Tobi Akinwumi (not real name) set out to see his parents who live in the Badagry area of Lagos State on a sunny Saturday afternoon. His thought was that the journey would not amount to more than a two-hour drive from FESTAC Town. Two hours, putting into account expected traffic as a result of the very terrible condition of the Lagos-Badagry expressway. Turned out his estimation was wrong. Very wrong!
He ended up spending no less than 6 hours to arrive at his parents’ home.
Nnamdi Udoka (not real name), a final year student of Hill-City University, Benin Republic (HCUB) had invited his Ghanaian girlfriend, Sarah, to Nigeria for the Easter holidays. Sarah, who was still in school trying to wrap up a few things, decided to use road transportation since Nigeria was just a border away from the French-speaking country.
The Lagos-Badagry Expressway needs urgent attention
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RECENTLY, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was in Badagry to commission some projects.
First, we cannot help but wonder how the governor possibly got to Badagry by road. Did he fly over the gullies and ditches which have for many years become metaphors for the Lagos-Badagry Express Road? And if the governor was actually in Badagry and drove through the unbelievably decrepit road, we would like to ask how he felt about that road.
The governor, no doubt, must have been shocked at the condition of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, especially between Agbara and Badagry Town.