
ASPMDA officials and President Hon. Ngozi Emechebe chatting with Oba-Elect of Abule-Ado, Alhaji Taiwo Hassan Taslim and other community leaders at the point where road construction ended abruptly along Oteyi garden Estate at the back of Lagos Intl trade fair complex.
Two key abandoned community roads that will positively change the face of traffic in and out of Lagos International Trade Fair complex; namely, the Abule Ado to Iyana School Bus Stop and the Festac 2nd Avenue link Road from Alakija Junction to St. Joseph Cath. Church Junction along Abule- Ado road, have come under the radar of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for construction.
The development is coming from the efforts of the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPMDA) President, Hon. Ngozi Emechebe, who recently paid an SOS visit to the Governor at Marina to beg for the construction of the two key roads to help ease traffic crisis along the Badagry Expressway for the interest of businesses at the Trade fair complex and hoist communities.
The visit came on the heels of the governor’s meeting with BBA Executives led by its President, Chief Oscar Odogwu, which has ASPMDA President in attendance. After ASPMDA President recalled the memory of the Governor to his electoral promises to ASPMDA on the two roads ahead of 2023 election when he came for campaign, His Excellency immediately directed the State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Abiodun Olumide to come up with plan on how to work on the road forthwith.
Otherwise, the Governor was quick to respond to the open cries of the ASPMDA President on the need to work on the two roads to ease traffic on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
In a swift response to the Governor’s directive, the Hon. Commissioner immediately dispatched a team of Town Planners from the Ministry on an assessment mission which was done on Friday, January 24, 2025.
Addressing the Press shortly after the tour of the two roads, head of the team, TPL. Taiwo Okoosi said “We are here on the directive of the Hon. Commissioner to come and assess the state of the two roads so that the government will will begin the planning process and resumption of construction work. We have taken all necessary inventories needed for our official report to the Commissioner.
According to him, “All things being equal, we will deliver our report within one week to the Commissioner who will then take it to the Governor immediately for advice and possible action.”
“We are also very happy that there is a very cordial relationship between ASPMDA and the communities on the road and this will further encourage the governor to do the needful as soon as possible.
TPL Okowusi was assisted by TPL Ahmed Olalere during the assessment duty and they were conducted round the roads by ASPMDA executives led by the President Hon Ngozi Emechebe with some community leaders.
Hon. Emechebe told Business Hilights that he had contacted the Chairman of Stakeholders, Chief Eric Ilechukwu, but he was not available for the assessment tour.