Ogun State to commence works on Sango-Ota-Joju Road

The Ogun state government has announced its plans to commence palliative works on the deplorable Sango-Ota-Joju Road.

The work determined to bring succour to the residents and motorists in Sango Ota axis of Ogun State, will begin on Monday.

In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Kunle Somorin, engineers have been given instruction to begin work on the road.

The statement added that the discomfort the bad condition of the road had subjected residents and motorists to, had made it extremely important to immediately put in place the palliative measures.

Somorin, however, said that the palliative road work, which would runs concurrently with the ongoing rehabilitation work on the Sango Ota-Idiroko Road, are simply to bring succour and make the road usable pending the completion of its reconstruction by Julius Berger.

“On the instructions of the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, engineers will on Monday begin palliative work on Sango Ota-Joju Road in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area.

“The development is coming regardless of the ownership of the road by the federal government. The deplorable and unusable condition of the road, which has for some time plagued the axis, residents and road users, makes it extremely important to immediately put in place palliative measures.

“These palliative roadwork, which will run concurrently with what is going on Sango Ota-Idiroko Road, are simply to bring succour and make the road usable pending completion of its reconstruction by Julius Berger,” the statement concluded.