I write to plead with Ogun State Government to please take a drastic move to savage Oluwakemi Street, Ojodu Abiodun, Ifo LGA, Ogun State from vehicle accidents that is claiming properties and maiming people.

Oluwakemi and Denro had been an alternative route to people going to Alagbole and Akute due to the bridge construction going on in that axis hereby putting so much pressure on the street as the number of vehicles plying the road had increased astronomically. But little attention is given to this alternative route and this is causing a lot of havoc in that street.

This year alone had recorded a lot of avoidable accidents on that road but little effort had been done to save the fast eroding terrain most especially in this rainy season.

Just this evening again at about 5:20pm, a 30tons Mach Truck rammed into a Mosque building, two cars and a 22 seater public transport bus. Thank God no life was lost. Similarly, two weeks ago a public transport hit a motorcycle and it passenger unto another moving car. No life was lost but they were severely injured. Likewise, on June 7, 2014 at 12.20pm, a six-tyre Bedford truck with loaded broken blocks summersaulted and landed in house 22, Oluwakemi Street. Thanking God that no life was lost. Just less than 2 weeks before the latter accident occurred, another 14 seater commercial bus had brake failure also ramming into two other vehicles and a building injuring many of its occupants.

Now that work had commenced on the Bridge along Yakoyo road, vehicular movement has increased again in Oluwakemi Street and this will pose increased accident occurrence there. Honestly, many of us don’t sleep with our eyes closed because personally an accident involving a 30 ton Mach truck nearly killed one of our apprentice and also damaging 3 other cars beyond repairs and our building.

No doubt about it, Gov. Amosun led government is making a lot of efforts to transforming the state which is laudable. In view of this, I beg Gov. Amosun to take a drastic decision about the aforementioned situations to forestall the “evil day”.

God bless Oluwakemi(God favoured me) Street!
God bless Ogun State!
God bless Nigeria!

Thank you.

Hm!

It's commedable that Ogun state government is at least constructing a bridge in that area, because most border towns between Lagos and Ogun state have always been neglected over the years. I really do pity people residing in areas like Akute, Ibafo...

Although, more than 50% of the people living in these areas are connected to Lagos one way or the other, but LASG has never taken them as its resposibilty because they are outside Lagos state. And Ogun state government has also been ignoring then because they're believed to be Lagos extension, making inner cites(Abkt, Ijebu...) their priorities. They were mostly rememberd for tax.

Present government of Ogun seem to be touching every part of the state. Noticed massive roads, bridges and flyovers being constructed at Ijebu and shagam few weeks I passed through.

PaulJohn1: It's commedable that Ogun state government is at least constructing a bridge in that area, because most border towns between Lagos and Ogun state have always been neglected over the years. I really do pity people residing in areas like Akute, Ibafo...

Although, more than 50% of the people living in these areas are connected to Lagos one way or the other, but LASG has never taken them as its resposibilty because they are outside Lagos state. And Ogun state government has also been ignoring then because they're believed to be Lagos extension, making inner cites(Abkt, Ijebu...) their priorities. They were mostly rememberd for tax.

Present government of Ogun seem to be touching every part of the state. Noticed massive roads, bridges and flyovers being constructed at Ijebu and shagam few weeks I passed through.

You are right! The construction going on in the state simultaneously is great. He should just come to our aid in that street. This morning, you need to see how vehicles are struggling to navigate the pot holes in the street.