Lagos community tasks Ambode over abandoned projects

Lagos community tasks Ambode over abandoned projects
November 13, 2015 • By pmnews
Eromosele Ebhomele
Jimoh (middle) with some of the guests
Jimoh (middle) with some of the guests
Residents of Apapa in Lagos State have appealed to the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, to complete some of the abandoned projects in the area.
Most of these projects including roads, according to the residents, are World Bank-sponsored, but that they have now been abandoned.
Apart from this challenge, the residents also listed some roads in their area that have either collapsed or have not been fixed.
Some of the residents, who spoke at a town hall meeting organised by the member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Apapa Constituency 2, Olumuyiwa Jimoh, also complained that they do not have secondary schools close to their areas thus making lives unbearable for their children.
The residents appealed to Jimoh, who is also the House Deputy Majority Leader, to lobby for secondary schools and pressure the government to get the roads fixed.
They called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the state governor, to focus his attention to completing the projects to ease the living conditions of the people of the area and bring development to the constituency.
One of the residents of the area, Alfa Wale Olugbani, said that the two secondary schools in the Sari Iganmu area of the constituency were taken away to Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Local Government of the state during delineation of boundaries.
He told the lawmaker: “we have been experiencing students’ unrest in the Gaskiya area.
“So we want the schools in Sari Iganmu back. Most of our students go from Orile to Mile 2 to attend schools and this is expensive for the parents and dangerous,” he said.
Another resident of the area, Mr. Gbenga Elias, further complained that two junior secondary schools are inadequate for a population of 350,000.
He said the area had enough land to accommodate schools and other such developmental projects.
The residents said some of the World Bank-sponsored projects were abandoned with the excuse that they were cited on waterlog areas.
Prince Kayode Badia and Alhaja Ralia Bello urged the government to build more roads in the area listing Ireti-Owoseni Road, which they said should be completed to reduce traffic on Apapa Road.
While addressing the guests, Jimoh, said the town hall meeting was organised to avail the residents of the works of legislators and to know their expectations from the government.
According to him, legislators make laws, perform oversight as well as check the executive and settle disputes.
He promised to present the interests of the people to the government while calling for cooperation.