Motorists, commercial bus drivers and commutters along Lagos-Abeokuta Road are not finding it funny using the road any more as the terrible traffic occurring on the route on a daily bases, especially at the Toll gate after Ajegunle bus stop has become more worrisome than it used to be, The Message International can authoritatively reveal.
A visit to confirm the lamentations of those plying the road was carried out yesterday, Friday, May 29, 2020 and those who volunteered to speak with us expressed varying degrees of agony and dissatisfaction experienced as regular users of the road where a lot of dungeons have become visible in certain spots capable of causing undue traffic logjams, especially between Ajegunle and Toll gate on the two sides of the road.
One the road users, a commercial bus driver, Rasak Adelagun, a k a, Rosco said, "We're fed up of this road, especially this spot you found us. We have been here for more than one hour, no movement. We burn fuel all the time. That's why you see most of us charging as high as N400 from here to Oshodi and minimum if N 300 to Agege. And passengers keep complaining, lamenting. Even some will fight us and rain curses and abused on us, not minding what we're also going through. Some are even saying it's because of the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown we're charging them higher than the normal fare, but they failed to realize that we're not gaining either because of the poor state of the road. Any vehicle that plies this road regularly for one good month can't survive another month before crashing. We spend a lot in maintaining our vehicles.
"The way I see this issue is that no government is ready to hear the cost of repairing the roads it has been totally neglected. It wasn't like this before but now that we're in the raining season it will surely be getting worse and worse every single day.
"Also, security operatives, area boys and few others are extorting motorists, especially commercial bus and truck drivers crossing the Toll gate. That's why this place is always congested. We're appealing to the government to find lasting solution to the problem, instead of allowing it re occur every time. We're the ones feeling the most pains because after u close from work, you don't find it easy to wake up the next day unless you're a very strong person."
Another person, a trader at Sango, Olawumi Ezekiel also corroborated the earlier speaker. She, however, blamed the sorry state of the road on bad governance.
"I would have simply confused we don't have government that cares for the massages, we're just deceiving our selves that we're enjoying democracy. There's nothing working fine in this country. It shows we don't have good and responsive government at any level. If not, this road, especially this Toll gate bus stop couldn't have been this worse. And this place has become a dangerous spot, especially at night. So, I believe within the little time the government has to complete its tenure, the road can still be rewarded and be totally rehabilitated."
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