Residents of Ilogbo in Ado-Odo Local Council of Ogun State have appealed to the state governor Dapo Abiodun to come to their aid, saying the only access road that connects them to Iju and Iyana Ilogbo is becoming increasingly unbearable to travel on. They are also calling on the governor to carry out a total rehabilitation of the road to help boost growth and development in the area.
Aside from the deplorable condition of the road and the havoc it causes the people during raining season, the community also lamented the high cost of transportation from Oju-Oore bus stop to Ilogbo town and the constant collapse of bridges in the area.
Speaking to The Guardian, Deji Bankole noted that ordinarily, a journey from Oju-Oore to Ilogbo town shouldn’t take more than 45 minutes but because of the bad road dotted with terrible potholes, no drainage system and coupled with erosion, people now spend over an hour on the road before getting to their destination.
According to him, “the bad road has made driving so difficult and has damaged so many cars, vehicles, keke Napep including okada. Some people have also lost their lives during raining season. Again, the bridges we have on this road are always collapsing. Of course, they are old but it’s like the rains have helped to weaken them, making them to fall apart and when it happens, we experience traffic jam and long queues. For instance, the bridge at Atimo junction has been bad for over a year now, but we’re grateful that Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd is repairing the bridge just like Winners Chapel Church came to our help the other time when another bridge at the Sawmill fell.
“This is our predicament in this area and because of the condition we found ourselves in, we don’t have banks, no police station, no hospitals and Ota local government is far from us, they don’t care.” (Guardian)