The Federal government has given approval to the take over of Lagos/Ota/Abeokuta roads and two other federal roads linking the two states.
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Governor Dapo Abiodun who made the disclosure on his face book page said President Muhammad Buhari has granted the approval to the governors of the two states to make for easy movement and reduce the pressure on Lagos /Ibadan roads.
Said he,” I met with my counterpart, Sanwo-Olu and we decided that as a matter of urgency we need to take over some roads which include; Epe-Ijebu road, Ikorodu-Sagamu road and Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta road so as to reduce the population of the people passing the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Said he,”I and Sanwo-Olu met with the president to hand over those three roads to us, we sat down with the President and explained things to him.
“He told us to put it in writing, we wrote a joint letter which has our two logos on it, we both signed it and I personally handed it over to Mr President, and a few weeks ago, the president handed over the road to us.”
It will be recalled that the three roads have been in bad condition forcing commuters on the roads to prefer taking the Lagos/Ibadan roads still under construction thereby increasing the pressure on the roads.
The two state governments have also decided to toll the roads for easy maintenance
