Gov Abiodun Lists Unmotorable Sango-Ijoko Road as Completed Project

 

Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun State, has listed the unmotorable Sango-Ijoko-Akute Road as one of his administration’s completed projects.

In a statement published on the state government’s website on Monday evening, Abiodun claimed that Sango-Ijoko-Akute Road was among the road projects executed under his leadership.

The statement, which detailed renovation plans in the Ifo Local Government Area, also listed other inaccessible roads as completed.

“Several road projects have been carried out in the area by the Dapo Abiodun-led administration, focusing on improved connectivity. These include the Akute-Ajuwon road in Ifo II State Constituency, Alagbole-Akute road, Akute-Ijoko-Oke Aro road, Sango-Ijoko-Akute road, and Denro-Ishashi-Oluwakemi road,” the statement read.

However, residents of the area told FIJ on Tuesday that the claims of completion by the state government were misleading.

One of them, who chose not to be named but has lived along the Sango-Ijoko-Akute stretch for at least 10 years, said there was no completed road project in the area, except for a road between Abule and Ogba-Ayo, Ijoko.

He said the state government had long been rumoured to have marked Sango-Ijoko-Agbado Road as completed, even though the road remains in terrible condition.

“The road is still as bad as ever. What the government does is start construction and abandon it before any sense is made out of it,” he said.

Victoria, another resident of the LGA who lives around Alagbole-Akute, said parts of the road had been worked on, but major sections remain in a dire state.

She said that although the Alagbole-Ajuwon section was recently fixed, it becomes unusable once it rains.

“The road is not entirely good; it depends on where you’re entering from. Even the fixed parts are filled with potholes and become terrible whenever it rains,” Victoria said on Tuesday.

Oluwakunmi, another resident in the Sango-Ijoko axis, said he stopped using that road because of its condition. He now uses the Ajegunle route instead.

“I don’t use the road anymore because of its state. If it had been fixed, I would have at least heard. The road is still as bad as it was,” he said.