Residents of Alabede Area, a suburb in Oke Odo Local Council Development Area in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State has sent a Save-Our-Soul appeal to the Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government to find a lasting solution to the deplorable state of the bridge and road in the area.
The area is always an eyesore during raining season due to the deplorable state of the road, as motorists usually find it difficult to navigate as a result of the bad road.
The bridge that links residents of Aboru, Akinola, Iyana Ipaja, Alaguntan and its environs is already giving way due to the poor drainage system and failure of the Government to expand the canal to accommodate the heavy flow of water.
Anytime there is heavy rainfall, movement on the bridge is halted as the overflowing of water gets to the top of the bridge.
This has led to the collapse of the bridge edges.
Sadly, for decades, this area has been neglected, with several lives lost as a result of heavy rainfall.
The residents lamented that they had protested on several occasions for the government to look into the issue, but they have been neglected.
It would be recalled that Olufemi Adebanjo, former House of Representatives member, representing Alimosho Federal Constituency failed to look into the issue till he was denied the ticket for Third Term at the National Assembly.
Jimoh Mohammed, a resident said that the area has been neglected by the Lagos State Government as they are an ungoverned region in the State.
He called on Governor Sanwo Olu to look into the matter as several persons have lost their lives due to the negligence of the State Government.
Alirat Usman, another resident said that before Former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was denied the second term ticket he had come to the area and promised that the government will look into the issue in earnest immediately he returns to the saddle for second term.
She said sadly, he was denied the second term ticket and since then the situation has been like this and worsened.
Alimosho, the populous area in Lagos State has faced neglect since the Governor Sanwo Olu administration got into power in 2019 for his First Term, prompting the residents to appeal to the Governor to look into the plight of the people in his Second Term in office.
Residents are alleging that it is a deliberate attempt by the LASG to repair the road and find a lasting solution as they have continued to pay lip service to it.
Emeka Chinonso, a shop owner in the area said that he believes governance is continuum, that it is however surprising that when Ambode was denied the ticket, Governor Sanwo Olu failed to continue the works he has been doing in the hinterlands, rather, he has been attending to frivolities.
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