Cleric begs Abiodun to fix 30-year-old damaged Ogun road

File Copy of Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun

A resident of Ogun State, Prophet Oladele Ogundipe, popularly known as Prophet Genesis, has appealed to the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, to urgently rehabilitate the dilapidated Egbado Road in Ifo LGA.

The cleric appealed in an SOS video where he showed the worsening condition of the road, noting that residents had endured its hardship for over three decades.

While also calling the leadership of the local council to action, Ogundipe stated that the community had continually resorted to self-help measures without achieving any lasting solutions.

“Over the past 30 years, residents and business owners have had to raise money together to do some palliative work on this road. But we usually fall back to square one once it rains, as every downpour washes away whatever palliative work we have done,” he lamented.

He added that the terrible condition of the road has crippled daily activities and exposed residents to grave security risks.

He also said, “This road has even become a security threat to us here, as anytime we have a security emergency, police patrol vehicles find it difficult to access this community as a result of the sorry state of the road,” he said.

Ogundipe, however, appealed to the state government to intervene, stressing that residents were exhausted and financially drained.

“We are appealing to the state government to please remember us. The continuous deplorable state of this road is causing residents, the young, the old, business owners, students and school owners a lot of pain,” he added.

When contacted by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, the Ogun State Commissioner for Works, Ade Akinsanya, said the road would be attended to based on priority.

“We will evaluate the road. Reconstruction will be a function of available funds. We are already reconstructing many roads in Ifo too.”

PUNCH Metro had, in a previous report, highlighted the outcry of several Ogun communities over long-neglected access roads, some of which had not seen government attention for decades.

In one instance, residents complained that their road had become a nightmare during rainy seasons, forcing many to rely on makeshift palliatives as a situation similar to the struggle faced by many across the state.