Federal Government is owing Ogun state government N300billion on road rehabilitation, says Governor Abiodun

The Ogun State Governor, Prince  Dapo Abiodun  has disclosed that the Federal Government is owning the state over N300 billion as money spent on the rehabilitation of federal roads across the state.

Penpushing reports that, Abiodun made this known while playing host to members of Igbobi College Old Boys Association who paid him a courtesy call in his Oke Mosan office, in Abeokuta

The governor, who lamented the deplorable condition of most of the federal roads in the state, also said a sum of N13bn would be needed to reconstruct the failed portions of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta expressway while adding that N75bn would be needed to fix the entire stretch of the road.

“The Federal Government is owning Ogun State over N300 billion for the various federal roads we have constructed so far. Concerning the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta expressway, when the engineers were asked to assess the road, they put the cost of reconstructing the failed portions at about N13bn, while the sum of N75bn will be needed to reconstruct the entire stretch of the road. Our State does not have such amount of money”, Abiodun lamented.

Penpushing further reports that, Abiodun,while intimating the old boys association of his administration’s achievements in the last two and a half years, said interventions had been carried out in the education, health, agriculture and road infrastructure and Information Technology, adding that a Tech Hub had been established to chart a pathway to technological innovations in the state.

The Governor noted that the security architecture in the state had been rejigged to create conducive business environment, noting that the local fabric of Adire had been revolutionised to enable the people benefit from its value chain, while 7,000 hectares industrial cluster had been opened at Magboro town, with necessary facilities for investors’ attraction.

Penpushing also reports that, he, however, called on investors to take advantage of numerous potentials available in the state, saying that land acquisition, hitherto done haphazardly, had been digitized, adding that a. business promotion agency has also been established for seamless business relationship between government and investors”,.

The Governor stressed the need for old students associations such as Igbobi College Old Boys Association, made up of prominent personalities from almost all parts of the country, to join the state government in reforming the education sector.

Penpushing reports that, the chairman of the association, Senator Lanre Tejuosho, earlier in his remarks said the association was in the state for a four-day retreat, saying the courtesy visit was to familiarise members with officials of government, as some of them are interested in investing in the state.

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