The residents of the Ala-Omu in Odogbolu local government area of Ogun State have passionately called on government to come to their rescue following the bad road which has cut off the community to other towns of the state/
Penpushing reports that, the indigenes and residents under the platform of Human Rights on Environmental Awareness made the appeal, while conducting journalists round the damaged roads which lead to the community.
The awareness campaign pointed out that, the condition of the road has been given residents sleepless nights, pointing out that, the only road which lead to the community was constructed by then Premier of Western region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.
‘It is good to even walk bare footed than to ply this road with vehicles. From Ala to Omu, there is no single place that is motorable. There are so many pot holes. On this same road, we have so many schools, Tai Solanrin College of Education; Grace Polytechnic among others’, a resident said
‘There are so many wealthy parents from all over the country sending their wards to Tai Solarin College of Education, yet nothing has been done to this road.If someone is sick, and they have to rush the person to the hospital, there is a possibility that the person will die before getting to the hospital because of the bad condition of the road. And this is one of the reasons the population of the schools around here are affected’, he emphasised.
Penpushing further reports the resident while lamenting pointed out that, commercial motorists have stopped plying the road, adding that the only mode of transportation are the tricycles, stating that even with that they continued recording crashes on daily basis because of the deplorable condition of the road.
‘The current road is the one done by the then Premier of Western region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. We have been hearing millions of naira being allocated yet it has all been embezzled, without anything to show for it’,a resident expressed regret.
The Ejirin road is where the first Port Authority was located and the popular market there should not be allowed to go into extinction. This road is now a death trap. Everyday, trailers, commercial cabs and other collapse here. There is no single taxi plying this road from Ijebu-ode.
‘We cannot pass the whole blame on this present administration because it inherited the road from previous ones. The Prince Dapo Abiodun administration in Ogun State has been doing a lot in road construction and so I believe very soon, the government will come to this road’, he stated.
‘I have the believe that the current government will do something soon about the road. I believe that the Governor is a listening person. Even if the road cannot be fully constructed for now, they can assist in some palliative works so that the road can be motorable before the major reconstruction work’, another resident said.
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