The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened to shut down Ogun state if government failed to rehabilitate the Sango Ota section of Lagos -Abeokuta Expressway within the next twenty-one days.

NLC Chairman, Mr Emmanuel Bankole stated this during the protest of some members of the union against the deplorable condition of the road.

The protesters blocked the Sango-Ota road in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state from Joju Bus-Stop to the Garage area of the area during the protest.

The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as “Repair our road with immediate effect or face the wrath of the masses; “400% hike in transport fare due to bad road”; “Our roads are death traps fix our roads”; “No good roads, No payment of tax”; “Our taxes are meant for fixing road so what happened”; and “Industries in Ota are relocating and closing down due to bad roads”.

Mr. Bankole explained that the union decided to protest to show its displeasure over the continued non-challant attitude of the government after the visit of the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola to the road.

He appealed to the federal and state governments to find a lasting solution to the deplorable state of the road to reduce tgw hardship being experienced by passers by and motorists

Olusegun Folarin