Lagos Assembly Assures Lagosians Of More Road Construction In 2020

The leadership of the Lagos State Assembly’s Committee On Works and Infrastructure has assured Lagosians of more repairs of bad roads in the city in bid to upgrade the infrastructure in the state.

The committee chairman Mr Abiodun Tobun, disclosed this development to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos.

He stressed that adequate fund has been allocated to road construction in the 2020 Appropriation Bill.

According to him, the state would spend N115 billion on road construction in 2020 as against the N78 billion spent in 2019.

He said the committee would continue to exercise its legislative oversight function to ensure good governance and accountability.

Tobun said the Ministry of Works had assured the legislature during its budget defence that most of the on-going projects in the state would be completed in 2020.

“The state Ministry of Works has assured us that in 2020, most of the ongoing projects will be completed based on the budget presented by Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

“The government is ready to work on the link roads and urban regeneration. If you look at the quality of the roads, they are not the kind of roads that would wash away soon.

“Therefore, there will be massive construction of roads and there would be operation banish all potholes in the state. Lagosians should expect the best from this government,” he said.

Tobun said the House would also monitor the budget performance of the executive to ensure full implementation.

The lawmaker said: “It is a periodic monitoring. We cannot be going to site on a daily basis to monitor the granite on-site or what they do.

“They give us reports, maybe quarterly, then we will go and check what they have done. We can carry out integrity test on what they have done.

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“Our power is to appropriate and monitor their jobs. Once we detect anything, we will call them to explain.

“For those saying we are not doing enough on our oversight function, it is because they do not understand the work of the parliament.

“We don’t go to site with them. We will ask them to explain what they have done. We will ask them if they have done what they ought to do.”

Tobun said he could not determine when the Agege-Pen Cinema flyover bridge would be completed but assured that work had started on Agric- Ishawo Road in Ikorodu while the Marina-Okokomaiko light rail project was work in progress.