See The State of The Road Of Ibadan Circular Road That Oyo State Government Paid ₦67billion For - Photos

The Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde visited the Ibadan Circular Road, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday and he was disappointed at the state of work and what he met on ground. This is according to him after the state government had paid a whopping sum of ₦67billion for the take off of the roads.

He issued a stop-work order in respect of the construction of the 32 kilometres road awarded by the past administration since May 2017 at the cost of #67 billion.

The Governor emphasised the significance of the Circular Road, declaring that the road was of utmost importance to the economy of Oyo state.

He also stated that his administration remained determined to build infrastructures that will help to expand the economy of the State.

He said: "Basically, what we saw was not encouraging. The agreement was signed in 2017, almost three years now. The work done so far was at 5 per cent or 5.5 per cent. Also, this was a concession of about N65 billion for a 32-kilometre road. We just felt we need to pull back a little bit, look at things holistically and then take a decision in order to move forward.

"The circular road is extremely important to the economy of Oyo State and if a contractor can only achieve 5 per cent in three years, you can imagine how many years it will take to complete the road."

It would be recalled that the 32-kilometre road was awarded by the immediate past administration of Senator Abiola Ajimobi at the cost of N67 billion.

While speaking at the site, Governor Makinde expressed disappointment and dissatisfaction at the level of work done by the contractor, ENL Consortium Limited, saying he was unhappy and unimpressed with what he observed on the site.

The Governor promised to meet with the contractors in order to review the work plan for major development.

These are photos of the road after 3 years the contractor has started working on it...

This is what the initial plan looks like when the contract was awarded in 2017

Lagos-Ibadan Railway: See What Ibadan Railway Axis Looks Like - Photos

Little had been heard about the Lagos-Ibadan Railway, everything seems to be on a low key especially since the 2nd term begins, the tempo of the work has reduced unlike January when the morale was very high. The Lagos-Ibadan Railway Project was designed to cut across three states namely, Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States respectively. The agenda was to make sure the pressure on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reduces especially for the trailers and tankers, the reason why the Ibadan Dry Port was being constructed.

A lot has been said about Lagos axis, we have shown pictures from the Ebute-Metta axis, Agege, also there have been images showing the Abeokuta axis of Ogun State but little was seen or heard about Ibadan axis. Though we know that construction was going on but there are few or scanty pictures to show forth unlike Lagos and Abeokuta lines.

AutoReportNG got some images from one of the site supervisors, luckily, he did the regular and daily update on his page, we are lucky to have a 6-month photo documentary of the Ibadan axis.

The Lagos-Ibadan Railway completion date has been shifted for more than 5 times. In Feb. 2019 for example, the minister of transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi promised that the rail will be ready before May 2019, now we are told it has been shifted to 2020.

Mr Amaechi while speaking with newsmen in August said that the slow down of work was too visible at the Lagos end of the project, saying it was due to lack of approval of extra works that were needed to be done.

“They (contractors) cannot commence work until they get those approvals. We will go to the cabinet quickly and get those approvals so that they can continue with their construction,” he said.

He also cited delays in payment as another reason for the slow down, saying that the contractors were waiting for a minister to approve their payments.

“Our appeal is that they should please hurry up and get into the seaports so that we can evacuate the goods at the seaports, we should at least be able to reduce what people refer to as Apapa gridlock.”

The minister denied giving December as the deadline to deliver the project, saying that he only wished that the project would be completed by December this year.

Base on photos we have, the photos show how work is going on right from track laying to drainage construction to the flooring, bridge moulding, adjustment of the lines among others. We leave you to have an overview of the Ibadan Axis as requested by our readers.