The Olota, flanked by FRSC officers during their courtesy visit.
By Ige Adekunle in Sango-Ota.
The traditional ruler of Ota, the Olota,
Oba Adeyemi Abdulkabir, has expressed concern over what he called the deplorable state of most of the roads in Ota and its environs in South West Nigeria.
The Oba stated this when he received in audience in his palace, the Sector Commandwr,Federal Road Safety Commission,FRSC, Ogun State Command, Mr Ahmed Umar.
The traditional ruler, therefore,urged the Federal Government to expedite action toward rehabilitating the roads concerned.
The Olota, however, gave kudos to Governor of the state, Dapo Abiodun, for his quick intervention manifesting in the provision of palliative measures on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway and others within Ota axis.
He acknowledged that “If not for quick intervention of the governor, we would have experienced total collapse of the roads.”
Earlier,the sector commander,Ahmed Umar, said he visited the Oba to solicit his support towards the success of the rally, adding that the sector took the 2022 rally to Ota in view of its social and economic importance to the state as exemplified by the large number of industries in the town, coupled with the huge vehicular and human movements.
He said the unique nature of the town prompted more concern on the need to keep check on movement of vehicles to reduce accident.
The mega rally had the theme: “Avoid Speeding, Overloading and Unsafe Tyre to Arrive Alive,” and came up on Thursday.
Edited by Dada Ahmed
