The Lagos State Government, yesterday 26th August, commissioned the construction of the 670-metre Adebayo-Akinade Road in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA), aimed at reducing rural-urban migration and stretching infrastructure to rural areas.
The project launch held at Adebayo-Akinade Street, Igbogbo-Baiyeku, with the Special Adviser to the Governor on Rural Development, Dr Nurudeen Yekinni Agbaje, who represented Governor Sanwo-Olu kicking off the project.
Present at the inauguration were the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Local Government and Rural Development, Mr Babatunde Durojaiye; CDA executives; community and religious leaders; residents; and other invited stakeholders.
Agbaje claimed that the project was one of many similar projects being delivered through the Office of Rural Development under the administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S. Plus Agenda, adding that the Governor approved six similar roads in Ajeromi-Ifelodun and Ifelodun council areas.
According to the state government, six other road projects had been kicked-off in the past week, including the 560-metre Isikalu Road, 270-metre Odofin Road, 320-metre Alayabiagba Road and 250-metre Cemetery Road in Ajeromi-Ifelodun, as well as the 320-metre Asubiojo Road and 320-metre Owoseni Road in Ifelodun LCDA.
Dr. Aro Moshood, a member who represented the Ikorodu Constituency applauded Sanwo-Olu, stressing that over seven road projects had been approved in Ikorodu. He them called for the engagement of residents, skilled and unskilled in the project’s execution.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Mrs Kikelomo Bolarinwa, encouraged residents to ensure the protection of the road from vandalism upon completion.
Meanwhile, Chairman, Igbogbo-Baiyeku LCDA, Prince Hammed Olalekan Aroyewun, and Chairman of Odera Community Development Association, Prof. Noah Imodu, also applauded the state government. Imodu, added that the project is a symbol of the community’s progress and hope.
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