevertheless, TRACE ditto other safety and security agencies will be deployed along the routes in question to ensure effective and integrated traffic management in order to limit delay and traffic congestion’, the statement added.
‘While pleading with members of the public and road users along the axis for their cooperation and understanding for any inconveniences this might cause, the Ogun State Government assures that the strategy put in place would minimize delay and guarantee orderliness’, the statement added
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