Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly Committee on Works and Infrastructure have challenged the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to implement stricter monitoring protocols for contractors handling road projects across the state.
According to them, this is necessary to justify the government’s investment in infrastructure through value addition.
The House Committee members, led by Adegoke Adeyanju, issued the challenge during the ongoing mid-year budget performance appraisal held at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
They emphasised the importance of enhancing internal monitoring mechanisms during both the construction and post-completion stages to ensure that all road projects awarded meet the approved standards and deliver long-term socio-economic benefits to the people.
The committee also asked the ministry to provide a comprehensive list of completed and ongoing road projects across the state to aid legislative oversight.
The lawmakers further urged the ministry to give increased attention to the reconstruction of the Abeokuta-Abule Egba Road, while commending the ministry for its improved documentation of road projects in its mid-year budget performance record.
House Committee members, including Honourables Musefiu Lamidi, Babatunde Tella, Minority Leader Lukman Adeleye, Dickson Awolaja, and Adebisi Oyedele, called on the ministry to speed up road works across their constituencies, while Wahab Haruna requested an extension of the ongoing road infrastructure to his constituency.
Responding, the Ogun State Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Ade Adesanya, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Yusuf Oladimeji, explained that the ministry had completed several road projects across the state, contributing significantly to economic activity.
He listed some of the completed projects, including the recently commissioned Oke Erinja-Ilobi Road in Yewa South and Awokoya Road and Igbeba-Talbort-Yidi Lane in Ijebu Ode.
According to him, roads completed and awaiting commissioning include the Toyin-Giwa Hercules Road in Ifo, along with the Alagbole-Ajuwon and Akute-Ajuwon roads, amongst others, adding that more ongoing projects would be completed once the rainy season eases.
DAILY POST reports that the Ogun State Public Works Agency, OGPWA, and the Bureau of Electrical Engineering Services, BEES, also had their budget performances appraised by the state lawmakers.
