..Accuses Ambode of marginalizing his
acclaimed constituency
A civil society organisation, Save Lagos Group
has accused Lagos State Government of deliberate neglect of some communities in
Ikorodu Division of the state in the area of infrastructural development.
In a statement issued by the Convener, Comrade
Adeniyi A. Sulaiman and the Director, Media and Strategy, Comrade Olaolu
Oladipo on Wednesday, the called on the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to
right years of wrongs that have been to done to areas being an important part
of his constituency.
The Save Lagos Group listed the communities in
the Ikorodu Division of the state as including Igbogbo, Awesu, Orere-Abosan,
Offin, Oreta, Bayeku, Ipakodo, Adamo, Araromi and others.
According to the Save Lagos Group, the physical
presence of the state government in terms of water, roads, electricity and
security barely exist for the people living in the areas to enjoy as part of
dividends of democracy to accrue to them.
“A visit to these areas will reveal that the
presence of government, especially the state government barely exists.
The roads are barely passable during dry season and are even worse during the
raining season when virtually all the communities are cut off from the rest of
the state.
“Most of the houses in the communities don’t
enjoy pipe borne water for the inhabitants to drink. There are no schools for
the kids living in many of these communities and where they (the schools)
exist, they are living on the benevolence of the parents who usually provides
materials for the schools to function with.” The statement reads.
On the area of security, the Save Lagos Group
wrote that the presence of security agents are none existent as the people have
been left to fend for their security needs by engaging local vigilance group
‘Onyabo’.
“Recently, a prominent medical doctor, Dr.
Oguntoye Babatunde Makanjuola was killed in cold by people suspected to be
hired assassins in Awesu/Orere-Abosan estate with little or no clue regarding
whether the police have commenced investigations into the murder or not. What
we were told was that the police found it difficult to make their way into the
estate.” The statement reads.
Save Lagos Group wrote that the murder forms
one of the numerous murder of people in the areas that have remained
unmentioned in the mainstream media owing to the fact that the areas have been
cut off from the rest of the state.
Added to this is the issue of continued cult
clashes in the area, which are daily witnessed by the people, saying, “The
people of the area live in constant fear over the activities of these cult
groups who usually use lethal weapon to outdo one another.”
The group stated that the communities are also
at the mercy of land grabbers who call themselves ‘omo onile or omo adugbo’ who
from time to time cause a breach of the peace in the areas.
“We are therefore calling on the state governor
to borrow a leaf from the activities of his immediate past predecessor,
Babatunde Raji Fashola who tried very hard to develop his immediate
constituency (i.e Lagos Central). We are therefore calling on you to see the
entire Lagos East district as your constituent by bringing the much needed development
to the area.” The statement concluded.
Adeniyi
A. Sulaiman
Olaolu
Oladipo
(Revolutionary
Alfa)
Director, Media and Strategy
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