Ogun State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure has excluded the controversial Igan road, Ago-Iwoye, from the list of state roads captured in the 2021 budget for construction and rehabilitation.
It will be recalled that speculations were rife that Ogun State government had taken over the reconstruction of Igan road, Ago-Iwoye, which is presently being rehabilitated through the constituency projects facilitated by Hon Adesegun Adekoya, who is a member of House of Representatives.
Great Achiever Magazine reports that the State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ade Adesanya, while appearing at a budget defence session in the State House of Assembly, said, out of the total budget size of N40.81bn, a sum of N36.3bn was set aside for road construction and the remaining N4bn for rehabilitation across the three senatorial districts.
Adesanya added that plans had already been concluded for the immediate commencement of construction works on the Atan-Agbara 19.2km industrial road, Ofada-Owode, Ikangba-Lagos Garage, Sango-Akute, Ilishan-Ago-Iwoye roads amongst others.
The Commissioner further gave breakdown of the proposed roads construction/rehabilitation on the basis of Senatorial Districts as follows: Akute-Denro Road with bridge and concrete lining canals; Lambe Junction-Matogun Junction; Matogun-Oke Aro; Oke-Aro Junction-Oke Aro, in Ifo.
Others are Lafenwa-Rounda-Ayetoro in Abeokuta North; Journalists’ Estate Road, Arepo; Ofada-Mowe, Adesan Road, Mowe in Obafemi Owode LGA; Olokuta/Laderin/Abule Ori, Adatan Junction to Gbonagun in Abeokuta South.
The roads in Ogun East Senatorial District include: Molusi College Road, Ijebu-Igbo; Ijebu Ode-Epe/Sagamu-Benin Interchange; Molipa Expressway, Ijebu-Ode; Ago-Ilara-Ilishan Remo Road, Orile Oko Road, Sagamu-Iperu-Isara-Sapade Road, Sagamu-Iperu Road and Iperu junction-Ode Junction amongst others.
The Commissioner outlined the remaining in Ogun West Senatorial District to be Old Wema Bank-Old Local Government Road in Ayetoro; Government Road, Ayetoro; Ibeku-Agbon-Asa (grading); Imashai-Igan Okoto road all in Yewa North Local Government Area, with Ilaro-Owode Road in Yewa South; Ayetoro-Itele-Ayobo road that cut across Ado-Odo/Ota and Ifo Local Government, as well as Imeko Iwoye Road, Afon loop, Imeko township in Imeko-Afon Local Government Areas.
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