A lawmaker representing Badagry Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Setonji David has frowned over the deplorable state of Badagry Expressway saying the condition of the road is a death trap.
David stated this while briefing pressmen in Lagos on the Wednesday, July 22, 2020 said the state of the road remains a National embarrassment.
Speaking on the economic effect of the road, Mr. David noted that the rehabilitation of Badagry Expressway would help increase the revenue of the Country as well create more opportunity for International trading.
Mr. David said that Badagry residents have been marginalized as a result of the poor condition of the road, which has hindered the planned development of the area.
It has been reported that the Lagos State Government had been responsible for the Iganmu- Okokomaiko part of the road while FERMA works from Okokomaiko – Agbara axis of the road.
“Driving on Badagry road is like traveling in a war zone, the rain has even worsened the situation. The state of the road is now terrible”.
“Another problem that we have on the road is that of extortion by security agents.
“They are even making life worse for our people. You will see security checkpoints after every kilometer.
“There are cases of people having health emergencies and due to the state of the road, the vehicle would break down and the patient would die” he said.
David also appealed to Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola to Work towards bringing Badagry to limelight.
“No body wants to come to Badagry to do business or for tourism anymore and things are very expensive in the area now.
“To bring goods from Lagos metropolis to Badagry costs a lot of money and this makes life difficult for our people. You can only imagine what our people are going through now.
“So we are appealing to Lagos State and Federal Government to come to our aid”.
Also briefing the press on challenges encountered by the people of Badagry, one of the youth activist in the area, Podo Segle said that most of the commuters slept on the road as a result of the deplorable condition of the road.
He stressed that the condition of the road has caused an increase in the price of transportation in the area.
Iremide Jonathan
