By ‘Dotun Akintomide
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has given the Lagos State government the approval to reconstruct the road linking Murtala Muhammed International Airport to Oshodi.
Recall, both Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, and the immediate past Governor of the state, Babatunde Fashola, now the minister of works, power and housing have had to exchange words over getting federal approval to reconstruct the road.
However, in a statement issued on Wednesday by Tunji Bello, secretary to the state government, said the federal government had granted the state the permission to start work on the road.
The governor commended the Acting President for fast-tracking the process of the road reconstruction.
“We are very appreciative of the good gesture of the Acting President for acceding to our request which is not only very timely but a very heartwarming one. Posterity will never forget this genuine developmental action,” the governor said.
He described the approval as “a 50th birthday gift” to the people of the state.
“It is a further demonstration of the determination of the present administration to ensure the effectiveness of the executive order on improving the ease of doing business recently signed by the acting president,” he added.
“We are very appreciative of the good gesture of the Acting President for acceding to our request which is not only very timely but a very heartwarming one. Posterity will never forget this genuine developmental action,” the governor said.
Ambode said the approval would be treated as “a 50th birthday gift” to the people of the state.
“It is a further demonstration of the determination of the present administration to ensure the effectiveness of the executive order on improving the ease of doing business recently signed by the Acting President,” he added.
Ambode, while commending Osinbajo for providing the enabling environment to attract foreign direct investment into the nation, said the reconstruction of the road “which is the gateway to the nation’s commercial nerve centre,” will attract new investments into the country.
