Ambode to build 10 –Lane road linking Ikorodu with Ijebu Ode

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Lagos Badagry Expressway under construction

Emmanuel Thomas

June 28, 2015 – Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode is tinkering with the idea of constructing a 10 -lane expressway that would start from Ikorodu axis in Lagos through, Itoikin, Epe to Ijebu Ode in Ogun State.

Ambode who made the disclosure in Lagos said his administration will give priority to infrastructural development in the state.

“We must start thinking of the future concerning that road. We said we will have an International Airport in Epe and an Export Processing Zone in Lekki and a Deep Seaport also in Lekki. What does that mean for that road?

“When you take your freight from the Deep Seaport and the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) are we going to make them to start passing through that same road. So what is the future? We missed something between Oshodi and Murtala Mohammed International Airport, there is no fast track rail that can take goods straight to the Airport. Should we also miss that here? Those are the issues that we are looking at”.

“Should we not start thinking about how we would improve and create a 10-lane road between Ikorodu, Itoikin, Epe and Ijebu Ode so that people can go out from there? So those are some of the things that we are looking at. There is no point constructing the road, paying tolls and in five years time, the road is gone,” he said.

He said that on-going construction Lagos-Badagry Expressway will open up Lagos as a business hub for the whole sub region. The governor said his administration will make careful efforts to grow the tourism potentials of the state noting that a summit will be conveyed with stakeholders in the sector to explore the potentials that abound in the state.

“We would set up an Office of Overseas Affairs directly under the Governor’s Office. We want to take advantage of our position to improve on commerce and on trade and we will increase the GDP of Lagos and will create more jobs”, Ambode said.

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