- By Halimah Olamide
Blames Bureaucracy for Stalled Reconstruction of Lagos-Sango-Abeokuta Expressway
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said he does not understand why he has become the target of attacks online over the state’s deplorable roads.
Abiodun said the state’s roads have been in the deplorable state before he became govenror while no one was made subject of attack online.
For instance, the Governor reminded, there wa a time tarvellers spent 10 hours or more on the Lagos-Sagamu-Ibadan Expressway without anyone being attacked as the governor.
He spoke with journalists after inspecting the 20-kilometer Agbara -Lusada-Atan road in the Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area on Wednesday.
Abiodun also said the Agbara-Lusada-Atan road currently under construction would be completed in September.
Prince Abiodun described the attack as unwarranted, noting that the attacks were being sponsored.
He said: “My attention was drawn to various sponsored media attacks on my person and my administration. This media attacks are focusing on roads by attempting to disparage me and accuse me of either neglect or not being responsive or being uncaring.
“When I see this media attacks, at times, my first reaction is to ignore them because I know who I am. I know why I am here. I know what it has taken me to get to where I am. I know what I was before I became Governor. The only reason I am here as Governor is to serve the good people of Ogun State and that I am irrevocably committed to.
“When I now see such a barrage of sponsored media attacks, the first question I ask myself is that where were these people before I became Governor? We know how many roads were in a state of disrepair across the country. We know how many federal roads are in a state of disrepair. I just came on another federal road, Lagos-Badagry road, that has been in a state of disrepair.
“When Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was under construction, we were all suffering. At times, we will be on the road for 10 hours. Not once did anybody go there and begin to attack anybody.”
Governor Abiodun emphasized the importance of the roads not only to the economic wellbeing of the State, but that of the nation.