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Governor Ambode to reduce holdup on Apapa-Oshodi expressway

May 16, 2016 4:19 PM

The Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode, has promised to put an end to traffic on the Apapa-Oshodi expressway.

traffic on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway

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During an inspection on Friday, May 13, 2016, the governor expressed his displeasure with the bad road, Today reports.

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Afterwards, Governor Ambode ordered the State’s Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to fix the road.

“The state of this road is just not acceptable. We are going to do something about this place immediately. The Oshodi-Apapa Expressway is too strategic to be left like this.

I have directed officials of the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure and other relevant agencies to move to site immediately and see what they can do and also create palliatives in the interim to alleviate the plight of motorists.

I want to assure the people that I share in the difficulties they are going through using this road and we cannot afford to neglect this road,” he said.