A member representing Abeokuta South Constituency 1 in the Ogun State House of Assembly, Lukmon Atobatele, has appealed to Governor Dapo Abiodun to fix inner roads within the state.
Atobatele who acknowledged that the Abiodun-led administration have been fixing township roads in the state urged him to extend the infrastructural drive to roads within the localities.
He stated this on Friday, during the commissioning of a street road leading to a hospital in Oke-Abetu area of the state.
The lawmaker who is also the Deputy minority leader of the House, stressed that the government cannot alleviate the sufferings of the masses alone and called on well-meaning members in the society to contribute their quota throughout philanthropic gesture.
He said, “Government should keep doing things like this and emulate what I am doing. The majority of the major roads are okay but we have issues with the inner roads.
“If others choose to do street roads too it would be of benefit to the people. Well meaning people should also come out and stop shying away from the truth. If you know you have the capacity to help the people you should do so.
“Everyone knows what is happening in the country today, we know that things are not really easy for Nigerians so we shouldn’t wait for the government, we can help ourselves, ” he added.
Maintaining that the road construction is not part of his constituency project, Atobatele said it was selected to alleviate the sufferings of those who ply the road and visit the hospital.
In his remark the hospital’s CEO, Fadeyi Olatunbosun, stated that the other side of the road was constructed during the world bank project, but stopped midway, enjoining the government to see to the competition of the remaining 300 meters to enable easy access.
