Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has assured Nigerians that the gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway will soon disappear by the time the road is completed.
Fashola reiterated the Federal Government’s desire and commitment to delivering infrastructural projects to Nigerians, saying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project will be completed before December 25, 2022.
Fashola made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s political program Sunday Politics, where he commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts in delivering the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
Asked when the project will be completed, the Minister said the Federal Government plans to deliver the project before Christmas.
“People used to do a one-week trip for a whole day so that is progress. We plan to finish this year,” the minister said.
Fashola however said that the government is waiting for the Oyo State Government to play its role to aid the speedy completion of the project.
“It is less than two hours now to go to Ibadan, you can do Ibadan and come back twice a day now and we haven’t finished. We don’t want to finish and the road is open again.
If you see, the lane marking is already going on, the road furniture is simultaneously being installed road marking is going on and we are waiting for Oyo State. Governor Makinde and I will resolve that pretty soon,” he stated