Ogun Politics! This government did a pedestrian bridge with air conditioner. “During my eight-year tenure, we constructed a lot of roads. I constructed six lanes on Lalubu road, we constructed drainage, walkways right and left and we commissioned them in 2008. As I am speaking to you, there is no pothole on that road and it cost N100 million per kilometer. But, this road from Ibara roundabout to Onikokobo being built by this government, gulped N800 million per kilometer. Even, some members of the state House of Assembly said government has increased the cost to N1.3 billion per kilometre. Also, the pedestrian bridge at the new secretariat for workers, which I called Goodluck Jonathan bridge, is three times longer than the bridge this government constructed on Lalubu road and it cost N50 million, but I learnt that this government did a pedestrian bridge with air conditioner and it costs N260 million. The first road my administration constructed when I assumed office in 2003 was the dualisation of Sagamu-Abeokuta road, which is 40 kilometres. Those people whose houses were affected got other more befitting houses with street lights and we spent a total of N1.9 billion. We constructed bridges. I heard that this government wants to expand the road and has awarded it to a contractor for N60 billion.”- Otunba Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun State of Nigeria.
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 06:16:30 +0000