The Governor of Ogun State and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Dapo Abiodun, has stated that the construction of the Lagos-Calabar road will be highly beneficial to the people of the South West, News About Nigeria reports.
The governor stated this while speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Monday.
He noted that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project will bring development to the southern region of Nigeria, adding that the Southern Governors’ Forum is unanimously in support of the infrastructure project.
The governor stated that the issue of infrastructure was an important one and commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the conceptualisation of the coastal road and the flag-off of the construction of the coastal road.
According to him, the governors are grateful for the initiative because the benefits, which include transformation and the provision of jobs, among others, cannot be overemphasised.
“The issue of infrastructure was an important one, but we didn’t even discuss that issue without first acknowledging what our President, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, had recently done.
“The conceptualising of the coastal road, and more importantly, the flag-off of the construction of the coastal road.
“We are unanimous in appreciating the initiative because we can see how much of an impact it will have on the economy of the entire southern region.
“And the part of Ondo State where this road will terminate, ideally if you’re travelling from Lagos to that part of Ogun State, it will take you about five hours.
“When that road is completed, it will take you about 30 minutes. That is the transformation in terms of the impact that this road will have on our people. The construction itself, the sheer size of it, will provide hundreds of thousands of jobs, and you can imagine the multiplying effect of that,” he stated.
He further noted that the region, henceforth, wants to be defined as one indivisible, united region that is blind to party affiliations, tribes, ethnic, or religious tendencies.
