October 5, 2024

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Lagos Closes Highway As Buhari Commissions Projects

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, January 13, arrived at Ogun state to inaugurate some projects by the state government. As a result of this, the Lagos State government has diverted traffic from the Epe/Ijebu-Ode Highway and Abeokuta Interchange from 7:00am till 4:00pm.

This will be the first time that President Buhari had visited Ogun State in nearly three years. According to Lagos state’s commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, alternative routes have been mapped out. He said the Federal Road Safety Corps has also been deployed in collaboration with the Ogun State Traffic Management Authority, (TRACE) to manage traffic flow.

He disclosed that motorists from Lagos inbound Abeokuta are expected to use the Lagos-Sango/Abeokuta road and the Mowe-Ofada-Papalanto-Abeokuta or alternately utilize the Ijebu-Ode, Omu –Ketu, Epe road to access their destinations.