Akainzo: I guess this places are also flooded because Fashola is not working or that it is populated by people of that same tribe.

BTW, this pictures are of the flooding in Toronto, Canada as of last night.

deleteme: Pls You ACN followers should stop misleading people all in the name of defending Fashola. The only known court case in Ago is that of the Indian Residence opposite the Triangulr Plaza and the matter has bin duly settled, which necessitated the demolishing of the said house. The other landlords that went to court has also withdrawn their cases via the promise of the govt for adequate compensation. Every other road construction by every other govt has and will continue to experience court cases but how the govt handle it is very important. The celebrated Ikoyi bridge had a lot of court cases and Fashola went ahead to compensate them adequately. Same as Surulere, Yaba etc.....so why is Ago - Okota different.

Turbocharged:

Which network?

Tony Spike:

You still don't get it. That road was not strategically built right from the 80's. As it is now, Ago-Okota Way should be a mini high-way, and not the small width design it has now. Most of the houses being demolished have their C of O's as far back as the early 80's. If only the government back in the early 80's had projected the crazy congestion that'll be encountered in the future, Fashola wouldn't need to demolish any structure today. Ago only opened up after FESTAC was built in 1977; guess what? FESTAC is experiencing the same decay too. Lagos wasn't built for the population she is now experiencing. Like Shymexx said, more people need to leave Lagos and I agree.

When I started living in Ago around 1995, it was a very quiet, decent and friendly area. Today, it is fast becoming a hell-hole with high population. The type of recent buildings at Ago now actually reminds of Upper Iweka area in Onitsha. So, strategic planning is the issue here...

Tony Spike:

Bro, that court case was only successfully completed around September/October 2012 and not 2011. I've lived in Ago since 18 yrs and I happen to know one of the landlords involved in that Enoma case. Well, the truth about this road is that it was meant to be wider like the Ago-Amuwo road. Unfortunately, the cost of projected demolitions sky-rocketed and LASG has to reduce the road width. Even at that, certain trade-offs had to be made between Taiwo and Enoma B/stops. I think the heavy traffic on the road spurred LASG to split the constructiion of the busy Ago Junction-Mobile end into two. The second part of the work are the pictures the OP put up here. I'm not sure of the status at the moment, I must confess.

I personally think Ago is too congested at the moment and more people are still moving in. With the ongoing Oshodi-Apapa expressway construction and the recently commissioned Cele-Itire bridge, that road is more busier than ever. Ago-Okota was not initially built for the level of traffic it's experiencing now. I believe the way forward is that the inner roads should be completely tarred, this will help reduce the pressure on Ago-Okota road. My opinion though...

byteem:

Truth is ACN is horrible and quite wasteful .. but what alternative do lagosians have ..at least they eat with one hand and work with the other , unlike some others like PDP, who eat with both hands and feet( messy eaters)... in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king.. love him or hate him fashola remains the one eyed king for now.

as for me am leaving ago palace once my rent expires...

Reference: What are we talking about. Is the high population not as a result of industrialization and commercial activities from which the state government attracts huge allocations from the centre and generates huge incomes from taxes. If the population goes so will the revenue. Lagos has no natural resources other than its population. What is happening like the case with Nigeria in general is a paucity of ideas on how to exploit this resource. Those calling for population reduction are unknowingly making the state more dependent on federal funds. Can this be a good thing in the long run, I think not.

Reference: What are we talking about. Is the high population not as a result of industrialization and commercial activities from which the state government attracts huge allocations from the centre and generates huge incomes from taxes. If the population goes so will the revenue. Lagos has no natural resources other than its population.

Tony Spike:

At the bolded, this is a valid economic theory in a real society. I am uncertain the huge population in Lagos is contributing massively to revenue returns; I may be wrong though. A part of the massive population in Lagos work in the informal sector, which is largely unregulated and unchecked. While the rest of this population are dependent population, without any viable job. The truth is that Lagos is bearing the burden of about 5 Nigerian states, which quite weighty. Therefore, it is only logical to say that the rate of development will be much more slower. Many areas in Lagos, including this Ago-Okota area grew massively between 1999 and 2005, when it was even difficult for the government to provide/repair infrastructures at traditional areas like Mushin, Oshodi, Ikeja e.t.c. Lagos grew faster than the government could handle. Depopulation will go a long way in spreading this burden that is on LASG...

mbulela:
kindly provide two feasible means of depopulation?

Tony Spike:

There is only one natural route to depopulation - let other governors make their states attractive for investors. If 75% of the governors (past and present) in Nigeria have been working tirelessly, I'm sure we won't be having the unnecessary population burden on Lagos today. This is my opinion.