Deliver Lagos-Ibadan expressway reconstruction on schedule, Mimiko begs Jonathan

Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has describedthe flag- off of
the reconstruction of the Lagos –Ibadan expressway by President
Goodluck Jonathan as an evidence of the government's sensitivity and
demonstrationof its good and noble intentions.
Jonathan, on Friday, flagged-off the reconstruction project which will
gulp N167 billion with the declaration that it will be delivered by
2017, though there are indications that it may be delivered in 30
months, ahead of the scheduled period.
Commending the Federal Government's decision to reconstruct the road
adjudged the busiest in Africa, Mimiko, in a statement by his
Commissioner for Information, Mr Kayode Akinmade, issued in Akure,
yesterday, said generations unborn will remain grateful to the
Jonathan administration for the overhauling of the road which has
become a dead trap.
"This step is indeed noble and the name of this administration has no
doubt been written in gold for taking the bull by the horn and
ensuring a lasting solution to the dead trap called Lagos-Ibadan
expressway,"he said.
Pleading with the president to ensure that the project is
professionally handled and delivered on time, Mimiko saidthe decision
to reconstruct the road is a blessing to Nigerians and the
South-west in particular even as he asked road users to take
cognisance of the repair and drive more carefully on the road.