[files] Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola. Photo: FMWHNIG The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Raji Fashola, says Federal Government is committed and passionate about solving housing deficit in the country. Fashola said this in Ibadan on Thursday during an inspection tour of the Federal Government Housing project, situated on the Ibadan-Oyo Expressway. He said that the Federal Government was determined to do something more in the area of housing. Fashola noted that many could no longer meet up with the payment of their house rent and constantly facing eviction threat by landlords. “We believe that if individuals and private landlords can review downward the number of years demanded for rent, the pressure of looking for two or three years rent by the tenants will reduce.
Gridlock: Sanwo-Olu looks on as trucks take over Apapa
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By Kingsley Adegboye & Godfrey Bivbere
THE end to the chaotic Apapa-Oshodi expressway gridlock may not be farfetched any longer, following the just awarded Section 2 of the ever busy dual carriageway to Dangote Construction Company Limited.
The Section 2, which begins from Sunrise bus stop to Cele bus stop, was not awarded when sections 1 and 2 were awarded to Dangote for reconstruction in 2019.
The section had been under procurement, until it was awarded this week.
Consequently, this section has remained the major cause of the gridlock being experienced on the expressway over the years, because of its dilapidated state, arising from many years of neglect by the Federal Government.
The protesters said the portion had been abandoned by both the federal and state governments for years.
They regretted that several petitions in this respect had not got positive response.
Speaking to journalists, a resident, who identified himself as chairman of Sapele Road bypass axis, Daniel Omorogbe, lamented: “Some of our children can no longer go to school. Our cars are bad. We are finding it difficult to use this road, and it connects the Niger Delta and other parts of the country. x
“Trucks coming from the North to the Niger Delta also pass through this route.”
He continued: “Three months ago, we wrote to the Senate, House of Representatives, the (Federal) Ministry of Works, State House of Assembly and even the governor, still nothing has been done.
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Some residents of Edo State took over the Benin-Sapele-Warri Road near the bypass, on Thursday, to protest the bad state of the road and its abandonment by both the federal and state governments.
They said it had become difficult to ply the road and lamented that several petitions written to the federal and state governments did not receive positive responses.
One of the residents of the area, who is the Chairman of the Sapele Road Bypass Axis, Daniel Omorogbe, said, “Some of our children can no longer go to school. Our cars are going bad. We are finding it difficult to use this road, which connects us to other South-South states.
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