Ogun State Government Denies That RCCG Carried Out Repairs On Lagos-ibadan Expressway.

 

Ogun state government has released a statement

debunking claims that the Redeemed Christian Church of

God is responsible for some repairs being carried out on

the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

According to the statement which was posted on the state

governor, Ibikunle Amosun’s Facebook wall, the governor

said his administration is responsible for the ongoing

repairs on the road despite the fact that it is a Federal

government road and is meant to be repaired by the FG.

The statement and photos of Governor Amosun inspecting

repairs on the road below:-

Our attention has been drawn to a report titled,

Gridlock: RCCG Repairs Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,

published on page 5 of the Punch newspapers of

Thursday, November 5, 2015.

The report, quoting an unnamed source at the Redeemed

Christian Church of God, RCCG, had claimed that the

ongoing palliative work being done on some bad portions

of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was being handled by

the revered church.

Contrary to that claim however, I will like to state that

the ongoing palliative work on the Lagos Ibadan

expressway is being handled by the Ogun State Ministry

of Works and Infrastructure. Concerned about the plight

of commuters on the ever busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway,

the Ogun State Government, on Tuesday, embarked on

palliative work on some bad portions of the expressway.

Not minding the fact that it is a federal road, Governor

Ibikunle Amosun, worried about the plight of commuters

who spend hours in traffic gridlock on the road, directed

the state Ministry of Works and infrastructure to

immediately fix the bad portions of the road and also

construct drainages.

In giving the directive, the governor was particularly

concerned about the need to immediately bring relieve to

the road users especially as the Redeemed Christian

Church of God and other churches on the ever busy road

are also billed to hold events that will attract millions of

worshippers this weekend.

Speaking during an inspection tour of the ongoing

palliative work being carried out by the Ogun State

Ministry of Works and Infrastructure on the federal road

at about 1 am on Wednesday, Senator Ibikunle Amosun,

Ogun State Governor said, “In the real sense of it and for

me there are no federal people, the people plying this

road and other affected Federal roads within our axis are

our people.

We are all Nigerians and we are already collaborating

with the Federal government to contribute our own

quota to ensure that this road is fixed.” It is surprising,

therefore, for any journalist to claim that the multi-

million naira job being carried out by the Ogun State

government is being done by a religious organisation.

The intervention job on the ever busy expressway is an

initiative of the Ogun State government to rescue

millions of Nigerians who spend hours in the gridlock

occasioned by some bad portions of the road.

It is also on record that the Ogun State government had

carried out similar palliative measures on the Lagos-

Abeokuta expressway, Sagamu-Ogijo-Ikorodu road and

other federal roads within the state, because the state is

strategically located in such a way that goods and

passengers going to all other parts of the country have to

pass through the gateway state.