South-West
governors on Thursday met behind closed doors with President Goodluck
Jonathan on the state of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and other
infrastructure in the area.
The meeting held at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja was attended by governors Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun); Olusegun
Mimiko (Ondo); Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti); Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) and Abiola
Ajimobi (Oyo).
Only Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola was absent from the meeting.
Fayemi told State House correspondents
that the governors used the opportunity of the meeting to call the
President’s attention to the deplorable state of Federal Government
roads in the South-West.
He said special mention was made of the
state of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway because of its importance to the
economy of the country.
Fayemi said, “We were invited by Mr.
President for discussions on areas of mutual interest: infrastructure,
roads, rail, transport particularly.
“It was a very positive discussion, we
highlighted to Mr. President the poor state of the road infrastructure
in the South-West, particularly federal roads and Mr. President agreed
with us on the importance of doing something quickly about this.
“All of our people will have a sense of
belonging, the truth of the matter is that roads are very important to
all Nigerians, not just people in the South-West. Ordinary people,
citizens of Nigeria don’t make a distinction between federal and state
roads, they just want roads that are motorable, decent and that will
enable them have secure and safe travel in the cause of their journey
back and forth.”
The governor added, “And when you look
at particularly the Lagos Ibadan-Expressway and the Benin-Ore-Shagamu
roads not to mention all the small roads that we have around the zone,
the Lagos Ibadan Expressway is the number one arterial road out of Lagos
to all parts of the country.
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
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