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• I don’t person your time, Federal Controller replies to The Guardian inquiry
• Residents rue dilatory gait of operation
It has been 20 months since the Federal Government began the drainage operation from Lagos State Polytechnic to Pako Bus Stop successful Isolo Local Council of Lagos State and the roadworthy operation from Isolo to Ejigbo.
This task was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari’s medication 2 years ago. The Isolo-Ejigbo roadworthy operation and different projects ratified by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) were expected to beryllium completed wrong 12 months.
The Federal Ministry of Works handles the drainage construction, which started successful January 2023.
When the task began, residents were optimistic that the notorious postulation congestion successful the country would soon end.
However, their anticipation for a speedy completion has been dashed, arsenic determination is presently nary caller transportation day for the job.
The contractor for the Isolo/Ejigbo Road reconstruction task has allegedly been employing hold tactics. Workers are lone disposable on-site erstwhile oregon doubly a week and sometimes not astatine all. The roadworthy task is 1.9 kilometres from the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) successful Isolo to Pako Bus Stop and 5.6 kilometres from Iyana Ejigbo to LASPOTECH.
The project’s completion deadline is June 2024, but advancement has been slow, starring to a important delay.
According to a study by The Guardian, operation of the roadworthy lone started successful May 2024, 16 months aft bulldozers were deployed to the site. The operation work, which began astir the Abimbola area, has lone progressed by little than 100 meters.
The roadworthy is successful a mediocre state, with galore potholes causing accidents and postulation delays. In July, the contractor filled immoderate portions of the roadworthy with granite to easiness motorists’ discomfort.
This hold has raised concerns among motorists, residents, and different stakeholders regarding the contractor’s quality to implicit the project. Additionally, the contractor is alleged to person removed the signpost indicating the operation details, the contractor’s information, and the completion date.
Residents person been vocal astir the road’s mediocre condition, highlighting galore incidents, including 13 cars getting stuck successful July.
House of Representatives subordinate Okey-Joe Onuakalusi, who represents Oshodi/Isolo Federal Constituency II, visited the tract and expressed dissatisfaction with the project’s dilatory progress. He emphasised the road’s economical value to the assorted communities and urged the contractor to expedite the project.
When The Guardian reached retired to the Federal Ministry of Works successful Lagos connected Thursday, the Controller, Olukorede Keisha, promised to revert connected Friday, August 23. She didn’t. The Guardian called her again connected Friday. She promised to telephone backmost connected Saturday but failed to bash so. However, erstwhile The Guardian got done to her, the Controller responded, “I don’t person your time,” and hung up. Subsequent efforts to scope her person failed arsenic she refused to prime up calls.
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