October 27, (THEWILL) – Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ogun and Lagos states, on Wednesday in Sango-Ota, blocked the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway to protest the deplorable state of the highway.
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions like ‘’we don’t want palliatives,” ‘’we want good roads,’’ ‘’Dapo Abiodun save our souls from bad roads,” ‘‘we are not slaves in our country.”
The chairman of the union in Ogun state, Emmanuel Bankole, said the NLC is not happy with the condition of portions of the Lagos-Abeokuta road.
“We will not allow anybody to take away our rights.
“In times like this, we do not have any option than to express our displeasure with the government,” he said.
Bankole said the 21-day ultimatum given by NLC after the visit of the minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, to Sango-Ota, has lapsed.
He said Fashola promised to commence palliative work on the road but nothing much had been done since then.
“We deserve better than what we have seen today. What we see today is below our expectations,” he said.
The NLC chairman in Lagos state, Funmi Sessi, said, “We believe in action and the time for talking is gone. There is an urgent need to ameliorate the sufferings of the masses.”
She added that the action is long overdue as people are in serious pain following the deplorable condition of the Sango-Ota portion of the road.
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