Determined to boost commerce and encourage self employment in Ogun State,
government says it would replicate the type of big shopping malls already
constructed in the Ogun Central Senatorial District in the Ogun West and
Ogun East Senatorial parts of the state.
Just as it disclosed that it has successfully graded and compacted with
culverts a total of 1,235.20 Kilometres of rural roads spread across the
20 Local Government Areas of the state.
Government had already completed the construction of the shopping mall
located in shapon market, Abeokuta South Local Government Area while those
in Isale Igbehin, Itoku and Omida markets, all located within Ogun
Central Senatorial District have reached advanced stages.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, Engineer
Kayode Ademolake who disclosed these in a statement by the Agency’s image
maker Mr. Ayokunle Ewuoso said government’s decision to start the
construction of the shopping malls in Abeokuta was borne out of the fact
that markets located within the Ogun Central Senatorial Districts were
demolished to give the rights of way for the “Ogun Standard” roads while
none was demolished in the Ogun East and Ogun West Senatorial Districts to
give rights of way for the roads constructed there.
He said “these big shopping malls that we have in Abeokuta will be
replicated in the two remaining senatorial districts. You know our
governor as well as a man that believes in equality and fairness.
Government decided to have these pioneer shopping malls in the state
capital because many markets were demolished to give the rights of way for
the construction of the road while no markets was demolish in the other
two senatorial districts. That not withstanding government will replicate
the shopping malls in the remaining districts.”
“shapon shopping mall have been completed, Omida you will see are so
gigantic, it is of the high magnitude. The expenditure there is so high
and I hope it will be completed very soon since the governor as been re
–elected. I’m sure these will be his priorities. Itoku too is the same
thing. The work there has gone a long way. You can see it is on the third
floor, very soon they will all be completed”
Engineer Ademolake pointed out that the allocation of the already
completed shopping mall located in sapon market was been delayed because
government wanted to ensure that there was fairness in the allocation
adding that as soon as the process involved were completed government
would commence allocation
On rural roads, Ademolake assured that in spite of feat recorded by
government as regards infrastructural development during its first tenure
government more poised to continue with the feat so as to make life more
abundant for the people.