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On Saturday, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, expressed satisfaction at the progress of work on all three sections of the ongoing Lagos-Badagry Expressway reconstruction and rehabilitation project.
During his inspection of the highway, Fashola was accompanied by the Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Works and Infrastructure, Mrs Aramide Adeyoye, the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederick Oladeinde and other top engineers. He said tremendous progress had been recorded beyond where the project was in 2015, and that it is part of the Lagos-Abidjan highway, which serves over 40 million commuters traveling all the way to Ivory Coast. Fashola said that Nigeria had demonstrated leadership by starting construction of its own side of the project.
Fashola said that construction had reached the final layer on a 22-kilometre stretch of section three of the highway, which spans Agbara to Seme Border. Sections one and two of the project had already been completed, and three independent contractors are working on the highway under the supervision of Lagos State Government, FERMA, and the Federal Ministry of Works. The Lagos-Badagry Expressway expansion was conceptualized in 2009 by Fashola’s administration when he was Lagos State governor.
Fashola also gave an update on the Lagos-Otta-Abeokuta project, stating that work had begun from the Lagos end and it is being funded by SUKUK. He said three projects, namely, Ikorodu-Sagamu, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, and Lagos-Badagry Expressway, that all linked Ogun were ongoing, hence the need for patience on the fourth link road, which is the Lagos-Otta-Abeokuta project.
