Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, yesterday said the Opebi-Ojota Link Bridge was initiated to address traffic challenges within the Ojota, Maryland, Mende, Opebi, and Allen axes. He noted that the corridor served as a major route for commuters moving between the mainland and key commercial districts.

Speaking on the projects, the commissioner newly constructed Opebi-Ojota Link Bridge, the Commissioner said, has created a direct and efficient linkage between Central Business District of Ikeja and residential areas in Ojota, which hitherto had limited and indirect road connections. Omotoso said:

“The Opebi-Ojota Link Bridge project was originally conceived over 20 years ago, during the administration of former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu. “It was revived and officially flagged off in January 2022 by Governor SanwoOlu, making the infrastructure both a legacy project and a continuation of longterm urban planning in Lagos.”

The regenerated Tolu Schools, established in 1981, is a cluster of schools comprising 16 Senior Secondary Schools, 15 Junior Secondary Schools and 5 Primary Schools, where some 20,000 pupils in the densely populated Ajegunle in AjeromiIfelodun Local Government Areas learn. Before Sanwo-Olu’s intervention which led to the upgrade of the schools, Omotoso said buildings in the schools were in different stages of dilapidation.