We’ve Written Several Letters To Govt On These, Yet…Baale

By OSUN OYINDAMOLA SULIYAT

Residents and motorists in Agbede Omolaiye community in Ikorodu North Local Council Development area, have lamented over the bad living conditions in their area.

They made the lamentation while speaking with The Eagle Correspondent, citing bad roads, the absence of healthcare facilities and that the access road in the area, which has been in bad condition for several years, has become a nightmare to the road users.

According to the Paramount leader, Baale Aalhaji S.A Agbaje, series of letters had been written to the government in the past eight years, before he even became the Baale of the community and yet, nothing had been done

Aside the state of the road, he urged the government to help Agbede community to finish the abandoned police station project to help in security aspect of the community.

Among the several communities connected by the road are Ita-oluwo, Agric and Ogijo.

Motorists and residents of Agbede omolaiye community stated that the bad conditions of the road got worsened by flood during raining season.

Because of poor drainage, flood takes over the road when it rains, our correspondent was told, and this always leads to increase in transport fare.

The residents explained that the several portholes on the road was caused by flood, which takes over the road during rainfall due to lack of drainages.

A trip in or out of the community which normally cost between #50  and #70 now cost between #100 and #150.

The residents are therefore appealing to the government to come to their aid, by repairing the road.

Aside bad roads, the residents also complain of inadequate health infrastructure in the area.

They say they had just two health centres, one built by the government and the second one is built through community self and that this had remained ill-equipped.

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They urge the government to help in this area so that the community could have access to better healthcare.

A market woman leader who anonymously lent her voice, said they needed roads as a mark of development, to enable them convey their wares to market and vice versa.