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The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has assured that the ongoing Lagos-Badagry Expressway rehabilitation/reconstruction project was not forgotten but on the 2021 Sukuk funding priority list.
Mr Fashola gave the assurance in Lagos on Saturday during an inspection tour of road projects in the state.
He said that major drainage works were ongoing and progressing to upgrade the highway from its old status to ensure durable construction, saying that funding challenges were being resolved.
“Lagos-Badagry Expressway is the real challenge. Again it is funding.
“We are owing the contractor. That is why I said if we can expand the Sukuk this year, we are going to look at a few more roads to add into it.
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By Grace Alegba
Lagos, Dec. 19, 2020 The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on Saturday commended the efforts of the Chairman of Mushin Local Government for helping to recover project site hijacked by hoodlums.
Popoola told newsmen that the rehabilitation drive of the Federal Government to make all roads motorable before Yuletide had hit a brick wall in the Mushin axis.
He explained that hoodlums had hijacked the construction zone on the Agege Motor Road demanding payment, thereby causing the ministry to seek the intervention of the council chairman and the state government.
“RCC is working at Mushin Olosha, they work in the night, and at two good times the Area Boys attacked them. On Wednesday we held a meeting with the Mushin Local Government Chairman to help us in talking to them.