The first flyover bridge in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, was on Thursday commissioned by the state governor, Mr Ibikunle Amosun.

This will be the first bridge to be constructed in the entire state since its creation in 1976.

The four-lane overhead bridge begins at the end of Lalubu road and opens into the newly expanded lane Ibara-Totoro road.

Speaking at the ceremony, Governor Amosun said the massive investment in infrastructure was in fulfillment of his electoral promises to the people of Ogun State.

He noted that the new bridge would aid movement of goods and services, ease flow of traffic, reduce manpower-time wasted on the road, thereby improving the productive time of every individual plying the road.

“Our goal is to put our state in the league of advanced economies and make it investors’ destination of choice not only in Nigeria but sub-Saharan Africa.”

“To achieve this, we will continue to rehabilitate existing infrastructure and construct not just modern but high-tech infrastructure that will enhance the magnificence of our environment and act as a catalyst for our socio-economic development,” he said.

While expressing gratitude to residents, “especially those whose properties gave way to these beautiful edifices that we are constructing across the state”, the Governor urged them to exercise more patience and continue to support the administration in its mission to rebuild Ogun State.

He also called on the private sector to take advantage of the enabling environment being provided and partner with the state government to create wealth and achieve good returns on investment.

In his welcome address, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Lekan Adegbite, said the flyover bridge was a product of the vision of Governor Amosun to transform the state.

He explained that every project in the state “complies with the Ogun Standard, which sets benchmarks for others.”

In their separate goodwill messages, Head of Interim National Government, Chief Earnest Shonekan, National Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Bisi Akande, National Leader of ACN, Chief Bola Tinubu and Leader of Ogun ACN, Chief Segun Osoba, all lauded the achievements of the state government in the area of urban renewal.

According to the national leader of ACN, “Amosun is an actualizer of our dream and vision” as he referred to the policies of the party.

The Alake of Egba land, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, likened the unveiling of the first ultra-modern flyover bridge to the day “electricity, pipe borne water and railway first came to Abeokuta.

“Amosun has changed the city from the status of 19th century to the 21st century” the monarch stated.

link: http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/01/24/abeokuta-gets-first-flyover-bridge/

Long live Amosun
Long live ACN (or mega party name)
Long live Ogun State
Ogun O Ni Baje

ACN leads.
God bless Amosun.
Thunder Fire PDP.

Good one
But first flyover bridge of the state capital ! Lol, while other cities in the state(Ijebu-ode, sango-ota,agbara) are far ahead of the capital.

Ogun oni baje o

How much did the government spend to build the bridge?

Any picture of the bridge??

J12: How much did the government spend to build the bridge?

About 1.5 billion Naira

www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/ogun-govt-spends-n783-1m-on-construction-of-fly-over-bridge/

September 19, 2012 | 4:15 pm

News

The Ogun government said on Tuesday that it had spent N783.1 million on the construction of flyover bridge at Ibara roundabout in Abeokuta.

Mr Kayode Ademolake, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, disclosed this during an oversight visit to the ministry by the House of Assembly Committee on Housing and Infrastructure.

Ademolake, who put the total cost of the project at N1.5 billion, said that the government had released N783.1 million.

Kudos to ibikun amosun.......


I travelled thru abeokuta couple of weeks back ndd was really impressed wt d level of construction works ben carried out by d state government.


Omo ogun....ise ya

Good trans4matn in Abeokuta,d state capital of Ogun State.More Fly ovr bridges unda constructn

Another firewall protection against PDP.


Ogun ree waa...


UP ACN

UP Amosun

UP the great region of SW

Up Asiwaju Tinubu

Ogun oni daru

[quote author=seanet01]ACN leads.
God bless Amosun.
Thunder Fire PDP.
4get jare.ACN is nt different,its abt individual's personality, plans, nd perceptn.Wot has mumuni Ajimobi done in Oyo State?Kudos to Amosun.Past Govs.are failure.*spit on d backward, dumbskulls cursing d man coz of d proposed new face of Ogun state* ..Backward pple

Na wa o... Na fly ova bridge una dey celebrate like this, dey shout 'Yoruba ni ba je o' for so?? Fly ova bridge? But when dem do d new remodeled expanded GAT terminal for Lagos many of una say e no reach cos na GEJ do am, say dem suppose to mk am look like JFK Airport terminal BUT una dey celebrate Fly ova bridge now. Ndi HYPO..... Anyways, kudos to Ogun state govt

wot is it nw?is it bad to commend d Gov.4 d unique step he has taken? See hw bad belle don bcom virus 4 som pple's body system.dtz y u cant c transformatn in dia life

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Don't be silly, Ibadan is undergoing large scale infrastructure construction and a fly over is nearing completion at Mokola/Sabo intersection. Besides, the Jericho / Dugbe road is under reconstruction (perhaps dualization), etc. Go visit Ibadan and you will see a lot is changing and I hope they can sustain and in fact increase their momentum.

this abi?

taharqa: Na wa o... Na fly ova bridge una dey celebrate like this, dey shout 'Yoruba ni ba je o' for so?? Fly ova bridge? But when dem do d new remodeled expanded GAT terminal for Lagos many of una say e no reach cos na GEJ do am, say dem suppose to mk am look like JFK Airport terminal BUT una dey celebrate Fly ova bridge now. Ndi HYPO..... Anyways, kudos to Ogun state govt

Which planet re u from?

U seem confused nd tribalistic wt ur comment....

We shldd commendd dd govnors if they re performing....we all know wt ur useless govnors ddo wt ur monthly allocation..empty promises nd unnecessary projects dt do not make d citizens livin standdard any better.

If person ddey work...gv dem ur salute

Orpelin: this abi?

Looks good

Lmaoo the hell? that's Ilorin, Kwara State

ACN rules.
Thunder Fire PDP

This is the bridge during the commissioning.... Kudos to the government.

Fly over bridge. An investment in the state to draw investors my foot. mtchewwwwww.

Ifo local government, Toyin down to oke-Aro and some other areas of the state do not have power talk less of the transformers to work the power.

And our able governor is saying an overhead bridge will attract investment.

Seriously,if you want to do something about investent then you need to do something about power.

lol this is the top story on the front page, moderator must be from abeokuta

good one

...and people are dancing Azonto for this ACN poo. I have seen a PDP state(Akwa Ibom) with more than 3 flyovers built in a space of two years. Performance is in the individual and not in the Political Party

Its a good development, but this is not the first nor only over head in Ogun state, there is another in Ota.
You have 2 wonder what all those PDP governors were doing ever since they've being in charge of SW state, withing a short period these new governors have done more than all they did for more than 9 years.

executive_son: ...and people are dancing Azonto for this ACN poo. I have seen a PDP state(Akwa Ibom) with more 3 flyovers built in a space of two years. Performance is in the individual and not in the Political Party

Akwa Ibom? Don't you know how much the state gets as handout?

Ok. Good news!

hahaha keep on celebrating mediocrity. Sokoto has a bigger and better one

Its a gud thing just dat armedrobbery will start 2 operate there when is dark..because we have no security

21st century people are still celebrating flyovers when even Sokoto the poorest state in Nigeria has two

with proper lighting systems. i'm outta here abeg b4 dem go call me bad belle. awon yoba ema binu mokan shere ni o. lol