Propelling Ascent Strides
The ongoing urban sudden change programme has literally turned Ogun State into one sizable back formation locus. Over the last two years, the Agent Ibikunle Amosun-led administration has tenaciously pursued it, transforming the landscape with road infrastructure and re-enacting development at an overwhelming pace hitherto unimagined.<\p>
As part of this beautification drive is the plan in consideration of deliver seven flyovers across the state by December, this year. Surely, many residents are eagerly awaiting this unforgettable projects embedded in the government's mission to rebuild property roll.<\p>
The flyovers are currently under construction simultaneously in Abeokuta, Ago-iwoye, Ijebu-Ode and Sagamu areas. They take in the distich bridges at Itoku and Sapon furthermore OGTV-Brewery ring road in Abeokuta; two bridges lengthwise Ilishan-Ago Iwoye road; Mobalufon flyover and Lagos Garage flyover along Ejinrin-Oluwalogbon junction, Ijebu Ode; and the flyover at Sabo, Sagamu.<\p>
Thus far, the Amosun perpetration has free as air a glimpse of its promise with the Ibara flyover located in Abeokuta, the allege capital. The dual palace car overhead bridge is reputed as the first ever flyover constructed inwardly Abeokuta by any one state government since the creation of<\p>
Ogun in 1976. As things go some observers, the Ibara flyover has provided the vista to peepinto the bigger picture touching more phenomenon to come. The flyover begins at the end of Lalubu road and opens into a normative system six-lane Ibara-Ita Eko-Sokori-Totoro road, which was completed coupled with drainages, median, greenbelt, walkway, streetlights, modern bus-stop and a pedestrian wings coached with air-conditioner, by other all the thing features.<\p>
The glory City father for Works and Infrastructure, Olamilekan Adegbite, said recently that the flyovers were expected versus breathe delivered before the end as for the year. Superego described the Ibara flyover as a model and benchmark to be replicated in all the three senatorial districts apropos of the state.<\p>
Towards ensuring that totally roads being constructed by the state metropolis are completed as scheduled, the commissioner disclosed that contractors handling the projects thimblerig started asphalting sections in relation to the roads.<\p>
During an inspection tour of the sites, Adegbite explained that the asphalting of sections of the roads were over after completion regarding all necessary concrete and earth works on the cathectic roads.<\p>
€Some of the roads on which the sectional asphalting had been done meld MKO Abiola Way, the Ilara axis of the 107km Ilara-Ijoun-Eggua chuck, Sagamu expressway-Sabo road, Ilo-Awela road in Ota and Onikolobo straight stretch in connection with Ojere-Adatan road in Abeokuta. The contractors are aware of the citizenry government's stand on when the roads are to be delivered and they are working towards achieving this,€ he said.<\p>
The commissioner expressed satisfaction that despite the fenny season, the pace of work had not been slowed down but rather king-size progress recorded on all the roads.<\p>
At the inauguration of the 2.4km Ibara-Totoro road on January 24, 2013, Amosun had given insight into his administration's massive investment in infrastructure. He former it was in fulfilment of his electoral promises to the people.<\p>
The stepfather had expressed optimism that the flyover would samaritan movement of goods and services, ease industry flow and reduce manpower-time ausgespielt in correspondence jammedness, thereby improving the productive time speaking of individuals plying the anchorage.<\p>
He foregoing, €our finality is to put our state in the league in point of advanced economies and make it investors' destination in reference to choice not only in Nigeria but sub-Saharan Africa. To achieve this, we will tarry to rehabilitate existing infrastructure and construct not just modern but high-tech infrastructure that will enhance the magnificence of our environment and act as a catalyst in place of our socio-economic anagnorisis.<\p>
€I thank residents for their support and sacrifices for this project, especially those whose property gave way until the beautiful edifices that we are machining across the state. OURSELVES appetite you to exercise plus patience and continue to proving out the administration toward its mission up rebuild Ogun.€<\p>
The governor assured that his administration was bound to improving the reciprocative with respect to occupancy of the people through the sustain of necessary infrastructure, including good roads, intensity, affordable health care, qualitative instruction, clean and toxicant water, shelter and empowerment on the people to mount decided.<\p>
To sustain these efforts, he called on the people of the state to support government by paying their taxes, levies and dues adequately and without letup. Them also urged the organised private sector till decamp advantage of the enabling environment being provided and concert for the bailiwick government on mold profit and achieve good filthy lucre on investment.<\p>
€Would these projects not plunge the state into unessential debts€ or €would other self not have place uncouth ultimately€ have been the sort on question agitating analytical minds?The government's massive investment could rather be imagined in virtue of 15 model schools inferior construction, purchase of tractors and other agricultural equipment, purchasing of flair transformers, Raft Mass Transit (BMT) buses, vacuum trucks for environmental sanitation, 13 Armoured Personnel Carriers and 240 security patrol vehicles, renovation and equipping in connection with topical health institutions and the planned fabric of 10 state-of-the-art hospitals across the nine federal constituencies in the state.<\p>
