Baba Suwe got N3. 1 million as compensation for his
demolished property while Malok Petrol Station got N100 million, Stir Oil and
Gas Petrol got N36 million, Igbe Central Mosque Degolu Junction got N8 million,
among others.
The project commissioning was the first phase of upgraded
Ijede Road (Itamaga to Ewu Elepe), which was 6. 05km.
Ijede Road is a major strategic road that cuts across four
Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), and it is the only road leading to
Ijede, Gberigbe, Agura Towns and other 37 communities in Ikorodu Local
Government.
Sanwo-Olu, while speaking at the commissioning of the road said it was a promise fulfilled.
He said his administration had delivered yet another road
that would made life more comfortable and meaningful for citizens .
According to him, in December 2019, government was in the
area to flag-off the extensive rehabilitation works on Ijede Road, saying that
on that occasion, he made a promise that the contractor would immediately move
to site and that the project would be delivered in 18 months.
“At that time, we did not envisage the devastating impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic and the effect of the ensuing lockdown on the way we work
and implement our projects. We also did not envision the EndSARS protests that
degenerated into the wanton destruction of lives and properties.
“Despite these challenges, and the dwindling financial
resources of the state, brought about by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
on private and public sector businesses, we have, however, kept our promise and
the rehabilitated Ijede Road (Itamaga-Ewu Elepe Section) is being delivered
today as scheduled.
Sanwo-Olu added: “Today, we will also present compensation
cheques to some of the affected people whose properties had to give way for the
Igbogbo-Igbe Road Expansion Project. This speaks to the fact that ours is a
responsive government alive to its responsibilities to deliver the greatest
good to the greatest number.
“Not only are we interested in bequeathing this major road
infrastructure to the people of Ikorodu, we are even more determined to ensure
that we do this in the most honorable way, by ensuring that those whose
properties have had to make way for this project to be realized are
appropriately, and transparently, compensated.”
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