The House of Representatives had on Tuesday asked the Minstry of works to dualise the Owode-Ilaro-Papalanto-Sagamu Interchange on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Idiroko-Sango Ota Road – both in Ogun State. Punch newspaper reports.
The old Oyo–Ogbomosho Road in Oyo State was also one of the roads to be rehabilitated.
The house listed roads in Ogun and Oyo states requiring immediate attention, urging the Federal Government to rehabilitate them.
Two lawmakers – Mr. Adekunle Akinlade, and Mr. Segun Ogunwuyi – had moved separate motions on the deplorable state of the roads on Tuesday, calling for action.
The House observed that frequent accidents on the roads had led to the loss of lives over the years.
The session was presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara.
The lawmakers also noted that manufacturing companies operating in the areas had suffered “economic losses”.
On the Ogun roads, the House asked the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing “to dualise the roads in order to accommodate the ever-increasing volume of traffic and weight of industrial goods transported on them”.
On the economic importance of the roads, the House said, “The 28km Owode Road, the 85km Papalanto-Sagamu Interchange and the 83km Idiroko-Sango Ota Road are Federal Government highways that serve as the major link roads for transporting finished goods between industrial complexes established in these areas and the markets in other parts of the country.”
For example, it noted that between January and June 2015 alone, “more than 38 people lost their lives on the Ilaro-Papalanto-Sagamu interchange stretch as a result of breakdown of trucks on these roads, which also leads to delay in supplies and deliveries”.
On the Oyo-Ogbomosho Road, the House said it should be urgently rehabilitated, “while also ensuring the speedy completion of the Oyo-Ogbomosho section of the Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomosho-Ilorin Expressway”.
A similar motion moved by Talatu Yohanna, also sought the rehabilitation/reconstruction of Cham-Numan Road in Adamawa State.
All the motions were passed in a unanimous voice vote by the lawmakers
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