The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has vowed to provide the required assistance to the Ogun State government in the rehabilitation of all the state’s dilapidated federal highways, particularly the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta motorway.
Akpabio announced this on Saturday, during the grand finale of the Yewa Cultural Festival, themed “Celebration of Culture, Tradition, Music, Cuisine, and Dance,” which was held at the ultra-modern pavilion, Empire Field, Ilaro-Yewa, Ogun State.
The Senate President stated that he insisted on travelling to the location in order to have a firsthand understanding of what individuals face on the road every day.
He stated that it took his crew more than two hours to go from Lagos to Ilaro.
Akpabio vowed that the Senate would guarantee that the road’s construction was given over to a competent contractor and that they would work with Governor Dapo Abiodun’s government to ensure its completion.
According to him:
“The 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is going to get the list of things you want us to do here.
“I saw the road, two trucks fell on the road, so we ended up spending over two hours on the road. I was determined to go through the road that you go through. Now, I have seen what you have been seeing. From today, I prophesy that your roads are done.
“Yewaland has the greatest number of industries that local government can ever have in Nigeria, just five local governments. Therefore, we recognize the need to use the best set of contractors to do your roads because of the wear and tear. I assure you that we will be working with our brother, Dapo Abiodun. Your lives will not be the same again.”
Akpabio also exhorted adolescents in Yewaland and the state as a whole to abstain from drugs and other illegal activities, promising them that their lives would be better if they did.
“For the youths of Yewaland, I will advise you, never engage in anything that will bring disrepute to your domain. Don’t do drugs, no banditry, no kidnapping, no fraud. I assure you that the blessings of God will be upon you,” he added.
cc: Vanguard Ng
