Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has blamed government’s failure to either rehabilitate or reconstruct the road leading to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja, on politics.
Speaking at an interactive session with media executives and top editors late Friday, in Lagos, Fashola noted that the issue had been politicised, adding: ‘’all sorts of things are going on.”
The governor regretted his decision not to modernise the 4.2 km road when the idea first struck him, recalling that his plan was to expand the road, provide service lanes and introduce tolls for motorists who opted to use the fast lanes.
Fashola said that his administration worked on more than 190 roads in the state in 2012, while another 100 roads would receive the desired attention this year. According to him, Lagosians want him to concentrate more on developing the state’s roads to ease traffic flow. He noted that in all that his administration had done to rehabilitate and reconstruct roads in the state, including the expansion of the Lagos/ Badagry Expressway; it had not confiscated any single approved building. He challenged any landlord, who had lost his property to the state government as a result of the ongoing road construction, to come forward with the necessary evidence to back up such a claim, adding that rather, the state had paid compensation.
“Bring the proof that we unlawfully took your property,’’ Fashola said, stressing, however, that the owners of illegal buildings had no legal rights. He recalled that in the Ejigbo axis, the government even constructed two bridges. instead of one, to avoid demolishing many buildings that were most probably illegal. On the newly rebuilt Tejuosho market in Surulere, Fashola dismissed complaints that the owners of the burnt stalls could not afford them under the new dispensation, noting that many of them had already done so.
He said that many of the traders had been able to pay for the stalls through installments, adding that the state government was even the one holding them back.
The governor urged the development of the mortgage system in the country, adding that there was the need for Nigerians to imbibe the habit of acquiring facilities, including housing, through instalmental payment.
On the recurring complaints about the fate of Maroko residents, a slum settlement in Lagos that was sacked by Raji Rasaki, a former military administrator in July, 1990, Fashola said the story was ‘’more fiction now than fact.’’

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Oga Fash...d FG dont want u 2 do it ,so dt u wont use it 2 blackmail dem...am happy u knw its politics...

My friend, there several roads under ur purview that are in dire need of attention! You are too gentle for this dirty game you want to play.
Let me give you list if you do not have...

Make you for no shout...

Nonsense.
There are thousands of state roads that needs fixing.
FG will repair the airport road by themselves.
*cheap blackmailers*

GEJ won't fix the bad road and still won't allow competent hands to fix same. Is this not the height of irresponsibility on the path of GEJ's clueless, useless and incompetent FG?

Why is Fashola so obsessed with tolling?

solomon111: Nonsense.
There are thousands of state roads that needs fixing.
FG will repair the airport road by themselves.
*cheap blackmailers*

yes I agree with you but the international airport road is an eyesore and a disgrace not only to Lagosians but to all Nigerians. do you know how many people and passengers that ply that route? Its the only viable gateway to Nigeria via Air route.

Very few roads are more important than that road

Also the road leading to Apapa port which the irresponsible FG led by Retardeen Jonathan abandoned

austinkenneth: Why is Fashola so obsessed with tolling?

because that's the way to go and the future. even currently FG is collecting tolls at the airport despite being in a deteriorate and deplorable state.

Why Lagos airport road is not rehabilitated— Fashola

Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:00 BusinessDay

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has blamed government’s failure to either rehabilitate or reconstruct the road leading.....



It seems the vultures have now resorted to regurgitating very STALE reports. That report was done in February but we are now in July. We are now in JULY!!!

sleekdot: Very few roads are more important than that road

Also the road leading to Apapa port which the irresponsible FG led by Retardeen Jonathan abandoned

FG makes trillions of naira from both the seaport and airport but failed to maintain and rehabilitate these two important roads. It's shows these people are not serious at all. can you imagine Barack Obama flagging off road construction in the USA but our president did that. playing dirty politics with the office of the president.

Sincere 9gerian: Why Lagos airport road is not rehabilitated— Fashola

Tuesday, 12 February 2013 00:00 BusinessDay

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has blamed government’s failure to either rehabilitate or reconstruct the road leading.....



It seems the vultures have now resorted to regurgitating very STALE reports. That report was done in February but we are now in July. We are now in JULY!!!

you don't need this rather you should tell your boss not to play dirty politics with the development of infrastructures in any part of Nigeria because we are still far behind.

And as for the issues raised in the report, the federal ministry of works is procuring that road on PPP (just like the Second Niger Bridge). Unfortunately, PPP is a very long process at the federal level. The process will be completed early next year and the road will be built within 6months.

By the way, what the FG plans to do (build and toll the road) is also what Lagos state govt planned to do before they were told NO, thank you.

Oga Fashola, Mr Tolling is already calculating how much he will make through concession after rehabilitation. Enemy of masses. He would use tax payers' money to finance projects and he would still be charging them for benefitting from such projects as if there wouldn't be any need for people to pay tax anymore. Even to benefit from such projects, you have to belong to certain class.

Aderostock:

because that's the way to go and the future. even currently FG is collecting tolls at the airport despite being in a deteriorate and deplorable state.

He and Tinubu wanted to make money off the road by tolling and at the same time be calling the govt bad names.

They simply want to profiteer. I dont know why people find it difficult to understand.

All of you that are supporting tolls. I wonder what you'll say if the FG does the road and tolls it.

austinkenneth:

He and Tinubu wanted to make money off the road by tolling and at the same time be calling the govt bad names.

They simply want to profiteer. I dont know why people find it difficult to understand.

All of you that are supporting tolls. I wonder what you'll say if the FG does the road and tolls it.

maybe you are ignorant about the said road. At present, FG is collecting tolls despite being in a deplorable condition.

Maybe Fashola should invest himself in rehabilitating the many PUBLIC dilapidated secondary schools and ENCOURAGE the chairmen of the LGAs who are all under ACN to also rehabilitate primary schools.
Same goes for state and LGA feeder roads.

Person wey never finish im own assignment dey do longer throat for another person work.
All because of toll gate money and NOT because of the residents welfare.
Haba!!!
Dat wan na real olojukokoro.
Maybe the man nor hear say:

Thou shalt not COVET.

Greed and avarice nor good sam, sam!!!

anonimi: Maybe Fashola should invest himself in rehabilitating the many PUBLIC dilapidated secondary schools and ENCOURAGE the chairmen of the LGAs who are all under ACN to also rehabilitate primary schools.
Same goes for state and LGA feeder roads.

Person wey never finish im own assignment dey do longer throat for another person work.
All because of toll gate money and NOT because of the residents welfare.
Haba!!!
Dat wan na real olojukokoro.
Maybe the man nor hear say:



Greed and avarice nor good sam, sam!!!

I know you will appear here. Fashola said the same thing for the APAPA/OSHODI expressway for the hand over. Ikorodu road was handed over to LASG, since then there's been a smooth ride on the road. I hate dirty politics

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Aderostock:

maybe you are ignorant about the said road. At present, FG is collecting tolls despite being in a deplorable condition.

People who go to the international airport from Ajao estate don't pay any toll. That's the portion that Fashola was thinking about tolling.

For you information. Inside info is that they carried out the economic analysis and determined that is the most profitable stretch of road to toll in Lagos because.
It is only 4.2km. Notice the emphasis on the distance. Look at the other toll road and bridge- Considering the distance of Lekki road and attendant costs and also the cost of the Ikoyi bridge you'll see that even with less cars you're better of investing there where you'll even face even less resistance.

My God Federal govt don suffer. Everytin federal govt cnt u do other works must federal do everytin

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Aderostock:
The governor regretted his decision not to modernise the 4.2 km road when the idea first struck him, recalling that his plan was to expand the road, provide service lanes and introduce tolls for motorists who opted to use the fast lanes.

Fashola and toll. Na wa O°˚˚˚

austinkenneth:

People who go to the international airport from Ajao estate don't pay any toll. That's the portion that Fashola was thinking about tolling.

For you information. Inside info is that they carried out the economic analysis and determined that is the most profitable stretch of road to toll in Lagos because.
It is only 4.2km. Notice the emphasis on the distance. Look at the other toll road and bridge- Considering the distance of Lekki road and attendant costs and also the cost of the Ikoyi bridge you'll see that even with less cars you're better of investing there where you'll even face even less resistance.

Ajao estate residents make use of this road and pay tolls than any other other people. get your facts!