Breaking.. Fashola Flags-Off N20.8bn Ikorodu- Shagamu Expressway Reconstruction

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN today flagged off the reconstruction of  Ikorodu-Shagamu expressway in Lagos. Motorists and commuters have been having hellish experience on the strategic which has been in deplorable state for years.

The minister was joined by senator representing Lagos East, Gbenga Ashafa, Special Adviser to President Muhammed Buhari in Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a former representative of Ikorodu constituency in the House of Representatives and Ikorodu council of Obas(traditional rulers), residents, among others to perform the epoch groundbreaking.

Recall that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had earlier approved N20.8 billion for the rehabilitation of the Sagamu-Ikorodu Road.

Information and culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the voting of the N20.8 billion for the rehabilitation of the road. The minister said the rehabilitation project will reduce the operating costs and movement of petroleum products and agricultural products between Lagos and Ogun states.

Fashola’s ministry last week mobilized contractors to begin work on the bad Lagos Abeokuta expressway.