The governor while speaking at the event, assured that the road will be completed all the way to Ilobi.
The governor explained that the completion of the project marks another historic landmark in the development of the state, noting that the road is a pathway to progress and economic development.
He added that the new road will enhance the quality of life of the good people of Erinja and Ilobi communities.
"We have underscored our commitment as a government not just to urban renewal, not just focusing on reconstructing urban roads alone. It is very easy to construct urban roads, but it takes a far-sighted administration to conceive the construction of rural roads
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"It takes a far-sighted administration to appreciate the fact that the food supply chain starts from the rural areas. Our rural communities are our food basket; that is where we have our farmlands.
"Ogun State is about 17,000 square kilometers, out of which 12,000 square kilometers of land is arable, and our people are farmers.
"How do we unlock their potentials? How do we ensure that we achieve food security if we don't ensure that we construct these roads that connect our farmers from the rural areas to the market? And that is
exactly what we have done.
"The Ilobi and Oke-Erinja areas are among our food baskets in the state, and today we have prioritized the construction of their roads.
"It was not intentional to stop the road at Oke-Erinja. I have heard many times that the Erinja and Ilobi people are like Siamese twins, and I will not separate them.
"So, let me assure you, we will complete that road to Ilobi; we will ensure the road ends at Ilobi," he said.
Governor Abiodun added that his administration would award the construction of the Sango-Ijoko-Akute road during the week because all the efforts of his administration on the Akute-Ajuwon, Alagbole-Ajuwon, Giwa-Oke-Aro, and the Alagbole-Akute roads won't be fully felt until the Sango-Ijoko-Akute road is not completed.
"We have not left behind our border communities. In the last two weeks, we have been going to Ifo Local Government several times because of the number of people that migrate between that local government and Lagos every day.
"The Sango-Ijoko-Akute road is a road we are soon going to award, possibly this week. It is quite a lengthy piece of road; that road is about 17 kilometers. It is a major arterial road that connects Ogun West to Ogun Central and, of course, to Lagos," he said.
Governor Abiodun noted that with work on-going on the other side of the Agbara-Atan-Lusada road, he would soon be inspecting the Inter-Change-Papalanto-Obelle road with Alhaji Aliko Dangote to hasten the completion of the road, which is being constructed with tax credit l
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"At the moment, we are reconstructing the Ota-Ifo-Abeokuta road, which will also be of immense benefit to Ogun West.
"The Inter-Change-Papalanto-Obelle road is also under construction; it is a great arterial road that serves as the West-East connector of our state.
"Very soon, I am going to inspect that road with Alhaji Dangote. I have invited him to come and see how well or how not so well the road is progressing.
"We have completed one side of the Agbara-Atan-Lusada road; that was a road nobody believed we would reconstruct.
"Today, one section of that road has been completed from beginning to end, so we can travel from Agbara to Atan-Lusada without the usual tears.
"We've now moved to the other side, and by the grace of God, we will complete that other section. That is a major road in Ogun West," he said.
Governor Abiodun thanked the Olu of Ilaro and Chairman of the Ogun State Council of Obas, other monarchs, community leaders, and the people of the community for their collaboration and cooperation towards the completion of the road, saying that his administration would continue to make promises and fulfill them.
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