Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has described the flag- off of the reconstruction of the Lagos –Ibadan expressway by President Goodluck Jonathan as an evidence of the government’s sensitivity and demonstration of its good and noble intentions.
Jonathan, on Friday, flagged-off the reconstruction project which will gulp N167 billion with the declaration that it will be delivered by 2017, though there are indications that it may be delivered in 30 months, ahead of the scheduled period.
Commending the Federal Government’s decision to reconstruct the road adjudged the busiest in Africa, Mimiko, in a statement by his Commissioner for Information, Mr Kayode Akinmade, issued in Akure, yesterday, said generations unborn will remain grateful to the Jonathan administration for the overhauling of the road which has become a dead trap.
“This step is indeed noble and the name of this administration has no doubt been written in gold for taking the bull by the horn and ensuring a lasting solution to the dead trap called Lagos-Ibadan expressway,”he said.
Pleading with the president to ensure that the project is professionally handled and delivered on time, Mimiko said the decision to reconstruct the road is a blessing to Nigerians and the South-west in particular even as he asked road users to take cognisance of the repair and drive more carefully on the road.
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