Ogun State government has directed that with effect from Monday, the contractor shall not work on the Lagos Ibadan expressway during the peak traffic hours, namely from six to ten in the morning and between four and ten in the evening.

This became imperative due to the hardship being faced by Nigerians who regularly commute on the ever-busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway on account of the ongoing reconstruction work being undertaken by Julius Berger.

This measure become necessary because government observed that the already bad traffic situation on the expressway has been further compounded by the increasing spate of armed robberies reported along the road.

Governor Ibikunle Amosun welcomes the ongoing reconstruction works in the full realization of the fact that this will ultimately bring greater relief to our people.

Amosun however note that the effort has come with temporary pain, in the nature of perennial traffic congestion and security challenges.

According him, in the past few weeks, we took two steps, his government increased police and security patrols on that axis and opened up discussions with the Federal Controller of Works, Ogun State and the contractor.

Amosun suggested that they should consider working late evenings and overnight in order to ameliorate the disruption to the lives of commuters on the ever-busy expressway and Ogun residents.