Answering questions from newsmen in Osogbo, on Thursday, after a lecture organised in honour of his father, Justice Bola Babalakin, by the Osogbo branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr Babalakin said that all the initial preliminary works on the project had been completed, adding that construction work on the road would begin in the next two weeks.
According to him, “the Federal Ministry of Works, only a few weeks ago, announced to the public that very soon works on Lagos-Ibadan expressroad will commence.”
He added: “All the paper works on the project are virtually completed and I want to give personal assurance that any moment from now, I mean within the next two weeks, work will commence”.
He said that compensation for those whose properties might be affected by the construction would be paid, adding that “all those who are lawfully affected on the road will be adequately compensated”.
He said that all the stakeholders involved in the construction and rehabilitation of the road, particularly the transporters had been cooperating with the company.
“We have been working together with the transporters, the NURTW the RTEAN and others for the past one and a half years and that is why you can go freely through Ogere,” he said.
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