Barisiku Street-Onike Road, Abule Oja residents cut off, count loses over five years abandoned construction work
Part of the road has become dumping ground By allcitynews.ng Motorists, commuters, traders and residents of Adeshina Street, Abule, and Barisiku Street-Onike Road in Yaba, Lagos, have continued in lamentation mood even as they are counting losses following the abandonment of a road construction project that began in 2022. Residents alleged that the contractor handling the rehabilitation project deserted the site over funding challenges, leaving the roads in a deplorable condition and disrupting transportation and business activities in the area. This medium gathered that the first phase of the project, which commenced from Abule adjoining Onike-Iwaya in 2022, was abandoned midway. The contractor later moved to another section of the road near Saint Agnes/Domino Junction to begin a second phase before also abandoning that stretch. Although work was partially completed at the Saint Agnes end, giving false impression that the work has been completed, residents said the unfinished sections...
