It was not a pleasant experience tracking these five mega projects. We were not prepared for the consequence of embarking on such a task. Perhaps our definition of abandoned projects does not include what we were about to see.

From Sango Ota in Ogun state, we took a bus going to Ijoko Ogba Iyo to track a project we were told had been abandoned since 2014, eventually we ended up tracking a network of five projects in five different localities, each of these projects is capable of improving the economy of the locality it was situated, all these projects are the same, all were supposed to take two years to complete, and our findings revealed that they were started simultaneously at the same time.

These five mega flyovers are in Ijoko Ogba Iyo, Agbado, Odo Lambe, Akute and Alagbole, all in Ogun State. They are projects embarked upon by the Ogun state government, and were strategically located in these five communities to ease traffic from Lagos to metropolitan Ogun.

We were welcomed by a sea of red dry dust on our way to the first of the flyovers at Ijoko Ogba Iyo; the road leading to that area is unfinished, and abandoned. Residents and commuters living in the area said the road had been abandoned for more than two years. According to one of the residents, Blessing who once reside with her parents in the area: “The road has been abandoned for long, it is always very dusty during dry season and it is an eyesore during raining season, I don’t like coming here in the raining season because of the bad state of the road”.

The unfinished dusty Ijoko road connects the flyover bridge. The long flyover bridge is the only one out of all the other five that is at the advance stage of construction and nearing completion, but before us yesterday, it stood dead and impossible, like a project with no headway, of course that is exactly what it is, it has become abandoned, and according to commuters, it has been so for more than a year. Traders within the communities claimed that the project was started by the governor in his first tenure or term in office, and ever since he won election for second term in office, the project has not seen any improvement. People are prohibited from using the bridge in its present state, as what look like a security post could be seen on the flyover. It was in the process of tracking the first project and interviewing commuters that one of them told us that there are still five of such project in other communities within the state.

We then moved from Ijoko to Agbado where we have exactly the same structure though not in the advance stage that the first was, the giant concrete pillars have been erected and the shape of the flyover has been formed. But work has also stopped in that location. We discovered that the road leading from the first flyover also connects to the second one. It joins the other three, but the road is uncompleted and abandoned, completely in a state of disrepair. Below is the Agbado flyover:

Odo Lambe was our next point, the same structure also completely abandoned, One of our team members who was in that area sometimes ago claimed he saw the project three years ago when he paid his friend a visit three years back. The state of the Lambe road where the project is located indicates that the community is in dare need of that project, it is their major connection to the outside world, and it would in no time open them to various economic opportunities. But the flyover below would continue to remain in its present state until the government take action.

The fourth flyover at Akute still has a project signpost, which reads that the project would take 24 months, yet 24 months after, it is nothing but a sordid reality.

The last of the flyovers is located at Alagbole. Car tires could be seen parked at the front part of this particular flyover because of previous motor accidents, the road to the uncompleted flyover is sloppy and dangerous especially at Night, the Alagbole flyover is gradually turning into refuse dump site.

We spoke to the people in these communities, and most of them were no more enthusiastic about talking about these projects, because they have been doing so before now, yet the government had done nothing.

These projects are mega projects that would better the lives of the people resident in those communities. The state government owe the people an explanation on why the projects were abandoned.

AbuEzeFemi:
Source
monitor.ynaija.com/2017/03/ogun-tracker-tracking-five-abandoned-mega-flyovers-ogun/

successmatters:
If na to make mouth or cut human head them go sabi.

The south west would have been like the north if not for the influx of some civilized people from the]south west who has helped to develop them into manageable standards

salford:
These areas are the highest populated in Ogun state and generate most revenue due to their proximity to lagos.

Alot of homes and businesses were destroyed to give way for these flyovers and bridges. Over 60,000. People commited suicides and those that did not were never compensated till date despite submitting property evaluations and C of O's.

I remember one woman who collapsed end eventually died after her newly completed 18million naira mall financed by a bank had to be demolished.

Worst goverment Ogun state has ever witnessed.

omofunaab:
Amosun shouldn't have started all these flyovers at the same time.

Okay fine, We agree he never anticipated the recession but constructing more than 15 flyovers simultaneously in the state was wrong..

Now there's no more money to complete them .

When you know you have projects that you have not completed you went ahead to start another N60 billion road projects.


That's misplaced priority.

But the good news is that the government said work will resume again this week

salford:
These areas are the highest populated in Ogun state and generate most revenue due to their proximity to lagos.

Alot of homes and businesses were destroyed to give way for these flyovers and bridges. Over 60,000. People commited suicides and those that did not were never compensated till date despite submitting property evaluations and C of O's.

I remember one woman who collapsed end eventually died after her newly completed 18million naira mall financed by a bank had to be demolished.

Worst goverment Ogun state has ever witnessed.

deomello:



Starting is better than not starting an also, starting means you knw what you want to do and your heart is in the right place.

Funding comes and goes and cyclically, but the projects are there to be completed when ever funding improves regardless which is more like a commitment.


Starting is better than not starting anything regardless how many hi delved into and last I checked, many many more projects have been commissioned including model schools, housing estates, roads and bridge.

Good news is, funding for the projects is looking good and improving.


@ OP, look in the dictionary for the meaning of abandoned because it seems you don't know the meaning of that word.

deomello:



Starting is better than not starting an also, starting means you knw what you want to do and your heart is in the right place.

Funding comes and goes and cyclically, but the projects are there to be completed when ever funding improves regardless which is more like a commitment.


Starting is better than not starting anything regardless how many hi delved into and last I checked, many many more projects have been commissioned including model schools, housing estates, roads and bridge.

Good news is, funding for the projects is looking good and improving.


@ OP, look in the dictionary for the meaning of abandoned because it seems you don't know the meaning of that word.

AbuEzeFemi:

what do the Singaporeans do in 1972?

what did the Malaysians do?

what did the Brazilians do that today they have world class infrastructure and an economy that creates jobs for the people


its called citizens Participation in Government Business

omofunaab:



Am not against starting a project but the projects were just too many. Azin amosun started lots of projects at the same time, he didn't envisage the recession.

The projects are good, even the 60 billion own too but let's take it a step at a time.

Atimes if you are not able to finish some projects in due time, it will create hardships. like the lafenwa - Rounda road. Transporters have increased their fare on that road

But the good news like i said is that work will resume this week

deomello:




What's Nigeria got to do with Malaysia and Brazil? Do we share the same history, age of independence, economic status and financial realities?


If you are going to compare, make it rational and logical.

FKO81:
[quotiende author=omofunaab post=55200469]Amosun shouldn't have started all these flyovers at the same time.

Okay fine, We agree he never anticipated the recession but constructing more than 15 flyovers simultaneously in the state was wrong..

Now there's no more money to complete them
Whe




My friend stop lying to yourself, Amosun started eight flyover bridges in his first tenure, completed three in Itoku and Sapon in Abeokuta and Ijebu Ode, he abandoned five after winning second tenure, these are the flyovers he abandoned Akute, Odo lambe, Ijoko Ogba, Agbado and Alagbole, these areas are eyesore especially raining season and very dusty during dry season, Amosun is colossal failure, he has started this project before Nigeria economic crunch, even indebted the state both local and foreign debt but nothing to show, and yiu are saying no money to complete them I thought he is the one telling the whole world Ogun IGR is highest after Lagos

omofunaab:



Okay..

FKO81:

Anambra least in debt profile and were able to achieve a lots