By Daniel Anokwuru
Commuters and passengers plying the Lagos-Badagry Expressway are currently passing through untold pains and hardship.
Economic activities have been crippled along the international road for a long time now. From Okokomaiko to Under Bridge Trade Fair, a journey which ordinary should last 30 minutes now takes about four hours. Transport fair on the road has risen above 100 percent.
The government neglect and abandonment of the economic road tells the attitude of those in power when it comes to the predicament of the masses.
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Passengers now trek long distances to get to their destinations. Journey from Trade Fair Under Bridge to Seme Border is best described as ‘journey to hell’.
People risk their lives daily on the road. A trader at Alaba international market, Mr. Paul Obike, alleged that the neglect was an international act of the APC-led government to punish and cripple the business of the Igbo.
“We are not surprised. They constructed from Orile to Abule Ado fast but when it gets to where the Igbo are doing their businesses, they abandoned the project. Business activities have been crippled in both Alaba and Trade Fair International Market. Our containers can no longer get to this place for years now, this is caused by bad road and bad governance”.
